Author : Henry Hutchinson Montgomery
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Book Synopsis Christian Missions in the Far East; Addresses on the Subject Delivered by H. H. Montgomery and Eugene Stock by : Henry Hutchinson Montgomery
Download or read book Christian Missions in the Far East; Addresses on the Subject Delivered by H. H. Montgomery and Eugene Stock written by Henry Hutchinson Montgomery. This book was released on 2013-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... LECTURE III. JAPAN. By Eugene Stock. SOME five and twenty years ago, an able and accomplished missionary in Japan, held in the highest respect by the leaders of the nation--as we shall see by-and-by--was trying to address a large Japanese meeting. For some reason this remarkable man, Guido Verbeck, could not obtain a hearing. The audience hooted and howled, and he was compelled to desist. Suddenly a young missionary, unknown to the populace, rose and shouted "Yamato damashii!" Instantly there was silence, then loud applause, and the men who would not hear the honoured veteran listened for half an hour to the young recruit. "Yamato damashii!"--the spirit of Japan; "Yamato," once the name of a certain district, having become a kind of poetical name for the empire, used as we use the word "Albion" for England. "Yamato damashii!"--a kind of national cry, like "Britannia rules the waves!" among ourselves; an exclamation which at any time can arouse a Japanese gathering to enthusiasm. In response to this cry would arise the shouts of "Banzai!" with which the armies of Japan have been marching lately to victory or death: " Bansai!"--that is " Ten thousand generations!" equivalent to " Live for ever!"--" Let the 'spirit of Japan' live for ever!" What is "the spirit of Japan "? The Japanese themselves would reply, "Bushi-do." This word corresponds fairly with our "chivalry," and, literally translated, it is "The Knightly Way." It provided what we may almost call a moral code for the Samurai, the knights of old Japan; it still does so for the corresponding class now, and its influence can perhaps best be indicated by our familiar French phrase, "Noblesse oblige!' It is fully expounded in a remarkable little book entitled "Bushido, the Soul of...