The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-01
.nAx,s wo.K FOR WOMAN.


etiye church work
LAYS work FOR WOMAN.
rspismin Parsons 1t the Second
Presbyterian Church.
~. Benjamin Parsons, pastor of the
"a Presbyterian church. corner Har-
- and Oak streets, in North Seattle,
Eefhed yesterday morning upon the sub
q e sWoman's Work for Woman" He
= lor his text:
sln lxviii:ii:-'The Lord gave the word:
s vas the company OF those that published
\ q but yesterday since It was thought In
isable for woman to go TO the mission field,
Sept a. the wife of missionary. Now, there
100 women missionaries. besides probably
eual number of married women acting in
<ue capacity.
then, is q fact relative to missions, the
nfiou of which IN consonauce with
frAson and good common sense, il q
r1nccursaemcnt TO the prosecution of the
o6fy enterprise For to all who would
,ee missions. such q fact - this cannot
~ than perplexing puzzle. 1t is too big
ienossd, too serious to be laughed ct, and
fIni6cant to be deemed unimportant.
an these 2,40o female missionaries?
- Of choice education, character and
a representatives OF the highest types
= b our own or any other land Of social
u1uilectusl culture and refinement. of do
virtues, religions experience. What are
1oing among half civilized and barbarous
3 In many far-off lands On what
- can their betaking themselves to those
y eounsries, and tarrying there for years,
IS for the whole OF life, be justified or ex-
~ There must be, therefore. what Is the
underlying principle or motive that in
noves two regiments Of unmarried women
ngbsnRe all the advantages of home and
becsuntry for the prodigious disadvantages
1sninion field?
y The reply in general 70 questions of this
le b that the love of Jesus Christ con-
eth hem to avail themselves of the oppor-
a aad facilities which have come to them
1lg what they can towards mitigating the
and promoting the temporal aud eternal
NJ Of womsnkind In lauds unblessad by
Influences of pure Christianity. We can
mt for this effect by assigning no other as
degnate cause. propose to indicate how
pnex workers are helping their sisters, and
pRent such considerations as may encour-
gmpaihy and prayer for them, and the
test OF cooperation with them. Now what
need a. . basis for reasoning out our
responsibilities is well authenticated
Conformation concerning the number
sndition OF those for whose welfare mis-
~ women are working 10 in the line of
rant facts.
1.-The women Of the Indian empire alone
1iurteenth part of the human race. When
- immense number you add the hundreds
lalions Of their sex in China, Japan, Africa
aher heather countries, the aggregate
= mp in appalling magnitude. The very
Atof an endeavor by women TO eyangel-
% immense mass of ignorant. super
1.down-trodden. degraded women, is, at
Ut, as hopeless as would be the project of
MI of farmers of thrusting in their plows
margin OF Sahara Chat vast African
With the avowed purpose Of converting
pan srable and fruitful country. And yet
aspendous undertaking OF evangelizing
own sisters In al heather lands
nat the women's missionary organize,
Of our own and of other Christian
hare set about TO accomplish. What but
~ faith In God and love to Christ aud soul
BE an inspiration for such an enterprise?
work. or at least make q beginning, but
4 70 realize their hopes they have them.
gone at Ii with Q wisdom and q wit and
hat have wrought msrvels in q compare
flmail period of time.
nhd-The condition as well as number of
m In heather countries Is a study which
nnsne person can sit down to with out
~ conviction favorable to efforts for their
- al. -
azies no joy, but rather disappointed hope
npels easily into hate, disgust and murder
ne advent Of female child. The daugh-
q unwelcome intruder, without claim
Maternal affection; simply q creature
70 be endured, not cherished, fif its
espsred). Hence its destruction, directly
\ with the cogni zaAce of Its parents, Is not
- criminal offence: so far from this, the
ning Of the child to death by drowning,
pal ofopium, by an intended lack of care,
nstzued as evidence of superior regard for
hpopularly deemed religion.
= daughter be spared to live. then comes
aze In childhood, absolutely without re-
TIE ehild's consent, and thenceforward q
Nsmprisonment and enslavement for life.
iufther. had as is the condition of the
% vile, that of the Hindoo widow is far
nd the highest religious authority classes
70 the stupid, the dumb. the blind and
~ the whole existence Of woman in that
mrire Is utterly Insignificant and de-
Mss Britain, missionary teacher
nme years ago, reports that 'iu a group Of
MON she Was insfructing, not one even
he had q soul" II now We turn from
China we are informed land quote the
N 1nsxfA rs
male infants are yearly murdered by
pesents according 70 the statistics OF resi-
0ieonaries. For the most part the women
little out OF their filthy and comfor,less
they herd in these with pigs aud other
~ myrisds OF them are labo,ing for less
cents per day; smoking has widely dead
saef mental aud moral powers.
next turn from India aud China TO Tur-
Nnsble witness there describes the situs-
All through the Turkish empire girls are
y counted ~ children by their fathers. The
Ge Tar more bigoted, ignorant, priest-rid-
& IT, Tie men; kent from book learning,
poorer classes may labor outside the
- 8 we'll as in it; forbidden to speak aloud
- after marriage in the presence of their
Ssn'saw; lodging often with animals:
ne'f children in every superstition; In
s4ces not allowed TO enter the temple
y ~ nave given birth to two infants; de-
purity; shu; in vast numbers within
angs, from year TO year; themselves
asnarsnces TO the prevalence OF better
~ .afs. millions in number, thus drag out
-. faoie days" ending with burial in
aos now take you through Persia and
At'ca for further exhibition of the
- Apfessibly degraded and wretched
iemaie kind, wherever the trans
VAC eievating power OF the gospel is
3 ssa4ahown, for that miserable condition
81 - sne same everywhere.
yer condition is not self-remedial.
s'Ef century has gone by. but without
~ =, hslp for heathenisna from hesthen-
A. al any point the blsekness of its
Ansss has been alleyisted ia any per-
Msasafe, the cause has been from
- ~ operated iron without, AID not
- .Fintipie of good or source of light
=. hsathenism itself Bad as il is
- - - worse s'ill with the women of pagan
ss s's reason sast they. by nature, more
Ast men men Tor what is religion to them,
n.y. as'efai Tor the report To be made, as
~ nom Hindostan: III is our wo-
keo..Aeep up Hinduism by their bigotry
~ William H. seward's book,
= e,ss .oana the world,' contains this,
~ a.