...shall remain inviolable, subject to such provisions of law as may be enacted for public benefit ; that Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief; that Japanese subjects shall, within the limits of law, enjoy the liberty of speech, writing, publication,...

...fact that Japan as a nation baa made no actual advance in religion. Thus, whilst Article 28 reads, " Japanese subjects shall within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief," — the Mikado retains, as it were for Himself and His people, the worship of Ancestors and of Celestial...

...— Tlie right of property of every Japanese subject shall remain inviolate. Measures necessary to be be taken for the public benefit shall be provided...prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to tlieir duties as subjects, enjov freedom of religious belief. ARTICLE XXIX. — Japanese subjects shall...

...testifies that they must always be fixed by law, and that they are beyond the control of ordinances. ARTICLE XXVIII. Japanese subjects shall, within limits...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief. In Western Europe, during the middle ages, when religion exercised an ascendant influence, it was mixed...

...upon religious liberty, and is all that Christian missionaries could desire. It reads as follows : " Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." Buddhist priests are strongly averse to this article in so far as it places Christianity on an equal...

...without prejudice to others. The clause in the Constitution referring to this matter reads as follows : " Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." This is all that could be asked. Altogether it is a marvelous fact that within thirty-five years of...

...meeting, and of association. Article XXVIII. must be given entire as it marks a revolution in itself: "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religion." The limits of freedom of speech, of the press, and of public meeting are to be regulated...

...meeting, and of association. Artiele XXVIII. must be given entire as it marks a revolution in itself: "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religion." The limits of freedom of speech, of the press, and of public meeting are to be regulated...

...ceased in 1872, since which time the disciples of Christ have steadily increased. Under the constitution (Article xxviii.) " Japanese subjects shall, within...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." The nominal Christian population of Japan now numbers half a million. With the Bible in the vernacular,...

...ceased in 1872, since which time the disciples of Christ have steadily increased. Under the constitution (Article xxviii.) " Japanese subjects shall, within...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." The nominal Christian population of Japan now numbers half a million. With the Bible in the vernacular,...