'Phere are few of us who do not owe something to Japan; we go there nierely for a holiday, or to recruit our health, wud Jupin never sends us empty away.' An appeal therefore to forsigiers in China for assiataude for a charity in Japan should never and does rarely fall on deaf eat 'The Gotemba Loper Hospital is asking for assistance, It was founded by the Rev. Father Testevuide, and supported entirely by charitable offerings collected by hin, for the inmates are pauper'. who itis he cared for them subsisted miserably the.few cash or the oezusional basing vit rice that they begged for at the roadside, 'The Catholic Mivsion in Japan is itself tov poor to contribute to its support, as are the ative Christians in Japan, The Japanese yave can only give ite sympatl When Father Testevuide died, in August jast. the Apostolic Vicar in' Northern j Japan, Bishop Osouf, handed over the care of the hospital to Father Vigroux, whose firet care it was to visit his charge and report upon it. From his report we make the following extracts Tokiv, August 15th, 1891, To His Grace Monsvigneur Osour, Bishop of Arsinué, Apostolic Vicar, in Northern Tapau.
Moxseioxevn,—Your. Grace is piexsed to entrust to me the direction of the hospital fur lepers, founded by the so-much-regretted Father Testevuide, and by generous benefactors. I thank God for it, and, if I have reason to fear Ian not equal tu the risk, I none the less accept it with the greatest confidence. According to Your Grace's desire, I have just come from visit~ ing the hospital, and from informing myself of the state in which it is. I propose to
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