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GEORGE S. NOSS...
...attempting to report briefly Ex-Missionary Noss's sensible and newsworthy suggestions for adapting the outward symbols of Christianity to Japanese tastes and traditions, TIME omitted his discussion of the more familiar reasons for slow missionary progress in Japan (traditional anti-foreignism,multiplicity of competing sects). TIME is sorry if it inadvertently made Mr. Noss appear overly confident, or overly critical of his fellow missionaries, but doubts that many readers will misconstrue the constructive spirit of his proposals...
...lamb, ex-Missionary Noss would substitute the mirror popular in Shinto temples. Says he: "For the Japanese, Jesus the Mirror of God would be a tremendous symbol." He would also adopt the cherry blossom as a Christian symbol...
...beauty." He would even have the churches include the Buddhist torn (ceremonial gateway). The churches should not stand on streets, but be "hidden in groves of trees with torn and mossy stone steps, fountains of water, and old flowering shrubs." He also 'recommends drastic changes inside the buildings. Noss says the Japanese are repelled by a minister who "wears a frock-coat sort of dress, and often walks about the church chancel in his stocking feet." He would have ministers borrow "the clean and flowing blue-and-white robes of the Shinto priests." Bible translations are in language that...
...Noss would also discard the Western collection plate, substitute a wooden box at the door. Says he: "The Japanese do not have our matter-of-fact attitude to ward money. For example, to give a tip to a hotel maid by handing her the cold and bare coins is to show one's lack of breeding; one will wrap the money in clean white paper, and if possible put this little parcel on a tray. Perhaps the Christian people are used to it now, but lifting the offering to the sound of clinking and jingling coins is often quite...