RHEES, Rev. Henry Holcombe

[s. 642] : Appointed a mi ionary of the July 15, 1878, and went immediately to Tokio, Japan, where he built the first American Baptist Mi ion house in Japan. In 1882 he moved to Kobe, where the remainder of his mi ionary life was pa ed. He visited America in 1889 and 1891, and the latter year he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Shurtleff College, Alton, 111. The writer of these words met him at Kobe in the year 1895, and was deeply impre ed by his intelligent views on the mi ion work in.Tapan, his indefatigable spirit, ABMU and his self-sacrificing service for his Master. For years he was the senior mi ionary of the Baptist Mi ion in Japan; and the influence of this consecrated servant of God in all departments of the work was potent and permanent. He fell in sleep at Kobe, May 10, 1899. 642