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MISSIONARY
SCEPTICAL
Conversion of
Japanese
"The Age" Special Correspondent
in Tokio.
Christian missionaries who' re
turned to Japan to- find .-..their;
churches had been set on fire by.
the Japanese between -Emperor -
Hirohito's acceptance of the-Pots-
dam Declaration and the arrival
of the. first occupation troops, a
fortnight later, are most scepti
cal about official claims of- the
surprising . rapidity with - whicht
the Japanese' are adopting , Chris;
.tianity. /
- Rev. Edwin Dozler-, , fiefd? re
presentative of the .Baptistitpyi
elgn 'Mission Board ; who -haS-Iived
in Japan' 25 ,years; said- that afl cr
ten months'-- survey "of'itheHi,!# >-
sionary outlook- in post- war ., Ja
pan, a certain;; number of -Japa
nese are becoming Christians. be
cause of a strong patriotic motive
to save the nation. .
"A great number- of -Japanese
are finding- it,. popular and .profit
able to become Christians," added
Mr. Dozier.;,
A great , number of Japanese
also regard' Christianity as being
synonomous with Western Civili
sation with the result that many
are becoming Christians in name
only without realising that Chris
tianity requires repentance and
change:of heart, he sald.
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