INDEX
American Board (Congregational), [171]; history of work, [179]; strained relations with native church, [182].
Ancestors, worship of, [117], [270], [301].
Animals, [29].
Art, [95].
Asama, [11].
Ashikaga, [42].
Ballagh, Rev. Mr., baptized first convert, [175].
Banking, [103].
Bathing, [83].
Beautiful, love of the, [59].
Belief, missionary's, [198].
Berry, Dr. J. C., opinions on vacations, [218], [220], [223]; his medical work, [265].
Bible, first portions translated, [147], [174]; translation of, essential, [162]; translation committee and work, [175]; distribution to soldiers, [311].
Bible and tract societies of America and England, work of, [190].
Bicycle, [245].
Birds, [30].
Biwa, [14].
Bridges, [16].
Brotherhood, universal, unknown, [136]; repugnant, [273].
Brothers, relation of, [134].
Brown, Rev. Dr. S. R., [170]; drafts of New Testament, [174].
Buddhism, introduction of, [40]; principal features of, [126]; history of, [127]; formative power of, [128]; temples and priests, [129]; and Christianity, [126], [130], [279]; vitality of, [278], [311].
Camphor, [26].
Census of 1893, [9].
Chamberlain, Professor, on advance of Christianity in Japan, [312].
Chaplains, Christian, appointed by the government, [310].
Character, missionary's, [200].
Cheerfulness, native, [53].
Children, an allowance for, [214].
China, early influence of, [39]; ancient civilization of, [90]; recent war with, [49], [310].
Christianity, first introduction of, [144]; early successes, [148]; attempted extermination of, [154]; cannot be extirpated, [156]; prohibitions of, [157], [172]; edicts against, removed, [176]; reaction against, [178]; by nature diffusive, [243]; revolutionizing tendency of, [267]; exclusiveness of, [269]; past record of, [274]; advance of, [312].
Church, first organized, [175]; sifting of, [178].
Church of Christ in Japan, [184].
Civilization, definition of, [89]; Japan's compared with Western, [106]; adoption of Western, [177].
Climate, [19-22].
Commercial honor, [67]; morality, [120].
Confucianism, and Japanese morality, [109]; ethics of, [110]; history of, [130]; basal principles of, [131]; nearest approach to Christianity, [135]; contrasted with Christianity, [243].
Consecration of missionary, [197].
Constitution of Japan, [47], [96].
Converts, first, [175]; social ostracism of, [279]; requirements of, [288]; indigent, [289].
Curiosity, native, [212].
Customs, bearing of, upon mission work, [70], [269].
Davis, Rev. and Mrs. J. D., [180].
Death, not afraid of, [65].
Disappointments, missionary's, [226].
Doshisha University, [180]; rationalistic teaching of, [181].
Duty, ours to the missionary, [229]; joy of doing, [231].
Educational system of Japan, [93], [255]; antagonistic to Christianity, [276].
Educational work of missions, compared with evangelistic, [250]; criticism of, [253]; hinders self-support, [260].
Embassy to Rome, [149].
Emperor, power of name, [55]; worship of picture, [112], [301].
Environment, missionary's, unfavorable, [227].
Episcopalians, [170], [183]; five branches of, [186]; native church, [187], [303].
Europeanization of Japan, [46], [91]; our hope, [312].
Evangelization, [234]; missionaries must be evangelists, [235]; subordinated to educational work, [236]; local, [237]; itinerating, [242].
Exiles, missionaries, [225], [228].
Exports, [27].
Facial expression, [53].
Farms, [23].
Festivals, religious, [302].
Feudalism, rise of, [41]; conditions under, [145].
Fish, [30].
Food, [80].
Foreign pastor, [230].
Foreigners, treatment of, [44], [136]; country open to, [170], [171]; ungodly example of, [282].
Formosa, [9].
Franchise, limited, [96].
Friends, [135].
Fuji-san, [12].
Fujiwara family, [41].
Funerals, [84].
Geography of Japan, [9-15].
Girls' boarding-schools, [255]; purpose of, [256]; end defeated by etiquette, [257]; reasons for and against, [258], [259].
Goble, Rev. J., translation of Matthew, [174].
God, Japanese word for, [249], [262].
Government, Japanese, [95]; paternalism of, [58]; hostile to Christianity, [172], [173], [313].
Gratitude, [66].
Greek Church (Russian), [165]; its founder, [166]; its cathedral, [167]; its work, [168].
Greene, Dr. and Mrs., [180].
Greetings, [88].
Gulick, Rev. O. H., [180]; story of his teacher, [172].
Hara-kiri (belly-cutting), [85].
Haughty bearing of missionary, [241].
Health of missionary, the first qualification, [193]; medical examinations, [195]; allowance for, [215]; and vacations, [216].
Heathen faiths opposed to Christianity, [277], [311].
Hibachi, [80].
Hideyoshi, [43]; persecutor of Christians, [150].
Hindrances to Christianity, [266]; common to all fields, [267]; peculiar to Japan, [271]; the greatest, [313].
Hiroshima, [18].
Hollanders, [10], [44], [156], [158].
Homes, mission, necessity of as examples, [207], [211]; comfort of, [210]; a Western home, [212].
Hondo, [9].
Houses, Japanese, use of, [76]; construction of, [78]; furniture, [79].
Human life, cheap, [64].
Imitativeness, [64].
Imperial University, [94].
Inconsistency, [63].
Inland Sea, [10].
Inns, Japanese, [245].
Inquirers, how to deal with, [238], [286].
Instability, of people, [61], [314]; of civilization, [105].
Intellectual life, [54]; open-mindedness, [59].
Islands of Japan, [9], [10], [11].
Itinerating, [242]; greatest hindrance to, [246]; kinds of, [247]; objections to, [249].
Iyeyasu, [43], [109]; and the battle of Sekigahara, [153]; persecution of Christianity, [153].
Japan, the land of, [9]; new, birth of, [45]; religions of, [122].
Japanese, reliable history of, [40]; characteristics, [51]; manners and customs, [69], civilization, [89]; morality, [107]; skeptical, [316].
Jesuits, introduction of Christianity by, [45].
Jingo, Empress, [39].
Joys of the missionary, [231].
Kagoshima, [18].
Kanagawa, [18].
Kasatkin, Bishop Nicolai, founder of Greek mission, [166].
Korea, subjugation of, [39].
Kyoto or Saikyo, [10], [17], [18].
Kyushu, [9]; Dutch residence on, [10].
Lakes, [14].
Land, cultivated, [11], [22]; picturesque, [14]; irrigation of, [22]; terracing, [23].
Language, structure of, [55]; difficult to learn to read, [93]; first dictionary of, [174]; talent for, essential to the missionary, [203]; difficult to master, [262], [284].
Lawrence, Dr. E., on common sense, [204]; on exiles, [225]; "axioms of missions," [292].
Laws, [96].
Libraries, how regarded, [72].
Life, chief of all evils, [127].
Liggins, Rev. J., [170].
Lights, [103].
Literature, native, [92]; Christian, [261], [263].
Love of humanity, missionary's, [199].
Loyalty, first moral principle, [111], [132].
Lutherans, missionary problems of, [188]; purpose in Japan, [189].
McDonald, Dr., on furloughs, [224].
Manufactories, [104].
Marriage, customs, [75]; relation, [133]; essential to missionary, [206].
Martyrs, [115].
Materialism in Japan, [277], [315].
Medical missions, [264]; no longer needed in Japan, [265].
Mental qualifications of the missionary, [201].
Methodist Church in Japan, [171], [183]; branches of, [185], [304]; present status of, [186].
Mikados, [41].
Minamoto, great clan, [41].
Minerals, [28],
Missionaries, lives in danger, [171]; qualifications of, [192]; private life of, [209]; extent and variety of work of, [234]; number of, in Japan, [309].
Missions in Japan, modern Roman and Greek, [160]; Protestant, [169]; the "happy time" of, [177]; differing policy of, [182]; small bodies, [190]; results of, [191]; projected on too high a plane, [260]; hindrances to, [266]; special problems of, [286]; the outlook of, [306].
Morality, compared with West, [109], [117]; chief defect of, [121].
Music in the Greek Church, [167].
Mutsuhito, [47].
Mythological history, [36-39].
Nagasaki, [10].
Nagoya, [18].
Native church, its relation to the missionary, [182], [228], [299], [314]; missionary's crown, [232]; development of, [242]; hurtful national feeling in, [273]; problem of, [290]; polity of, [290]; self-support, [293]; reasons for dependence, [294]; attitude toward national habits and customs, [300]; condition of, to-day, [307].
Native ministry, educated, [251]; how provided, [295]; how trained, [297].
Neesima, Dr., [181].
Newspapers, Japanese, [92]; value of Christian, [263].
Nihon, native name of empire, [10].
Nihon-bashi, center of empire, [16].
Nobunaga, [43]; patron of early Christianity, [148]; assassinated, [150].
Obedience, result of, [58].
Official honor, [68],
Okayama, [18].
Omiiki, founder of Tenrikyo, [138].
Open ports, [19].
Originality, native, [63].
Outlook in Japan, [306]; bright to spiritual eye, [317].
Parental relation, [133].
Parental respect, [57]; great ethical principle, [116].
Passports, [246].
Patriotism, extreme, [55]; hinders Christianity, [272], [313].
Perry, Commodore, and the opening of Japan, [44].
Persecutions, causes of, [150]; Christians exiled, [172]; United States government and, [176]; cessation of, [177]; memory of, [275].
Physique, native, [33].
Politeness, the exalted virtue, [85]; ridiculous extremes, [87].
Portuguese, discovery of Japan, [43]; captain and Hideyoshi, [150].
Prayer, [169].
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in the United States, [169], [170].
Problems, special, [286].
Railways, [97].
Rainfall, [21].
Reformed Church in America, [170].
Religion, Japanese, composite, [123]; influence of, [142]; and morality, [268].
Rivers, [13].
Roman Catholic Church in Japan, pioneer work of, [144]; driven out, [154]; early mistakes, [158], [161]; the work resumed, [160]; peculiar hindrances to, [163]; prosperity of, [164].
Ronins, story of the forty-seven, [112].
Sake, [119].
Salary of the missionary, [213]; when on furlough, [219].
Schools, Sunday, [239]; mission, [251]; academical, [253]; girls', [255].
Sectarianism, a hindrance to missions, [281]; disappearing, [303]; advantages of coöperation, [304].
Self-control of missionary, [205].
Sermons, kind of, [249].
Sexes, relation of, [73].
Shikoku, [10].
Shimabara, fall of, [155].
Shinto, revival of, [45]; morality, [108]; history of, [123]; state religion, [125]; ancestors, [270]; opposing Christianity, [278].
Shogun (tycoon), [42]; abolition of the office, [46].
Sign language, graceful, [76].
Simmons, Dr. D. B., [170].
Sin, no word for, [249], [262].
Society, missionary's need of, [216], [217], [225].
Spiritual qualifications of the missionary, [197].
Steamers, [99].
Taira, great clan, [41].
Taylor, Dr. W., [265]; opinions on missionary's qualifications, [194]; furloughs, [220], [221], [224].
Tenrikyo, missionary religion, [137]; origin of, [138]; teachings of, [139]; distinguishing characteristics, [141].
Theological training, necessity of, [251]; in English language, [252]; abroad, [252], [299]; place of native religions in, [298].
Theology, native, rationalistic, [181]; desire for, [274]; formative stage, [308].
Tidal waves, [13].
Tokaido, most famous road, [16].
Tokyo, the capital, [10], [17].
Tone-gawa, largest river, [14].
"Topsyturvydom," [70].
Treaties, American, [45], [107]; English, [170]; revision of, [48], [178].
Typhoons, [22].
Vacations of missionaries, summer, [216]; furloughs, [218], [224]; argument against, [219]; medical opinions in favor of, [220]; from an economic standpoint, [221]; useful to native and home churches alike, [222].
Vegetarians, [80].
Verbeck, Rev. Dr. G. F., [171], [175].
Visitation, advantages of, [239]; and Japanese etiquette, [240].
Volcanoes, [11].
Wife, missionary's, health of, [196].
Williams, Rev. C. M. (Bishop), [170], [175].
Work, methods of, [234].
Xavier, St. Francis, first missionary to Japan, [146].
Yezo, [9]; location and climate, [10],
Yoritomo, first shogun, [42].
Yokohama, [11].