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womanhood or their standards, we find one cause for conditions as they exist in the Orient today. Think of what it is possible for the Asiatic woman to become through the uplifting, regenerating, and sublime in fluences of the gospel of Christ, when she is freed from the chains of ignorance, super stition, prejudice, and fear! W e have a Christ who regards these weaker ones with tender love and compassion, and whose pity ing eye looks upon their heavy burdens, sins, and heartaches. Think you it is pos sible for a country controlled by pagan religions and their disregard for woman hood to become a “ balm in Gilead” for China— China, whose condition as a whole, because of its former heathenism, is in much the same state? There is but one answer, “ N o!” (In justice, let us add here that no where in the world has woman taken her piace in leadership so easily and so well as in China during the past few years.) Japan's Relation to Christian Missions T o Christians concerned with the carry ing of the gospel to both China and Japan, a question of primary importance is: What will be Japan’s attitude toward evangelism in China? Knowing that history repeats itself, we naturally expect that Japan will force the same laws and rules in China as she has in Korea where she demands idolatrous worship at Shinto shrines every where. This practice in Korea has raised a live issue in many localities where certain of the missionaries feel that they cannot conscientiously consent to the Japanese pol icy of requiring their school pupils to observe Shinto Ceremonies. Already, in parts of China, the mission aries feel the pressure of the iron heel coming down upon them. I quote from a letter just received, from a very prominent missionary: “ I have just gone through a very great danger . . . The enemy tried to get my head through provocation and by a very subtle way . . . The deliver ance came by a very wonderful way; only God could have accomplished it. An investi gator friend of mine happened to recog nize my name on the list to be beheaded. He at once put in a plea for my life, and I was saved. . . . Please pray much for me, brother, as we are in constant danger.” Signed....________ ,______ (The name I with hold for the sake of the future safety of the missionary.) This development, however, does not take us by surprise. It is the natural course for Japan to take. Death rides the air. Japan’s hand controls the levers that release the bombs that are dropping on mothers and babes in China. Can it be that Jeremiah was looking at the people of our day when he said: “ All faces are turned into pale ness” (Jer. 30:6)? Japan's "Human Torpedoes" Today Japan has stirred the fears of the richest— and formerly known as the strong est—nations of the world. During eighty years she has climbed far and high— so high that she can see the world and the world can see her. In the past Japan has already proved herself a dangerous enemy. “ Our soldiers are human bullets,” said a captain of the Japanese army during the
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THE YELLOW THORNS OF THE ORIENT [Continued, from Page 237] shall go forth from nation to nation” ? Japan’s sympathizers as Well as her own propagandists make drastic claims that even tually she will lead the world religiously. These claims may call for just a little closer investigation into her qualifications for lead ership in this respect. Even the most casual or careless student or tourist in Japan constantly witnesses on all sides “ heathendom on parade.” The ar dent worshiping at the Buddhist temples is depressing and uncanny. Lower classes, middle classes, rich and poor, learned and unlearned, stand side by side bowing and clapping their hands in a loud attempt to gain the attention of some spirit who might hear and help. They toss their hard-earned coins into a large vat, yet always turn sadly away, disappointed and cast down. The only enjoyment derived, if any, is the ex pectation they had before they were cheated. They allow themselves to entertain high hopes, not for a moment because they ex pect these hopes to be realized, but because they enjoy entertaining them. In the dark halls of the temples, many hideous gods stand in terrible fierceness. The “ rain god,” the “ sun god,” the “ blind god,” the “ deaf and dumb god,” and the “god to whom expectant mothers pray,” stand in utter silence. Their gold faces scowl importantly among the heavy shadows, and above these gods are seen other images and deities, wearing expressions that would create a nightmare in the dreams o f the average child. A sense of gloom and de pression reigns everywhere. This is heathendom. A word or two in portraying its fruits may be in order. No ticeable to every student of customs, man ners and peoples is the treatment of women. Although woman is known as the weaker sex, the more extreme the heathenism, the greater is the cruelty to women. Though there are exceptions in the larger cities of Japan, for the most part the Nipponese woman has no legal personality, no social or political rights. She can be sold to a factory or brothel through a legal contract signed by her father or husband. She can be divorced without cause. As a general rule, a married woman has no property rights, and no rights over her children. Factories, offices, and farms are the only places in which they share any equality with men. Since no people or nation rises above its
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