The Story of the American Board's Mission in Japan

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Excerpt from The Story of the American Board's Mission in Japan: 1869-1899 The writer gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to the letters and articles of his colleagues as they appear in The Missionary Herald and in Life and Light, to the biographies of Neesima referred to in Chapter IV, to "Japan and its Rescue, " by Rev. Dr. Hail, to "Japan and its Regeneration, " a marvel of compact and orderly information, by Rev. Otis Cary, and to Rev. G. E. Albrecht's careful translation of Ritter's "History of Missions in Japan." He has frequently followed the thought, often using the very words of his own in "An American Missionary in Japan, " permission to do this having been kindly given him by the publishers, Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. He lays down his pen with one strong regret, that a noble story has been so inadequately told and such scant justice done to the devoted services of so many members of the mission. The manuscript of the following sketch was prepared during the winter of 1899-1900. The importance of having such a record had for some time been felt, but no one had been chosen to perform the task. It is only just to say that the undertaking was entirely voluntary on the part of Dr. Gordon, who was then on a furlough after a long period of the most exacting labor and wearying anxiety of his entire missionary service of twenty-eight years. The toil of these years had unmistakably left its mark upon him, and many of his friends wished he had spared himself this new labor. Nevertheless, he gladly accepted this opportunity of further service, and began to prepare for the work with the utmost care and method. Later, he himself clearly recognized the unwisdom of the undertaking, but kept himself bravely at his task, though with great weariness of the flesh, and although there was even then creeping in upon him the fatal disease which ended his life November 4, 1900. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.