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242 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
If Southern Baptists ever faced an open door in foreign missions they do
now in Japan. The opportunity is simply appalling. I hope that we, as Christians,
will see this opportunity, stop being dilatory about the task. ... If we
neglect this field when it is so ripe, so ready, so receptive, we will forever
forfeit the right to ask God's blessings on any of our mission enterprises.
If you have money, or influence, or life, or courage, in the name of all that
is high and holy, use them today to insure a strong Southern Baptist work in
Japan. There are no words to describe the urgency of the situation here. . . .
JAPAN
Land
of
Beauty
SEINAN GAKUIN TODAY
In an effort to learn how our mission work had withstood the shock of war
I recently spent two days at our boys' school, known as Seinan Gakuin.
Leaving Sasebo early one morning with my jeep loaded with gospel tracts.
denominational literature, Bibles, New Testaments, clothes, soap, and a dozen
other items, I drove across the island to Fukuoka, the largest city of Kyushu.
The trip took about four hours, I arrived just before lunch.
As I drove across Fukuoka there were evidences of fire everywhere. In the
downtown district only the steel and concrete buildings remain. . . . Driving
perhaps a mile, I came to a central downtown intersection. From here I turned
west and followed a double-car track. Some two miles out I found a large
sign announcing a "Youth for Christ Rally Each Saturday Night at the Baptist
Christian College."
Entering the College Administration Building I met Professor Taichiro Fujii,
professor of English, who offered to show me about the campus so I could take