Dr. Dearing in the general survey for the year in
" The Christian Movement in Japan " for 1914 says :

No nation in the East is so well prepared for a great
religious awakening as is Japan. There is a widespread
and generally correct estimate of the value and character of
Christianity. There is no special prejudice existing against
Christianity which cannot be removed with far less difficulty
than in any other Eastern land. The recent humiliation of
the nation over the naval scandal and other national lapses
and weaknesses have served to turn the mind of the nation

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toward a source of strength which th^ individually under-
stand far better than is supposed by people in the West The
present is an unusual opportunity for Christian propagation
and progress. Famine and disaster and social problems are all
adding their emphasis to the call of the hour for the nation
to turn to God for help.
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As we give our consideration next to the student
situation in China, we must, at the risk of some repe-
tition, survey first the unique conditions in which
that nation ftnds itself to-day. The same process of
national awakening and revival of learning that we
have seen in Japan is going on in China. Only here
the movement is more sudden, more colossal and
stands out in more violent contrast to the old order.
