, 1860-09-03

,,K.xAGv4wA,t Japan. June Il, 1e:p.
:, II rttfe more thaa sb1ee Centuries ago, FSaa-
spis T4if{sr, e"Apostle Of the 1ndie," the com
parion aud friend ol Iznasius Lo5 ola, landed on
s,usst heroes one Of the Ehus chf holiest aa;nts
DedAukpf every pefeonal danger, patient Of ali
suffering, he hid borne The cToas to 11dtar amd
tha file4 of the,Eea, planting chnrches. and
winning converts where the seldom dauntsd
eQirit pf shs P5ftukuSse trailer hsd hot tafEd
ta,tsaturs.I Fnlltof>sAAla e!lex~ ~ffesh.
s:s. s. e IS :4If
crown II martytdom-+ hA .lett Gna In Ap1l,13<o,,
sims, il XII su.. Il .AniGuit Of Tie Eahs3e, +
yegr. The - supcess.:s nhat,. had --.sttaadad,
his 'isbots in .1ndi., followed him in Japsp.
Princes and nobEts were eARer To fiitanl to thee
words Of th new and strange faith and, psE-
9raaed ss much by tie purity and self den,klo of
1s.ie,,'s lite - by the eloqpsnes Of hiapressh.,
ina.' 'beozms the early fru.tg Of his I6bof. fIe
middls End humbis classes Of society docted
by thaussnd ds II ttt' standard of-the Crptk. Fof
neatly Il century tie Church thus planted
hourikhea end increased til! fuccess lead to pri.
vasc cor7upaisd. public .dsshens!drt; End -dhrr'
ia. ~ outbreak. nith. tha Then.
ea@Pthe ds5s Of persecution and tsss sFord.
'c8u1ttts held te .ae4r new faith the aunaalstspf
~ tG.1a sh Church hare told M, .under the,
.xksls " s;,tnahafa Christianity made liz :fobI
ss9xad, and might even then havc had hope, had:
aes. ths csnnpg. qf Prntestans aolapders n
sisted to III overthrow. Tben followed ihe
dAys Of r. sntiess persecution -frum- huusc-
t.. houss, AZ 5i'.inE IN ~ d.Ye e KleDsy-
tr1t ~. up the impious Imperial edlct;
$50 long as the sun ahnll wl1m; the EARTH let.
" 10 Ctrlssisn be 40 bald u to COINS to Japan
aaad let Ill knok that the King ut3px: him.
:" self, Of tho ChnAtiaa's God, OF tho gre& God
" of nf If tle yiola.e this commAnd. sha!l pay
'sf6r 1s~ish his tssd." Thus, lezs than. cet--
4ury.wansssed thp estsblashEenta aud oTershrnw
bath Of the foreign church and the Portu4 uese
snd spanish trsde, md tie confinement OF -ths'
1see Of The Catholic Church in Japan has been
~obIitetated, 7Vatior1- unsueceAs7ul attempts
have been made By .the Church, Of Rame, down
u fatb II the eighteenth century, to ascertain
the {xie ,of the n1tfra rbnverts. The Ditch
eh1onie.srd ara .1Lena n TO any veatiga at the.
lost fifth: II wsa memory ,hsy vel ni3hs
lie in1liferest to keep a:lre and beaides, they
wsre NOT hkslyy asterthe Adais Of SnshAss, 10
bs ths repositories Of any confidence from Any
ofths proscribtd fslieion1sts. . -
fe1 1nqai.iss, therefore, can be mora inter-
eatinG to ,tbe modern traveller IT Japan, or to
tho public ~ largr, than the inquiry ior sny
ren4in,ng traces Of tho LOST Church. NoraFe
tnSe1 rta1tp5A 70 s4pnu 8oie ~ yer 70 Aa14iy
these iuquIriei. III all the fruits Of x4virifa
miasion 10 .shts people, rto deliver whose pre-
cious souls from. Tho tyranny Of s:n" be do
e!sred mas his T. nouriHhmen'. sleep, yen life IT,
-aAlk," moth m is now spparsEt.' Every church
ediaos hAs' been dea.toy ed BY fire, every Chris.
tim rdsfal,p ac. oblterated, every cross. bork,
piature ax symbol sedutously destroyed. The
names Of its 1ises, kJmbols and cereuooiala are
lost from the lsogusGa. 30 thorough and COM
,fnt hsx % h1An YhR r&FNH1{ffAN A{foYfx NJ a
Governn nert from tbs days Of 1ycgss, Or 0xo.
aba:s1ma, hill tie present time, that the nem-
CRY of .his faith only rema.ns IS the dimmest
Of diu sFaaitirnAru i.n. .,A.s44t"s =
In 1874, The Russian Giga'e Disua lay in The
tarbor oftSimod2, where sha was A:ter wards
wrsssed. Ia The dead Of nish: boat from
ashore oame alongside. It's sale occupcnt wts
AJA7Euees. y Was evident, from his mauner.
thai III had come .of or! se}ns impPr.ant erf4nd.
ue was tAktn aboard and into tho cabin First
locking cAnktully abous the cabin, lest he might
ts aern or,ovssh-ard by scmo hidden person,
be <P5fsdHced from .hn tol1s Of hia dsesa m an.
c.sas and veil A4orM otpc6x,> His tmanae'. r
". III sad it belonged to his family, and bad
bssn handed down from bhe generation 10 ar
other. ~ precious reic+ lie knew lille Of iss
1mpbft. bet ond the fact that i:s poisestionlWss
-danRetunst and that its original posssesors had
I'll ea uzuer sha difpleasure Of the Emperor.
He attached to II soEe vague feeling OF beirE
committed y l.s posees-t'n a 10 the iif:n 1s'ndf'
not worrtip idol, and be should speakaae nkpea
Ct Jesus sad Mary. The Russian Insignia o'
Ho nretk ESoss hRd emhoide8ed hin tnus "a
ttcl1re hipaelf. HIS cass illustrates the seves,
ity and fsitlfulness with which the old secres
hid been E1ecu,ed. In this family, 70 ie.!pusl]
watched bad they been, - impossible had il
| been either openly or secretly to preFer4t TIT
bad fa3ed cut to The last possihIs desrre, ant
ret be alive. Should the story bF ths Diaua'l
/ midnight visitor ever rssch Japanese cara m
| xlad "a saY that he is occurs beyoad tie 1entt
| Q! discovery or b m.
The 1mterial edicts are promalgsteI in THU
| masner: lAs suitanf dists ts1ces alooE tho Rrea
thnrcughtAres. proci .rnation'p!aees are ss,a5
1ishsd:. 4 t,led roof is s.suppor ed by twu Q,
topr pos.s, Under this root. inscribed on ~ood
| ~ tahlessi protected from The weather. arc te'
rd5c3a of The Emperor. WIS ws}kirg. not l2rt
biree. into the eonaa1T. WITH u. l. OF 1ba fsss
byta{tao AissloH. W. had !AndeFtd s9ua
11iieE along pleasant country road. oordefst
by bed GEL fo"s, traes and cultivated fields. W
we're xtlrttpg the edge Of = nasIow valley, II
/ which wkz . taat! hamlet, when hs called n
aue5tioa TO = -eries Of Imperial tablets, put u]
land protected in ths usual manner At the forl
| of1Wo aivksEing fnadt. Gas edirt forbade tn
hs9 Of hs st1ns aaother prohibtted The barber
i,c df futt.vea frnm fnstiee: arothar require
tbs return Of shs Eapesa1a sway b. @ta fheI
| .nff<rsd i reward Of money eou;yrl+ut o-ttre
hnndrtd doIIus for in,orm.tion q, the rhs-es
bouts Of anv s4Kerriitan, IrumAfn, or Bras,csah.
Hare, then, ~ ore Of the Old proe!4ma vic .
| Respecting the prescribed fifth "a aAIy.1sad b
people who could saarcsly au1 longer compr<
hand % vtst ifalfuded. Ihsse tablets, = =.
en- "a they arc defeced by ticne ard teures st.; Z.
ssrefully 1eusxsd., ,Ta,s particular tablet, OF
i isfaxmsnts sid, wGs two or ihr.e hundred ! 81,
l. old. Kerittau il the old word II sigcify t.
Catholics. and. IL still lhus used. \; thS prese1
dAy. -The othc. two names are no lcuxer' di
!. ncctly recodc,zed. There can b no doubt IT,
Romsai.is a. intszded b. 1he word IroGai
.Bru,.er.n 1t once reminds IN cf tas woFd Drr,
~, or II. IHtton hroderen. hnt Il il f1f1irn1t
tnav rho shonu h:Is n6ed hi, tsrm To ind
cs,. a relipibna bto,herhood A. Ih6 tfn3e uf h
/ ed;ra. .afsins, Christ;sn. No Enr,jsbmi
snr-.r. md ths Hn)lsnder Of thnea days v,
fsr from! us,ng apT vords Enaixyez il = =.
~ ,,osI ;ntsl;ern, .J.nanr,. hs1s mi III
! tSs Vshomcsdsn nrr yntsnaed ~ !, efnr III,
"a 'rath;11 n N. an.lc1, NJ s1nchrncixn,
ev-nt, "a Gsr1nf tbs ...rr,;nn. go. :
-Th. .ttshtIod NJ ina Il .nInr,& ,f3rrrrnt,r,
~. c,Ilrd "a iaa.st;stinic saicts e.. al Ehf;
tf4n,se IL ths EmhAssles ut i eddo. .Ths GO
srnment[ setuovlsdged this eInseace OF &c
ls4s. but said they Tels u present inoperata.
. .hoasa dms reqla b. pfeess4ry ftnt tae d
Il r1lfin9ns,s.u tho Governurnt 70 4.ks DO.
@-thsse tablets trprn .hesr resting plaes of .rea.
r,es nd thai .anii, i: miaht provoke suana
f f5eonie 1ht - e5ea had daily sees ~ otftt
/ th,s anoto sloM reward. - - - -
r. Il ...hn.tA- Ah~a - ~
selprs.ef - e soshs Amef,ess @ A Ess.psa. It t Ysdt
th1t theie & i Tadao c4mmunitr OF 4 hs
49, f.,1,,;-., i;v;rc .tors.nrr, ,,.whn ~ lin
desseudtnta Of fecsatine chtistiasa' ! of b5ae
dsvn1 Tnev s.s supported tt the sIrens3
shs Emrhr3r. and their ollce- il to ect Is q,
= to di.c3Ter anv follo ~crs Of tbs rro.erioed
: igion. |Wheo The Christians h.a htsn, nes
e1,irpated atte. ihe fall Of s s-mabsra,.s . fiet