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this view means for the present.
to te accepted by the societies
Probably, indeed. women missionaries
attract special dislike from foreign men
in Just the same spirit OF masculine
domination that aotuates Wesleyans
here In voting against women members
Of their conference. OF course to tho
Confucians, the Buddhists. and the MO-
hammedans their own religion Is as
certainly the one and only true reveia-
tion from heaven Us Christianity is 10
the missionary this may be dimcuit tor
US to realize. but II must be realized II
the case is to be understood. 1t Is Of
fensive, therefore, for the honest devo-
tee of one Of these heather faiths to
hear his religion attacked ana de-
scribed as baseless, immoral, and evil
superstition. It must be doubly onen-
sive to hear his faith SO attacked by
foreigner of the inferior sex while TO
have his own wife led to think differ
emily from himself by the other wom-
ans persuasions must be additionally
exasperating.
This speclal objeot:on Of a man to
have herotical teachings addressed to
the females of his family. this animos-
ity towards efforts made to place his
women In antagonlsm to him. was
naively expressed at the Congress OF Re-
ligions in Chicago. A really capital
paper on Confucianisn 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. III such q practice ~
giving religious instruction directly to
women and girls, or as screening the
wicked from the pursuit Of Justice bs
allowed this will have the effect OF
driving away all who value filial piety.
propriety, sincerity, truth. and rect-
tude, and who have o sense Of shame"
The Same writer tells US tho husband
10 recognized In Chinese religion aa the
master Of the wifc. 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 tho head Of each family
to do as he pleases with regard to its
female members: and that SO thorough
ly Is the responsibility, and therefore
the power, Of the father and husband
carried that tho men actually bear tho
penalty OF any offenses done BY the
woman! "A woman burning incense In
tho eloistcrs shall be punished with
stripes. but the punishment Is inflicted
ricariously-namely: on the head Of the
family to which she belongs. This prin-
cipls OF the Chinese law Is applicable
not only to this case. but also to all vio-
lations Of law in which the offender Ia
female person." This 10 truly lively
prospect for the Chinese husbands and
fathers! No wonder thcy require their
women to have crippled feet in order
that their goings-on may be easily
supervised! No wonder that they teach
their women precept OF Confucius.
that Sir John Bowring thus translated:
"A man should never talk about what
happens his own homo within: but for
woman 'tis a sin to know Of what
takes place without" This is enough
to indicate how particularly objoctiSn-
able Christian missions specially i'd
dressed to Chinese women must seem to
tho true believer In tho national reli-
gion, and how hopeless must be the
warfare" to which the missionary So
cieties send Christian women Mt the
peril Of their llves.-Airs. Fenwick-Mil-
Ter IN London illustrated News.