...with dates : "Board No. L—Law. "The evil sect called Christian is strictly prohiblted. Suspicions persons should be reported to the proper officers, and rewards will be given. "DAI Jo KUAN. " Fourth year KeW, Third month (Mareh 24th-April 22d, 185S). "Board So. IT.— Law. "Persons...

...the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan," enforced by the declaration of 1 868, " The evil sect called Christian is strictly prohibited....to the proper officers, and rewards will be given." And not till 1873 were these public notices withdrawn. In 1872, the missionaries of the various societies...

...forbade Christianity in these words: 'The evil sect called Christians is strictly prohibited. Suspicions persons should be reported to the proper officers, and rewards will be given.' Directly under this edict was another, which said, 'Human beings must carefully practise the principles...

...And what was the edict ?" "It forbade Christianity in these words: 'The evil sect called Christians is strictly prohibited. Suspicious persons should...to the proper officers, and rewards will be given.' Directly under this edict was another, which said, ' Human beings must carefully practise the principles...

...And what was the edict ?" "It forbade Christianity in these words: 'The evil sect called Christians is strictly prohibited. Suspicious persons should...to the proper officers, and rewards will be given.' Directly under this edict was another, which said, 'Human beings must carefully practise the principles...

...I have mentioned the above, because it is necessary for those who would yapan and Christianity. 69 have an intelligent view of Mission work in Japan...high and irregular mountains heavily wooded, and with a variety of foliage. The town skirted the beach, but everywhere, perched on some rugged height, or...

...bearing, among other things, the following prohibition. These boards faced the missionary at every turn. " The evil sect called Christian is strictly prohibited,...to the proper officers, and rewards will be given." In 1873, however, in deference to public opinion, all these notices were withdrawn, although the laws...

...bearing, among other things, the following prohibition. These boards faced the missionary at every turn. "The evil sect called Christian is strictly prohibited,...to the proper officers, and rewards will be given." In 1873, however, in deference to public opinion, all these notices were withdrawn, although the laws...

...Christian is strictly 1 The first English missionary went to Japan in the year of the revolution, 1868. prohibited. Suspicious persons should be reported...to the proper officers, and rewards will be given.' But in five years' time all these notice boards were taken down, and in three more the people of Japan...

...was promulgated. It ran thus : ' ' The evil sect called Christian is strictly prohibited. Suspected persons should be reported to the proper officers, and rewards will be given. ' ' A year later many hundreds of Roman Catholic Christians, descendants of the martyrs of the sixteenth...