The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-23
woMEN,s WORK IN CHINA.
Chapel to BE Erected by Mission
Funds VIII Be Named Arson.

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Funds VIII Be Named Arson.
The November meeting Of the Ladies
Foreign Missionary Society of the Inde-
pendent Presbyterian Church was held in
the lecture room yesterday afternoon. and
proved to he one of exceptional interest
Rev. p. F. Price, missionary Of the South
ern Presbyterian Church at Sin Chang.
China, was present, and made an address
which riveted the deep attention of his
audience.
He said in part: 81 would tell you this
evening something of everyday mission
airy life in China, with special reference to
the woman's work for woman The first
thing that impresses almost every one on
landing on China soil is the great number
. of people. Sixty men l saw pulling great
iron roller along the streets of Shanghai.
A man is cheaper than a horse, and away
in the interior, away from the modern
ports and in China untouched by modern
influences, We are never out of sight of a
living Chinese or the grave of dead one.
Three kinds of women make up China.
First there is the heather Chinese wo-
man. who is far in the. majority. A little
girl is generally uuwelcome i'm Chinese
home, and in some eases they are put
away by stealthy and sometimes horrible
infanticide. In many cases the little girls
as they grow up win their way into the
hearts Of the family. But the happiness OF
what should be her bright girlhood is
marred by the cramping of her feet. Peo-
pie often ask: DO the Chinese still bind
their women's feet?' Though there Is
somewhat hopeful movement against it.
called the Natural Foot Society," just be-
ginning. still the greater number of the
girls and young women of China suffer
that awful pain.
THE married life of Chinese woman is
too often one of slavery to her husband.
Her life is mostly between the front and
the back door. Her intellect is cramped-
she is not even taught 10 read. Every
Chinse husband is supposed to have as
much right to beat his wife as to punish
his children, and, should she get the de-
sire Of every Chinese woman's heart and
have sons, she also may have to learn
from hayward boys how sharper than
serpents tooth is an unthankful child
There was once a tablet found show
ing plainly the print of dogs foot, and
in dim lines the image of a king. So IL
there is in any faces in China the faint
outline of the image lost in paradise it
is in the faces of these women who have
known the sorrows of girlhood of wo-
manhood. of motherhood, and now in old
age are longing for something purer and
better than this world gives. They need
Christ.
ITO these women go that second class
whom I shall mention, the missionary lady
worker. Some as single women labor
among Chinese women, as our Miss Kirk
land, who at IS years of age would walk
five miles day and teach and preach and
relieve the sick from morning till night,
and then, though weary, would tell of the
gladness of her service. Some, most, in
fact are married ladies'. who make home
for their husbands train the children, and
do much missionary work besides. The
very children in Christian home help the
mission cause. They teach Christian wo-
men, they visit from house to house, and
they receive crowds of Chinese visitors,
which is a truly wearsome task, and they
try to turn the visit into profitable chan
nels.
Some of our ladies do medical work, or
assist in it,, There are, teeth to be filled ul-
GERS to be danced, sores to be attended TO,
the odor of which often turns bystanders
sick and some of our ladies do or assist
in this work and in the relief of innumer-
able Ills
Thirdly; there are the Chinese Chris
ton woman Some have taken many
beating on their way to Christ. Some
have faced ostracsm and abuse. One
woman in our church had property. When
she had become a Christian her friends
threatened to dsown her, to confiscate
her property and strike her sons name
from the family genealogy. They abused
her every way, but she stood firm. She
is a bright Christian and her father and
brothers and whole family now are Chris
tians. One day a boy came to be treated
for 'sorehead." A glance showed that his
head was fun of about 10000 lice. What
was to be done? Why, two of the Chin
csc women, took him out and washed that
head clean, working about two hours, end
prepared it for medical treatment. That
was real Christianity. One of the women
is worth all the trouble and pain in send
ing the gospel.
At the conclusion of his address Mr..
Price was asked many questions by ladies
in his audience They found the subject
interesting and wished to learn what they
could from Mr.. Price about China and
the conditions their society has strven
TO improve.
Mr.. Price will leave tonight for Char
lesion. He was greatly pleased with the
success of the effort to raise funds for
chapel in China. The plan of having it
bear the name of the late Rev. DR.. AK
son of the Independent Church as a MEM
orlal impresses him favorably. and IL will
no doubt be so named. A request VIII lie
made the committee Of the Southern
Presbyterian Church when the money is
sent on by the independent congregation
to have the chapel bear the name of the
revered pastor The sum raised here for the
construction of the chapel will mean many
times Its value when 1t comes TO putting