[160] “Emotionally its tenets do not at bottom satisfy us Occidentals, flirt with them as we may. Passivity is not our passion, preach it as we are prone to do each to his neighbor. Scientifically, pessimism is foolishness, and impersonality a stage in development from which we are emerging, not one into which we shall ever relapse. As a dogma it is unfortunate, doing its devotee in the deeper sense no good, but it becomes positively faulty when it leads to practical ignoring of the mine and thine, and does other people harm.”—LOWELL. [161] See papers in vol. xxix., Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan, by Lloyd and Greene. [162] See Cary’s article in “Andover Review,” June, 1889. [163] See Greene’s paper in vol. xxiii., Transactions Asiatic Society of Japan. [164] See Lowell’s “Soul of the Far East,” pp. 168, 169. [165] “The wicked sect called Christian is strictly prohibited. Suspected persons are to be reported to the respective officials, and rewards will be given” (1868). [166] See also Murray’s “Story of Japan,” pp. 172-179, 240-268. [167] See Uchimura’s “Diary of a Japanese Convert.” [168] There is now a “Japan Tract Society.” [169] It is unfortunate that there are any missionaries, with more zeal than knowledge, who seem to forget those wise words of Paul, the courageous, but tactful, and therefore successful, preacher, in 1 Corinthians ix. 22. But most of the missionaries, or the best of them, always bear in mind Christ’s own instructions in Matthew x. 16. [170] It is no small matter for encouragement to Christian workers in Japan that it is now possible to find among Japanese Christians three generations of believers; so that the words of Paul in 2 Timothy i. 5 may be applied here: “Having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice.” The future of Christianity in Japan is insured when it begins to be inherited. [171] See “An American Missionary in Japan,” pp. 259-262. [172] There are said to be 17,530 women employed in the factories and workshops of Tōkyō alone. [173] “Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism.” [174] See “Heroic Japan” (Eastlake and Yamada). [175] Mr. K. Takahashi, President of the Bank of Japan. [176] Rear-Admiral Kimotsuki in the “Taiyō” (Sun). See also chap. xiii. of “Japan in Transition” (Ransome). [177] Editorial in the “Taiyō” (Sun). [178] Formerly of the Dōshisha. From the “Taiyō.” [179] Osaka Merchant Steamship Company. [180] “The Political and Commercial Reasons for the Study of Chinese.” [181] “Chinese Recorder.” [182] Japan exports chiefly matches, lamps, and coal, and imports principally rice and cotton-seed. [183] Uchimura’s “Japan and the Japanese.” [184] “Life of Sir Harry Parkes.” [185] Pages 299-300. [186] Baron Kaneko at Harvard University. [187] Captain Brinkley in “The Outlook.” [188] Captain Brinkley. [189] Official.