Kanamori's life-story : $b Told by himself; how the Higher Criticism wrecked a Japanese Christian—and how he came back — John Shaqi
Kanamori's life-story : $b Told by himself; how the Higher Criticism wrecked a Japanese Christian—and how he came backKanamori, Paul M.
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Kanamori's life-story : $b Told by himself; how the Higher Criticism wrecked a Japanese Christian—and how he came back
Kanamori, Paul M.
Kanamori, Paul M., 1857-1945
Places visited 5
Evangelistic meetings held 11
Churches which took part in the campaign 14
Denominations co-operating 5
Total attendance 3,400
Number of decisions for Christ 488
GRAND TOTAL
Number of months engaged in campaigns 42
Places visited 305
Evangelistic meetings held 812
Churches which took part in campaigns 502
Denominations or missions co-operating 40
Total attendance 313,000
Number of decisions for Christ 48,338
In Japan proper I have already visited forty provinces out of the
forty-seven. I have held evangelistic campaigns in more than two
hundred cities and towns. Everywhere people flocked to hear the Gospel.
They are hungering and thirsting for the saving power of the Gospel.
Their old religious beliefs have been shattered and destroyed by
the light of modern civilization, and they are looking for the true
religion which can satisfy their spiritual need.
As I have said, Christianity in Japan was strictly forbidden for
many centuries, and people had very poor ideas about it. When the
missionaries first came they found the ground so very hard that it
seemed almost impossible even to sow the seed; but for the last fifty
years they have been patiently working on this hard ground, plowing the
field and sowing the seed, yet without being able to see the longed-for
fruits. Now the harvest has come. The time of ingathering has arrived.
Throughout the whole country, from the highest to the lowest, all
people are ready to receive the message if you preach the Gospel of
Jesus Christ in its purity and simplicity. From the figures just
given as a result of my four-years’ campaign, you can easily see how
receptive the minds of the Japanese people have become to the Gospel
message. But as an example of the great awakening in my country, I wish
to tell you about the largest campaign I have ever had thus far in
Japan.
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