Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

this view means for the present
to be accepted by the societies
Probably. indeed, women missionaries
attract special dislike from foreign idei
in just the same spirit OF masculine
domination that actuates Nesle! ail'
here in voting against women helhpei'
of their conference. OF course 10 tiif
Confucians the Buddhists, ana the W.
hammedans their own religion Is DIS
certainly the one and only true rcvela-
ton from heaven as Christianity IS 10
the missionary this may be diflicnit loi
us to realize, but it must be reailZeu II
the case is to be understood. lc IS Oh
fensive, therefore, for the honest de'o-
tee of one of these heather faiths 10
hear his religion attacked ana oe
scribed as a baseless, immoral, and evil
superstition. 1t must be doubly often
sive to hear his faith so attacked by
foreigner of the inferior sex While 10
have his own wife led to think diner
emily from himself by the other Wonl-
ans persuasions must be additionally
eXasperating.
have heretical teachings addressed to
the females of his family, this anmos-
ity towards efforts made to place MS
women in antagonism to him, was
naively expressed at the Congress OF he
ligions in Chicago. A really capltal
paper on Confucianism was contrib
uted by the chief secretary of the chi
nese Legation at Washington. and even
| this intelligent person explained that
! to attempt to convert women TO Chris
| tianity was equally atrocious with shell
! tering crime. IF such a practice as
giving religious instruction directly to
women and girls. or as screening the
wicked from the pursuit of justice tie
allowed this will have the effect OF
driving away all who value tilial piety.
propriety. sincerity. truth, and recti-
| tude, and who have a sense of shame.
The same writer tells us the husband
| is recognized in Chinese religion as the
master of the wife, in the same degree
as heaven is of earth, and the sover-
eign is Of the subject; that the State
takes no care of female education. since
it rests with the head of each family
to do as he pleases with regard to 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 offenses done by the
woman! "A woman burning incense in
the cloiSters shall be punished with
Str;nnc Int n icl I, ic inf jct q
vicariously -namely: ON the head of the
family to which she belongs. This prin-
ciple of the Chinese law is applicable
not only to this case. but also to all VIC
lations of law in which the offender i.
a female person. This is truly a lively
prospect for the Chinese husbands an(
fathers! No wonder they require thei
women to have crippled feet in ordeI
that their goings-on may be easil!
supervised! No wonder that they teacl
their women a precept Of COnfucius
that Sir John Bowring thus translated
"A man should never talk about wha
happens his own home within; but TO
a woman It's a sin to know of wha
takes place without" This is enougl
to indicate how particularly objection
: able Christian missions specially ad
dressed to Chinese women must seem t
) the true believer in the national reli
gion, and how hopeless must be tn
warfare" to which the missionary sc
ceties send Christian women at tn
peril of their lives. Mrs. Fenwick- Mi
! Ter in London Illustrated News.
+ .1-,-.---...---..--, -