Hi, ladies!!
Recently it has been quite a lot cool in the mornings and evenings, but the sunlight is still strong now. That lower light is gradually pouring through the window, which makes the temperature in the room high.
In spite of this hot air, my kids are struggling to make a kind of handicraft, the rest of their summer home works. Though they’ve already finished their works before, they couldn’t satisfy with them at all, and tried again. What serious students they are! I would never do such a work if I were in their position. How about you??
So, see you tomorrow. Good bye!!
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Hi, everybody!
I have enjoyed the blog’s comments which have been posted by all of you. I have been moved by your zeal for reading and writing in spite of this hot and sticky weather.
By the way, I haven’t read the book written by Prochaska but had an interest the fact that women’s donation was larger than men’s in Alice’s comment. Alice wrote that the percentage left to charity was significantly larger than that by men. I think, it implies that more women really searched for real salvation to God. This is only my guess, but even nowadays women who have some trouble with their homes or families tend to become devout believers of some new religions.
Now the time has come to take Waka to the park. I am happy because the wind in the park has become cooler and more comfortable these days. See you again, friends!
Hi, everyone.
More difficult thing than improving present society by gathering quickened momentum is to remove conscious or unconscious malady ingrained in individual mind. Especially, in an insular country like Japan, moreover setting militarism tone, to underline the latter is an essential presupposition to bring social remodeling.
Hi, ladies,
It is Wednesday, August 20. A law suit of obstetrician is being disputed. It is a very delicate problem. Of course medical malpractices must not be overlooked, and any doctors who lack in ethics shoud be punished. However, I feel worried about the diminishing number of the obsetricians who owe high risk of life and death. A doctor is really a tough profession. Those who change profession into vocation are happy. Thank you for reading.
I'll write tomorrow, too!
Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello!
Coming weekend will be a festival held by welfare organizations in Toyohashi. It is a charitable event they hold every summer. I am not going to visit there but we are making several panels for the event. The major host organization is one of our clients. The most complicated panels are enlightening and propagandistic ones about diet and exercise. Have you heard of the “Balance Guide” of diet? It is called shokuji baransu gaido. The Balance is illustrated as a spinning top. If something important is missed, the top falls down. The government recommends this as advisable diet to prevent disease. Similarly, certain amount of exercise is recommended. So much so, they are telling us that we are responsible for our health.
Cosmos, thank you for commenting on my book report. Indeed, there is an interesting similarity between Japanese religious women whether in the past or present and Victorian Christian philanthropists.
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I have finished two thirds of Otis Cary's “A History of Christianity in Japan.”
Today, I will what happened to Japanese Christianity between 1873 and 1888. It was the most blessed period for Christian missionaries who visited Japan in the nineteenth century. Prior to this period, the Japanese government prohibited Christianity calling it as the evil doctrine. The Japanese who opposed to Christianity saw that it neglected the principle of filial piety. Filial piety was the base of the Japanese political system. Filial piety meant that a Japanese man/woman should respect not only parents as a child but also the emperor as a subject.
In 1873, the attitude of the government suddenly changed. Activities done by missionaries began to be tolerated by the government. Remarkable events occurred during the first decade. In Kobe, Miss Talcott and Miss Dudley of the Amrican Board Mission started classes of girls. In January 1874, the first protestant missionaries reached Hakodate. That same summer Rev. and Mrs. Walter Dening of the CMS reached Hakodate. In 1875, Mr. Fyson of the CMS took up the residence in Niigata. Churches began to be built in those days. The CMS erected a church in Nagasaki in the summer of 1875. Schools also began to be established. On November 25, 1875, Mr. Joseph Hardy Neesima began the Doshisha. In 1877, Rev. H. Maundrell of the CMS began in Nagasaki a school to train candidates for the ministry. Year 1878 is marked by a number of conventions. From Jul. 15 to 18, General Fellowship Meeting (Dai Shinboku Kwai) for all the Protestant Christian of Japan was held in Tokyo. Mr. Sen Tsuda chaired the meeting. It is recorded that the number of Protestant church-members increased by 60 percent in 1879. In the next year, the school for the blind and for deaf mutes was established. On April 19, A meeting was held to celebrate the completion of the translation of New Testament.
During this period, Mr. Yukichi Fukuzawa had changed his attitude toward Christianity completely. In 1882, the Jiji Shimpo, a daily newspaper was started by Mr. Fukuzawa. As an editor, he was critical of Christianity in the earlier issues of the newspaper. Later, Mr. Fukuzawa even regarded Christianity as a political mean. His essay which was translated to English appeared in Japan Weekly Mail, a newspaper published in English. The title of the essay eloquently expresses his new view. It is “The Adoption of the Foreign Religion is Necessary.” He thought that it was necessary to “remove completely the stigma from our land of being an anti-Christian country, and obtain the recognition of fellowship by the adoption of their social color.” Such a view indicates how the Japanese intelligentsia did not distinguish Christianization with being recognized by the Great Powers in the early 1880s.
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Good night.
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