 | 1860 - 772 pages
...which the slain were buried, the following inscription was placed — " So long as the sun shall wann the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know that the king of Spain himself, or the Christian'.s God, or the great God of all,... | |
 | George Smith - Japan - 1861 - 518 pages
...relation of their own semi-deified Mikado or spiritual emperor towards the Roman Catholic world : — " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all,... | |
 | Sherard Osborn - China - 1865 - 576 pages
...themselves the punishment due to traitors to their emperor and their country. One sentence ran thus : " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's God (the Pope?), if he violate... | |
 | Mona B. Bickerstaffe - Christians - 1865 - 216 pages
...foreigners from landing on Japanese shores. The roliowing impious inscription was put on their grave : — "So long as the sun shall warm the earth let no Christian be so bold as to enter Japan, and let all know that the king of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the Great... | |
 | 1914 - 1248 pages
...difficulty. Let them think of us no more, just as if we were no longer in the world. While the sun warms the earth let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan, and let them all know that if King Philip of Spain himself, or the very God of the Christians, or even... | |
 | William Dalton - 1871 - 342 pages
...a short distance of the entrance to Simabara, and upon which was inscribed these impious words : " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan. And let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if... | |
 | Church Missionary Society - Ecclesiastical geography - 1873 - 126 pages
...arms against their rulers, found, in 1637, a common grave, over which was written the inscription, " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan." Another result of Bomish scheming for temporal domination was that the Japanese, who a hundred years... | |
 | Church missionary society - 1873 - 132 pages
...arms against their rulers, found, in 1637, a common grave, over which was written the inscription, " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan." Another result of Eomish scheming for temporal domination was that the Japanese, who a hundred years... | |
 | British and Irish Baptist home mission - 1875 - 880 pages
...centuries ago on the walls of a Japanese fort on the Island oi Kewsew, has a peculiar interest : — "As long as the sun shall •warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan. And let all know that the king of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the great God of all, if... | |
 | 1879 - 308 pages
...entered Japan in 1869, the old imperial edict of 230 years before still faced him wherever he turned, " So long as the sun shall warm 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. Suspicious... | |
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So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head. 
