recent judgments. This is so plain that probably no such
decisions will be challenged. May it not then be hoped that there will
shortly be a marked cessation of controversy at home, as for some years
past we are told there has been in our sister Church in the United States,
and coincidently a far more determined effort on the part of the whole
Church than has yet been known, inspired and sustained by the Holy Spirit
of Truth, to win the East to the Faith of Christ?"

We come next to the _Church of Christ in Japan_, another amalgamation of
religious bodies; comprising, in this case, the Presbyterian Church of the
United States, two or three other American sects, and the United
Presbyterian Church of Scotland. By far the greater number of
denominations engaged in Japan are of American origin; and this is,
practically, an American work; the Scotch Presbyterians being represented
by only two missionaries with a single station, and only joining the
Mission in 1875--fifteen years after two of the American bodies had
commenced their work. The number of male missionaries in connexion with
this movement amounts to fifty-two; and to these must be added fifty-three
native ministers, 100 female missionaries, and over 100 lay preachers and
workers. Of the seventy-four organized churches no less than one-third are
wholly self-supporting. Baptisms in 1892 were, adults 789, children 100;
and the total present membership amounts to 11,190, with over 2,000
children in Sunday Schools. The fact that the Presbyterians of Japan have
recently adopted the Apostles' Creed as their Confession of Faith, in
place of the formularies with which their bodies have hitherto been
associated, is hardly the occasion for satisfaction that would at first
sight appear; the course in question being, I understand, to some extent
due to the prevalence of views similar to those held by a large number of
the Congregationalists of Japan, to which I shall presently refer. The
work of the Presbyterians however, must be accounted among the most
successful efforts for the evangelization of the country; while they have
had from the beginning the advantage of being supported by men of national
reputation and position.

We come now to the _Kumi-ai Churches_ in connexion with the American
Board's Mission; i.e. the Congregationalists. This work owes its
foundation to a Japanese gentleman,--a Mr. Neesima,--who was converted to
Christianity, whilst on a visit to America. It