In leper-land : being a record of my tour of 7,000 miles among Indian lepers ; including some notes on missions and an account of eleven days with Miss Mary Reed and her lepers . hetic heart-broken at the prospect of his terriblefate he was removed to the Asylum where he soonbecame useful in many ways, and after a timeresigned himself to sharing the same house with hissorely diseased mother.* He was a good. Christian lad, however, and a yearafter his removal to the Asylum he wrote :— At first I was greatly grieved at becoming a leper,but I now understand that it is Gods will, an
In leper-land : being a record of my tour of 7,000 miles among Indian lepers ; including some notes on missions and an account of eleven days with Miss Mary Reed and her lepers . hetic heart-broken at the prospect of his terriblefate he was removed to the Asylum where he soonbecame useful in many ways, and after a timeresigned himself to sharing the same house with hissorely diseased mother.* He was a good. Christian lad, however, and a yearafter his removal to the Asylum he wrote :— At first I was greatly grieved at becoming a leper,but I now understand that it is Gods will, and Hiswill must be done. I thank God that my brotherand sister are free from the disease. Christ com-forts me in my sorrows, and I love Him. I amlearning to read and wTite that I may be able towork for Him. His desire to become a worker for Christ has beengranted to this poor leper boy, as some time after-wards he was sent from Almora to Ambala to actas Christian teacher for the Asylum there, and has * Marcus, it may be noted, is the only instance of an inmateof the Almora Home for Untainted Children becoming a leper,though the Home has been established for thirty years,. IS O 0 Alabama 193 for about ten years rendered faithful service in thatcapacity. Mr. W. C. Bailey visited Ambala in 1896 andreported concerning Marcus :— * He seemed unusually bright and happy. Hegenerally wears rather a sad expression. He sayseveryone is most kind to him, and he is happy in hisSaviour and his work. The disease is not makingany very decided progress ; his hands and feet are asof old, mutilated and anaesthetic; but there areno bad sores, and his handsome face is still un-touched. He adds that Marcus is very good andkind in binding up the sores of the other lepers. Writing in 1899, Dr. Howard Fisher (then in chargeof the Ambala Asylum), writes :— Tell Marcussfriends that he is an honest, good fellow .... He ismy right hand man in the Asylum—more so even thanthe caretaker or chaukidar. Of
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