The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

to be accepted by the societies
Probably, indeed. omc missionaries
attract special dislike from foreign men
In just the same spirit of masculine
domination that ~actuatcs Wesleyans
here In voting against women members
OF their conference. or course to the
Confucians. the B%uddhists, and the Mo-
hammedans their own religion Is as
certainly the one and only true revcla-
ton from heaven as Christianity Is to
the missionary this may be difficult for
us to realize, but II must be realized II
the case Is to be understood. Ii Is Of
fensive. therefore. for the honest devo-
tee Of one Of these heather faiths TO
hear his religion attacked and de-
scribed as a baseless, immoral, and evil
superstition. II must be doubly Often
slve to hear his faith 80 attacked by n
foreigner Of tho inferior sex while to
have his own wife led to think differ.
emily from himself by the other wom-
ans p%ersuasions must be additionally
exasperating.
This special objection Of a man to
hoNu hSh OtiNui tCuCiiuEb uuut ooV w
the females Of his family, this animos-
ity towards efforts made to place his
women in a%ntagonism to him, was
naively expressed ut the Congress Of Re
ligiOns in Chicago. A really capital
paper on Confucianism was contrib
uted by the chief secretary of the Chi
rDse Legation ut Washington, II oven
this intelligent person explained that
to attempt to convert women to Chris
tianity was equally atrocious with shell
tering crime. III such a practice as
giving religious instruction directly to
m and girls, or as screening the
wicked from the pursuit Of justice be
allowed this will have the effect Of
driving away all who value fliaI 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
1t rests with the head Of each family
to do as he pleases with regard to it,
female members; and that 80 thorough
ly Is the responsibility. and therefore
the power, of the father and husband
carried that the men actually bear the
penalty of any orenses done by the
woman! "A woman burning incense In
the cloisters shall be punished with
stripes, but the punishment Is inflicted
vicariously-namely: on the head Of the
family to which she belongs. This prin.
ciple Of the Chinese law Ia applicable
not only to this case, but also to all vlo-
lations Of law In which the offender Il
q female person." This is truly a lively
prospect for the Chinese husbands and
fathers! No wonder they require theiI
women to have crippled feet In order
that their gOings-on may be easily
supervised! No wonder that they teact
their women a precept Of Confucius
that Sir John Bowrlng thus translated
"A man should ver talk about whar
happens his wi home within; but FOL
a woman tits a sin TO know II wha'
takes place without" This Is enough
to indicate how particularly objection
able Christian missions specially nd
dressed to Chinese women must seem /,
the true believer In the national reli
gion, and how hopeless must be tn,
warfare" to which the missionary 80
cieties send Christian women at tn
peril Of their lives.-Mrs. Fenwlck-Mil
Ter In London illustrated News.