ble lives and ideals.--The spirit of the
Inquisition in Japan.--Political animus and complexion.

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

INDEX, PAGE 451

CHAPTER I - PRIMITIVE FAITH: RELIGION BEFORE BOOKS

"The investigation of the beginnings of a religion is never the
work of infidels, but of the most reverent and conscientious
minds."

"We, the forty million souls of Japan, standing firmly and
persistently upon the basis of international justice, await
still further manifestations as to the morality of
Christianity,"--Hiraii, of Japan.

"When the Creator [through intermediaries that were apparently
animals] had finished treating this world of men, the good and
the bad Gods were all mixed together promiscuously, and began
disputing for the possession of this world."--The Aino Story of
the Creation.

"If the Japanese have few beast stories, the Ainos have
_apparently_ no popular tales of heroes ... The Aino mythologies
... lack all connection with morality.... Both lack priests and
prophets.... Both belong to a very primitive stage of mental
development ... Excepting stories ... and a few almost metreless
songs, the Ainos have no other literature at all."--Aino
Studies.

"I asked the