Telegram-herald., 1888-04-07
IA'SCHILD WIDOWS
UNHAPPY woMeN or rHs EAST
what faxh cssts a Esss Christias
ne2.s - ~ Her ssIsrs-ss rssshsa
a. L str Ins@seF EAey Are M
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At All soals churcA. tks Pandlta Bazakbsi.
= aga case HLado0 CHRISTIAN woG2n, gave
a. interesting &daross ooacsrning hsr sork
Il bse2if q tee child WIDOWS q Ilsla The
Fl1ndlta = = Alezlzlsr kttls woman with a low
iauslc4i voice SAs k4s remarkable conl-
Ia2nd Of Enghsh- Sks wSs stT4red Ia tie
simple white seskln@nts Of her people. She
Is ende2veriag TO raise sufficient money 70
enable her q l1sintzin a school ii southern
IEdiz for the instruction OF Hind0o ~omsa
TIE picture that the Pundita drew 0f tho
eonditloa Of the Hindoo woman seemed 70
have a strancs interest for the hundreds OF
well dres.sed AmericAa women accustomed 10
liberty OF tAought ami sctlon The Hlndoo
theory Of creation. tie speaker explained,
placed the women as q procreaIiye energy,
the results Of which have been sorrow and
misery The man therefore Is the master
and is without blame. IL Is the duty OF
good mother 10 get her daughter under the
influence OF male at once, for thereby is
the females only salvation and a hope for q
place in heaven Ii is the custom, when
children are mere infants. 70 promise them
10 youths for wives. When the girl is not
yet IN her teens she is sent 10 the house Of her
prospective mother-in-law. who sdncstes her
upon her her inferiority 70 the male. Only
men are allowed 70 study the philosophy OF
salvation, and good wife on dying centers
her thoughts on her husband, 50 that on her
return 10 earth she may take the form Of q
man and study the philosophy that brings
salvation
WHEN THE HUSBAND DIS.
When the husband dies he does not let his
thoughts revert 70 his wife other than in a
feeling OF pity for her loss, lest he, on re-
turning, take a step backward and assume
the shape Of q woman. A woman who does
not find salvation through her husband viii
be compelled. should she continue in the
form Of her sex, TO bs reiucarnated $4,000
times. The domestic life OF the Hindoo
woman is confined in four walls, and the
only opportunity she has OF going outside is
10 draw water. She rises and remains
standing when her husband enters the house
and seats himself The husband can avail
himself Of the privilege OF bathing himself
in the sacred river, but she, because Of her
domestic Imprisonment, being debarred from
making the journey, can enjoy only the ex-
quisite pleasure of bathing his feet after he
has been swimming and then drink the
water. The power of the husband is abso-
Lutte. He can doom his wife TO hell il he be-
in the mood, as be is endowed with the
power of god. A faithful widow worships
her dead husband as if he were present in
the flesh. Study makes the women skepti-
cal, hence they are jealously debarred from
IL as violation OF orthodoxy.
Missionary work cannot accomplish the
disenthrallment of these women, said the
Pundita ''it must be done through educa-
tion. So far as ny experience goes l think
that it is next to impossible for missionaries
TO reach the orthodox people, as they ara
called. There are some men who are at first
educated in western ideas, especially the
Brahmas, who viii allow a Christian mission
ary to visit the women Of their household,
but most of them do it because they want the
women to be little educated, and since they
have no female teachers of their own they
are obliged to invite Christian women: but
/ have known the men, while they allow a
Christian missionary TO visit their wives, tn
strictly command their wives not to accept
any religious ideas, and thus placed thc poor
woman in the plight of being compelled to
obey her husband, and at the same time read
her Bible. II she is sometimes convinced,
she has no power 20 accept the Christian faitk
publicly. This renders her situation doubly
miserable New York World