 | Ernest Wilson Clement - Japan - 1903 - 492 pages
...In 1638 the following edict was issued: — " So long as the sun shall continue to warm the eartL, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ;...let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Chris tian's God, or the great God of all, if he dare violate this command, shall pay for it with his... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Japan - 1904 - 336 pages
...follows, " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God,...violate this command, shall pay for it with his head." And two of the later edicts, confirming the old prohibition, run as follows: " The evil sect, called... | |
 | Arthur Judson Brown - China - 1904 - 426 pages
...edict issued in 1638 still on its statute books declaring — "So long as the sun shall continue to warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the great God 1 Part of this chapter appeared as an article in the American Monthly... | |
 | Marshall Everett - Japan - 1904 - 548 pages
...Catholics, were put to death, and their ship burned. On their tomb was inscribed : "So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...let all know that the King of Spain himself, or the Christian's God, or the great Saca, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head." From... | |
 | William Elliot Griffis - Japan - 1904 - 512 pages
...ASTON. One of those [anti-Christian] edicts is said to have read as follows, " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command,... | |
 | Henry Hutchinson Montgomery - Missions - 1905 - 108 pages
...inscription was to be seen on the notice-boards throughout the empire : — " So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...violate this command, shall pay for it with his head." It was American enterprise that at last unlocked the gate. In 1853, Commodore Perry, with his squadron,... | |
 | james a. b scerer - 1905 - 380 pages
...door of the deserted castle the following legend was inscribed on stone: "So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...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."... | |
 | Belle Marvel Brain - Japan - 1905 - 282 pages
...the Nihon Bashi, or Sunrise Bridge, in Tokyo, was one that read like this : So long as the sun shatt warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...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 for it with his head.... | |
 | John Smith Sewall - China - 1905 - 312 pages
...together into one vast pit and over it was raised this defiant inscription : " So long as the sun shall warm the earth let no Christian be so bold as to come...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."... | |
 | James Augustin Brown Scherer - Education - 1905 - 392 pages
...door of the deserted castle the following legend was inscribed on stone: "So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to...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."... | |
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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 Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head. 
