Show GAINING GROUND IN JAPAN General Generl Secretary Secreta of Christian En Endeavor Endeavor Endeavor deavor Work Vork in Oriental Nation Naton Says Progress Is Being Made At a meeting of at Christian held In the th East t Side Baptist church yes yesterday yesterday yesterday afternoon T Sawaya general sec eec secretary of the Christian ChrIstan Endeavor union of at Japan addressed the meeting and told of the work that tho the union is carrying on in the orient Taking for tor his subject The Fast Pat Pres Present Present Present ent and Future of at Christian Christan Endeavor Work York In Japan Mr Sawaya related sev several several severa eral era stories dealing with the difference of at customs in his country and the United States The difference In the customs of ot the he two countries counties Is responsible for tor the hard lard struggle the Christian Christan have lave had in Japan Mr lIr Sawaya said that fifteen years ago when the work was wa first introduced in Japan those who were car carrying carrying on the task had to put up with wih the superstitions and the tle old religions of ot the tha people For many years the undertaking was a difficult one and the missionaries who were engaged in the work found that thata a hard battle batte had to be fought The Chris Christian Christan Christian tian tan Endeavor meetings that were held were not enjoyed by the young people be because because because cause the customs did not conform to their own At the present time the Japanese people are ire becoming more and more accustomed to the work and have taken up Christian ty It with much enthusiasm Mr Sawaya hopes hope that in the future the ties tes of at re religion religion ligion will wi help to bind the two great countries closer together He says that the Christian religion has a start str that can cannot cannot cannot not be checked owing to the efforts of at atthe the he union The Japanese quartet from Ogden ren rendered rendered rendered dered several hymns during the services At the First FI t Baptist church Mr Sa Sawaya Sawaya Sawaya waya addressed a meeting of ot Japanese The meeting was was well wel attended Mr Sa Sawaya Sawaya Sawaya waya left lef for tor the east after his lecture |