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Osaka, Japan

from CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION

Bible Christian Broadcast Begins

Third Year on The Worlds Most Powerful Commercial Radio Station . . . It began ten years ago when a
young soldier in France dedicated

his life to missionary work in Europe. A few days later he was killed. But his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coble did not forget. They began to gather a memorial fund to send a missionary to Europe.
But the Lord closed this door.

Then a chance meeting between Cobles and Alex Bills opened the whole idea of covering Europe with
the Gospel by Radio.
The Christian Radio mission

A CommunistNow a Christian Because YOU sent the Bills

agreed to prepare the program and the Cobles organized their work under the name Gospel Broadcast

with the Gospel to Japan.

The fruit of this work will be

ing Mission to raise the necessary

funds. Time was purchased on Radio Luxembourg with its 150,000 watt transmitter covering all of England and reaching English speak ing people all over Europe. Now we are into our third year of broadcasting a simple message of New Testament Christianity. Much sacrificing work and giving by
Walter and Minnie Coble has made

churches and individuals turning to the New Testament way through years to come. We are making a real and substantial impact on a

large number of Christian leaders in Europe and England. Each ser mon is heard by more people than
attend all of the Christian churches

in the United States. Cobles address

is

208

South

Guilford,

Garrett,

Indiana

it possible. All of the work of pro duction and follow up is carried on

from Osaka.

Plans For . . . Christian Radio Center

Our most vital and immediate

Daily request come for copies of the sermons. A large number are studying the Bible Correspondence
course. And we believe that there

need is funds for building the Chris

tian Radio Center in Osaka that

IS a steady increase of interest in

lunity on the New Testament plan.

will provide housing, office space and desperately needed studio. Out whole program depends on complet ing this building with all possible

CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION

haste. Each of these three needs is

WaneJscnothd
from JAPAN^
from A news report the Christian
Radio Mission. Edited by V. Alex Bills,
Field Director, Osaka, Japan.
JAPANESE MAILING ADDRESS:

urgenc The Bills family must have

a place to live. Enlargment of the
coirespondence Bible courses is

impossible without space in which to work. No new programs can be

produced until we have the studio completed. This Christian Radio Center will

ClHrlstlan Radio Mission

Mlyakojlma P. O. Box No. 2
Osaka, Japan CABLE ADDRESS: Cromls, Osaka

cost about $12,000 and will have far reaching effects in the Christian

Radio programs that it will make

possible in Korean and Chinese

c m WORKERS
Mr. and Mrs. V. Alex Bills and iomily, 492~5 Jutaku, Shlbaqakl Shlndo, Motsubara Cho, Nakagawachl Gun, Osaka Tu, Japan. Mrs. Exlo Fultz, 67 Yokoya, Uozakl

languages as well as the English

and
word

Japanese. We are waiting on from you, our friends in

America.

JUST A LINE It is a letter of just one line . . . but, that lice connects us with one mote life. At the moment it is laying on the desk beside my typewriter. The characters are quite small but the message is clear. It reads,
-'With reference- to your offer on the

Cho, Hlgashlnada Ku, Kobe, Japan.

Cooperating on Chinese Programs: Mrs. Isabel Dlttemore, 120 Ue Arata Cho, Kagoshima-Shl, Kyushu, Japan.

FORWARDING AGENTS Send~CT"fuirdS"for~fh"e"^enefcil""work dhd~

the Bills family to . . .
Christian Radio Mission Mrs. Don Blair

Radio last evening will you please

enroll me ia your free Bible Corres

804 Mississippi, Amarlllo, Texas

Send funds for Mrs. Fultz to . . .

pondence Course." That's all. And it is signed with just the initial and
surname.

Mrs. Velda Clatfeller, SIO North Fourth Street, Marshall, Illinois

This letter, with its brief request,

OVR HOME COMMITTEE

Chairman, G. B. Gordon, % Lincoln Bible Institute, Lincoln, Illinois; Harry

tells us very little about the sender. Is this person male or female? Married or single? Is he (she?)
Christian or non-Christian? If a

professing Christian, a member of

what Church? There is nothing from
this letter that will answer these

Bucalsteln, Lake,

604

Sixth Avenue, Harrold

Havre,

Montana; Robert M. LHlle, Rt. 2, Cedar

Indiana;

McForland,

Mission
Street,

Services,
Toledo,

Box

968,

Jollet,
Sllsby,
2B02

questions. It's a name with no fur

ther identification. Just a name to

Illinois; Thomas W. Overton, 2567 Kress

Ohio;

Conley

be typed on a card and placed in a

file with notations.

1507 Univ. Avenue S. E., Minneapolis 14,

Minnesota; Stanley D. Julian, Amarlllo, Texas

Letcher,

As the correspondence continues, however, the name becomes a per

son with a personality. From lesson

SPECIAL ADVISORS
Arlo F. Kelley, 4505 W. 3rd, Amarlllo, Texas; Dorothy Jane Johnson, 218 Sixth
Avenue, HUntginlon, West Virginia;

sheets returned and from notes and letters tucked inside we learn much

about the different ones taking the

Chaplian (Major) George R. Barber, 229 South Greenwood, Montebello, California.

course. They are preachers, teach ers, nurses, housewives, men in the
armed services of their country, ail

seeking to know more of God's Word

and His will.

It has been a joy to watch their growth and deepening interest in God's Word. Perhaps the most fre
quent comment made regarding the
course is that it makes one "search

the Scriptures" for answers. This has been our primary aim in our
first course offered on the air in

Luxembourg. We have noted a change in the thinking of the students as the course continues, a change which indicates that they are giving

less consideration to what they think

and more to what the scripture says. We are especially praying for those who are completing the Introductory Course and enrolling in our next
course on Acts.

Manin B. Clark, Announcer and

Exie Fuhz

Soloist. Betty Bills, Organist,

sponse from this Island where
Churches of Christ have never be

THIS IS LIFE Our Japanese broadcast is now

heard on three stations in Hokkaido
and on four short wave stations in

M^Ila that can be heard in every part of Japan and Okinawa. The Hokkaido programs are i..^e possible by gifts from the Army chapels of the First Cavalry Divi sion. Chaplain Robert Scott has been responsible for this help.
We are thrilled with the mail re-

fore had any work. Our message of Christian Unity based on'a return to the New Testament pattern is very attractive. On the average more than Janpaese

one person a day is enrolling in the Bible Correspondence

so thriiled with the

Course. One man is

possibility of this message that he is willing to give up li' security of

Exie Fultz, Radio Mail Secre y. Alex Bills, Director and

tary and Correspondence Bible

Teacher,

Speaker.

a government job and come to Osaka

to commit ourselves to certain ex

Bible Seminary for training so he

can return to his people with this
message.

penses on a monthly basis. During

the past winter months our income was just a little less than our needs each month until we were about

We also have a young man from Kobe who was first contacted by the
radio program enrolling in Bible

$400.00 in debt. Then during the

month of March several of our friends

Seminary this spring. These and many others have been reached by
radio but could not have been con

seemed to forget us, perhaps in the

pressure of Income Tax.

tacted in any other way. However we are facing a problem,'

to continue this broadcast after the

Now we are in very serious need. Increasing costs and inflation is making it necessary to increase
salaries to our workers so their

present transcriptions are exhausted

we must have the studio of Chris

tian Radio Center completed. Only

gifts from our friends can make this possible.

families can have food to eat, and we are in danger of not being able to even pay what we have promised.
We hope our friends will remember.

Anyone in the whole

Far East,

and sometimes in the U.S., can usually hear the short wave stations

Also Korea . . . . The great open door of Christian radio programs beamed to Korea must be entered if at all possible. Alex

of Far East Broadcasting Company from Manila that carry the program. It is heard on Friday 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. Japan time, on the following
stations:

will spend a few weeks during March and April in Seoul making recordings
of sermons in Korean to include in

"

DZH7

9.730

MC

programs that^wi^l be prepared later.

DZHS
DZH9

DZI6

11.855 15.300 17.805

MC
MC

If possible choral groups will also

be recorded: then sermons and music

MC

To Our Friends . . . . We are getting results with the money you are Investing in the
work of the Christian Radio Mission. But in order to have TOrkers trained

can be edited Into a single program in Osaka. The Far East Broadcasting Company is urging us to begin a re gular release of Korean language
programs. The Korean church has demonstrated that it is by far the

most faithful in the Orient, if not in

the entire modern world.

and available it Is necessary for us

CHRISTIAN

RADIO

MISSION

804 Mississippi,

Amarillo,

Texas

Sec. 34.66 P. L. & R.

U. S. Postage
PAID

Amvillo, Texas
Permit No. 78

FORM 3547 REQUESTED

EXTRAS from Exie

Kobe, Japan
June, 1954^
Christian Radio

Mi3^kOjinia P. 0. BoxNo. 2
Osaka.

WITH A DIRTY FACE, a runny nose and shining eyes, Tsuneo Harai began attending our Bible School in Kobe. Every Sunday morning he would be on hand to greet us with a big grin and eyes sparkling from behind the dirt. Needless to say, it took only a few such greetings to win our hearts completely. (We are happy to say that now his face usually shines as well as his eyes and, thanks to the warm spring weather, his nose has stopped runningat
least until another winter season.)

Tsuneo Chan is rather "special" to us for another reason, too. He is the only one of our children's group with an unbroken attendance record. A Japanese holiday or school event will almost empty the Bible School. We've
had three or four such events since we started the chil

dren's work in December. Each time my heart sinks be

cause, so far, we have never been able to build back to

Tsuneo Chan comes from a family of five children. One younger brother is seen with him in the above picture, This younger brother and an elder brother and sister are regular in their attendance at the Bible School, but none of them have a perfect record.

Yasuo and Tsuneo Harai, members of the Church of Christ Bible School in Kobe, Japan,

our pre-holiday attendance before we are hit again by another one. On one such morning only three little pre schoolers were present. I was feeling quite discouraged until I glanced at Tsuneo Chan. His face lit up and broke into a huge happy smile that gave me quite a lift. As I smiled back, I prayed that I would never again feel so discouraged as long as there was one open little heart ready to hear the story of Jesus.

The other Sunday morning we were showing the children some picnic snapshots and showed Tsuneo Chan the above picture. Since Yasuo Chan was absent and the other children weren't interested in this picture, he had it all to himself. He held it in his hand a long time looking at it admiringly. Rather unsuccessfully he kept trying to surpress a pleased smile that made it obvious he was quite confident that
he was very photogenic.

SPRINGTIME is picnic and hiking time in Japan, And for me this spring was a time of discovering some of the scenic places near Kobe.

Cherry blossom season always draws multitudes out of doors into the mountains and parks. This year it drew me out, too. One Sunday I carried my camera to church thinking I'd go out alone for some shots
of the blossoms after church. However, a few of the young folk were going so we went together. I

was warned by the boys that there would be drinking and fighting but even so I wasn't prepared for what I saw. People were literally jammed into the park. It was just past mid-day and the remains of picnic lunches, that had been eaten anywhere and everywhere, were just left lying on the ground. Al most everyone was imbibing freely of sake (rice wine) and a great number of the "flower viewers" had passed out along the roadside. I wondered what particular enjoyment they were getting out of Ijnng senseless by the roadside while passersby kicked dust in their faces. To see any beauty one had to keep

looking up at the sky and the blossoms, but even then you had to keep an eye
open for staggering drunks who kept bumping rudely into everyone. The philosophy of the day seemed to be the
same as the Epicureans of old, "Eat and

drink for tomorrow you die."

My second outing this spring was with

the group from the Kobe Church. We went up into one of the mountains near

Kobe to the Nunobiki falls. We stopped

for awhile at the falls and then climbed

on past the water reservoir to a little

village near the top of the mountain

where we ate lunch on a little outdoor

Group from Kobe Church of Christ

pavilion where we could look down and

see children making mud dams across

the little stream below.

On "boys" day, May 5, we took some of the Bible School Children on a picnic to the top of Mt. Futatabi, the highest mountain near Kobe. This time we rode up by bus. On top of Mt. Futatabi is a tiny Uttle
lake with boating facilities. We ate our lunch near the little chapel that stands at the entrance of the "Foreigners" cemetery. Unlike American picnics where our chief concern would be for "refreshments" and "recreation," our only responsibility was transportation. At lunch everyone ate his own "Obento" of rice and fish (or hard boiled eggs) that had been packed by "mother." Some of them carried their own canteens of tea. The only recreation needed on a Japanese picnic is hiking and the long walk back down the mountainside gives everyone a sufficient amount of that.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, Isono San, Junior teacher, asked me if I wanted to see "the

most beautiful garden in Kobe." About a five or ten minute walk from the foot of the mountain through
the streets of Kobe brought us to the site. Entering an opening in a wall, we found ourselves inside a garden with a little pond, gnarled old trees, quaint bridges and stone lanterns and azaleas in full bloom. It was such a delight to step from the dirty city through a gateway into a garden so quiet and beauti ful. It furnished a perfect end to a perfect day.

And now, just to give a perfect ending to this bit of news, I'm happy to report that Susumu Samoto (on my left in above picture) was buried with Christ in baptism last Sunday evening and now shares with us
in our hope of eternity with the Lord.
EXIE FULTZ

Mrs.

Velda

Clatfelter
Sec. 34.66 E. P. L. & R.

602 Pine Street

MarshaU, Dl.

U. S. Postage Paid
Marshall, ni.
Permit No. 21

Mr and Mrs Harold McFarland

Mission Manor

Joliet, 111

Christian Radio Mission

Miyakojima P, 0. Box #2 Osaka^ Japan 20 November 1954

Pear Friends,

We thought you would be interested in having the enclosed survey of

various Christian radio activities in Japan.

This report does not include our CPM broadcasts. We had -ust completed a season of broadcasting "This Is Life" prosram on three Japanese stations
when the survey was maie.

Our own eniphasis during the past four years in training Japanese leaders
of increasing opportunities to out the Ciospel on the Air.

and workers in Crj'istian radio appears more and nore significant in light

Another impo-^ant develop-'ent is the .plan for our own Christian Ra'^.lo

studio in Osaka which w trust will be a reality before the year is finished

AcjTTay we trust the enclosed issue of "Japan-Harvest" will add to your un derstanding of the status and future of Christian Radio in Japan
Since

Alex Bills, Field Director

P S. Please note that from the middle of December the address of the
Bills family will be . . ,
V. Alex Bills

Hris-pian K^dio Mission^

330 3Ka Tong uai ain Dong
Pusan, Korea

JAPAN HARVEST
'
Tokyo, Japan

^
Vol. 3, No. 5

and
c(^^utc UHt^ ^inae4t "

^eCd^ cme
August, 1954

EVANGELICAL UNITY REALIZED

claimed one of the speakers at thy^ This month, Japan Harvest pres-''^^
recent missionary conferences in KanThis is "like a bit of Heaven," ex

"RADIO" SURVEY

The Mountaintop

ents a challenging and informative "Lord, this has been the gfeatest survey of Gospel radio broadcasting / mountaintop experience I have ever echoed in the hearts of many. "ThanlC; in Japan. See pages 5 and 6. known,was the cry of one mission God for the evident moving of the ary in Karuizawa this summer. God Spirit among us," he said. "There highly pradtical "'fnei^a^''"presented spoke powerfully to many hearts, and is a heart agreement, even though we will linger long in the minds of those the beautiful mountain area became do not always agree in the head. And who heard, and will do much to shape truly a spiritual " mountaintop the spirit of unityloving the Lord the ministry of many missionaries to Followiitg are a few brief quotations a more Scriptural and powerful pat Jesus, and loving one anotheris won from the challenging, Spirit-directed

uizawaand his sentiments were r^;-

derful."

tern.

A leader of long experience in Ja pan said that in 100 years of mission ary work in this land, a great, all-out Revival has never yet been experi
enced. But he added, "These meet ingsthe best we have yet seen,are

perhaps the preparation for such a great work." God grant that it shall
be so! These two conventionsthe E. M.

A highlight of this Conference was the public expression of fellowship and co-operation between theE.M.A.J. and the Japan Bible Christian Coun cil. Rev. Philip Foxwell, President of the J.B.C.C., was present to bring greetings to the Conference, and to
read a resolution from the J. B. C. C.

messages which were given.

To some,

they will be reminders of blessed experietices. To others, who were un able to attend the Conferences, they
will be a small "taste"though ad

mittedly inadequateof the rich feasts

which were enjoyed.
SPIRITUAL EFFECTIVITY

A. J. Summer Conference, followed by the annual Convention for the Deepen

ing of the Spiritual Lifecovered a period of twelve days, from July 28 to August 8, and were conducted in
the Karuizawa Union Church. Over

Executive Committee affirming the basic unity which exists between the two groups. "My presence here," he said, "is a vital expression of the oneness of the Body." In welcoming Rev. Foxwell to the Conference platform. Rev. Lon Fulton, President of E.M.A.J. said, "This is
(continued on page 10)

(Excerpts from the Conference messager of Elmer V. Thompson.)

Our resources within the will of

God are infinite ; without, we have

none.

Have you invested anything for the Gospel voluntarily, without grumbling, given up something ?
(continued on page 2)

400 missionaries were present to share in the greatly appreciated ministries of three outstanding men of God Norman P. Grubb, from England, Joseph Carroll, from Australia, and Elmer V. Thompson, from the West
Indies.

Annua I Conference^
\ *

Jib!.

During these conferences, the deep and abiding unity among evangelical missionaries in Japan was demonstra ted in many remarkable ways, pre senting an effective pattern that could well be followed by others around the
world.

July 2h .'hrmun Gnil,!',

i,H.Carrojl Aug.

KARUR

The E. M. A. J. Conference was at

tended by missionaries representing

scores of Mission Societies, and was

marked by a spirit of inspiration and oneness. Along with challenging de votional messages, the speakers pre sented the principles of effective mis sionary laborfrom the background of long and fruitful experienceand discussed the perspective of presentday Gospel work, in which the native believers must take an increasingly large place. The deeply spiritual and

Joseph Carroll,

Elmer V. Thompson, Norman P. Grubb

JAPAN

HARVEST

The Mountaintop (cont. from p. 1)

Do we have to have an awful out

The days of true soldiery fpr Jesus Cliristare they gone ?

We are consumed with our o\vn

pouring before we will face up to these little things? Shame on us for the lack of decent honesty before
God! A consecration is not a con secration at all.

Let us keep Jesus central. Any teaching which does not lead me to Jesus, and leave me with Jesus, is
deficient.

perplexitiesnot able in leisure to

intercede for others.

How wrapped up we are in ourselves. No wonder we get so little'accompl ished ! If only we could get our eyes fixed on one thing, the furtherance of the Gospel. This is "deeper life." Christ must produce it. He only can.
Why does God often not find it possible to use missionaries ? The

We are not going to be sin-centered, or self-centered, or Satanrcentered but Christ-centered, Saviour-centered.

We are to be God's men, doing God's work, in God's way, for God's glory.
I want a heart that breaks for the
heathen I O that the smoke of hell

Do you want to have victory over self ? Fall in love with Jesus ; that's
the answer!

would

We find our greatest happiness in complete subjection to Jesus Christ. Jesus can 'make your weakest point
your strongest as you walk with Him.
(continued on page 8)

direct cause is to be laid flatly on the ground of sin (Isa. 58:1). There are sins which are peculiar to God's people. Many do not dis cern them, and yet they are the
real obstruction, not the sins of the
wicked world.

When we get down to the bottom of ourselves, we find a whole nest

of little idols that we cherish. We

get in our nostrils and we were con cerned about these eternal things ! We need a non-bendable courage to preach the Gospel to dying men. What about our program ? Is it limited ? May God help us to lay a program that will give the Gospel effectively to every soul in this land. Let's get the program widened.

JAPAN HARVEST

Published by the Evangelical Missionary Association of Japan. Published eight times annually.

Price:

25 a copy. One year

wonder why we are not blessed, and

yet we have a secret idol. It may not be very big, but if it is big
enough to make my life a failure, it

is ioo hig. Standing on your rights ?

Some little worldiness in the heart ?

Cliquishness ? Gossip ?

An impure

Our living affects the discharge of our solemn obligation. God is always on hand to trans form our persecutions into victories. We Christian workers ai"e so often given to resentment when admo nished. We ought to be open to admonishment and help from God's
weakest saint.

subscription, 300 (EMAJ mem bers, 200) Overseas subscriptions ; 360 (S 1.00) a year Editor: Kenneth McVety
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R. S. Nicholson (devotional) Kenny Joseph (news) Raymond Oram (advertising) David Hesselgrave (surveys)
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mind ? A small idol, but in the eyes of God, and in your own soul, you know it is wrong. Go to the bottom in dealing with sin.

CHRIST OUR ALL.

(Excerpts from the Conference mess-,

ages of Joseph Carroll.)

Cho, Suginami Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Furikae No.Tokyo 180466

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JAPAN

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PREACH

Otiicr sheep h'ave

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YFC staff has been appointed by YFCI

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Hindus Against Missionaries Bombay, India, EjP A crowd of

Hindus called on Christian mission

Bible School Dedication

Hiroshima, EjP. According to C. & M. A. Missionary Paul McGarvey,

aries in India to leave the country in

a brief demonstration in front of

The Japan Youth for Christ pro gram will continue in its present par ticular areas of ministry: Saturday night youth rallies, specialized worki n prisons, factories and schools, evan gelistic meetings in conjunction with pastors and missionaries, and with the security forces.
As we come to the termination of

the two year leave of absence granted by our church, it is with a degree of reluctance that we leave Japan. In many ways our hearts will remain here. Two of the most blessed years of my ministry have been with the church in Japan. Fellowship with
church leaders, missionaries and the

laity have left an imprint on my heart

and life that I trust time shall never
erase.

I believe that the time is not far distant when we shall witness a sur-

gance of revival across Japan. We shall continue to pray for a manifest ation of the Spirit of God, through the church, that will make every man and woman across Japan aware of the saving power of the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Such manifesta

Khedgaon missionary center, accord ing to an AP report. The All India Hindu Mahasabha Organization, right wing Hindu political faction led the flare-iip. Since the new U.S.-Pakistan military aid agreement, they assert that the presence of foreign mission aries in. general and Americans in particuliar constitute a danger to the country's military security. Mean while, India continues to be a "hot spot" for missions, with almost week ly assertions and denials of discrimin ations. Prime Minister Nehru per sonally sent greetings to the World Buddhist Council in Burma, stating that only in Buddhism lay the path for world peace. Background: It is well to be re minded that the missionary is at best a "cumbersome, but needed scaffold around the rapidly developing church building" and is a citizen with pass port from heaven and not a repre sentative or agent of any worldly
government.

Rev. Thompson (visiting Japan on a deeper life speaking tour) was blessed of God in enlarging the vision and deepened the burden of responsibility of reaching the masses in Japan upon
the hearts of the workers. The oc casion was the dedication of the new

$25,000, three buildings, Alliance Bible School on its 2000tsubo campus where
a workers' retreat was held.

Missionary Language Studies Numazu, ejp The Evangelical Body in Japan was shocked by the news of the sudden home-going of Rev. J. A. Aspberg, Swedish missionary and highly esteemed language scholar.
He completed two studies in Biblical Japanese and was in the midst.of other

work as well as serving as co-ordinat ing language director of several mis

sions. We trust someone will be raised

up to continue his much-appreciated

work. Meanwhile two TEAM mis

sionaries announced plans to publish a 400 page MISSIONARIES' HAND

BOOK by New Years. Among other features it will contain is a complete religious dictionary, illustrations, re vised religious phrase book (TEAM), Cuthbertson's religious phrase book (revised to today's idiom), proverbs, colloquial sayings, and a full length Japanese sermon. A third effort is
that of M. L. Fieldhouse who has

Every Home Crusade

Tokyo, ejp

Sam Archer, JAPAN

director

tions have been experienced in other

lands, and I believe it is God's will
for us to trust Him for a similar wit
ness here.

EVERY HOME CRUSADE

stated that the Tokyo area has been

I also want to express special thanks to all who so generously assisted in the Japan World Congress. While it
is true, we did make mistakes be cause of limitations and short-sighted ness, we are grateful for reports of blessing that continue to come from all over Japan. Approximately 25^ of the reported 22,000 seekers have written us stating that they are at tending church. Also, most encourag ing is the fact that 43?^ of the pastors, informed of seekers in their areas, have arranged for them to be visited and personally invited to attend their
services. In several instances new

completedthat is either every home has been visited or has been pledged by various workers. With nearly 6 million tracts printed and flowing out to every prefecture, encouraging re ports of souls saved, Christian chur ches challenged and laymen pitching
in to the common task, the Crusade is encouraged to trust God for "THE IMPOSSIBLE TASK" that of person ally reaching every home with the gospel. Needy Areas Helped

launched a missionary language cor respondence course, featuring Biblical

terms, illustrations, proverbs, etc. Meanwhile, Mr. T. Miyakoda, Gen eral Secretary of the JAPAN BIBLE SOCIETY answered a JAPAN HAR VEST query regarding the printing of a Romaji Bible in the colloquial language thus : "Old missionaries are unanimously against making a Romaji Bible. They say that the new Col
loquial Bible is made of limited Kanji and simplified Kana. They feel it would make young missionaries lazy to learn Kanji. However the JBS is thinking of making the Romaji Bible from the angle of offering it to Ja panese-speaking foreigners and nisei." O. M. F.-C. I. M Roundup

Matsue, Japan.

EjP.

recent

churches have been opened. We are deeply grateful to our Heavenly

Father.

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JAPAN HARVEST missionary survey map is partly responsible for at least 3 Japanese and American workers moving into Shimane Ken, tradition ally one of Japan's most understaffed spots. Anthony Bollback, C.M.A. wor ker reports also that the Norwegian Lutherans are expecting three new workers to augment the staff there. The Southern Baptist Mission will also locate a new couple in that neg lected, coastal area. Comment: The Japan Harvest editors trust that many others will be similarly helped and led to "fill in the gaps and make up the hedges"

Sapporo, ejp After years of pray erful waiting, the OVERSEAS MIS
SIONARY FELLOWSHIP OF CHINA INLAND MISSION has a new Gen

in strategically reaching Japan,

eral Director. He is Mr. Sanders, and will direct the fellowship from the Singapore headquarters. Japan dir ector, Leonard Street revealed that (continued on page 8)

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RADIO WORK IN lAPAN

The challen^je of radio evangelism in post-war Japan has fired the imagi nations of many. The amazing op portunity it presents is one of the marvels of modern missionary work. Today, a total of 93 Gospel broadcasts is being aired weekly giving almost the entii-e nation an opportunity to hear the Gospel. Until 1951, all broadcasting in Japan was government controlled but dur ing the past three years, alongside the large network of 146 Government stations (NHK), 49 new commercial stations have been erected, and the number is growing constantly. And although the cost is relatively high ( 7,000 to 32,000 for 15 minutes),
most of these new stations have been

ING COMPANY

Arthur Seely
There are 88 million souls in this

yet they fall far short of meeting the tremendous challenge in this field. "We will not be doing a complete job until we have a string of stations throughout Japan carrying a daily program," states one leading Christian
broadcaster.

land and only 4300 full-time workers 1 to 20,000 souls ! We must reach

them quickly, repeatedly, and effec tively with the lifegiving word. How
can this be done ? The outreach of

Among the stations which are open to Gospel broadcasting, six are still without any witnessmost of them in Kyushu and Shikoku. Twelve others carry only one 15-minute program a
week.

each worker must be multiplied. With such a challenge in view, six

missionaries of two missions met in

August, 1951, to organize the Pacific Orient Broadcasting Co. (POBC) with the purpose of using radio and its allied means to multiply the voices of
a handful into a chorus. Loaned to

One unusual opening which has ari sen is a weekly children's program, for which 27 stations provide the time

this fellowship by their parent mis sions, these six technically trained
men laid the foundation of a neutral,

a new era on the airwaves of Japan. no less than 11,600,000 radio sets in On that date, the first commercial Japan (according to official estimates), shortwave station will begin operat and a probably listening audience of ing, with a potential of reaching 60,000,000 Among the mission fields 800,000 radio sets throughout Japan. of the world, probably no other coun It is anticipated that Gospel broadcast try has such a high ratio of radio ing will be inaugurated through this channel in the near future. sets per capita. Another major contribution being Especially in this land, where less that 1/3 of 1 of the people ever enter made to Christian radio work in a church door, these facts and the Japan is that of the Far Eastern opportunity they present demand Broadcasting Company, which beams
seen when we realize that there are

cooperative in allowing Gospel pro grams on the air. The tremendous potential of this media of missionary endeavour can be

(valued at over $2,000 monthly) free of charge. This broadcast is being handled jointly by the Child Evange lism Fellowship, and the Pacific Ori
ent Broadcasting Company.

cooperative agency able to assist presently existing organizations to enlarge their scope of ministry by broadcasting over Japan's fifty-three
commercial radio stations. P. O.B.C

August 27 marks the beginning of

provides programs for individual or mission sponsorship, assists missions to produce their own program, and serves as a collective agency for those
who desire to contribute toward the

radio opportunity. POBC-Produced "Light of The World," a weekly fiiteen-minute Gospel message, is heard
over thirteen stations from Nagasaki
to Aomori. Rev. Akira Hatori is the

speaker on this program, as well as on

"Good News," a 30-minute program

shortwave programs from Manila. Two hours every day are given for plan of missionary work here. Already 13 different programs are these Japanese broadcasts : 6 : 30 to being aired in Japan. They are being 7:30 a.m., 12:30 to 1:00 p.m., and broadcast on 46 of the 53 commercial 7: 30 to 8 : 00 p. m. The opportunity of Christian radio stations, and form a cumulative total of 33 hours of Gospel broadcasting per work in Japan is still unlimited. May God's people be found faithful in ris week (93 actual broadcasts). These totals are encouragingand ing up to meet this great challenge !
careful consideration in the overall

produced by P.O.B.C. A staff of mis

sionaries, and Japanese, many part-

time gratis helpers, carry out the administration, production, technical, and follow-up phases of the work. In co-operation with the Japan Child Evangelism Fellowship, P.O.B.C. is reaching millions of children on 27 stations weekly on FREE, sustaining
radio time.

VARIOUS GROUPS WORKING Many missions in Japan have, in one way or another, taken up the challenge of radio work. Among
those who conduct their own radio

RADIO REAPING AND SOWING

Programs are also produced in Kor ean, Chinese, and English. POBC is

programs are the Southern Presby terian Mission (Nagoya and Takayama), the Assemblies of God (Tokyo
and Kyoto), and the F'ree Methodists

When evangelicals failed in their re peated attempts to obtain a permit to build and operate a Christian Radio Station, many felt it was a major dis aster. But an up-to-date report shows
that God has vindicated His name and

equipped to provide quality recording

services, and can arrange for record

ing studios in almost any large Ja panese city. A thorough follow-up

course (up to 2 years of-studies) is

provided for listeners, and some 5000
are now enrolled in these courses.

(Osaka). Independent missionary Timothy Fietsch conducts a program on the Nagoya station, as well as car rying the Kyoto broadcast of Calvin Hanson (Evangelical Free Church) who is in the U. S. on furlough.
Several other missions also are

a steady, but small voice is reaching millions via radio. Typical is the way
God blessed the faith and action of

THE LUTHERAN HOUR

retired

business-man

Harry

Swan.

Recently starting on his 3rd year of

continuous broadcasting, he reports
that about one-third of the letters re

Rev. D. J. Glock On October 28, 1951, the first Lu theran Hour Broadcast was aired in

sponsoring programs produced by the P.O.B.C. Among these are Ihe C. B- F. M. S. (Sendai and Yamagata), T. E, A. M. (Toyama, Kanazawa and Fukui), the Oriental Boat Mission, Worldwide Evangelization Crusade,
Mennonite Brethren Mission, and

ceived are professions of salvation. Offering a wide variety of follow-up material, he notes many of the most serious seekers are found in hospitals and prisons. He credits the success of his Broadcast, "The Way," to the many Christians who daily pray for
this effort.

Japan. Today this program is heard every Sunday throughout the length and breadth of this island empire over
29 different radio stations and without

mention of any particular Lutheran

synod.

Blessings and growth have been ex perienced in every department. From

100 letters the first month to over icunUnuocl on pngu 7]

Japan Evangelical Mission.

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HARVEST

GOSPEL RADIO PROGRAMS IN JAPAN

City
HOKKAIDO *Asahikawa Station
Total time

i Light of the 15 minutes

Children of

,World (POBC) Light (POBC-

The Way (H. Swan)

CEF) 15 minutes, 15 minutues

Lutheran Hour 30 minutes

Others

JOHE 30 min.
JOHR JOHO
30 min. 30 min.

Sapporo
^Hakodate

Sun. 11:00 am Sun. 11:00 am Sun. 11:00 am

HONSHU Aomori
Morioka Akita

Yamagata
Sendai Fukushima

JOGR JODF JOTR JOEF JOIR

JOWR "'^Koriyama JOWO *Wakamatsu JOWE ^Taira JOWW JODR Niigata '^'Naoetsu JODO Nagano JOSR "'"Matsumoto JOSO ^'Okaya JOSE JOSW *Iida

60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 75 min. 75 min. 75 min. 75 min. 60 min. 60 min. 15 min. 15 min. 15 min. 15 min.
45 min. 15 min.
none

Sun. 6:45 pm
Sun. 9:30 am Sat. 7:30 am

Sat. 4:40 pm
Sun. 8:30 am

Sun. 7:05 am Sun. 7:05 am

Fri. 5:00 pm Mon. 6:05 pm Mon. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:15 am Sun. 5:05 pm Thu. 6:30 am Thu. 6:30 am Thu. 6:30 am Thu. 6:30 am Fri. 5:35 pm Fri. 5:35 pm

Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun.

8:10 8:10 8:10 8:10

am am am am

Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sun.

11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30 10:05 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:30

am am am am am am am am am

(a) Sat. 6:45-7 am

Sun. 6:00 pm Sun. 6:00 pm

Sun 8:45 am Sun. 8:44 am Sun. 8:45 am Sun. 8:45 am
Sun. 11:30 am

Tokyo Tokyo Tokyo

Kofu Shizuoka

JOKR JOLF JOQR JOJF JOVR JOLR JOMR JOPR

JOAR JOAO JOXR

(e) Thu. 6:30-6:45 am

Sun. 6:45 am

none

Sun. 8:10 am

Toyama
Kanazawa Fukui

15 60 45 60

min. min. min. min.

Sun. 5:45 pm Sun. 5:45 pm Sun. 5:45 pm

Sat. 6:45 pm Sun. 7:45 pm Tues. 5:45 pm

Sun. 6:45 am

Sun. 10:30 am Sun. 10:30 am Sun. 10:30 am Sun. 10:30 am Sun. 10:30 am

Nagoya
^Takayama
Tsu

60 min.
60 min. 15 min.

(b) (c) (b) (c)

Sat. 8:45-9 am Wed. 8:45-9 am Sat. 8:45-9 am Wed. 8:45-9 am

Fri. 5:15 pm
Sun. 8:45 am Sun. 11:00 am
Sat. 6:15 am

Kyoto
Osaka Osaka Kobe

JOBR JONR
JOOR JOCR

30 min.
60 min. 15 min.

(d) Sun. 7:15-7.30 am (e) Sun. 9:45-10 am (f) Sun., Mon., Fri.
5:40-5:50 am

60 min. !

Fri. 6:05 pm !Sun. 9:45 am

Sun. 11:30 am

(g) Sun. 9-9:15 am

(b) Wed. 7:15-7:30 am

Okayama Yonago
Hiroshima

JOYR JOHF JOER

JOKF JOKL

30 min. I 15 min. ;
45 min. 1Mon. 6:35 pm
75 min. 75 min.
none

Wed. 6:30 pm
Sun. 10:30 am

SHIKOKU Takamatsu

*Marugame Matsuyama
Tokushima Kochi

Sun. 4:30 pm Sun. 4:30 pm

Sun. 10:20 pm Sun. 10:20 pm Sun. 3:30 pm

(h) Sun. 11:20-11:50 am (h) Sun. 11:20-11:50 am (h) Sun. 6:20-6:50 am

JOAF JOJR JOZR

JOFR JOFO JOIF JOGF JOMT JOUR

75 min. 15 min. 30 min.

Sun. 4:30 pm Sat. 5:00 pm

KYUSHU Fukuoka
^Kokiira

30 min.!
none

Sun. 1:30 pm Sun. 1:30 pm

Sun. 5:20 pm
Sun. 6:15 am

Kurume Oita Sasebo

Nagasalci
Kumamoto

15 min. 15 min. 60 min.

none

Sun. 8:15 am Sun. 8:15 am

(h) Sun. 1:30-2 pm

Kagoshima

JOBF JOCF

15 min.

Sun. 3:05 pm

( a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

' The Way of Eternal Life " (Baptist) ( f ) "The Protestant Hour"(Mon.-Free Methodist; Fri.-J^utheran) "To Christ" (So. Presbytherian) (g) "The Light and Joy Hour" (Free Methodist) " Bible Talks " (T. Pietsch) (h) " Good News " (P.O.B.C.) "The Christianity Hour" (Ev. Free Church) * Relay stations "Words of Grace" (Assemblies of God) (* Hachinoe-JOGO and *Miyazaki-JONF not listed)

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10,000 a month. From less than 20 Bible requests a month, to nearly 2000 a month. From two part-time office workers, to 20 fulltime workers. From the smallest radio sponsor to the lar gest radio sponsor in the entire na tion. Plis Name shall be glorified. In 2} years, over 80,000 prospects have applied for the Bible Correspondence
Course.

FcllQVVSHIP CORNER
News of the Evangelical Missionary AssociaUoi of Japan
NEW NAME

At a brief business meeting in K.aruizawa (July 31), a minor change in

the name of the EMAJ was effected.

ber. The 1954 business meeting will be conducted in Tokyo in early No

vember.
Copies of the EMAJ directory of Evangelical missionaries are still available (100).
CONFERENCE MESSAGES The messages of "Mssrs. Gnibb, Thompson and Carroll given at TCaruizawa this summer will be availa

In the first year of broadcasting, one of the Lutheran Hour Lenten pro

grams was awarded second place in the all Japan radio program contest of the year. The programs include Bible dramas, a question box, chimes and organ music.
CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION

It is now the "Evangelical Missiona ry Association of Japan" (previously the "Evangelical Missions Association of Japan") denoting more accurately
the true nature of the Association,

which is a fellowship of individual missionaries, rather than of Mission

Societies as such. It was announced also that the Summer Conference for 1955 would

The Christian Radio Mission will have its own studio and offices this fall, in Osaka. V. Alex Bills is Field Director of the Christian Radio Mis

begin on Sunday, July 31, and that the Annual Business meeting would be held then, rather than in Novem
NHK-NCC SUMMARY

ble soon in attractive printed form. You will not want to miss having this book. The cost will be Y500 postpaid. Send your order to: Japan Harvest, 346 Eifiikucho, Suginamiku, Tokyo.

sion and Hideo Othomo, well known organist, is production director of Japanese programs. Their' weekly program "This Is Life" (Kore Wa Inochi Nari) begins its third year this fall. This half-hour program features solos, duets and the
"All Girl Choir." A drama with the

Evangelical forces in Japan have had to be content with buying time

on the commercial radio stations to

Japan National Christian Council has been able to produce and place on the
NHK networks a number of Chi'istian

exact words of the Bible arranged into dramatic form has been well accepted along with the messages by Akiya
Oda.

get the gospel out. However the great NHK network reaching every village and town in Japan has not been com pletely without its Christian testimo ny. Though lacking in the emphasis
we consider desirable, still, U.S. train ed Matthew Ogawa head of AVACO

(Audio Visual Aids Committee) of the

radio programs. NHK carries these programs without charge and in some cases pays heavily toward production costs. These programs include ser vices direct from some church, clas sical religious music, children's story hour, and serious drama presenting the Christian view point on current problems in Japan.

Dedicated to Proclaiming New Testament Christianity

AN OPEN DOOR
. . . FOR YOU
The great and effectual open door of radio evange lism today stands wide open. True, "there are many

adversaries" (high costs, etc), but you can enter that

Japan--"Kore Wa Inochi Nara" (This is

Life) England and Europe
Broadcast"

door.

Mere is how some have done it

''Bible Christian

Missionary groups in some areas have joined hands to support the programs

Japanese and English Correspondence

Courses

Individual missionaries have undertaken the res ponsibility

Individual missions have taken on the support of programs in their area.

Christian Radio Handbook - Now in

Preparation

The P. O. B. C. stands ready to

Plans For Missionary Radio Station in

Korea.

assist you in every way possible in entering this "open door."

For more detailed information, write to

V. Alex Bills, Field Director

Address Miyakojima P. O. Box 1, Osaka

Pacific Orient Broadcasting Company

Berhard E. Holritz

P. O. Box 1000, Tokyo

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currently in China is the conference of the new Chinese "Kyodan," spon sored by the Government. Since this
was the conference that caused much trouble in 1951, intense prayer is so licited that God will guide and guard his own among the 200 attending. Ac

rooms opened recently, here and in

Tachikawa. Meanwhile the Christian Literature Crusade revealed that be

The Mountaintop (Cont. from page 2)

sides the bookstores operated in Kyoto, Sendai, Tokyo and Karuizawa, they
have over 35 secular book stores handl

cording to editorials in Pravda, a new "Anti-religious campaign" is under

way in the Communist world. Forced out of China, the CIM wor kers have fearlessly entered every open Far East field. A new tribe, the
Pwo Karens in Thailand have been

contacted by the Orville Carlsons. Cur-" rently, a group of language students Catholicism", Sauer's "Dawn of World from Singapore are scattering to var Redemption" and "Triumph of the ious designated fields for various min Crucified" and Machen's "St. Paul's istries. Malaya has been visited by Religion." Meanwhile a vitally need team of students from the Singapore ed Evangelical Commentary on the Theological Seminary. Old Testament (2 volumes) has just Japan Harvest Aids Prayer been published by the Word of Life Press. The product of Yutaka YoneOsaka, ejp "Reading Japan Har vest on my knees has helped me pray da, it took eight years and represents the cream of Japanese and Western more intelligently for my fellow mis sionaries and the various projects and evangelical theology. plans" said an evangelical worker here. Another missionary solved the Corrections and Additions problem of keeping his key prayer (on Japan Harvest surveys of April supporters in the homelands informed. and May) He simply sends a brief prayer letter Not listed : inserted in a copy of the JAPAN HAR
VEST to each one on his "trimmed

ing evangelical literature, both Eng lish and Japanese. In Sendai, the Conservative Baptist literature com mittee reports that their publication (i. e., Halley's Handbook) reaches every secular bookstore in the country through the chain system. Included among their ambitious publication goals are Hodge's "What is Roman

The power to conquer sin is in a Personnot in a technique. When we are tempted, we simply look to Jesus and say, "Lord, Thy purity Thy compassion Thy patience." A moment-by-moment life, with a
moment-by-moment Saviour. It all

begins in the morning, when we are

conscious of His Presenceand His

Presence goes with us throughout the

day. "First love" means everything to Jesus Christ. He died for your love. When we lose our fist love, every thing else means nothing. It is the mainspring of the Christian. And when the mainspring stops, every

thing else stops.

Your time alone with Himis it

the most precious hour in the day ? Do you guard it more jealously than anything else ? If not, I doubt that
you have "first love".

None can give the Lord Jesus His rightful place without knowing the Holy Spirit personally.
You cannot succeed without Him

down" list and reports that the HARVEST is sometimes more appre ciated than his personal prayer let
ters !

Graham to Australia

Victoria, ejp Heartened by en couraging reports from the great Lon

don Crusade, Australian churchmen have sent an unanimous invitation to

International Gospel League {Misses Janet R. Kiel and Winifred B. Croyle) Missionary and Prayer Fellowship (Mr. and Mrs. Norman Vike, Kumamoto Ken) Christian Catholic Church (Rev. and Mrs. Clark B. Offner, Aichi Ken) Lutheran Bible Institute (Rev. J.M.T. Winther)Kobe. Started in 1950; 3-1 Tohoku Werdal, Bible Institute (Rev. Phil Lutheran Brethren Mission).

controlling your life. We have grieved the Holy Spirit by ignoring Him. The apostles were on intimate terms with the Holy Spirit. They knew Him personally. They knew what He wanted. They spoke with assurance concerning His will. Do you know the Holy Spirit like that ? Do you give Him His place ? Do you honor Him ? If not, are you qualified to be a leader ? The Moravians preached the Word.

students.

Billy Graham to visit their country in 1956. Currently recuperating from a kidney operation, Graham is fresh
ly challenged to invade America's

Started in 1950; 16 students.

Corrections:

They preached the Cross. They were on fire for God. Why ? They honored the Holy Spirit. They knew Him personally. When we honor the Holy Spirit,
He will do the work. And if He does

largest cities with the gospel.

Literature Advances

Japan Evangelistic Band should have been listed as having 11 missionaries in Hyogo Ken, and 3 in Osaka.

not to do the workthe evangelizing, the teaching, the building of the

Churchnothing is done.

American

Advent

Mission

Society

should have been listed Vifith 10 mis

Tokyo, ejp

The Word of Life

sionaries in Japan (not 8), two in Tottori Ken,

The man who is filled* with the Holy

Spirit is filled with love. It is impos sible to be filled with the Holy Spirit

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and have this spirit of bitterness and

criticism toward the brethren. Un

We seek abstractionsthings called "love", "faith", "meekness", etc.

But there are no abstractions. There

We live where we love. illicit love-match.

Sin is an

The heart has em

love is deadly.

It is a cancer.

Let

us beware of it as we would the bite of a cobra.

Show me the measure of a man's

compassion, and I will show you the

measure of his usefulness.

is no love except a person loving. He is the loving Person is meand He imparts His love through my lovefaculties. He does not give me "faith"
He believes in me. There is no

Prayer and the Word of God are

fuels for the fire of faith.

THE LIFE OF FAITH

(Excerpts from the Conference mes sages of Norman P. Grubb).

Never has there been an era with

"holiness"it is a holy Person in me. That's the key. It's a Person. "Guidance" is Jesus planning in me. He thinks His thoughts in me. How this simplifies life. Pessimism is putting the devil on the throne instead of Jesus.
The whole failure of the Christian

braced that lust, and a sin is concei ved. But all my powers are to be unto Him. That is my marriage. Condemnation is the devil seeking to crush me, to destroy my faith. Con viction is the Lord showing me some particular thing that He might cleanse
it. He reveals sin to cleanse it, not
to condemn me.

We don't walk afraid of sin, but freely with Jesus.

such a surge of evangelism. Never has the Church been as missionaryminded as it is today. Variety is not disunityit is "the spice of life." When we have a continual sight of the Holy Spirit, we have a continual sight of victory.
The central secret of the universe is the union of the creature and the
Creator.

There is only one tense in the Chr istian life that really matters the

life is the feeling that we can do some

thing. We have to learn our inate

helplessness.

The point of Moses' life was that he gave up everything but himself.
Therefore he had to spend forty years in isolation. In the wilderness, he learned his own self-sufficiency and need. Then it was the twoGod and Mosesacting together. We are all Jacobs in our turnliving on our own resources, and we don't see it. God has to give us a great unveiling. God blesses those who yieldnot those who gripe.

present. The only sense in which I am to talce the past is if I have sin ned in some particular sense (not just a general condemnation, such.as pride, etc.)and I can be cleansed by
the Blood in a moment.

Most of our troubles are fears of

the future.

God has given His remedy for sin,

but not for excuses. Call sin, sin and let the Blood cleanse.

We say (of sorrow, etc.), "God premits it." No. God shares it. He is

in me.
Ghost.

I am a temple of the Holy

You cannot help feeling fear.

is to be on the tlirone.
of unbelief.

It is

the guardian at the door. But faith

Be sure that

We can even give the cross a wrong place. It is Christ who is central, not
the cross.

in your fear there is not an element

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JAPAN

HARVEST

The simplicity of this walk. Like a little child, happy, free with the consciousness of Jesus' presence. If

there is a cloud, confess it and get it

cleansed.

I am dead terrified of professionalsism. Our work becomes a profession instead of a holy calling. Be free to follow. We are only unlimitedly loyal to onethe Lord Jesus. We are limitedly loyal to others. He is here to be simply Himself a Saviour. If He is free in me, He
makes me a sharer of His Saviourhood. We are to be identified with the

sented in the morning and evening services, and unusual blessing was experienced also in the early morning prayer meetings. It was announced by the E.M.A.J. that the messages of these two Con ferences would be prepared soon in printed form. The speakers during these meetings, though coming from vastly differing backgrounds, formed a perfect team. Norman P. Grubb, who speaks from a wealth of experience and wide tra
vels as General Secretary of the Wor ldwide Evangelization Crusade, laid great and effective emphasis on the broad principles of Scriptural living. His discourses were well sprinkled with timely and often witty interpol ations'. Elmer V. Thompson, for 26 years a missionary and now Director of the West Indies Mission, brought
to the Conference a wonderful min

meaningful and effective. His talks at the early morning prayer hour were unusually instructive and challenging. Rarely has the Doxology been sung with more heartfelt praise than at the final meeting on August 8. There had been no resolutions passed, no new organization effected. But there was
the quiet and settled confidence that comes from having met with God. And there was a spirit of onenessdeep, real, warm, God-honouring one nessthe kind of spiritual unity which is one of the most precious privileges of the Church, and one of its greatest
needs.

people to whom we go as far as is humanly possible.

UNITY (continued from page I)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Japan Evangelical Christian School announces the opening of the fall term

Following immediately after theE. M.A.J. Conference and continuing the same spirit of oneness and blessing, the Convention for the Deepening of
the Spiritual Life was conducted. Vital

and practical principles in the life of faith and victory were powerfully pre

his messages. The other speaker, Joseph Carroll, who is associated with the Australian Institute of Evange lism, dwelt largely on devotional themes, emphasizing repeatedly both the need of a daily time alonewith
God, and the way to make that time

on Monday, September 13, 1954. All pro

spective students are urged to write im mediately for application forms to : Mr. Virgil R. Newbrander. 30 Ochiai, Kurume Mura, Kitatama Gun, Tokyo.

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A'0V2P1954

EXTRAS from
OCTOBER, 1954
Mission Address:

Exie

I'ersonnl C"

Addivttit:

CHRISTIAN

RAMO
ti7 Yok

MISSION

EXIE -TOLTZ

MRS.

Affcnt'H AddreHH: VELDA CLATKELT13R.

pine Street, Marslinll. Illinois

Yokoya.

Miyakojima

P.

O.XBox a

Uozaki-cho,
Higashi Nada-ku

Ojaka, Japan

Kobe, Japan

34 Average Attendance
in Vacation Bible Schoo
For six days (Aug. 1-7) we had the opportunity to teach an average of 34 wiggly Httle brov/nies
some of the old familiar Bible stories. The chil

dren were very regular in their attendance and

quite eager to learn. Considering that it was the first V. B. S. for them I suppose their behavior
was commendable. However, there was a suf ficient amount of standing on folding chairs, hang ing out second-story v/indows and traveling up and downstairs for "a drink of water" to keep all teachei's and assistants occupied at all times.
V. B. S. Group at Kobe Church of Christ

THE HANDWORK display pictured shows only a email portion of what was done by the entire school. On the table is a group of "Noah's Arks" made by the Junior Class. You may be able to spy a lion or giraffe on top the roofs because of the stall shortage inside. Our nioiern
Junior Noah didn't follow instructions as well as

Noah of old in building "according to pattern."

The clocks on the wall tell us that "There is

always time to help others." And the violins re mind us that "A broken string ruins a tune and broken promises ruin a life."
Closing Demonstration A Junior boy relates the story of Noah to an
audience of 5 mothers and 1 father a rather

good attendance for such

V. B. S. Handwork Display

an occasion in Japan.
Later colored slides of

The end of the school found teachers reacting

in a normal waysighing with relief that it was over but rejoicing that some seed had been sown in virgin soil.

the life of our Lord, Je sus Christ, were shown

in order that the adults

might at least once hear the gospel story.

V. B. S. Doincnstratio;i

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ammonds Helping in Kobe

WE ARE FORTUNATE, indeed, to have Mr. and Mrs. AI Hammond and Timmie working with us this winter in Kobe. The Hammonds', Kyushu Christian Mission, have come to Kobe for a year's intensive study in Japanese language. Bro. Al has very graciously consented to preach for us at Kobe Church of Christ during his stay here. Mrs. Hammond, with her accordion accompani ment, has added much to our song services which had hitherto been acapella. The Hammonds' will ingness to help in this way has meant much to us. We are praying that the Lord will bless their stay with us and their preparation for a more efficient ministry in Japan.

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CHIEKO TAKAHASHI, my little friend and help er in the Lord. Ch'eko, a student at Osaka Bible Seminary, works in my home to help pay her expenses while attending: school. Next year in April she will receive her two-year certificate from the Seminary. At present she is considering staying- on with me in order to take further training. "Chieko" means "a thousand blessings."
I'm not certain if it means the wearer of that

viany Thanks
MANY, MANY THANKS to the Forty-Ninth St. Christian Church in Indianapolis, Ind., for their gift of $150.00 for purchasing copies of THE
LIFE OF CHRIST VISUALIZED. To the Vaca

name will receive a thousand blessings or if she is to bestow a thousand blessings on others. Con sidering the blessing that she has been to me
I'm inclined to think it means the latter. An

efiicient little housekeeper, she has learned to cook western dishes far tastier than my own. Besides her work in the apartment and at school she has charge of the Bible School in Kobe.

"Strength and honor are her clothing . . . and her tongue is the law of kindness." (Prov. 25, 26).

tion Bible School for their gift of $54.00, to the church for its gift of $59.00 and to the individ uals who supplied $37.00 of this gift go my deep est appreciation both for their gift and for their interest in the work here. This gift (plus an ad ditional $10.00) has enabled me to order 2,000 copies of THE LIFE OF CHRIST VISUALIZED (book three). I have ordered 1,200 of these books in Japanese and 800 of them in Korean. These
are the two Oriental countries in which Christian

Radio Mission soon will be working.

Mrs.

Velda

Clatfelter

Sec. 34.66 E. P. L. & R.

502 Pine Street

Marshall, Illinois

U. S. Postage Paid Marshall, 111.

Permit No. 21

Form 3547 Requested

NOVEMBER

from

CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION

l!^ %
1954
Osaka, Japan

KOREA
KOREA, at this momeac undoubt

from all of the friends of this work

will put this forward step into oper

edly the greatest opportunity for

Christian missions in the entire

ation. But your gift is needed at

once. This chance to get a house in Korea where we can get our work started may not come again. Out work in Japan will continue
under Mrs. Erie Fultz and our fine

world, is still waiting for us to act. The workers are ready, the Bills' family is waiting in Tokyo to move
to Pusan. A building is available The Oriental Missionary Society
will sell us their Pusan war time

headquarters for $4,000. The op portunity is there, the government has promised to give us a permit to have our own Missionary Radio
Broadcasting station, and imme diately they will grant time on the
Government stations to release

Staff of Japanese national workers. Our English language broadcast in Europe will also continue. We are

not dropping anything but are mak ing a forward move that will great ly enlarge our work in a very needy
field. And it will also be a step nearer our ultimate goal of our own Missionary Radio station on the air. We believe that we should be living in Korea before we press forward for the station permit.
Pusan as the location for our fu ture work is ideal. The Korean

Christian programs which can be prepared while we are training Na tional workers and doing other ground work for the station. Already more than half the nec

essary funds have come in to buy the bouse. Just a little more help

government is perhaps the most fa> vorabie of any ia the world to

f'sffio/i one in front) that yourgifts are helping purchase

CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION

WaveJlenqihd from JAPAK^t

A news report from iV' Christian Radio Mission. Edited by V. Alex Bills,
Field Director, Osaka, Japan. JAPANESE fvlAILING ADDRESS:
Christian Radio Mission

Chiistlao work. From the technical point of view we can broadcast across salt water which is best, to the neglected west coast of Japan

in chat language, in Chinese we can cover the great coastal cities

from Canton to Shanghai and For mosa. And of course Korean pro

grams penetrating even through the

Bamboo curtaia into North Korea as

Mlyakojlma P. O. Bo* No. 2

Osaka, Japan

well as covering the Republic of

Korea in the south. This is our faith tremendous: A Christian radio

CABLE ADDRESS: Cramis, Osaka

c m 'WORKERS
Mr. and Mrs. V. Alex Bills and family, 105 Nlshlkubo, Musashlno Shi, Tokyo, To,
Japan

station, broadcasting in three lang uages in the heart of the most po pulous, needy and responsive area
in the whole world.

Mrs. Exle Fultz, 67 Yokoya, Uozakl Cho, Hlgashlnada Ku, Kobe, Japan.
Co-operating on Chinese Proqromst

OSAKA
Osaka will continue to be the

center of all of o,r Japanese radio

activities. Exie will continue to di

Mrs. Isabel Dlttemore, 120 Ue Arata Cho,

Kagoshlmo-Shl, Kyushu, Japan. FOmARDinC AGF.mS

Send all fiinds for the general work and

rect the Bible correspondence

the Bills family to ^

Christian Radio Mission Mrs. Don Blair

courses and the other follow up work among the Japanese. The cor respondence course in English for Europe will also continue from
Osaka.

804 Mississippi, Amorillo, Texas

Send funds for Mrs. Fultz to . . .

An agreement has been completed between the Osaka Bible Seminary

and the Christian Radio Mission to erect a small studio and office

Mrs. Velda Clatfelter,

502 Pine Street, Marshall, Illinois

building on the Seminary grounds

for radio work in Osaka, The CRM

OVR HOUE COMMITTEE

Chairman, G. B. Gordon, % Lincoln
Bible Institute, Lincoln, Illinois; Harry Bucalstein, 604 Sixth Avenue, Havre, Montana; Robert M. Lillie, 2712 East Highway 34, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Harrold McFarland, Mission Services, Bo* 968, Joliet, Illinois; Thomas W. Overton, 2567 Kress Street, Toledo, Ohio; Conley Sllsby, Puget Sound College of Bible, 1618 Sunset Avenue, Seattle 6, Washing ton; Stanley D. Letcher, 2B02 Jiillan, AmarlUo, Texas

had about $500 worth of concrete blocks, the Seminary had the land,
so half of the blocks can be sold

and the other half used in the pro posed building. Another thousand dollars would develop the building
to where It would be usable. The

CRM already has enough equipment including the electric organ and professional recording equipment
to make immediate use of the studio. An investment of one thousand

SPECIAL ADVISORS
Arlo F. Kelley, 4505 W. 3rd, Amarillo,
Texas; Dorothy Jane Johnson, 218 Sixth

Avenue,

Huntglnton,

West

Virginia;

George R. Barber, 229 South Greenwood,

Montebello, California.

dollars here will pay big returns in the programs that can be produced and lives reached with the Gospel. In making effective use of the great opportunity of radio certain equip ment is absolutely necessary- This small, modest building is desper ately needed.

BIBLE CHRISTIAN BROADCAST ON RADIO LUXEMBOURG

Generally the most impressive re sults from Christian radio programs come only after the program has
been on the air a long time and has made a continuous regular weekly impact on the listener. This is true
with the Bible Christian broadcast

pan . . . is one of the marvels of

modern missionary work. Today, a total of 93 gospel broadcasts are be

ing aired weekly giving almost the

entire nation an opportunity to hear the Gospel. "Until 1951. all broad
casting in Japan was government

controlled but during the past three

years, alongside the large network

of 146 Government stations (NHK),

on Radio Luxembourg for Europe and England. We have kept empha sizing one message over and over.
The Lordship of Christ and the re turn to the New Testament pattern of the church. Now people are be

53 new commercial stations have been erected. And, although the cost is relatively high ($25.00 to $100.00 for fifteen minutes) most of
the new stations have been cooper

ative in allowing Gospel programs

on the air.

coming convinced. After two and a half years of weekly programs,

there is more mail response, more

"The tremendous potential of this media of missionary endeavor

can be seen when we realize that there are no less than 11,600,000

new people are writing, interest among our old listeners who are in the Bible correspondence course is increasing and more Christian work
ers receive the printed sermons, than ever before. Last week alone,

radio sets in Japan (according to official estimates), and a probably listening audience of 60,000,000.

Among the mission fields of the

Exie Fultz reports from Osaka that

there were some 30 letters from new listeners and more than half wanted to enroll in the Bible course.

The others were sufficiently inter ested in our message to write for a copy of the sermon and other lit
erature on "Our Plea."

This
Osaka

program
with

is

produced
Qark as

in
an

Martin

nouncer and

soloist, Betty Bills

as organist and Alex Bills as speaker. The funds are raised by

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coble, Gospel Btoadcasting Mission, 20S South Guilford, Garrett, Ind. The total cost including air time on the

world's most powerful commercial

radio station is about one hundred

dollars pet week.

*

In perils of. . . volcanos. Mt. Asc^

ma, the most active volcano in Ja pan and only a few miles from
Karuizawa where most missionaries

RADIO WORK IN JAPAN . . . from

the denominational point of view. The following interesting article is from "Japan Harvest" the publica tion o the Evangelical Missionary Association of Japan . . . "The challenge ofradio evangelism in Ja

spend the hot summer months lently erupted this summer. It more than a sound, it tvas as great wave of sound smashed the side of the house. No real ger however.

vio was if a into dan'

, no Qthcnuwintfy has such a sets per capita.

"^-"Es&egjfllry ?n~this land, where "'"""'*l'^Ss-tba&-one third of one percent

of the people ever enter a church

preacher at the services in down I

town Kobe. This is the first New

this winter in Kobe will be regular /

mond who is in Language school

Testament work to be established

in Kobe.

door, these facts and the oppor

tunity they present demand care
ful consideration in the overall

FINANCIAL STATEMENT . .

plan of missionary work here. "Already 13 different programs are being aired in Japan. They are
being broadcast on 46 of the 53 commercial stations, and form a

All of us in the CRM try to keep

as careful financial records as pos
sible. And above all we do our best

to make careful use of the money

you entrust to our use. A copy of our report goes regularly to the living link churches and is includ ed in an annual report to our Home

cumulative total of 33 hours of

Gospel broadcasting per week (93 actual broadcasts),"
We who have been entrusted with

the New Testament message should

take advantage of all such open

doors. We, the Christian Radio ^^ssion, have had Japanese programs
on one or more stations for the

Committee. We do not print the re port in the Wave Lengths because of the space and expense involved. However we are happy to send a
copy to any person who is interest

past two years. We have programs

ed and will make a request for it. A careful study of mission finan

ready this year and are releasing

them on short wave stations in

cial reports can reveal a great deal about activities and progress as

Manila that reach Japan but have no . funds available to buy time on any of the local stations.

well as needs. Just say so if you

want a copy.

port that a preacher is now living

on the island of Tsushima, between Japan and Korea, to carry on follow up work with the many contacts resulting from the Japanese oroadcasts. Sato-san will continue to be

TSUSHIMA We are happy to re

SCHOOL FOR KATHLEEN . ..

While we are waiting in Tokyo we have been fortunate in finding
a house that is near the bus line

outskirts of Tokyor-This^s a regu lar Christiairay^:5chffcrl "^operated

into kindergarten, badly as she
wants to do so.

for the Christian Academy in the

partially supported and counseled

by the Osaka Christian Mission.
* *

by missionariesdfor their childr^

(costs about |200-a year). Howevfer

Exie Fultz reports that services

Rebecca has not, been able to g^t

in Kobe are continuing. AI Ham

804 Mississippi,

CHRISTIAN RADIO MISSION

Amarillo,

Texas

fcT 34.66 P.L.fc R.

U. S. Postage ''
PAID

Amaj-illo, Texw
Permit No. 78

^>03
Mrs J.S.
3547-REQUESTED

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MISSION ADDRESS

Tristia}! Radio Mission^

Miyaiiojima P. O. Box # 2 Osaka, Japan
PERSONAL ADDRESS

x:.

67 Yokoya, Uozaki-cho Higashinada Ku Kobe. Japan

<J/

.
December 1954

IDear Friends at Home :

Friends by one's own fireside at this season of the year is a blessing that fills the heart with a warm comforting glow. It is a priceless blessing which in reality lasts for only a few short hours but in memory

remains year after year softening and mellowing our hearts as we relive those few moments with loved
ones.

If it were possible I would like to draw each of you to my own fireside this year that I might receive the rich blessing your presence would bring and that I might make known to you in a personal
"way what your friendship has meant to me. Since distance prevents me from bringing you here may I join you there via this little message for the holiday season ? We often say today that the Christmas season has become such a "commercialized" and "moneymaking" aiSair in America that much of the joy has been taken from it. This is true, no doubt, and yet at this season, more than at any other, we find men and women letting love rule in their hearts as they bury old grievances, lay aside hurt feelings, or seek out some needy person that they might do their part to bring a bit of joy into a world too often filled with unhappiness. As a result the majority of people think of Christmas as a time of joy when friendliness and happiness abound. Though there may be problems, heartaches and sorrows during this season these are often forgotten or overshadowed by the deeds of love. Truly the influence of love cannot be overestimated. What great benefits might we reap if we would let love rule in a like or greater degree throughout the year ! love.

But to be capable of the greatest love possible one must become truly acquainted with the author of As we endeavor to do this we will find ourselves drawn again and again to the scene of His
And as we consider the babe who lies there we will realize

birth, the straw-filled crib in Bethlehem.

that here rests God incarnate drawing the unlovely and unlovable with His own everlasting love which was from the foundation of the world. We will know that because of His willingness to empty Himself He brought the love of God into the world and true peace into the hearts of men. And we will desire
to join our voices with those of the angels saymg, "Glory to God in the highest, and "on earth peace, good will toward men." May the fullest measure of this peace be found in your hearts today and may you seek at all times
to spread it abroad.

Sipcefely,