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Identifier: spiritofmissions74epis (find matches)
Title: The Spirit of missions
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Board of Missions Episcopal Church. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Subjects: Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Burlington, N.J. : J. L. Powell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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I trudgedback, sometimes overtaken on the roadby darkness, tired perhaps, but happy.At home, there were three youngerbrothers, and as soon as I reached homefrom school the youngest baby would bestrapped on my back while I went out toplay. Then when dusk came, I wascalled in to help my mother with prepara-tions for the evening meal and the dailyevening worship, for my family werevery devout, and running all around oneroom of the house was a high shelf, onwhich stood the shrines of the manygods we worshipped. Most importantof all was the family god, Uji-gami, butflanking him were many others—Kwannon, goddess of mercy; InariSama, the fox god; Jizo Sama, the chil-drens god, and so on. Before eachshrine every night a little lamp must belighted, and at each meal, before any-one has tasted the food, some of thenewly-cooked rice must be set before thegods. It was my duty to help with this,and then to stand with the others beforethe gods, and, clapping my hands to-gether, repeat the prayers.
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THE PEOPLE ARE ALL FARMERS Bullocks are used as farm animals almost exclusively in Ja/pan. Few horses are seen Confidences Over the Hibachi 571 A8 the four years of the higher)rimary school drew nearer and nearer0 a close, a daring idea knocked moreind more persistently at my heart.)nce, from this same school, a girl had^one to Tokyo to a girls high school,md after hearing her story my heartvas set upon going too. My ever kindmd indulgent father, after consulting priests, had them say prayers for me,and my mother and I also prayed. Andbecause I had heard the old proverb thatif you pray for the worth of a staff youwill receive only the worth of a needle,my prayer was that I might becomethe greatest woman in Japan. Fromeach temple I received an *o mamori,or sacred memento, and before I left my

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