The Gist of Japan: The Islands, Their People and MissionsF.H. Revell Company, 1897 - 324 Seiten |
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Seite 182 - These are the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the Reformed Church in America, the United Presbyterian Church of...
Seite 155 - 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, if he dare violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Seite 106 - West, they are lacking in morality; but from their own standpoint they are a moral people. While we cannot accept theirs as the true standard, it is but fair that, in judging them, we keep this in view. Before the introduction of Chinese ethics there was no such thing as a moral code. The original native religion, Shinto, taught no doctrines of morality, as we understand them. According to it, to obey implicitly the mikado was the whole duty of man. As for the rest, if a Japanese obeyed the natural...
Seite 290 - axioms of missions." My own experience and judgment lead me to give them my hearty indorsement. Three are named: 1. " The native church in each country should be organized as a distinct church, ecclesiastically independent of the church in any other country.
Seite 124 - ... whence, why, and whither. Buddhism gave this light, and therefore was warmly welcomed. It had the whole field to itself, and took complete possession of it. From the time of its introduction into Japan down to the present, Buddhism has enjoyed a wide popularity and exerted a powerful influence. It is not too much to say that Buddhism has largely formed Japanese civilization and national life. In the words of Professor Chamberlain, " All education was for centuries in Buddhist hands. Buddhism...
Seite 315 - His kingdom, and guiding everything to that grand consummation, when all the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ.
Seite 310 - Russian cathedral, which was opened for worship in 1891, is the only ecclesiastical edifice in Tokyo with any pretensions to splendour. From the eminence on which it stands, it seems to dominate the whole city. V. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. To those who can look back thirty years, or even only twenty years, the change in the position of Christianity in Japan is most striking, indeed well-nigh incredible.
Seite 115 - ... was held was very high. A man to evoke such confidence and respect from the young, must necessarily be endowed with superior personality without lacking erudition. He was a father to the fatherless, and an adviser to the erring. "Thy father and thy mother" — so runs our maxim — " are like heaven and earth ; thy teacher and thy lord are like the sun and moon.
Seite 134 - What then will you return for good? Recompense injury with justice and return good for good." Hearing this Lao-Tze said: "The good I meet with goodness, the bad I also meet with goodness, for virtue is good throughout." "There are three precious things," 'says Lao-Tze, which I prize and hold fast.
Seite 28 - West, enumerates the minerals thus: sulphur, gold, silver, copper, tin, iron, coal, salt, agates, jasper, pearls, naphtha, ambergris, etc.