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20 HONDA THE SAMURAI. and its contents and inhabitants, and finally the world and the starry heavens appeared as they are now. That is, the matter came first and mind after- wards. In this scheme of bald evolution creation made the creator, and even the highest gods were the children of the earth and sky. With such religions, that know no supreme Creator, could the Japan of 1852, even so full as it was of bright and intelligent people, ever become the equal of the nations of the West, whose fathers were forest barbarians when the Land of the Rising Sun had letters and literature ? Before we enter into one. of the houses of Fukui, let us stop under the shadow of the great gateway and lofty bronze lantern at the bridge entrance and read some of the laws hung up in a roofed timber frame set on massive masonry. LAW No. 1. " Human beings must carefully practice the principles of the five social relations. Charity must be shown to widowers, widows, orphans, the childless, and the sick. There must be no such crimes as murder, arson, or robbery." That is good, whether Confucian, Christian, or Japanese. Now let us read LAW No. 3. "The corrrupt sect called Christian is strictly prohibited. Persons suspected [of believing in Christ] must be reported to the proper officers
THE CITY OF THE HAPPY WELL. 21 [of government] and rewards will be given [to informers]." In this way Christ was preached from thousands of pulpits of Japan. Branded as " the Christian criminal God," he was thus held before the people. By the ferries, market-places, gateways, and roads into the cities all over Japan these notices were spelled out by the school-boys and read by all the people. Mothers frightened their children into silence by threatening them with the name of Jesus. Here, in one of the fairest lands that ever came from the Creator's hand, was He unknown or groped after by those who followed blind leaders of the blind. Here the idol and the dream confused the mind and obscured the soul's vision of the Maker of all things and the Father of all souls.
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20<br />
HONDA THE SAMURAI.<br />
and its contents and inhabitants, and finally the<br />
world and the starry heavens appeared as they are<br />
now. That is, the matter came first and mind after-<br />
wards. In this scheme of bald evolution creation<br />
made the creator, and even the highest gods were<br />
the children of the earth and sky.<br />
With such religions, that know no supreme<br />
Creator, could the Japan of 1852, even so full as<br />
it was of bright and intelligent people, ever become<br />
the equal of the nations of the West, whose fathers<br />
were forest barbarians when the Land of the Rising<br />
Sun had letters and literature ?<br />
Before we enter into one. of the houses of Fukui,<br />
let us stop under the shadow of the great gateway<br />
and lofty bronze lantern at the bridge entrance and<br />
read some of the laws hung up in a roofed timber<br />
frame set on massive masonry.<br />
LAW No. 1.<br />
" Human beings must carefully practice the principles<br />
of the five social relations. Charity must be<br />
shown to widowers, widows, orphans, the childless,<br />
and the sick. There must be no such crimes as<br />
murder, arson, or robbery."<br />
That is good, whether Confucian, Christian, or<br />
Japanese. Now let us read<br />
LAW No. 3.<br />
"The corrrupt sect called Christian is strictly<br />
prohibited. Persons suspected [of believing in<br />
Christ] must be reported to the proper officers