CHAPTER XII

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Policy of the Japanese government after the suppression of Christianity.--Insulation of Japan.--The Hollanders at Déshima.--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 Déshima Dutchman as pictured by enemies and rivals, _versus_ reality and truth.--Eager spirits groping after God.--Morning stars of the Japanese reformation.--Yokoi Héishiro.--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 Tōkiō.--Despatch of the Embassy round the world.--Eyes opened.--The Acts of the Apostles in Japan.

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