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that edusated Japanese generally
care as
little
for
Buddhism as
educated Hindoos care
for
Brahminism, and that it has
Some
bren seriously proposed by advanced native politicians in Japan to proclaim Christianity an the religion of the State; not because they have a religious_ belief in it themselves, but _
because.
they
think that a so-
called "heathen" country will
with regard
find difficulties with
it's full admission into the
to
comity of Christian nations; such — admission being the ardent desire of every patriotic Japanese. If I may refer to a historical paralliv, - it will be remembered that the Emperor
Constantine
proclaimed Christianity
as the Religion of the Roman Empire from policy rather than from faith; and that, awaiting the course of events, he postponed his baptism till he was on his deathbed. There are many
Little
Constantines among
the
publie
Men
of Japan at the present day.
comity
One