| Item Description: | Newton was a pioneer missionary of the Methodist Church South to Japan. He first went to Japan in 1888 as a faculty member of the Kwansei Gakuin Union Mission College and Seminary in Kobe. He lived in Japan until 1897, and then again between 1903 and 1923. During the last ten years of his stay in Japan, Newton was president of the Mission College. His correspondence is extremely rich and includes numerous letters from Japanese Christians in both America and Japan, letters to family and friends, and letters to and from the Board of Missions and other mission leaders in America. These describe the difficulties and frustrations of his work and provide insights into the working, domestic and religious lives of people in Japan. |
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