CHAPTER XII
TWO CENTURIES OF SILENCE, PAGE 351
Policy of the Japanese government after the suppression of
Christianity.--Insulation of Japan.--The Hollanders at
Deshima.--Withdrawal of the English.--Relations with Korea.--Policy of
inclusion.--"A society impervious to foreign ideas."--Life within
stunted limits.--Canons of art and literature.--Philosophy made an
engine of government.--Esoteric law.--Social waste of
humanity.--Attempts to break down the wall--External and
internal.--Seekers after God.--The goal of the pilgrims.--The Deshima
Dutchman as pictured by enemies and rivals, _versus_ reality and
truth.--Eager spirits groping after God.--Morning stars of the Japanese
reformation.--Yokoi Heishiro.--The anti-Christian edicts.--The Buddhist
Inquisitors.--The Shin-gaku or New Learning movement.--The story of
nineteenth century Christianity, subterranean and interior before being
phenomenal.--Sabbath-day service on the U.S.S. Mississippi.--The first
missionaries.--Dr. J.C. Hepburn--Healing and the Bible.--Yedo becomes
T[=o]ki[=o].--Despatch of the Embassy round the world.--Eyes
opened.--The Acts of the Apostles in Japan.
NOTES, AUTHORITIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, PAGE 375
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CHAPTER I - PRIMITIVE FAITH: RELIGION BEFORE BOOKS
"The investigation of the beginnings of a religion is never the
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