The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-11-15

this Wow means for the present.
20 be accepted BY the societies
Probably, indeed. women missionaries
attract special dislike from foreign mon
In Just the same spirit OF masculine
domination that acluatr8 Wcslcynna
hero In voting against women members
Of their conference. OF course TO the
Coniucian5. the Buddhist and The Mo-
hammcdans their own fcliri1n is as
certainly the one and only t.fe rcfol1-
ton from heaven aH Chliatiantty Be- 20
the missionary this may be- difficult for
us to realize. but u must be- realized %
the case Is TO be understood. 10 90 Of
fcnslyc. therefore. for the honest dcyo-
tee OF one OF those heather faiths 10
hear his religion attacked and de-
scrlbcd as a baselesB. immoral and evil
suporstition. I; must be doubly ofien-
siye TO hear his faith 40 attacked by
foreigner Of the Inferior Sex while to
have his own wife led 10 think differ
emily from himself by the other wom-
ans pcrsuaslonr must be additionally
cooperating.
This special objection OF man 90
have hcrotical teachings addressed TO
the females of HIS family. this animOe-
ity towards Efforts made TO place his
women In an,agonism TO him. wal
naivcly expressed nc the Congress OF Re
llgions In Chicago. a really capital
paper on Confucianism was contrib
uied by the chief secretary OF the Chi
ncgc Legation at Washington. and oven
this intelligent person explained that
to attempt to convert women 10 Chris
tianity was equally atrocIous with shell
tCring crime. III such q practice as
giving religious instruction directly 10
women and Girls. or as screening the
wicked from the pursuit Of justice hc
allowed this will have the effect OF
driving away an who value iillal plcty.
propricty, sincerity. truth. and rcctl-
tudc. and who have a sense OF shame"
The same writer tells ~ the husband
is recognized In Chinese religion as the
master OF the wife. In the same degree
as heaven Is OF earth. ana the Hoyer-
oign Is Of the subject: that the State
| takes no care Of female education. since
/ u rests with the mead OF each family
10 do as he plcases with regard 10 its
/ female members; and that so thorough
| ~ Is the responsibility. and therefore
the power OF the father and husband
carried that the men actually bear the
penalty OF any o1cnses done by the
woman! "a woman burning Incense Ia
the cloistors shall Do punished with
stripes, but the punishment ~ lnnictcl
/ vlcarlously namely: on the head OF the
family TO which she belongs This prln-
ciple Of the Chinese law is applicable
not only to this ease. but also to all vio-
lutlons OF law Ia which the offender IS
a female porgon" This Is truly lively
prospect for the Chinese husbands and
| fnthers' No wonder they require their
women to have crippled feet In order
that their golngs.on may be- easily
supervised! No wonder that they teach
their women a proccpt OF Confuclus.
that Sir John Bowrns thus translated:
/ "a man should never talk about what
/ happens his own home within: hut for
a woman It's sin TO know OF what
| takes place without" This Is enough
10 Indicate how particularly objection
able Christian missions specially adj
dressed to Chinese women must seem to
the true believer In the national rcll-
| glon, and how hopeless must be the
warfare TO which the missionary so
cietlos send Christian women az the
peril OF their llyos,-Mrs. Fonwicll-Mil-
Ter In London Illustrated News