Hepburn of Japan and his wife and helpmates; a life story of toil for Christ . friended, that he hadnever flinched from visiting his patients, or thosepeople who required his help. In places that wereconsidered among the most dangerous, whenever andwherever his sense of duty or the nature of hismission called upon him to go, he went. One of these accidents resulted in the death ofan Englishman and the subsequent bombardmentof the capital of Satsuma by a British foreigners visiting Japan, who had been accus-tomed to the weak and unresisting Chinese, found adifferent temper among th
Hepburn of Japan and his wife and helpmates; a life story of toil for Christ . friended, that he hadnever flinched from visiting his patients, or thosepeople who required his help. In places that wereconsidered among the most dangerous, whenever andwherever his sense of duty or the nature of hismission called upon him to go, he went. One of these accidents resulted in the death ofan Englishman and the subsequent bombardmentof the capital of Satsuma by a British foreigners visiting Japan, who had been accus-tomed to the weak and unresisting Chinese, found adifferent temper among the islanders. On September14, 1862, a party of three English gentlemen and alady were riding on the Tokaido, when they met thetrain of horsemen belonging to the baron of Satsuma,who, with his knights, was then bitterly angry be-cause of a rebuff received in Yedo. While spoilingfor a fight, an altercation ensued, swords flashedfrom their sheaths, and the three foreign gentlemenwere wounded, Mr. Richardson mortally. The lady,bespattered with blood, escaped and brought the [901. e«i « < s ^ o « s cr « in (^ i 1 z H^ ; ^~> < fc^ O g o w tQ u ^ ^ w ti Q cc ?n. W ^ ?^-1 e^; ?~-; ^. K Q c^ SCIENCE AND EDUCATION news. The story has been told a thousand times,but it is here recalled, because Dr. Hepburn wassummoned to dress the wounds of the unfortunatemen. The Yedo Government was powerless topunish Satsuma, its most distant and hostile feuda-tory, so the British fleet inflicted punishment nextyear and an indemnity was paid. That taste of warwas as good medicine and Satsuma became theleader in Mikadoism and unified Japan. Dr. Hep-bum was called to be the pioneer of education, aswell as of modern science and of the healing art ineastern Japan. As early as 1861, nine lads of rankwere sent to Kanagawa for six months or so, to studyEnglish under him. As he wrote later: In 1861-62, the Yedo Government sent some oftheir best young men for me to instruct in Westernknowledge and sci
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