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. t ,.•• . r.'·_ ••.. ..... -. ..~ ,"~' ...... - .;Japan-past, present, and future.The Past. Limited space limits history to a brief statement. Seed has,been sown for ar least fifty years. Some has fallen on good ground, and hasbroughr a harvest. Japanese conve rts with, outstanding Christian characters,stand today as strong evidence of that-,good work.The Present. What I know is what I have seen. Last August, eightdays of hurried cravel covered practically all of our mission points. Sincere,active Japanese Christians greeted us at every stop. Many of our old homecongregations do not do so well. Fifty years and a few unselfish missionarieshave brought tangible results in Japan. Most congregations averageabout fifty members. Some more. Some less. Get out your map and followthe line of march, starting from the south. Shi"Zuoka. Miss Ewing. Fourcongregations. Two Sunday Schools of perhaps fifty children each, meetingin other sections of the city in the afternoon. Adequate native male leadership,Yokohama; Brother and Sister Rhodes: One small congregation,Kindergarten, Sunday School, Bible classes, a young work. T okyo; BrotherMcCaleb. At least two good congregations with adequate native leadership:Kindergarten, Bible classes, Native Christian paper. Brother Hiratsuka, wellknownconvert, active at one congregation, Kichijoji; Miss Cypert: Suburbof Tokyo, one congregation. large kindergarten, Bible classes, male nativeleadership, [barag; County; Brother Bixler and Brother and Sister HermanFox : Ac least four good congregations, with other scattered work, a ruralcommunity, health foods industry that supports at least three native workers,a good dairy, excellent native cooperation. Sawara; Brocher Fujimori:At least one congregation, an alI·native work.The Future. Only God knows the future. The doors are still open.The people sti ll need the Word. The living of today cannot hear the Gospelwhen they are dead. Churches are still operating, and Japanese are comingto the Lord. The few missionaries on the field are doing a heroic work. Moremen and women of great courage are sorely needed.-J. H. McCALEB.This book of ORGANIZATIONS is dedicated tothe four Harding students who labored in this field.< .. , ...•. ~., .... , .