いのちのことば社・全国家庭文書伝道協会（
日本の黎明期を先駆的な女性として活躍した新島八重のキリスト教とのかかわりを取り上げる。力強く、愛をもって激動の時代を生きた証しを通して、キリストの福音を伝える
著者・訳者など：EHC編
トラクトニイジマヤエ
Yae Niijima: Samurai Woman, New Edition
(Shinpan: Niijima Yae Samurai Uuman)
Yoshimasa Moribe
Yae Yamamoto was the subject of a TV drama aired in 2013 and is known as a strong character in the modernization of Japan. What is not well known is that the Bible's teaching formed her backbone. Moving from Fukushima (Aizu) to Kyoto in 1871, she entered a new school for women, studied English and joined a Bible class offered by a missionary, M. L. Gordon (photos). Her encounter with the Bible changed her understanding of the world. She learned of the God who created the universe and loves humans and she found truth in Christ. In 1875 she met Joh Niijima who had just returned to Japan from the US and wanted to make the Bible the foundation of a new Japan. She helped him found what is now Doshisha University. On January 2, 1876, Yae was baptized as a Christian and the next day married Niijima in the first Protestant wedding in Japan. Together they traveled the country sharing the gospel of Christ in public meetings and ministered in a church they started in Kyoto. Why did the Bible have so great influence on Yae and others in the Meiji Era? Yae said, “truth is in Christ.” Jesus Christ himself said “I am the way, the truth and the life.” (John 14:6) Won’t you too check out this Bible that is so influential? Package of 50.
