Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . James Sibree describes the precipice (or place ofhurling) from which so many Malagasy Christians were cast He names it the Tarpeian of Antananarivo. Upon this com- 1 Religious tyranny was once severe in this land. Belief in a foreign faith waseven punishable with death. This is simply a fact of history. Then came a periodof silent toleration. This was finally followed by the Constitution of February II,1S89, the Magna Charta of Japanese religious and civil liberty. It is proper now tosay that Governm
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . James Sibree describes the precipice (or place ofhurling) from which so many Malagasy Christians were cast He names it the Tarpeian of Antananarivo. Upon this com- 1 Religious tyranny was once severe in this land. Belief in a foreign faith waseven punishable with death. This is simply a fact of history. Then came a periodof silent toleration. This was finally followed by the Constitution of February II,1S89, the Magna Charta of Japanese religious and civil liberty. It is proper now tosay that Government persecution on account of religion is wholly a thing of the would, however, be misleading to say that the profession of Christianity is no barto a mans happiness or social and civil progress in any community in Japan. WhereBuddhist influence prevails, a man must still suffer a silent persecution because ofhis belief in Jesus. — Rev. David S. Spencer (M. E. M. S.), Nagoya, Japan. 2 Stock, The Story of Uganda, p. 125. 3 Sibree, Madagascar before the Conquest, p.
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