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[[File:Merriman-harris.JPG|right|thumb|400px|Grave of Merriman Harris and his wife Flora Best (d. [[1909]]) at the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo]]
* ''Birth: July 9th, [[1846]]''
* ''Birth: July 9th, [[1846]]''
* ''Death: 1921''
* ''Full name: Reverend Merriman Colbert Harris''
* ''Full name: Reverend Merriman Colbert Harris''
Merriman Colbert Harris was born in Bealesville, Ohio, July 9,
Merriman Colbert Harris was born in Bealesville, Ohio, July 9,
On account of the illness of his wife he returned to San Francisco in [[1886]], and was appointed superintendent of the Japanese mission, where he has lived and labored until the present. The mission in an Francisco has prospered and spread over the Pacific Coast and Hawaii, and is now organized as the Pacific-Japanese Mission, with sixteen churches and 1,100 members and many adherents.
On account of the illness of his wife he returned to San Francisco in [[1886]], and was appointed superintendent of the Japanese mission, where he has lived and labored until the present. The mission in an Francisco has prospered and spread over the Pacific Coast and Hawaii, and is now organized as the Pacific-Japanese Mission, with sixteen churches and 1,100 members and many adherents.
In [[1898]] he visited Japan to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission. During this visit the [[emperor]] conferred on him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class. In [[1901]] he also revisited Japan and spent three months on a preaching tour in connection with Forward Movement of the Christian Churches. He traveled the length of Japan, and was cordially received by all classes. On the occasion of the fifteen anniversary of his work for the Japanese on the Pacific Coast a testimonial to him and Mrs. Harris was given by Japanese of all classes, at which time a gift of a beautiful Geneva watch and $1,000 were tendered to him.
In [[1898]] he visited Japan to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Methodist Episcopal Mission. During this visit the [[emperor]] conferred on him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class. In [[1901]] he also revisited Japan and spent three months on a preaching tour in connection with Forward Movement of the Christian Churches. He traveled the length of Japan, and was cordially received by all classes. On the occasion of the fifteen anniversary of his work for the Japanese on the Pacific Coast a testimonial to him and Mrs. Harris was given by Japanese of all classes, at which time a gift of a beautiful Geneva watch and $1,000 were tendered to him.
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