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JAMES W. LAMBUTH, D.D 
 
“We thanlv you for the determination to open work 
 in Japan. We shall yo, leaning on the 
 Omnipotent Arm of Sod, and seehing the 
 
 guidance of the Moly Spirit i' 
 
 Dr. LambutJis answer to Bishop McTyeire. 
 
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 James William Lambuth, D.H., was born in Alabama, 
 U.S.A., March 2nd, 1830; was graduated from the 
 college at Oxford, Miss., now the University of Missisippi, 
 in 1852; and in 1853, he married Miss Is A bee LA 
 McClellan who was related to the families of General 
 George B. McClellan and ex-Prcsidcnt Cleveland. 
 
 He vas born of a missionary ancestry. His grand- 
 lather was a pioneer missionary from Virginia to Middle 
 Tennessee; and his father, the liev. J. 1\. Lambeth, Mas 
 a missionary from Alabama to the Indians of Mississippi, 
 and the French of Louisiana. 
 
 Seldom in the history of Foreign Missions, is the 
 
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 Church called to mourn the loss of 011 c whos3 life and 
 labors are equal to those of Doctor Lambuth. 
 
 Receiving his appointment from Bishop James O. 
 Andrew in 1853, lie had been a missionary nearly forty 
 years. Toiling in China with Apostolic zeal till 1886, 
 lie came to Japan and was the Father of the 
 “ Mission of the Inland Sea.” 
 
 Being in his sixty-third year, he departed this life in 
 great peace, April 28th, 1892, in the city of Kobe. 
 
 His message to the Church in America:—“I die at 
 my post; the work to be done is great; send more 
 men;” is an inspiration to his fellow-soldiers all through 
 the columns of the missionary army in Japan, and should 
 arouse the heart of the Church in America. 
 
 After he died some of the Biblical students of the 
 Kwansci Gakuin said to me:—“He is our father, and 
 we want him as our model.” 
 
111 . 
 
 A good man’s work is imperishable, because souls are 
 immortal and because the Son of God is the Divine 
 Co-worker. When the sun in our heavens shall go out 
 in darkness, and all the stars their night watches cease to 
 keep, Dr. Lambutii’s work will still shine on. 
 
 J. C. C. X. 
 
 Kwansei Gakuin, 
 
 July 14th, 1802. 
 
PROGRAMME 
 
 OF THE 
 
 FUNERAL SERVICES. 
 
 Reading of Ser vice as the remains were 
 
 borne into the Church.Rev. W. E. Towson. 
 
 Scripture Lesson, Psa. xc.Rev. J. M. Rollins. 
 
 Scripture Lesson, 1 Cor. xv. 25-58...Rev. T. AV r . Demaree. 
 
 Singing (English): “ He lcadeth me/’ 
 
 Prayer.Rev. O. A. Dukes, M.D. 
 
 Address (English) .Rev. J. C. C. Newton. 
 
 Address (Japanese) ...Rev. K. Usaki. 
 
 Address (English) .Rev. W. E. Towson. 
 
 Singing (Japanese): “ Jesus lover of my soul.” 
 
 The English addresses were afterwards interpreted. 
 
 The services were concluded at the grave, 
 
 Revs. C. R. Moseley and AV. E. Towson participating. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 » 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
« 
 
 FUNERAL ADDRESSES. 
 
 In the Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, 
 Kobe, Japan, April 29, 1892, 
 in the presence of a large concourse of 
 Foreign and Japanese Christians, 
 the three following addresses were made :— 
 
 I. 
 
 By Hey. J. C. C. Newton, M.A. 
 
 In the hurry of this our short pilgrimage, we may if we 
 will, frequently stop and gather practical lessons. But 
 when a good man is taken from our midst, one who was 
 a father among us, and one who was successful in his God- 
 
[ 2 ] 
 
 given work, then it is especially needful that we stop, and 
 dropping the busy work from our own hands, sit down 
 together and without haste meditate in the presence of the 
 Lord. It is helpful every way to consider the prominent 
 events of the good man’s career, to meditate upon the 
 salient traits of his character, to find the motive power of 
 all his work, and catch into our souls the inner vibrations 
 of his spiritual fellowship with Christ. 
 
 This then is the day, and this the place, where God 
 in His Providence bids us pause and meditate for a while 
 together. We therefore invite you to join in consider¬ 
 ing, first:—some of the prominent events in the career of 
 the man of God whose redeemed spirit has left us. 
 
 Jamks William Lambutii was born in the United 
 States of America, March 2nd, in the year of our Lord, 
 1830, being at the time of his depariure, in his sixty-third 
 year, lie graduated from the college at Oxford, Miss., 
 
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 which college is now the University of Mississippi. 
 Though previously a member of the Church, it was while 
 in the college that lie experienced the conscious assurance 
 of sins forgiven and the witness that he was indeed a child 
 of God. 
 
 In 1853, lie married Miss Isabella McClellan, 
 who was related to the families of General Geo roe B. 
 
 McClellan and cx-President Grover Cleveland. In 
 
 the same year he was appointed by Bishop James O. 
 Andrew, a missionary to China. In 1854, starting 
 from New York in a sailing vessel with his young wife, 
 the choice of his heart and the partner of his long 
 missionary life, and accompanied by Ur. U. C. Kelley 
 and Rev. J. L. Belton and their wives, after a voyage of 
 ncarlv five months, he reached the far off land of China. 
 At that time the branch of the Church which we represent 
 had in China only one missionary, the Rev. A\ . G. E. 
 
[ 4 ] 
 
 Cunxygham, D.D., who gave the new missionaries a 
 warm welcome. 
 
 Before this, three others had worked for a while but 
 had been compelled to return. Notwithstanding the 
 difficulties of the missionary work at that day, he not only 
 got an easy command of the language, but it is not too 
 much to say that Dr. Lambuth was the pioneer and 
 
 founder of much of our work in China, especially the evangel¬ 
 istic work. Like the Apostle Paul, his soul burned within 
 him to preach Christ in the regions beyond, and so from 
 Shanghai as the centre lie made circuit after circuit preach¬ 
 ing for the first time to those who had not heard the 
 Gospel of the true God. Every year, as fast as he could, 
 lie pushed further and further his bold and perilous course 
 into the towns and cities of the interior. 
 
 His work in another department was by no means 
 
[ 5 ] 
 
 inconsiderable. Christianity wherever it goes, must 
 translate God’s word and create a new literature. 
 
 Our venerable father was a member of the Committee 
 that made a Chinese translation of the New Testament. 
 He published, in all, twenty volumes including two 
 or three important theological works, besides catechisms 
 and tracts of various kinds. But it is as a preacher 
 of the Gospel, as a living messenger of light 
 in the midst of the masses of the idolatrous people 
 
 that his work stands out conspicuous. 
 
 His thirty-three 
 
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 years of constant toil in China lias imbedded itself in the 
 
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 foundations of Christ’s Kingdom which will abide till the 
 end of the world. And how the Christians in that land 
 honored and loved him! To-day his name among them is 
 
 as the sweet incense poured forth. Recently, having 
 heard of his impaired health, they sent him a letter beg- 
 o'ino’ that when he should be called up to heaven, his 
 
t 6 ] 
 
 body might l>c buried with them in Shanghai. And I 
 have no doubt ere this hour, our Sainted Preacher has been 
 greeted upon the fields of glory bv those who were saved 
 through his preaching. 
 
 It was in 1886 that he, in company with Dr. Dukes, 
 came to Japan. Three months afterwards, he was joined 
 by his noble son, Dr. Walter Lambuth, our beloved 
 Superintendent. And we know how their hearts burned 
 with the fires of Christ’s love as they quickly saw stretch¬ 
 ing out far and wide the fields white for the harvest; and 
 we know, too, how the heart of the old warrior was stirred 
 with an ardor equal to that of the two younger men. W ith 
 a rapidity that astonished other missionaries in Japan, he 
 went through all the coasts of the Inland Sea preaching 
 and talking to the people. In fact there is scarcely a 
 point in our whole field from Kobe to Oita that was not 
 either opened by him or with which his labors are not 
 
[ 7 ] 
 
 connected. Of the Kobe Church which for so long a time 
 worshipped in his house, he is specially to be named as the 
 founder and father. His last trip into the interior was to 
 Tadotsu. By invitation of Rev. C. B. Moseley, the 
 Presiding Elder of that District, he preached and dedicated 
 the new house of worship. It was fitting that lie should 
 dedicate the house, for he opened the work there and ever 
 watched the tender vine planted in that seat of idolatry. 
 His constant interest in the welfare of the Japanese people, 
 and his untiring labor for their salvation are known and 
 read of all. There is no desire to forget the splendid work 
 of others, but this now sainted man of God is the father 
 of our work, and alike by our Japanese Christians and by 
 the missionaries, he will ever be named our father. 
 
 It may now be profitable to consider briefly certain 
 traits of his character and draw therc-from practical lessons. 
 
 W e dare not, of course, claim for any mortal man 
 
[ 8 ] 
 
 exemption from mistake, or absolute perfection. But we 
 should hold up before our eyes certain excellencies of 
 character and certain Christian graces in order that we may 
 
 follow him as he followed Christ. 
 
 First,—One of the strong characteristics of his whole 
 career, and also the secret of his usefulness was his unre¬ 
 served consecration to the one thing. When as a young 
 man just from college, he heard the call of God to go, 
 preach the Gospel in far off lands, he said:—“ Here am I, 
 send me,”—there was then and there, a complete 
 giving up of everything to that one thing. Kindred, 
 parents, friends, the prospect of a successful career in his 
 native State, all was laid forever upon the altar. Henceforth 
 he cared for nothing, sought for nothing except as it stood 
 related to the preaching of the Gospel to the heathen. 
 Social amenities, hospitality (this abounded always) were 
 all consecrated to the one great end in the Name of Christ. 
 
[ 9 ] 
 
 Nor was lie a missionary for a limited time—five or 
 six years—and then to return. Nay, lie was a missionary 
 for life. Some of us had been thinking lie ought to go to 
 America, but he lias fallen at his post just where lie wanted 
 to finish his course; and with joy too. lie has given us an 
 
 example of life-long, entire consecration to the one tiling to 
 which God called him. 
 
 Second,—There was a quiet gentlemanly decision of 
 character which it is well for us who arc vounger to 
 ponder. 
 
 His indomitable will stands out as an example worthy 
 of all imitation as it was illustrated during the late dreadful 
 civil war. During those long years of fratricidal conflict, 
 cut off from the support and almost from all communication 
 
 from the home Church, he remained at his post through it 
 all, and carried on his missionary work. I trust that I 
 may be pardoned for saying in the presence of the living 
 
[ 10 ] 
 
 this:—When all the annals of missionary labors shall 
 have been written up, no page of those glorious annals will 
 shine brighter than the one that records the unquenchable 
 devotion and heroic self-sacrifice of Dr. Lambuth and that 
 of his equally heroic wife. In the presence of difficulties 
 that made other stout hearts fail, his never did. 
 
 Third.—He maintained an exalted standard of Christian 
 life. He illustrated in his own personal life the principles 
 of the Gospel which he preached to others. Did he preach 
 repentance? He himself had repented and renounced every 
 form of sin and needless fleshly indulgence. Faith in Christ 
 as the Lamb of God—the precious Blood that cleanscth 
 from all sin—this lie constantly preached; and his own 
 faith was a living every day reality. Did he preach the 
 office and work of the Holy Ghost ? With him it was not 
 a mere theory. He had the witness of the spirit. Did he 
 exhort the native Christians unto love supreme toward God, 
 
[ 11 ] 
 
 and toward each other, brotherly love? He himself was 
 au example of consecrated and unselfish love. 
 
 And here my Brethren is the secret of that profound 
 respect which the people of China and Japan have for him— 
 People can read the inner heart of their spiritual teachers. 
 This is true everywhere, and especially so in the East. 
 They saw in him the actual experience and power of a 
 redeemed man. The deep love of Christ for their souls— 
 the Christ, they had not seen—they saw illustrated, 
 demonstrated in Christ’s messenger whom they had seen. 
 
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 The purity of his thoughts, the singleness of his aim took 
 hold upon their respect and confidence. This is a matter 
 most important to us. The power and holiness of the 
 heart sanctified by the Holy Ghost, the exalted standard 
 of his life, the absolute certainty and boldness with which 
 
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 lie preached a present and full salvation from all the sin 
 of the spirit and filthiness of the flesh—this is the model for 
 
[ 12 ] 
 
 us. There is much else that ought to be said, but as there 
 are others who arc to speak I yield to them. In the 
 words of our own immortal Charles Wesley, wc may 
 fitly say :— 
 
 “ Servant of God, well done! 
 
 Thy glorious warfare’s past; 
 
 The battle’s fought, the race is won 
 And thou art crowned at last. 
 
 O happy, happy soul! 
 
 In ecstacies of praise, 
 
 Long as eternal ages roll, 
 
 Thou seest thy Savior’s face. 
 Redeemed from earth and pain, 
 
 Ah! when shall we ascend 
 And all in Jesus’ presence reign 
 With our translated friend?” 
 
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[ 13 ] 
 
 IT. 
 
 Translation of 
 
 by 
 
 an Essay Head in Japanese 
 Hey. K. Usaki. 
 
 Rev. J. AY. Lambeth, D.I)., our Presiding Elder of 
 Kobe district, M. E. Church South, Japan Mission, 
 departed this life, on April, 28th, 1892. O how sad it is ! 
 
 He was, for many years, my beloved and beneficent 
 teacher. Some five years ago, I think it was March, 1887, 
 I met him for the first time at Kobe. At that time I 
 was not yet a Christian u having no hope and without God 
 in the world.” One day I had the privilege to attend his 
 Bible-class for young men, where lie was diligently explain¬ 
 ing the word of God. AVI file he was commending the word of 
 God to the young men’s consciences, I felt my heart sharply 
 
 pricked, and immediately made up my mind to become a 
 Christian. Thenceforth I was one of his favorite pupils. 
 
[ 14 ] 
 
 I was not only instructed in the truth, at his ieet, but 
 also frequently asked to render his words into Japanese. 
 He was so good to me. 
 
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 When I look back upon the memorable past, my love 
 for him is so stirred that I can not keep from sobbing. 
 While I was studying theology in Tokyo he wrote 
 
 4 / O <_V 
 
 a third letter to me quoting Eph. chap. 6, 10, 18, 
 and exhorting me, as a young man, to stand fast in the 
 faith. Opposite that passage I wrote the following words 
 in the margin of my Testament. “ Is not this a word 
 of counsel sent by dear Dr. Lambuth, January 
 
 16th, 1889? ” And this is one of my favorite passages 
 of scriptures to this day. He had given me exceed¬ 
 ing great literary advantages by lending me his good 
 
 books so liberally. Every one admits that it is pretty 
 hard for a poor student like myself to buy new books and 
 periodicals. Dr. Lambuth well knew my case and handed 
 
[ 15 ] 
 
 mo his books before I asked him, just like a father does to 
 his child. Cannon Farrar’s Life of Christ and one or two 
 other books which I borrowed from him on the day of his 
 death, still lie on my desk in my study. In a word, next to 
 the Providence and grace of God, I say what made man 
 of me is due to his kind instruction and unceasing: remem- 
 brance of me in his prayers. Not only am I indebted to him 
 greatly, but my parents, also, in their declining years, for 
 he was the one who brought them to Christ and His 
 
 knowledge. And one of them has already departed from 
 us. I am sure my mother sees the Doctor face to face in 
 paradise and is talking of the past. O my beloved saint; 
 pray tell her that we arc well here and by and by we shall 
 meet her again. We may say lie was, indeed, a good and 
 laborious servant of our Lord. Over thirty years he was a 
 missionary in China and did great and good works. lie 
 arrived in the Japan held from China, July 26th, 1886. 
 
[ 16 ] 
 
 Since lie arrived in Kobe as the pioneer of the Mission, he 
 toiled and toiled from day to day without resting. He 
 went forth from Kobe to the mission field “conquering 
 and to conquer.” The Churches in Kobe, Hiroshima, 
 Uwajima, and Tadotsu were planted by his zeal. “Well 
 done, good and faithful servant.” 
 
 He was of meek and gentle character and always kept 
 quiet. But whenever and wherever he opened his month 
 he spoke the words of piety. His life was pure, holy, 
 and unselfish. He conducted himself strictly. “Godliness 
 with contentment” was his life-long characteristic. His 
 very appearance was that of a holy saint. Nobody escaped 
 from admiring him when caught by his saintly appearance 
 and influence. 
 
 On the very morning of that sad day, I stood by his 
 death bed and solemnly gazed upon his mortal form. 
 Behold the naturalness overflow, and brightened peace 
 
CHURCH AT TADOTSU—JAPAN. 
 
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[ 17 ] 
 
 shine, on his faee. Spontaneously I said to myself: Ah 
 he is not dead, but sleepeth:—and hesitating I left him and 
 his room. When the Apostle Paul found the time of his 
 departure was at hand, he wrote a letter to young Timothy : 
 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, 
 I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me 
 the crown of righteousness.” These words of St. Paul 
 may, appropriately, apply to our late Dr. Lambuth. 
 Amen. 
 
 
[ 18 ] 
 
 IIT. 
 
 Address delivered ry Rev. W. E. Towson. 
 
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 “ When T am weak, then am I strong. 
 
 
 2 Cor. XIT. io. 
 
 This passage has been chosen because it was the last one 
 that Rr. Lam ruth ever quoted, and, also, for the reason 
 that it fitly types his religions experience during his last 
 
 illness. 
 
 On Wednesday morning—less than two days before he 
 died—after a very trying night, he greeted me with the 
 remark:—“God has been so good to me.” “Yes,” I 
 
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 replied, “the mercies of the Lord arc new every morning 
 and fresh every evening.” After a brief conversation on 
 the goodness ot God, in which some passages of Scripture 
 
 
[ If ] 
 
 and several stanzas of “ How firm a foundation, ye saints 
 of the Lord” were quoted, I ealled his attention to that 
 promise of the Master’s which is so precious to every 
 missionary and which was hanging on the wall near his 
 bed, “Lo! I am with you always,” and said:—“Doctor, 
 you have found that true, haven’t you?” His reply was 
 emphatic :— u Yes, that is true,” and, as in conscious 
 
 realization of its truth, he added :— u Jesus lias come. 
 
 
 After a little pause, he quoted the words:—“ When I am 
 weak, then am I strong.” “Strong in faith?” I asked. 
 
 u 
 
 No,” he replied, “Strong in Christ.” And so it was; 
 
 as our brother grew weaker, he grew stronger, as his 
 outward man perished, his inward man was renewed day 
 by day. The law of spiritual compensation eame into 
 play; as his hold here became weaker, his grasp on things up 
 yonder became firmer, his path “ was as the shining light, 
 that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” 
 
[ 20 ] 
 
 Dr. Lambutit was not a very demonstrative person. 
 As lias been said, “ lie was a quiet man, a man of few 
 words/’ and yet, I have no doubt but that, if, at the elose, 
 he had had the physical strength, lie would have poured 
 forth his soul in rapturous praises unto God who was so 
 good to him. 
 
 Our brother left some messages and it has devolved upon 
 me to deliver them. I want to do this to Ihc glory of God 
 and to the encouragement of the faith of the native Church 
 by showing them how a Christian can die. These messages 
 
 J O o 
 
 were written down at the time they were delivered, and 
 were all uttered when there was no delirium; in fact, to 
 all appearances, his mind held its sway unto the last, giving 
 evidences even within a minute or two of death of clearness 
 of intellect. 
 
 Tuesday morning, about forty hours before lie passed 
 away, Mrs. .LamB urn informed him that the Japanese 
 
[ 21 ] 
 
 Christians were very much concerned in regard to his con¬ 
 dition, and asked him if lie had any message to send them. 
 His answer was :—-“Tell them that the Lord is with me 
 
 all the time.” And when asked if he had any exhortation 
 
 •/ 
 
 for the Church, he said:—“ Tell them to be faithful, faithful 
 unto the end.” 
 
 Brethren and sisters of the native Church !—This is the 
 last word to vou from him who loved you so well and 
 who labored so faithfully for your salvation. His work 
 on earth is done and his last sermon has been preached! 
 you will sec his face no more, nor listen to his words 
 again ; but you have his last message of exhortation to you :— 
 “ Tell them to be faithful, faithful unto the end.” May 
 you prove your love for him and for the doctrine that he 
 preached to you by u giving heed” thereto and at last 
 receive u the crown of life” which the Lord has promised 
 to them u who are faithful unto the end.” 
 
[ 22 ] 
 
 When asked if lie had any message to the Church at 
 home, lie said :—“Tell them, if I should be taken away, 
 that I died at my post.” This was literally true. His 
 last Church service was holding the Kobe Quarterly 
 Conference, and while in the chair he had a chill, having 
 had another earlier in the day. I urged him to go to bed, 
 offering to attend to the Conference; but could not prevail 
 on him to do so, and he remained unto the close, suffering 
 constantly. He then went to bed never to leave it alive. 
 Well, might he say:—“Tell them, I died at my post. 
 “ My body with my charge lay down, 
 
 And cease at once to work and live.” 
 
 When asked what word of exhortation he wanted to 
 send the Church at home, in reference to the Mission 
 work, he replied without the least hesitation:—“ We have 
 a great work to do, tell them to send more men.” These 
 words show how heavily the work lay on his heart and 
 
how sorely lie felt the needs of this land. They were 
 cabled to the Mission Board in the United States, coupled 
 with the announcement of his death, and will doubtless 
 
 appeal with great force to the Church that lie loved so well 
 and of which he was such a devoted servant. May the 
 exhortation be heeded, and may the answer be of such a 
 
 character as will gladden the hearts of his old associates 
 and will show that the message was not in vain. 
 
 There was but one thing that seemed to trouble our 
 brother as he drew near the gates of death, and that w as the 
 absence from his beside of the immediate members of his 
 family. He spoke of them on several occasions and once 
 remarked:—“ This is a time when I would like to have the 
 
 children with me.” But it was not to be; God willed 
 otherwise. His daughter and her husband were hurrying 
 to him from China as fast as electricity and steam could 
 
[ 24 ] 
 
 that they did not reach Kobe until a few hours after their 
 father had closed his eyes in death. To them lie sent the 
 message:—“I have been waiting for you and expecting you; 
 but if I do not see you, all is well! Whatever the Lord 
 sees best, it is all well! ” In the midst of their great 
 bereavement, increased by the added disappointment of 
 not seeing their father ere he died, may their faith find 
 a resting place in the assurance that “whatever the Lord 
 
 secs best, it is all well. 
 
 V 
 
 Dr. Lamuutii was the founder of our Mission; he 
 and Dr. Dukes being the first on the field. As a 
 consequence, he took a peculiar interest in its affairs and 
 watched its growth with much satisfaction. Especially was 
 he concerned about those who labored with him in the 
 
 Gospel, their interests were his, their joys and sorrows 
 found in him a ready response, and their triumphs thrilled 
 him as if they had been his own. He was always the 
 
[ 25 ] 
 
 first to welcome a new missionary to the field; either by a 
 letter sent to meet them, on their arrival at Yokohama or 
 by boarding their ship just as it came into port in Kobe. 
 Well do I remember his cordial words of welcome that 
 greeted me and mine, strangers in a strange land, on our 
 arrival at Yokohama, and afterwards his hearty greetings 
 in the presence of his younger brethren, on board of our 
 ship just as we came to anchor in the harbor here. 
 
 We who knew Dr. Lambuth so well and loved him 
 so much, will miss most sorely his words of counsel 
 and his warm fatherly greetings; but let us cherish his 
 last words, for, even at the end, he had ns on his 
 heart. Being reminded that there were some members 
 of the Mission that had not seen him during his sick¬ 
 ness, he said: u Tell those I have not seen to put their 
 trust iu Christ. To be faithful unto God and he will 
 never forsake them.” And then with that delicacy of 
 
[ 26 ] 
 
 feeling that was characteristic of him, apparently fearing 
 that some, who were detained at their work, would 
 feel that their absence was noticed by him, he added, 
 “ Whether I have seen them or not it makes no difference, 
 
 they are all the same to me. I want them all so to live 
 
 «/ 
 
 that the Lord will be with them to the last day of their 
 missionary life. Tell them to be careful, careful how they 
 live, especially the young men and the young women.” 
 
 God help us my brethren and sisters to remember this 
 his last message, heeding its solemn exhortations and 
 warnings and following the example he set us of holy living, 
 and thus shall “ the Lord be with us to the last day of our 
 missionary lives.” 
 
 Our brother died “well.” It could not have been 
 otherwise. After nearly fifty years of earnest devoted toil 
 in the Master’s service we would expect nothing else. I 
 might say his death was a triumph, lie met the King of 
 
[ 27 ] 
 
 Terrors with a strong faith and won a great “ victory through 
 our Lord J esus Christ.” Time and time again throughout 
 his sickness he affirmed that Christ was with him, using 
 such expressions as these:—“Jesus is here,” “Jesus has 
 come.” “He is right here, and I know it is Jesus.” His 
 sick-bed was very near heaven; the angels of God were 
 there, ministering unto him, and there was the presence of 
 another, and “the form was like the Son of God.” Without 
 doubt Bro. Lambuth saw and heard things that it was 
 
 (( 
 
 not lawful for man to utter.” Had our eyes been “ opened,” 
 
 like his, to spiritual things, and had our ears been attuned to 
 heavenly symphonies wc, too, would doubtless, have seen 
 
 things that were not of earth and been ravished with the 
 music of the heavenly world. During his last day he said 
 to his wife:—“ I have views of things that arc indescribably 
 beautiful; things that are opening up before me coming 
 and going; growing brighter and surer.” Still speaking 
 
[ 28 ] 
 
 to Mrs. Lambuth, he said:—“ I leave you with the Lord. 
 He will take care of you; yes, and I will be waiting and 
 watching for you and the children.” May they all meet 
 him in that day! The Bible tells us that “ Precious in 
 the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,” and I am 
 sure that those who were permitted to stand by our 
 brother’s bed side, as he passed away, and witness his 
 great triumph, esteemed it a blessed, holy privilege. There 
 were with him in that hour but four—Mrs. Lambuth, 
 Dr. Kin, Mb. Bollins and the writer—and I am sure that 
 I voice their feelings when I use the words :— u Let me die 
 the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his.” 
 
 Our dear father and brother has left us. His warfare 
 
 as a soldier of the cross is over. He has exchanged his 
 weapons of war for a crown of life. He has fought a good 
 tight, he has finished his course, he has kept the faith. 
 
 Wa will miss him more than words can tell. His friends, 
 
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 whose number was legion, and who loved him so much, 
 will miss his words of welcome and his messages of love; 
 but they will ever thank God for his holy life and his 
 fragrant memory. 
 
 His old comrades in these Mission fields of the East will 
 miss him. No more will they have the inspiration of his 
 presence in the fore front of the battle leading the charge; 
 but they know that he has fought well and has received 
 the victor’s meed. 
 
 The Church at home will miss him; never again will 
 they be aroused by his letters full of faith and zeal 
 recounting victories already won and announcing plans for 
 fresh conquests; but they have his dying message to them, 
 showing that even to the last his heart was in the work. 
 
 Above all will his family miss him, in all those elements 
 of tenderness and love which characterized him and which 
 constitute the essentials of an ideal Christian home; but 
 
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 they know where he has gone and that he is “ waiting and 
 watching” for them. 
 
 “ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: 
 Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 
 henceforth: Yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from 
 their labors and their works do follow them.” 
 
MISSION BOAT AND OUT-DOOR PREACHING IN CHINA. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 MEMORIAL ADDRESSES: 
 
 DELIVERED AT THE KWANSEI G A K UI N. 
 
 By Prof. S. H. Wainright, M. P. 
 
 While our hearts are sad to-day as \vc meet here to pay 
 our respects to the memory of our beloved brother who 
 recently departed from us, yet I feel that for two reasons at 
 least we may rejoice. First, that Dr. Lambuth was a godly 
 man and did, throughout his lifetime, a noble and godly 
 work; and second, that there is here to-day such a goodly 
 number of young men who, in this wicked and perverse 
 generation, take pleasure in honoring a godly man, and show 
 their appreciation of a life that was honest, just, pure, lovely 
 and of good report. 
 
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 Let us draw some lessons from the life and work of Dr. 
 Lambuth which shall be helpful to us who are at the 
 threshold of the conflict, and inspire in us a more consecrated 
 spirit of devotedness to our Master. In your school histories 
 you have no doubt seen mention of Hercules, the great hero 
 of the Greeks, a man noted for his mighty deeds. There 
 are two mountains, called in ancient times Calpe and Abyla, 
 on either side of the Mediterranean Sea where it meets the 
 Atlantic ocean. Their classical appelation, “ Pillars of 
 Hercules, was given to them in consequence of the legend 
 that Hercules raised them to mark the utmost limits of the 
 known world, which he had extended to that point, and the 
 terminus of human adventure. 
 
 This seems to me to illustrate well the character of Dr. 
 Lam ruths’s work in the East. His work in China and 
 Japan on either side of the sea which lies between these two 
 countries, rises like two great pillars marking the extreme 
 
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 limit, the ne plus ultra to which our Church has been 
 extended in the East. His work will ever remain 
 as monuments of the planting of the Southern Methodist 
 Church in China and Japan which was largely through his 
 labors. 
 
 The Kingdom of God advanced through his word in a 
 threefold sense, viz.: geographically, numerically and 
 spiritually. There are large numbers who advance the 
 Gospel numerically and spiritually, laboring in long occupied 
 fields, and there are those who advance the work of the 
 Lord spiritually going around strengthening the churches, but 
 it is not every man that has the opportunity of carrying the 
 Gospel to regions beyond. I speak of this especially for 
 your sake that you may realize what a great privilege you 
 have to put the sickle for the first time to the broad fields 
 before you white unto harvest. Islands, hens, guns, cities, 
 towns, villages and homes all around you where the 
 
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 Gospel is unknown should inspire you to a great work for 
 God and your fellowmen. 
 
 The purpose and aim of Dr. Lam ruth in departing from 
 his native land to the far East was not different from that 
 which led Livingstone to Africa, and Columbus to sail 
 toward the setting sun in search of India. A fact not 
 often mentioned, indeed, but true nevertheless, is that the 
 great aim and purpose Columbus had in view was “to 
 bring together the ends of the earth, and unite them under 
 one Redeemer.” To realize this purpose, he struggled 
 through long years of opposition and ill-success. 
 
 Livingstone’s hardships in the solitude of darkest Africa 
 were endured that he “might evangelize the natives, explore 
 undiscovered secrets, and abolish the slave-trade of Central 
 Africa.” 
 
 And ever thus could our venerable missionary, as he wrestled 
 with the entanglements and perplexities of the Oriental 
 
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 world say:—“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because 
 He anointed me to preach good-tidings to the poor: He 
 hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, to set 
 at liberty them that arc bruised, to proclaim the acceptable 
 year of the Lord.” What noble determinations these, that 
 led these men to distant lands. To bring together the ends 
 of the earth, to unite them under one Redeemer. When I 
 first, came to Japan, I stayed at Yama No. 2, with I)r. 
 Lam but H, in his home, a week. I was struck with two 
 characteristics of him in his work; he was persitent 
 in work, unceasing in prayer—characteristics which 
 have been conspicuous in his life. Always busy, 
 always praying, always talking to men of God, always 
 talking to God of men. But while he was an incessant 
 worker yet he was not over-enthusiastic, not restless, and in 
 a feverish hurry about everything. He was a man of hope 
 which gave calmness, dignity and brightness to his work; 
 
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 his heart was rooted and grounded in love, lienee he was 
 sober, gentle, and practical; faith was the underlying 
 spring and source of his long and faithful service. Faith, 
 hope, and love, the abiding, unchanging, eternal elements 
 of our religion he held fast through all the vicissitudes, 
 trials, and revolutions which he encountered during his 
 life-time. He knew that the Gospel need not be altered 
 to suit people of different nationalities; he ever preached 
 it as the power of God unto the salvation of souls. He 
 u meddled not with them given to change.” The story is 
 told of a scientist who on observing the light colored eye 
 of the Anglo-Saxon and the dark colored eye of the African, 
 reasoned that being so different in nature the same sun 
 could not furnish light by which both could see. It is 
 such reasoning as this we hear from those who say that 
 the natural constitution of the Chinaman and the Japanese 
 being different from that of men in the West the Gospel 
 
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 should undergo a corresponding modification to suit them. 
 
 Dr. Lam RUTH never embraced such absurd ideas, but 
 preached the same old Gospel to every one he met, no 
 matter of what race or tongue he was. He held steadfastly 
 to the faith once delivered to the Saints throng’ll actions 
 
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 and reactions. He knew how to hold back when it was 
 necessary, and he knew when to pull forward. The old 
 truths of the Gospel never became monotonous; he never 
 tired of preaching the old, old story to the perishing ones 
 around him. 
 
 Perseverance was a marked characteristic of him. Blow 
 after blow he struck upon the stony heart of China without 
 apparent effect, but he wavered not till at length he was able 
 to see the result of his labor. Whatever he undertook he 
 carried through with the utmost diligence and perseverance. 
 Along with this, much patience was required; but as I have 
 said he was a man of hope, and in hoping for that which he 
 
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 saw not, lie waited with patience for it, and to-day lie enjoys 
 his reward, eternal life, which is given to them who by patient 
 continuance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and 
 immortality. 
 
 Another characteristic was self-sacrifice. Preference which 
 was due him in his old age and the position he held lie 
 invariably declined. The story is told of Alexander that 
 on an occasion when he and his soldiers had been several 
 days without water, some v r ater was brought, but hardly 
 more than enough for Alexander himself. When he 
 started to drink he glanced at his soldiers and seeing the 
 pitiful expression of their faces as they looked at the water, 
 he refused to drink, and declared that he would wait until 
 his soldiers could drink with him. It was so with Dr. 
 Lambutii. No young missionary was more ready to 
 endure a hardship or take up a task than he was. He 
 would teach a class ot bovs to read English' or do anything 
 which lie thought would further the Master’s work. 
 
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 And then, again, his character. You all know well that 
 he was a man of character. “ Charms strike the sight, but 
 character wins the soul A A young Japanese said to me 
 one day that he thought racial distinctions would go 
 unnoticed where there was real character: when a man’s 
 heart is filled with the love of God. Dr. Lambuth was loved 
 by the Chinese and by the Japanese, and he loved them. 
 His heart was so aglow with the love of God, and his 
 character was so Christ-like in purity and simplicity, that 
 people never thought of his being oi another race and 
 
 tongue. 
 
 It is said that old age is a kind of judgment day. How 
 wonderfully was the Divine approval stamped on the life 
 
 of Wesley in his declining years. 
 
 On entering his 80 th 
 
 year he says“ I travel from four to live thousand miles 
 a year.” He was bright and happy in his work at 86, and 
 on until his death. iSo with the long and faithful life of 
 
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 Dr. Lambuth. A life of loyalty to his Master left its 
 impress on him, and in his last days he shed the lustre of 
 that pure devotion, which to him had become almost a 
 second nature, on all around him. He honored God when 
 he was young, and the Lord honored him when he was old. 
 
 In conclusion, a word about his death. The sunset and 
 the sunrise to the righteous are the same. No sooner do 
 we bid them farewell on this side than they hear a voice 
 from the other saying:—“ Come, thou blessed of my Father.” 
 You have heard of the victory Dr. Lambuth had in death. 
 When Godfrey, Duke of Bouillon, at the head of the 
 Crusaders, came in view of Jerusalem with its high turrets 
 and sacred buildings he gave a shout which, it is said, 
 tilled the whole earth. Then, is it a wonder that the 
 departed saint whom we honor with this meeting to-day, 
 shouted for joy when the Jerusalem that is on high came 
 before his vision ? That city of pure gold like unto pure 
 
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 glass, the building whose wall is of jasper, the foundations 
 of whose wall is adorned with all manner of precious 
 stones. The first foundation, of jasper; the second, of 
 sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the 
 fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, charysolite; 
 the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase ; 
 the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst;—that 
 city whose twelve gates are twelve pearls; and each 
 several gate one pearl: whose street is pure gold as it were 
 transparent glass;—that city which hath no need of the 
 sun, neither of* the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of* 
 God doth lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb;—I 
 say is it a wonder, that when that city glistening and 
 sparkling with the lambent glory of the eternal throne of 
 God was unveiled before his sight that lie felt no sting in 
 
 death; that he shouted, “ I see indescribable beauties before 
 
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 me!” Blessed be Almighty God who gave him, and who 
 giveth us, the victory. 
 
 “lie climbed the steep ascent of heaven, 
 Through peril, toil and pain, 
 
 Oh, God, to us may grace be given, 
 
 To follow in his train.” 
 
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 An Address delivered by the Rev. K. Usaki. 
 
 1. Dr. Lambuth as a Missionary. 
 
 What is the characteristic of Dr. Lambutii as a mis¬ 
 sionary? 
 
 As a missionary, he was consecrated, inflexible, aggressive, 
 soul-loving, and most laborious. 
 
 He was a son of a Methodist missionary. His missionary 
 spirit and zeal was, undoubtedly, inherited from his good 
 father. Nevertheless he believed, strongly and consciously, 
 the divine calling for the missionary work. His conviction 
 was this: he was a chosen vessel of God to bear His holy 
 
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 name before the far-off heathen nation. He was brought 
 up in a rich and comfortable family. In his young manhood, 
 he studied the law and intended to become a lawyer, 
 which is a good and honourable profession in America. 
 “ Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I 
 counted loss for Christ.” (Phil. 3: 7.) When he was divinely 
 called, Dr. Lambuth counted these things—family, property, 
 study and law—but loss and resolutely made up his mind 
 to go to that “ Celestial Empire” as an ambassador of Christ. 
 It was 1853 A.D., and he was then twenty-three years 
 old. 
 
 From 1860 to 1864 the American civil war took place. 
 The Church, South, was affected very injuriously 
 by that long conflict. The missionaries of the Church 
 had been cut off* from communications with the home Board 
 and their support failed. During these years of calamity, 
 Dr. Lambuth was in China. McT ye ire’s History of 
 
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 Methodism gives us an incident of his missionary life. The 
 author said:— 
 
 “ He (Dr. Allen) and Dr. Lambuth both supported 
 themselves during those trying years, and carried forward 
 their mission work until supplies in small amounts began to 
 reach them.” 
 
 His iron will and inflexible nature, as well as his con¬ 
 secrated spirit, overcame courageously these trials and 
 afflictions. He was an aggressive missionary too. He 
 was too impatient to wait for sinners to come to the Church, 
 like our Saviour he strove by every means “ to seek and to 
 save that which was lost.” During his missionary life in 
 both China and Japan the aggressive work was his watch¬ 
 word. I must tell you an anecdote of Dr. Lambuth. I 
 think it was in the fall of 1889. In the session of the 
 third Annual Meeting of our Mission I made an address on 
 “ Methodism: Her Evangelical Work,” before the Japanese 
 
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 Missionary Society, and the central thought was that our 
 evangelical work must be aggressive. I specially emphasized 
 the word aggressive in English, for there were several 
 missionaries in the congregation. When my speech was over 
 and the service was about to dismiss, Dr. Lambuth 
 slowly stepped toward me and gave me his warm right hand 
 and said most gently:— u The aggressive work is our 
 watch word, God bless you.” O that gentle and kind word 
 of his still rings in my ears this day. 
 
 The distinctive characteristic of Dr. Lambuth as a 
 missionary was his intense soul-loving spirit. 
 
 It is sad to tell the fact that even in missionaries there 
 are such contemptuous feelings toward heathen people as 
 regard them not only as an inferior race but as even brutes. 
 Dr. Lambuth was far from such inconsistent missionaries. 
 
 His love to Chinamen and Japanese was no less than his 
 love for Americans. Even so, he loved their souls that he 
 
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 was willing to give them not the Gospel of Christ only but 
 also his own life. Yes, he died at his post. To die in 
 Kobe was, no doubt, the glorious prospect of his life. A 
 friend of mine demonstrated this truth. Let me state it 
 briefly. In the summer of 1890, his son, Captain Robert 
 Lambuth, with his wife, were sailing for America. Dr. 
 Lambutii, Dr. Walter Lambuth and one of the Japanese 
 friends were in the harbour. Mrs. Robert Lambuth, with 
 tears on her cheek, expressed her womanly affection to Dr. 
 Lambuth, her father-in-law, saying that they would await his 
 coming back home again. Dr. Lambuth appreciated her 
 sorrow for the long departure, but for Christ’s sake he 
 replied in most solemn tone as he shook his head. “No, 
 Japan is our field.” This word ought to be printed in 
 letters of gold. This word is enough to tell how he loved 
 Japan and her people. 
 
 Brethren: our beloved father and pioneer of our mission, 
 
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 Dr. J. W. Lambuth, now forever rests from his labours, but 
 thanks be to Thee O God!—his works follow with 
 him forever and ever (Rev. 14: 13.) 
 
 2.—Dr. Lambuth as a Preacher. 
 
 What is the characteristic of Dr. Lambuth as a 
 preacher ? 
 
 He was worthily called a Gospel-preacher, “rightly 
 dividing the word of Truth.” This is the one great, 
 distinctive fact in his life as a preacher. “ I am not 
 ashamed of the Gospel of Christ” (Rom. 1:16) was one of 
 his favorite passages of Scriptures. Where is the wise? 
 Where is the scholar? Where is the disputer of this world? 
 he never feared them. He never searched any new and 
 elegant theories or philosophies or learning. But he de¬ 
 monstrated the old, old truth of the Gospel—the fundamental 
 truth of Christianity—-justification by faith in Jesus Christ. 
 
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 His preaching was, therefore, positive, direct, powerful and 
 convincing. His characteristic as a preacher may be 
 illustrated, more or less, from the fact that he took up the 
 subject “ Faith,” nothing but faith, for the Bible reading in 
 the Night School during the last six or seven months. 
 I may almost say Dr. Lambuth determined not to know 
 anything save faith which is in Jesus Christ. And I am 
 sure those who heard his preaching would agree with me. 
 In his preaching “M.A., D.D.” become nothing, Christ 
 and the Gospel everything. 
 
 He was not a so-called eloquent preacher, but his oratorical 
 ability surpassed the ordinary preachers. His tone of speech 
 was always sincere, sober, and energetic. In plain language 
 from the tongue of fire, he talked the simple Gospel of 
 Christ. His sermons were readable sermons. 
 
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 3.—Pr. IjAMBTJTH as a Philanthropist. 
 
 He was a man of generous disposition and his heart 
 was full of love and sympathy. His philanthropise spirit 
 was not mere curiosity, nor ecclesiastical policy. His motive 
 was nobler and purer. “ Charity is kind.” He loved the 
 souls of the poor and needy and sympathized with their 
 circumstances and helped to make them good. He is 
 truly called a Christian philanothrophist. 
 
 The following was his philanthropise principle:—without 
 inquiry made particularly concerning their circumstances 
 lie would not help them with even one sen. Among many 
 instances of his charities the following are striking:— 
 
 One day in winter a young waiting boy whose dishonesty 
 and carelessness had troubled Hr. and Mrs. Lambutii, so that 
 they finally had to dismiss him from employment, came to his 
 gate, with a miserable appearance after three or four years’ 
 
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 wanderings to and fro. Dr. Lambuth "saw him and had 
 compassion,” and gave him his own overcoat to keep him 
 warm for it was very cold weather; when lie found 
 the real circumstances of the boy, he with his wife 
 ga’s e the wherewithal to meet his actual expenses, and 
 then sent him to his home. Such was his charity. 
 ITe was a friend of the poor. Whenever rainy 
 weather continued he said: "sorry for the poor.” We must 
 remember that his philanthrophy was not, like that of great 
 
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 philanthrophists, so public, so eminent—always obscure—yet 
 "whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones 
 a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I 
 say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.” (Matt. 
 10: 42.) 
 
 4. —Du. LambutiEs personal ptety. 
 
 Everybody knew his godliness. His piety was sound 
 
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 and deep. We found ideal saint-like character in him. 
 He was a typical Christian. His Christian life was holy 
 pure, serious, and strict, yet not eccentric nor ascetic, nor 
 
 stern. 
 
 Now let me ask what was the source of such deep, pure, 
 sound Christian piety.” This is the answer:—“ This kind 
 can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” 
 (Matt. 9: 29). He was a man of prayer and self-denial. 
 I was told he fasted very often, but he did it differently 
 from Pharasaic fasting. He attended three meals every day 
 with other members of his family, but did not take much 
 food, sometimes took nothing. Therefore even his own 
 family did not know when he fasted. Prayer and fasting 
 were the secret of his Christian piety. 
 
 Every one who knew his deatli hour could not hesitate 
 to testify to the power of his personal religion. He was 
 
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 strong, powerful, and successful as preacher and missionary, 
 because he was strong and powerful as a Christian. 
 
 In conclusion, I say his life and character in many 
 respects, very much resembled the great John Wesley, for 
 instance his piety, his preaching, his promptness, his neat¬ 
 ness and his death. Let us imitate his life and character, 
 and let us carry forward the mission work for which he 
 died. 
 
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 By Rev. O. A. Dukes, M.D. 
 
 When a mail becomes eminent in any department of life, 
 it is said of such a person, that he selected good parents. If 
 we consider Rev. J. W. Lambuth, D.D., from this stand- 
 
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 point, it will be seen that his were noble parents. The 
 
 savage Indian of the American wilds, under his father’s 
 
 ministry, changed the terrible war-whoop for the song of 
 
 praise. Our Dr. Lambutii was born a missionary to the 
 •* 
 
 Mongolian race, and could not but be a heroic scion of a 
 noble stock. Heredity left its impress upon every feature, 
 physical as well as spiritual. This has been exemplified, 
 yea more, the father has lived again in the life of the son, 
 and with such results as we have seen and felt. In 
 Eternity the redeemed sons of three lands will prove the 
 great effect of the one life upon the other. Let this be a 
 lesson to us, as parents, 
 
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 If this be true, we may say, that our beloved dead still 
 lives in the life of his son in the work in Japan, and of the 
 daughter in that of the neighboring land of China. The 
 Lord make them eminently useful and successful. 
 
 Remembering these things, it is not surprising that at 
 this meeting I should speak of the success which has at¬ 
 tended the development of certain features of character, 
 which have no doubt been handed down through many 
 generations. 
 
 China as the first dark region employed of God in bring¬ 
 
 ing out the life-picture. The actinic forces were first. 
 
 Strength in weakness. Often have I heard JDr. 
 Lambuth tell of the criticism that the sainted Dr. 
 Summers made upon the occasion when lie was about to 
 take that first long voyage to China. “ Those other stiong 
 men will stoncl the climate, but you are too weak.” Those 
 other strong men, however, were not long with him in 
 
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 China. But by carefully husbanding his strength, he lived 
 longer than the average active missionary life. In weak¬ 
 ness truly he was strong. 
 
 It was my privilege to be closely connected with the 
 work in which Dr. Lambuth has been engaged during the 
 past eight years. Well do I remember some of the sur¬ 
 prises that were in store for me on the first boat-trip to the 
 interior in China. I had been, as I thought, brought up 
 in a good section of Methodism. But that trip showed me 
 that mine was of a later type. I only remembered some 
 of the shouts of the Love Feast, and some of the searching 
 questions of the Class-meeting, as practised in my earliest 
 days. Our whole trip was a Love-feast and a Class- 
 meeting. It was also attended with much of tasting aud 
 prayer. Again I found myself face to face with the sweet¬ 
 est influences of Methodism. This was characteristic of 
 
 the man. 
 
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 Again, his was a sanctified passion for preaching the 
 Gospel. Being a master of the Chinese spoken language, 
 he was able to rivet the attention of a surging crowd of 
 curious Celestials in a most remarkable manner. Soon I 
 began to look about me for the secret of this magnetism, 
 oratory, if you please. Such manifestations of God’s 
 Spirit working in his preaching could not long be hid from 
 my soul. It was God working with him. So that there 
 was every reason for faith, and faithful work. He told me 
 that he always expected immediate results. 
 
 Another force at work in his life was his unquestioning 
 belief in God’s Holy word. I remember on one occasion 
 to have suggested some doubts on Job as a man. But I 
 was cured of my doubts; and never again was a subject of 
 that kind introduced. Sometimes I found it difficult to 
 enter into conversation with him on common subjects ol 
 the day. But speak of the work in hand, and there was 
 
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 no delay, no abstraction. He was absorbed in thoughts 
 of God and His work. The Bible was to him a whole 
 book, and nothing must be taken away from it. 
 
 Speaking of his zeal I am reminded that he very 
 nearly became my physician at one time. It was 
 when I had lost about 30 pounds in three weeks, and could 
 scarcely get about, being so run down with China’s most 
 dread malady. He assured me that when lie was in a much 
 worse condition, almost hopeless to the physicians, he had 
 taken to a boat, and had started on a trip into the interior. 
 In his weakness of body he was ready and anxious to 
 preach the Gospel. . . or he wished to die nobly at the 
 post of duty. 
 
 Another characteristic of our Dr. Lamjbutii was his deep 
 love for the native brethren, as well as those of his own 
 race. He was their true friend and helper. “ Love begets 
 
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 love.” The native Church loved him as a father; and in 
 China especially they will long remember him with deep 
 affection. I say especially , because some are disposed to 
 question Oriental gratitude to a foreigner. Who could 
 help loving one so gentle, and so unobtrusive in all his 
 acts of kindness? 
 
 Let us take a lesson from this. Let us live in the bonds 
 of Christian fellowship, allowing nothing to come between 
 us and the Christ, or the lowest followers of Him. The 
 nearer we are together in this work, the greater will be the 
 results of our labors for the dear Lord. 
 
 As a man of prayer: among the first sentences I 
 learned in Chinese was, “ Let us pray.” I learned it of him. 
 He walked by faith, and not by sight, and the atmosphere 
 he breathed was prayer. In the company of his brethern, 
 “ Let us pray,” was a frequent request. 
 
 I have told you somewhat of how he lived, and you 
 
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 must know how lie died. Let us strive to be ready for 
 the final victory, as he was ready. 
 
 
WITH BISHOP WILSON & REV. TOWSON AT NARA. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 MEMORIAL SERMON: 
 
 Preached in Hiroshima by the Key. Y. Tanaka. 
 
 “ This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy, according 
 to the prophecies which went before on tliee, that thou by 
 them mightest war a good warfare.” 
 
 I Tim. I: 18 . 
 
 Our hearts were filled with astonishment and sorrow at 
 
 the sad intelligence of the death, on the morning of April 
 28th, at his home in Kobe, of our friend and brother, 
 J. AV. Lambuth, D.D. 
 
 I.—A Short Sketch. 
 
 Kev. J. W. Lambuth, D.D., was born in Mississippi, 
 U.S.A., 1830. His father was also a preacher. At the 
 ago of twenty-five, lie graduated at Oxford College (now 
 the University of Mississippi), and the following year he was 
 
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 impressed with an earnest desire to go as a Missionary to 
 China, and the Lord blessed him in his descision. At that 
 time, there were very few missionaries in China, and there- 
 were thousands of difficulties on account of the great 
 difference in language, climate, customs. The same Spirit 
 who had guided our Lord in the wilderness strengthened 
 him in this foreign field. He consecrated his life during 
 thirty-three years to the foreign mission in that land. In 
 July, 1886, he was sent with two other missionaries to 
 Japan. He was the first man under the banner of M. E. 
 Church, South, to knock at the door of the land of the 
 Inland Sea. In this new field, he established schools and 
 churches. He was always ready to go and work for the 
 Master’s cause. Even on the eve of his final departure 
 he was considering eagerly how to overcome the powers of 
 darkness. Yes, he fought a good fight and finished his 
 
 course. 
 
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 II.—I will mention some of his characteristics. 
 
 (1.)—He loved to work. He was quite busy and 
 quite diligent in preaching, in study of the language and 
 in translation. Like Christ he found his meat in doing 
 the will of him that sent him. 
 
 (2.)—He was full of love and sympathy. He was 
 a man of hospitality. Many guests were invited to his 
 house, and they felt toward him like a father. 
 
 His sympathy was extended to all alike, he loved his 
 neighbor as himself. Love is life. Love must be pure, 
 then deep. u Charity never faileth.” 
 
 (3.)—He was in full consecration to the work of God. 
 
 At the age of twenty-six, he left his parents and 
 came to the unknown land of China to save poor souls. 
 Having spent thirty-three years in China he began his 
 work in Japan. Since he came to Japan, his body became 
 rather weak, so some missionaries advised him to go back 
 
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 to the home-land and take a rest, but lie did not consent. It 
 shows that he does not “serve two masters” and for him it 
 is more precious to save poor souls in Japan than to pro¬ 
 long his temporal life. This is the spirit of “ Better is a 
 dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred 
 therewith.” So he went on still to preach this blessed 
 teaching. 
 
 Full consecration to the Divine cause is the greatest 
 secret of good success. His patience in troubles is the 
 outcome of this consecrated life. He loved God, and was 
 near to God. In all things, he “ glorified God in his 
 body and in his spirit, which arc God’s” in the mission 
 fields—both in China and Japan. 
 
 III.—Are not these characteristics the fruit of the Holy 
 Spirit ? 
 
 It is the effect of being Spirit-born, therefore he 
 fought “a good fight” even unto death. He took “the 
 
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 whole armour of God.” He was filled with faith and 
 with the spirit. He pleased God and he himself was hap¬ 
 py even at times of his greatest suffering. No work done 
 in Jesus’s name can perish; all are written in the book of 
 life in heaven, and you can see it when you enter into the 
 Father’s House. 
 
 Be ready to fight, and for life eternal. Christ is the 
 only Redeemer and Lord of hosts; come to Him, fight 
 with Him, then u there is laid up for you a crown of 
 righteouness.” Amen. 
 
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 Brief Memorial Address, 
 
 Delivered in Hiroshima, by Mb. M. Matsumoto, 
 a Theological Student. 
 
 As if thirty-three years M ere one day, Dr. Lambuth 
 faithfully and patiently preached the Gospel in China. 
 
 Indeed he was a faithful servant of the Lord. 
 
 Coming to Japan, our Country, in 1886, he made Kobe 
 t he Central Station of the work. This was the bcmnniinr 
 of our Methodist Episcopal Church South in Japan. 
 
 He M r orked earnestly for the Lord wherever he went in 
 Japan as he had done in China, yea, with more earnestness 
 and love. 
 
 Though he \v r as M r cak in body, in spirit he was strong. 
 Nom t our mission has many working stations in Kinaii, 
 
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 Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu. He lias sown the seeds 
 of truth in these places, and now they are growing. 
 
 I can never forget that I was baptized by him with my 
 brother just six years ago. Alas! he has now gone to another 
 world, leaving us here. He was the man of earnest faith, 
 deep love, good judgment and great patience. Any one 
 who talked with him could not forget him. He was a man 
 of influence. He has now entered into eternal peace. 
 
 His last words were these, u I have conquered in Christ’s 
 Army ” and “ Be faithful until death.” Indeed he was 
 faithful until death ! 
 
 Oh ! the spirit of Dr. Lambuth ! I praise God that 
 you worked for the Lord exceedingly much and am thank¬ 
 ful for your work in my country. Now, in this Memorial 
 Meeting, I long after him and hope to follow his spirit. 
 May the Spirit of the Lord help me to follow Christ as he 
 followed Him. Amen. 
 
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 Action of the Students of the Kwansei 
 
 Gakuin. 
 
 Upon the death of Dr. Lambuth, the students held a 
 meeting, adopted resolutions of Condolenee and Respect 
 which (in English) they presented. 
 
 Mrs. J. W. Lambuth, 
 
 Dear Madam: —The teachers and students of the 
 Kwansei Gakuin unanimously beg to make the following 
 resolutions and requests:— 
 
 1st. That we deeply regret that our father Dr. J. W. 
 Lambuth has been taken from us into the Hand of Him 
 in whose name he had come to Japan and worked in 
 it so faithfully. 
 
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 2nd. That we acknowledge and admire his devotional 
 life and his self-sacrificing love to win onr souls for Jesus. 
 AVe will remember him as long as our church stands in this 
 land. 
 
 3rd. That we earnestlv desire to have the remains of 
 
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 our beloved father Lambuth buried here in Kobe to 
 remind us constantly of him. Moreover many of us often 
 heard him say, that he desired to sleep in this land, and 
 wait the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. This 
 will do good not only to us but to those who will join our 
 Church hereafter, and also to those missionaries who will 
 come to work in this Vineyard of the Lord. 
 
 4th. That to express our deep attachment toward him 
 we humbly ask Airs. Lambuth to let us bear his coffin to 
 the burying place. 
 
 AVe remain, faithfully yours., 
 
 Signed by all the students. 
 
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 A Letter to Mrs. Lambuth, 
 
 Upon the Death of Dr. Lambuth, from the 
 
 Church at Uwajima, Japan. 
 
 (Translation.) 
 
 Dear Mrs. Lambuth. —The mild spring wind is gone, 
 and is no longer with us. The pure plum blossoms have 
 fallen and hid their shadow. Where is their sweet 
 fragrance? Where is the soft pleasant breeze? The 
 “uguisu” is lamenting the morning of the falling flowers. 
 The cuckoo is mourning in the evening of young buds. 
 
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 The king of flowers lias already faded and all the flowers 
 are about to wither and lose their beauty. The regretful 
 cloud spreads over the heavens, and the sorrowful rain 
 falls to the ground. Ah ! will such a season inform us of 
 something. Suddenly we received the sad information of 
 the death of Dr. J. W. Lambutii. Alarm and sorrow are 
 mingled. Though we look toward the East in vain, we 
 have no hearts of a white cloud. We see the waning 
 moon and regret that the way is so far. We are very sorry. 
 Are you fortunately well ? 
 
 Dr. Lambuth has “ poured out his heart in preaching 
 in our country, and came to a strange land, crossing the 
 great waves of ten thousand n, and engaged in the work of 
 saving souls, trying to ” pour water upon those who are 
 thirsty and floods upon a dry land, for a long time as for 
 one day. Forgetting his old age and disregarding heat 
 and cold, night and day he went from east to west. 
 
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 Uwajima is blessed through the abundance of his work. 
 We think much of him, but he lias passed away and washed 
 
 his feet from this unclean world. 
 
 Dr. Lambtjth came to our country and founded the M . 
 E. Church, South, in Japan. He worked very hard in the 
 helpless and friendless land and succeeded in laying its 
 foundation. It is simply because he was strengthened in 
 the Lord and in the power of His might, and bathing in the 
 inexhaustible fountain that he worked so patiently with 
 faith and hope, by his living words, being with the Lord 
 constantly. Otherwise the work would not have made 
 such progress. And now the first father has departed 
 forever. Ah! we are very sorry. Now the wind has 
 
 ceased, the flowers have fallen, but the mosses have grown, 
 and a green carpet is spread! the leaves arc thick and the 
 fruits are produced. Flocks of sheep are increasing through 
 his abundant blessings. How great is the result of his 
 
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 work! We believe that lie is near the throne of the 
 heavenly Father, and receives the crown of glory and hears 
 the words which men cannot speak. Blessed be Jehovah, 
 who giveth his glory to those who feed and those who are 
 fed and maketh them to dwell in the light. Oh ! we are 
 so thankful for the grace of the Father. But you are 
 passing through the fires in a strange land. We cannot 
 bear the thought of your sadness. But it is certain that 
 the Father will put his hands upon you. Indeed men are 
 like grass. He is carried to the skies and will meet the 
 Lord and be with him forever. We hope you will be safe 
 in the Lord. Where the clouds of sorrow are folded the sun 
 shines, and where the abundant rain has fallen regretfully, 
 the living things grow. When we look up, the white 
 clouds are so broad that we can not find the boundary, and 
 
 when we look 
 With foolish 
 
 down the water reaches beyond our vision, 
 words we express our condolence. A\ e 
 
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 hope the abundant mercy of God may rest upon you and 
 that you may get comfort in the Lord. 
 
 In behalf of the Uwajima M. E. Church, South. 
 
 S. Nishimuka, I 
 
 T. Shinowara, > Com. 
 M. Hori. I 
 
 April 28th, 1892. 
 
THE GRAVE—KOBE, JAPAN 
 
 Requiescat in pace. 
 
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 Action of the Japan Mission of the Methodist 
 
 Episcopal Church South. 
 
 At a Called Meeting, April 30th, 1892, Kobe, 
 
 Japan. 
 
 Whereas , in the providence of God, our senior member, 
 liev. J. W. Lambuth, D.D., Presiding Elder of Kobe 
 District and Chairman of our mission, has been removed 
 from his labors on earth: 
 
 Be it Resolved : (1.)—That, we, in Mission Meeting 
 assembled, do hereby express our deep sense of loss 
 occasioned by his death, our profound respect for his godly 
 character and our love for him as a father and associate 
 in the work of the Master. 
 
 (2.)—That our deep and tender sympathies are extended 
 to the family of our deceased brother and that our prayers 
 
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 shall be offered that the Lord may keep and comfort them 
 in this hour of trial. 
 
 (3.) —That we bear testimony to Dr. Lambuth’s ability 
 as a wise counsellor and an exemplary leader, rich in 
 Christian experience and ripe in Christ-graces. His devotion 
 and zeal, based upon nearly forty years of practical Christian 
 work in the East, constituted him at once the safest of 
 guides, in all the exigencies of missionary work. We shall 
 sorely miss his words of wisdom and his kind advice. 
 
 (4.)—That we do herein subscribe most heartily to his 
 message to the home Church: u We have a great work to 
 do! Tell them to send more men/’ If we can add any 
 weight to the dying appeal of this noble veteran in the 
 work we say, “ Grant them!” 
 
 (5.)—That we appreciate his message to us his brethren 
 in the work. God help us to do and to die at the post of 
 duty, faithful to every interest of our high calling. 
 
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 (6.)—That we endorse his words to the brethren and 
 sisters of the native Church and pray that the Holy Spirit 
 may fill their hearts and ours unutterably full of glory and 
 
 of God. 
 
 (7.)— That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each 
 member of the family, to the Missionary Reporter and to 
 all of the Church papers at home. 
 
 (8.)—That these resolutions be engrossed upon a page of 
 our Minutes. 
 
 Committee. 
 
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