June 11th/89
Dear Sir:Your last favor dated May 9th was received a few days ago. I thank you always for your kindly remembering me whilst you are so busily occupied with your wide correspondence with many persons in many different missions.
I do sincerely regard it your special favor, and feel grateful always for your kindest and tenderest feeling manifested toward me.
I thank you for your sending me a slip of the Congregationalist which contain your article "A Christian University for Japan".
You are very kind to me indeed. Your article like that must have a great weight among our missions' friends.
I am so grateful to Mr. Harris for his generous gift. It will help us grandly to promote our scientific teaching. I hope our Heavenly Father will raise many more gentlemen like him in the States to promote our educational work here.
Mr. Learned urged me to invite our friend Mr. Shimomura as soon as possible, because he will be needed here right off. So by the last mail I wrote him on this matter and asked him to come home by this coming September.
Mr. Learned told me that $500 salary offered to Mr. Shimomura by Mr. Harris will be limited for the coming one year. Taking all things together it will be wiser for him to come home this September. I understood through your letter that you do not quite approve of our canvassing funds in the States.
If you feel so strongly of course I would not do it willfully against your wishes. It is my sole aim to work with your Board harmoniously.
I hope your kindly notifying our Proposed University to the Congregationalist will or may raise another man like Mr. Harris. I shall live on that hope and pray for it. I came back to Kioto last month, and am little better.
To my regret I can not push things vigorously yet.
Of course I have got to realize Providential dealing with a childlike submission.
I am grateful for all He has done for me, Nay for my country. Kindly remember me to Dr. Alden, Dr. Smith, Dr. Thompson, Dr. Strong, Mr. Ward and specially to Mrs. Clark. Most Respectfully Yours
Joseph H. Neesima