 | Edward Alexander Lawrence - Missions - 1894 - 358 pages
...East. In 1638 an imperial edict had been published all over the country in the following 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, or the Christian's God, or the great God of all, if he violate... | |
 | Christian union - 1893 - 452 pages
...TEMPLE. the sea, the public notice-boards of the Empire displayed an inscription which began thus: — "So long as the sun shall warm the earth let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan." When the first step — the opening of the treaty ports — INTERIOR OF JAPANESE TEMPLE. (From tin... | |
 | 1897 - 238 pages
...beside highways, ferries, and mountain passes, containing among other prohibitions, the following : " 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, or the ' fapan, pp. 257-260.... | |
 | Joseph Llewelyn Thomas - Japan - 1897 - 316 pages
...was to be seen in every village, on every bridge, and on every sign-board, the terrible edict: "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,... | |
 | Rufus Benton Peery - Japan - 1897 - 348 pages
...posted. The high-sounding text of one of them was as follows : " So long as the sun shall continue to 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,... | |
 | Rufus Benton Peery - Japan - 1897 - 356 pages
...posted. The high-sounding text of one of them was as follows : " So long as the sun shall continue to 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,... | |
 | Edgar Stanton Maclay - History - 1898 - 706 pages
...were made by Europeans to trade with the country, but they were always met 119 with the same reply : "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, or the great God of all,... | |
 | Church Missionary Society, Eugene Stock - Christianity - 1898 - 252 pages
...breaches of the law, at every roadside, at every city gate, in every village throughout the empire : — ' 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,... | |
 | Marquis Lafayette Gordon - Missions - 1901 - 174 pages
...were massacred. It is said that this inscription was placed over the ruins of the captured castle : " 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, or the Great God of all, if... | |
 | Louise Manning Hodgkins - Missions - 1901 - 282 pages
...Then followed the great persecution under the leadership of the emperor and the imperial decree : " 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, or the great God of all, if... | |
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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. 
