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communists into the prefectural assemblies also causesconcern.We should not, I think, interpret this to mean thatthe communists are about to take over Japan. If that evercomes it will not come soon. It does mean that thesocialists have come out and shown their real color. It maymean that there will be stiffer opposition to the government'splan to nationalize Shinto shrines. I am afraid itmeans that communists have become respectable inJapan, but it doesn't mean that a great many people don'tstill fear and oppose communism. However, many who dooppose communism in their hearts do not express thatopposition openly.Evangelistic EffortsThe room was full and all sat with eyes glued onYoshioka Sensei, president of the Reformed Seminary, ashe preached about the marvelous power of Christ to castout demons. It was an unusual subject for Japanese anda very fine message. Considerable planning and work wentinto the preparation for this meeting. Church memberspassed out a thousand invitations and gospels of Mark toeach home in the community. Letters were sent to morethan a hundred inquirers. Even the newspaper boys didchurch work, for they distributed five thousand inserts inthe newspapers of this area. After the meeting the youngpeople formed a fellowship circle and got acquaintedsinging and playing a few games. Some have continued tocome to meetings.There seems to be a steadily diminishing response topublic appeals in Japan. It appears that more and more wewill have to work person-to-person in order to reach theunsaved. We are very thankful that the Lord is buildingHis church, and in spite of our many weaknesses He isadding to the church. Higashisuma Church is continuingto have large prayer meetings and is much encouraged bythe answers to prayer. Three young people are studyingdoctrine and we hope that all of them will be baptized.The church in Japan continues to need our prayers andyours. Spring communion is set for May 16.The prayer calendar for May mentions the marriageproblem of our Christian young people. There are so fewChristians thatit is a real problem, and we have it often onour minds. One young lady is bringing a young man tochurch and encouraging him to study the Bible. Onevoung man would like to marry. Several are thinking andpraying about the problem. If good Christian homes canhe established it will be a great blessing to these peopleand to the church. However, it often seems to be verydifficult to get our own young people together. Americanswould say to leave them alone, but Japanese say we don'tdo enough to help them. You can help with your prayers.For anything worth having one must pay the price;; "Hl the price is always work, patience, love, selfsacrifice—nopaper currency, no promise to pay, but theU«lil of real service.—John BurroughsMAY S. m-iChristian Education from page 3Most American church-affiliated colleges are simplyordinary colleges with the added religious featuresmentioned above. A very few are consciously seeking toimplement a truly Christian philosophy of education allalong the line — and this means in science, history,sociology, psychology, literature, as well as in religion.Perhaps none would dare to claim that this lofty aim hasbeen truly achieved. These colleges that are seeking to betruly Christian in all parts of their inner life are facing adifficult task and cannot boast but only humbly claim tobe seriously pursuing their aim — to take the knowledgeof God seriously in every relationship of life andknowledge.Geneva, our Church college, is a very good collegeas colleges go. It is fully accredited and offers the Church'syouth a wide variety of educational opportunity. And thewriter humbly asserts that Geneva is trying to becomebetter as a truly Christian college, and that some realprogress is being made in this effort. What Geneva seeks isnot merely to become a better college plus Christianity,but to become a better, more radically, more consistentlyChristian college.Glimpses. from page 5case, "This is right; that is wrong." Actually, that is true ofeveryone of the ten commandments, even the one thatsays, "Thou shalt not kill." When the one charged withmurder is brought into court,it may be alleged that he wasacting in self defense. Was he? Did he strike first, thendefend himself? The jurors and judge may never be ableto determine questions such as these with absolute certainty,yet they must give their judgment.The absolutes of the ten commandments are there,and we're not going to relieve our difficulties with them bydenying them. We're merely going to compound thedifficulties.THE WAY TO HEAVENDr. Alexander Whyte, of Edinburgh, touching at afamily reading a portion about the Cross, stopped andwhispered to his four-year-old son: "Do you know what across is, my boy?""Oh, yes, father," was the reply; "it's just the thingwe climb on when we go to Heaven.""Ah, my little boy," he continued, "when you are asold a sinner as your father you'll know experimentally thetruth of vour words."God sends us many love-tokens, and amongst themare the great and the little annoyances and pains that besetour lives, and on each of them if we would look, we shouldsee written in His own hand, this inscription: "For yourgood." Do not let us have our eyes so full of tears that wecannot see, or our hearts so full of regrets that we cannotaccept, that sweet, strong message.—Alexander Maclaren