The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23

almost preternatural. It is not easy TO
master this feeling and to refer such
work teslhe intellect Rlope for formal
criticism. But even here it viii bear
the coldest scrutiny. l. shows patient
Thoughts, manual eomnland, richness and
simplicity OF minor forms, masculine
beauty, exquisite finish, and yet ali.
these things SIS servants of penetrating
mental vision, holding steadily before it
the lying form Of a-creatiYeimsgi gination
This image of our Lord Is theembodi-
ment Of manly beauty, yeti strictly
Jewish in its sype. And it is net little
singular that the artist is himself Jew
lone of thae 2 Feat 4rac8 that has won
Edistiuctignsin Fall the fields of human
achievement and given illustrious names
to every branch of art. Manifestly he
has been possessed with the proioundest
sense of thes earthly life of Jesus, with
fits belief, its compassion and its lonely
sacrifice. Itisthis eancsptionthatLves
in his wOrk and makes it.so sweetly, yet
so religiously Impressive. It is not
{" piece of art" for connoisseurs and
dilletanti. But men and women reyer-
emily familiar with the Imaginative
work of the worlds great nasters, will,-
in 5lQokipg at the marble bust, and
touched with its human beauty, confess
an influence above the senses-the
presence of a profound spiritual power
the highest and sincerest tribute to the
genius.that produced itsT 4 w.
= "a Wo1Yia1, IN CHINA. y =
The condition of woman in China is
most pitabIe; suffering privation, con-
tempt, all kinds of misery end dsgrada-
ton sefzB on her i'm hsps adIs spd
accompany her pitilessly to her tomb.
Her. very birth in commonly regarded as
a humTliatfdn and disgraee 70 She family
AN evident sign of the malediction of
heaven. If she isl not I-.imps4 s4iately
suflocated She is looked upon and treated
asa creatnre. .iRtrinsicsllg -despiGsble, and
scarcely belonging to the human race.
This appears Uncomfortable fact that
Panhou~psn, celebrated, though woman,
l.anlong ihess Writers, endeavors in her
works to ~humiliate crown aex Eby re-
minding them constantly of the inferior
rank they occupy in the creation.
'' When a son is born," she says " he
sleeps on a bed, he is clothed with silk
and plays with pearls; every one attends
to his princelyscries. But when a girl is
horn she sleeps upon the ground, is
meanly wrapped up in cloth, plays
with a tile, and is incapable of acting
either virtuously or Viciously. She has
nothing to think of but preparing food.
making wine, and not vexing hel
parents" Even after marriage her case
is not improved. According to the ex
pressions of an old Chinese WEiter,-s2 g the
newly>married wife should be but 3
! shadow and an echo in the house" She
has no right tc take her meals with ,hel
husband; nay, not even with her male
children; her dutyEis TO serve them al
table, to. stand by them in silence, helT
them to drink, and light their pipes
She must eat alone, and after they have
done, and in a corner; her food is scanty
and coarse, and she would not dare tt
touch even what is left by her own sons
It may be thought that this does not vel
agree with the much-talked~of principle
/ of filial piety; but it must not be or
gotten that in China woman counts TO
nothing; the Law ignoges herexistence, O
notices her mereIy,to load her with fet
ters, to complete her servitude. and t.
sconfEm her legal incapacity. Polygam!
is allowed, and the eshsart-renGing .jeal
ousies ana quarrels that thence ensu
, lead to numerous suicides.