Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Christian Annual for the Year of Our Lord, 1905: Containing Illustrations, Interesting Matter, and Valuable Statistical Information, Compiled Expressly for This Annual A new station was Opened at Utsunomiya, a city of capital of a province, lying between Tokyo and Sendai. God has already given them several converts - foundation for a church in that city. Miss True being entitled to a furlough, it was expected that, she would come home in October last. But feeling that health condi tions did not demand it, and that her ser vices were so much needed there, she re quested to be permitted to remain at her post of duty for another year. How noble the self-denial - for Christ's sake. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.