The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-25
AT THE FIRST METHODIST
MISSIONARY ADDRESS BYRET,DE
 H.sBUCK YES1ERDAY. a

tn the East-"lvomen's Work f0f
 Women in the Orient," the Topic--At l Epworth Church k, thv Morning. | The morning service at the First
 Methodist church yesterday was under
 the auspices of the Women's FOreignD
 Missionary society. Despite the incle-s
 ment weather a large number of tho l church people and others were preSentE 1 to hear one of their former favorit&l pastors, Rev. Dr. C. H. Buck x% The address was largely an accoslffS of his travels in the East and was ojlF
 the topic "Women's Work for WomSiS
 in the Orient" It was decidedly inter- esting and was in part as follows: x. ,s Of the Christless nations of the world it is estimated that O0,00O, 900 ara
 women.
 Of their condition no adequate de-s
 scription can be given. Throughout the
 Orient the higher classes live in abso-S
 lute seclusion, while the lower classeS
 are treated as beasts of burden. ss
 It is thought to be folly to teach
 them. They are thought to have neitl1
 CT souls nor hope of future life. 7 S
 Their ignorance not only robs them .oi
 all noble ideals, but makes them tho
 prey of all superstitions and vices. N
 Even in Japan the woman Is treatedS as inferior She is allowed little any choice in the selection of her hun band, yet she keeps alive the superGtiM4 tious worship of the temples. Amon1 the poorer classes in China girl babi68 are often destroyed like unwelcof1S& < kittens, while many others allowed M < live are sold into slavery, to do meni&yH work or minister to the lust of men Home is not the center of holy aHecy tion. sssSEM
 In India womanhood is degradedsM Girls are betrothed and married whhn very young, If the husband dies, th& x wife is blamed. It is because of soMe% " sin she has committed either in this lif ~ or some previous state of existenee# # She therefore is despised, and treated as menial She must sacrifice heFS fine clothing, her jewelry have her. head shaved every week, and have but X one meal day. The government fot- K bids suttee and her religion fOrbids re~& marriage, so her life of widowhood S must be one long continued degfada9g g tion and woe. If she visits the tefnpi68Ms her worsip is degrading and often ini~ ssB moral. Sg
 Yet these illlterate women, desptaed as they are in theory. wield an etiof- x nous influence. They have the frat chance at the children, boys as we'll TT Y girls, and give them their first thousilkS x and impressions SS
 They conserve idolatry and kceYS fetich and demon worship alive. sss
 It Is impossible to raise Oriental peo- pies without first reaching and elevaks ing the women. These can be reachAdAs only by women The sexes do not aSs sociate Though they may work to-y gether they do not mingle in any social # way s|S |4l
 In Japan boys do not play with thu girls after they are five or six yearH Q4 * age. s
 Tn a social affair I attended in Agra, } India, the young men sat on one sidey and the young ladies on the other @
 Even these young people in Chris tian institution find 1t difficult to risa s above the social influences of their eaf- fer life. v
 Only by women can these millions of s8 Oriental women be reached. Hence tli6E} necessity of these women's missionary x societies which send out lady mise sionaries
 They establish schools which gather n the young girl life of these countries md implant new and nobler ideals. They establish orphanages for tho and famine waifs. They es- ablish hospitals and by their tender ministries to women here and in home1 each hearts closed to other influences.
 They go into zenanas, where no man 'an enter teach embroidery, reading. ,tc. but above all teach the truths and < ,ospel of Jesus.
 Through these varied instrumentali- s les our Christian women are bringinG bout grand results. These heathen vomen want something better than hey have Their superstitious prac- ices are only an expression of soul w earning. To satisfy them many go on z 'ainful pilgrimages, visit and make of- erings at many shrines. To find God nd the peace of forgiveness they will XVI nake the greatest of sacrifices, and M ractice excruciating austerities. To uch these Christian workers come as s,s x 'aul came to the Athenians saying the tod whom ye ignorantly worship, Him& eclare I unto you"
 When these women accept Christ, \ hey become, in many instances, noble Christians. I heard native woman read splen- ~ i'd paper before conference in Bar lily on How to Win Sous for Christi When little girl she was picked up by M
 lady missionary a starving waif. M When one meets such magnificent wo- N len as Lilavati Singh of Lucknow or at Madras, he can never oubt the power of the gospel or tho possibilities of Indian women. And what shall be said of the Chinese omen? Their fidelity during this < oxer rebellion makes one of the grand- st chapters of Christian martyrology.S hey were persecuted as sorely as aNas ere the saints in the time of Nero and 'omitian, but they were as true and 'iumphant as were the disciples of nose days. Not only men but women nd young girls were butchered, but ley would not recant x Surely women's work for women in riental lands should have the prayers nd sympathy of the church. In the evening pr. Buck spoke at the