 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.  The Sunday at Home - Page 5201896Full view - About this book
 | Rufus Benton Peery - 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...the Christians' god, or the great God of all, if He dare violate this command, shall pay for it with His head." These prohibitions could still be seen... | |
 | 1897 - 238 pages
...notice-boards stood beside highways, ferries, and mountain passes, containing among other prohibitions, the following : " So long as the sun shall warm the...let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the ' fapan, pp. 257-260. Great God 01 all, if He violate this commandment, shall... | |
 | Joseph Llewelyn Thomas - 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...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."... | |
 | J. Llewelyn Thomas - 1897 - 428 pages
...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." « It was in 1859 that the Gospel was again brought to the Japanese. The first missionaries were Ameri*... | |
 | Church Missionary Society, Eugene Stock - 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...violate this command, shall pay for it with his head! Who is ' the Christians' God,' so curiously distinguished in these shocking words from ' the great... | |
 | Edgar Stanton Maclay - 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...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."... | |
 | Marquis Lafayette Gordon - 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...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."... | |
 | Louise Manning Hodgkins - 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...let all know that the king of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the great God of all, if he violates this command, shall pay the forfeit with his... | |
 | Charles Frederick Pascoe - 1901 - 756 pages
...Cross now became an annual ceremony, and on every village notice board appeared the proclamation: "80 long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian...let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the great, Go^l of all, if he violate this command shall pay for it with his head."... | |
 | 1901 - 590 pages
...over two hundred years and until 1872 was posted the command : So long as the sun shall continue to warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the ffreat God of all, if he dare violate tins command, shad pay for it with his head. Soon after Japan... | |
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