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360 HONDA THE SAMURAI. open sores, and foully dressed limbs. These showed the effect of long years of sin, of crime, of neglect, of ignorance, of pain, of agony, of hunger, of want, and of all that makes life miserable. Such foul skin- eruptions, such hideousness of nameless diseases that eat up the membranes and cartilages and bones, such ravages of small-pox and leprosy ! Mothers, with pink-capped babies whose eyes had been corroded by the infectious plague, looked with pitiable gaze into the good man's face for a word of hope. The blind, the halt, the foul, came for salve, powder, cleansing, surgery. It was a chamber of horrors into which the young Japanese had entered, and though brave as a lion he sickened and almost fainted at the repulsive spectacle. He watched the doctor. He keenly scrutinized every motion of physician, patient, and assistants, to see what gifts were made or received. After a few minutes' talk about God, the heavenly Father, and of Christ the Saviour, and of our need of repentance, faith, salvation, and right living, Doctor Bunner proceeded with his work, giving along with his advice, medicine, directions, or judgment, kindly and sympathetic words that were like balm. Five or six native young men who were preparing to be Ran- gaku, or " physicians in the Holland style," assisted Doctor Bunner, or were taught by him in this way as well as by books. These were active and helpful ; but not a coin was dropped, or a gift made by the patients, or a zni collected from them. Honda was amazed to find that these skilled services and the
1U.E AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. 361 medicines were free, and that the expense was all paid by Christians in America. All this, with the talk with Doctor Gray and a further conversation with Doctor Burmer, so powerfully affected Honda Jiro that he at once made up his mind to live in Yokohama and to learn from these men more about Jesus and the religion which sent out such missionaries. Going back to Yedo to arrange his affairs with the Fukui officers, he took with him a copy of Doctor Grey's translation into Japanese of the Four Gospels in manuscript. " It is a rough draft and merely a beginning," said the doctor, as he looked kindly over his spectacles at Honda, and smiled with a merry twinkle of the " eye. You are a scholar, and will find many infelicities in it. I shall be especially thankful if you will compare the Chinese version arid mine and write out your copy," he added seriously, as he " The en- grasped warmly Honda's hand, and said : trance of God's words give light, and may your soul come into the full day of obedience and love to Christ." Honda thanked him heartily, and took his journey to Yedo. After three weeks he received permission direct from his feudal master in Fukui, through the influence of " the old prince," as the ex-daimio Mat- sudaira was now called, to remain two years in Yokohama. With this permission came also an unsolicited appointment as agent for the clan, at a small salary sufficient for his support. Evidently the old prince had divined his plan and was encour-
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1U.E AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. 361<br />
medicines were free, and that the expense was all<br />
paid by Christians in America.<br />
All this, with the talk with Doctor Gray and a<br />
further conversation with Doctor Burmer, so powerfully<br />
affected Honda Jiro that he at once made up<br />
his mind to live in Yokohama and to learn from<br />
these men more about Jesus and the religion which<br />
sent out such missionaries. Going back to Yedo to<br />
arrange his affairs with the Fukui officers, he took<br />
with him a copy of Doctor Grey's translation into<br />
Japanese of the Four Gospels in manuscript.<br />
" It is a rough draft and merely a beginning,"<br />
said the doctor, as he looked kindly over his spectacles<br />
at Honda, and smiled with a merry twinkle<br />
of the<br />
"<br />
eye. You are a scholar, and will find many<br />
infelicities in it. I shall be especially thankful if<br />
you will compare the Chinese version arid mine and<br />
write out your copy," he added seriously, as he<br />
" The en-<br />
grasped warmly Honda's hand, and said :<br />
trance of God's words give light, and may your soul<br />
come into the full day of obedience and love to<br />
Christ."<br />
Honda thanked him heartily, and took his journey<br />
to Yedo. After three weeks he received permission<br />
direct from his feudal master in Fukui, through the<br />
influence of " the old prince," as the ex-daimio Mat-<br />
sudaira was now called, to remain two years in<br />
Yokohama. With this permission came also an<br />
unsolicited appointment as agent for the clan, at<br />
a small salary sufficient for his support. Evidently<br />
the old prince had divined his plan and was encour-
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