The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 1954

~----THE 01110 INDEPENDENT BAPTIS~T---------~~~ August 1954 ( 11 l\ I a,, 1 tl1 • tl1t~ "'"\ s,1l1i E,·e- 11i11g ?\ e,,· l1,1d a11 c11·t iclr 11ti– t l d. ~' l)eifica- tio11 of E111peror '\T ie,,·ed 1 cl i11i11g 1111 p tt1 . It ,va a11 i11t e1·e ti11 g articl e t o 111e and 1 ,,·a11t to . l1a1 ..e it ,,·it h 1"011 o that ' )"011 t oo, 111igl1t be abl e to 1111der- ta11d t l1e Ea t a little bette1.. . To prove that i11 all part of the col111- tr}" Empel'OI' " ·01' hip i beino· r e– ,..i,.. ed tl1e n e\, paper cite the I e hrine a an exan1ple. Approxin1ately 700,000 000 )~e11 ( 360 }'en eqt1al $1.00 ) \Va colle t ed th1·011gbout J apa11 for the er emo11},. of t ra11 ferring the I e hrine la t vear. The 11um- ., ber of ,vor hiper goi11g to the I e hrine jumped from 30 000 i11 1947 to 3 000 000 i11 1952. Ther·e "'·er e u ch large crowd at iieiji hrine 011 New Y ear Da:y· that 011e could hardly mo, ·e . The Emperor make 1,egular vi - it to the I e brine a11d t he i11di– cation that he ha been i11ter e t ed in hri tia11ity ha n ot affect ed hi , ..i it to the hrine. The t ragedy 011 Jan. 2nd in which 17 p er on. ,ver e killed in the ru h to pay hom– age to the Emperor at the palace i also mentioned. The 11ext illu - tration is taken from the fi eld of edur atio11. The K eiai J akue11 a private High chool i11 Akit a Pref ectlll"e obtained the Emper or \ pict11re from the Imperial Il ou eh old Agen cy yea1, bef or e la ·t and placed it in a P eace Pavillion , omethi11g like a prewar I-Ioan– de11 ' a fir e proof bl1ildi11g, f or l{eepi11g the Imperial Portrait. · \\Then ev er ther e i a chool f11nc- tio11, Prin ipal Yatar o Takaha hi gi\ ..es l ectl1re con cer11ing the En1- p er or a1 d Imperial r escript . It i rep or ted t hat f r om la~ t term the chool h a. been h olding tud3r gr oup on ' · The "•pirit of Hakko I chiu . ' a pre- t1rren der logan mean ing t he entire ,vorlcl l111de1 .. Olle I'OOf. ' The ' Principle of E d ucational Guida11ce, a book "'·ritte1 by thi Princip al co1 tain ·u ch term and ph ra e a : ' hi ·01 ' ' supremely Augu t being ~ · . eiten h i, ' ' acr ed .. 1 011 of H eaven , ' "\Ve J apan e e be- EAST MEETS WEST 1i 1~ \ T. \ 1 I~l{ i\ 1 1). ( 1 I} ..;\ ~ 1) I 1~~ R. lli o-a: l1i 1).() . l~ox 33, l(ctgosl1i111 a ( ' it)" -J ,11)a11 lie,· i11 th ) Sc1erecl .. 011 of II r ave11 ' c111 l 'I lie l ..J a11tl of 1\1 izt1110 ( -J a1)cl11 ) i~ to l)e r11lecl bv Ollr cle ·c:(.l 11cla11t s " \\'110: fat i coe, ral ,,,it l1 h a,·e11 a11cl earth tl1i.~ i · t l1e spirit of tl1e Imperial "\\-ra:)T. A~ t h p eo1 1e of t h e \\ e ·t ,ve n1a3 1 fi11cl i t harcl t o u11cl er ·ta11 l 11 h thi11l{i11g fo r, ,,re ha,re 11ever had a King or a11 Emper o1 .. l ) Llt J apa11e e llicide pla11e a11cl Ba11zai attacl{ \ve1·e j tl t t v o , ri ible 11ani– f e tatio11 of the p ower of u ch a belief. ometime we p eople f1~om tl1e vVe t have the icl ea that p eople from the Ea t ca11n ot affor'cl t o b11ild a chl1rch but 11otice ,v lJat the 11ew paper arti le tell abot1t gi,r– inO' b)' . 01ne of t h e poor p eo1 le. The fi,re \Vard ea. t of the ~ umida ri,?er of Tokyo h a,"e the lowe t 1 .. ecord i11 p a)T1ne11t of tax– e . Yet h ou h old do11atio11 i11 thi area bet"\i\'een 1951 and ,J t1l3" 1953 wa 400,000 000 Y e11 or 2 300 Y e1 p er hou eh old and 110,000,000 wa p e11t for 1 hi11t o f e tival . I11 umida ,vard alon e 103 000 000 wa collect ed and 11early ha]f 49 000,000 Y e11 " -ra 11 ed t o r eb11il] Kameido Te1 ji11 a11d the l . bijima .. 1 hri11e the r e111ai11der goi11g f or . ch ool. a11tl treet . . ' i m i 1 a r· phe11ome11a occur throughout th e natio11 i11 the r e– habilitatio11 of hri11e t e111ple , an cl mal{ing 111onume1 t ~ f or ,~{ar dea 1. 'onclitio11 are 11 h that 011e n111. t o"'o alo11g ,vith the n1a. . e. 01.. l)e bra1 d ecl a t r·aitor . · rrhe 11e,v paper art i 1 ·011cll1de: with a t aten1 1 t about t h e pre ent corr11pt io11 in p olitir al life ,vhich has exhiliarat ed 111ove to,, 1 ard Emper or .. Deific at ion. I n1ig·ht adcl that tl1e r ecent riot in t h e Diet at Tol{yo ha. n ot added anythi11g t o,,,ard. helping the people ee the 11eed of t urning f1,om old ,vajr . Thi. i ju t a11othe1" i cl e of J apane e life. \Ve our elve are , ,ery bt1. y with t he la11guage t 11dy and ,vhe11 we do tal{e tin1e Ollt to r ead the pap e1 .. or li t en to tl1e 1 e,·vs for eca t which we occa ionally get over the radio we ,von der \\The1 ..e ev– er ..ything is headed. 111 J)ite of it all the Lord ha bee11 giving· 11 1,ich ble ing alo11g the \\Ta) r . The r ecent " "eekend trip t o the ~ orth ha, 1 e open ed up many n e,v place Of 8 P r \ r it' >• l 11 0 11 Cl C i t \T \ V h cl V r • l)e011 i11vit0cl tc> s1)eal< ,\' ith thr E11g·li: h t aehe1 .. at t hP Iligh 8l'l1ool eo11eer11i115.t a class i11 .r~11glisl1 l3iblr. B~,TerJ" . t11cl e11t st11c1ief-) F_J 11 g li ·h lJtLt v·ery f ew of then1 c>, ·rr l1ave tl10 pri,rilege of heari11g a11 r\merica11 ~ p eal{. It 11ay be p o . ilJle to 1·eaeh 1nor e fa111ilie. thi. \\"ay than ,,,oul cl be po . ilJl 1)y'" goi11g £r on1 hou. e t o house becau r t he . t u cl en ts co1ne from far a11d \, 1 ide to atte1 d high I ·chool. Thi cit~yr i the ce1 t e1· of the ounty a11d . tude1 t co1ne to thi IIi 0 ·h chool from a11 a1 .. ea of abo1 t 170 . q11are mile , o I am told. 'I'hi i a lot of walki11g . W e co, ..et 3rolll" pra3Te1· tl1at the~ e oppor t u11i– tie of er vice might be r ealizecl a11cl t hat the heart of 11en n1igl1t be op e11 ecl t o allow the me. age of the go p el t o come i11. It ha been aid that Ea ti. E a t a11d "\Ve t i . W e t anc1 n e ,e1-- the t \vain hall n1eet. Eacl1 month I d t lik e to give . 01ne r ea. 011 ,v hy t hi~ 1 . eem to be t 1,t1e. The "\\Te t - ,, ... 1~iti11g i f1--om left to right a11d down. done I the11 Tl1e Ea t ,, 1 rit ing~ i from t op t o bott om a11d tJ1e11 t o the left. T 1f l\IILLER RDAI~ED irr. a11d .Jf r: . 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