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Mission Photograph Album - Japan OP #1
Mission Photograph Album - Japan - O.P. #01 Page 0109
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69658 Baron Kanda Naibu, Tokyo. Emeritus Prof. of Tokyo Higher Commercial School, member of House of Peers. Born in 1857. Proceeded to U.S.A. Studied in America until 1884. After graduation at Amherst Mass. was appointed Professor in Tokyo Imperial University. Holder of 3rd rank and 2nd order of Order of Rising Sun Decoration. He cherishes the memory of American life having spent his youth among the best of educated New England people. Further, "The necessity of belief of some sort is being felt more and more by all educationalists in Japan. Aoyama Gakuin should develop into a Christian University of the liberal type, and not an old fashioned mission school. This kind of Christian education should be encouraged and expanded." 69659 Hon. Nemoto Sho, Tokyo. "The Neal Dow" of the Japanese Temperance Movement; Prominent Christian. Wearer of Imperial Decoration; for many years a fighter on behalf of righteousness in the Imperial Diet. A Methodist. 69660 Baron Sakatani Yoshiro, Tokyo. New Financial Adviser to the Chinese Government. He writes:"Although I am not a Christian, I believe that Christianity is the best religion in the world at present and I very much approve of its doctrines."
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