Creative Forces in Japan

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Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1923 - 248 Seiten
 

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Seite 146 - 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 he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Seite 222 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Seite 163 - Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief.
Seite 159 - Our church does not belong to any sect whatever ; it believes only in the name of Christ, in whom all are one ; it believes that all who take the Bible as their guide and who diligently study it are the servants of Christ and our brethren. For this reason all believers on earth belong to the family of Christ in the bonds of brotherly love.
Seite 27 - The Mediterranean era declined with the Roman Empire and died with the discovery of America. The Atlantic era is now at the height of its development and must soon exhaust the resources at its command. The Pacific era, destined to be the greatest of all, and to bring the whole human race at last into one great comity of nations, is just at the dawn.
Seite 111 - That the majesty of Our Imperial House towers high above everything to be found in the world, and that it is as durable as heaven and earth, is too well known to need dwelling on here.
Seite 225 - Even Christianity has abruptly stopped and struck its standard before the racial wall, and has no courage to advance. A Western nation may declare a Monroe Doctrine, but is reluctant to accord an Asiatic nation a similar privilege. The West expects the East to open its doors to the exploitation of the white race, but reserves the right to slam its own dpors in the faces of Orientals.
Seite 231 - Accordingly, on the occasions of the festivals of the local shrines of the districts where the schools are situated, the teachers must conduct the children to the shrines and give expression to the true spirit of reverence.
Seite 145 - The king, my master, begins by sending priests who win over the people; and when this is done he despatches his troops to join the native Christians, and the conquest is easy and complete.
Seite 71 - In 1917 the number of women employed in the mines of Japan was 70,000. Today that number is greater by over 60,000. Most of these are between sixteen and twenty years of age, and they work in the pits along with the men. . . . Twenty per cent of all the laborers in the coal mines to-day are women. . . . They work in the bowels of the earth, naked like the men, wearing only a little breech-clout. There is no ventilation...

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