IX. 
Missionary Workers, and their Work. 
In a country like Japan, many classes of workers are needed 
and provided. Among these workers are to be found, 
Bible agents and colporteurs, professors in colleges, teachers 
in schools, translators, preachers, lady missionaries, and 
medical missionaries. All these workers labour towards 
one end ; they have one object in view, which is to win 
Japan for a jewel in the kingly and mediatorial crown of 
the Lord Jesus. Varied experiences come to such workers ; 
they meet with varying success, and labour among different 
masses of the people ; but all can testify to more or less of 
success, and to cheering fruits. It will be well to quote, 
here and there, from their own reports. 
Rev. Jonathan Goble, whose Bible-selling work is referred 
to more largely in the preceding chapter, says of his lectures 
in different towns : " In my evening lectures in theatres and 
temples, with magic-lantern views, illustrating the life and 
teachings of our Saviour, as well as in large crowds, when 
selling from our carts, I find very little sign of any strong 
prejudice or opposition to our work, and the most intelligent 
men who come and listen to our plain statements of the 
hopelessness of heathen religions, and the bright promises 
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