Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-07

Infanticide is prohibited by Buddh,
ism and Mohammed said to MS follow
CTS "Slay not your children for fear
4 poverty, we will provide lOr them.
R"ware, for TO STAY them Is a great
sin" Yet the practice has been very
common rmOng tie poor who suffer
G., stantly from hUnevI uu,..
Tart Of the year
Chris tianty could add nothing to
tho horror OF parriciie, in China the
/ killing Of a father ny his son is pun
ished with the most ignOmniOus Of
ccpital puniskments; the cutting to
pieces, and any person convicted Of
q even a design to Kill his parents is
I Leheaded
/ COnfucianism teaches that flial
! piety is the very root OF morality. Let
nc serve my father a. | should rec
, qUire my son to serve me and
+ my elder brother as | should require
~ younger brother to serve me- is
a motto OF It's followers. The great
emphasis in COnfuCianism IS laid on
the parent and children have no
rights; the father is supreme in his
, family and not even marriage with
d., VS. the son from his power. The
| sale of children is practically allowed
and a father may punish his disObedi-
ent child even to death without fear of
! interference.
The Hindu has three venerable SUI
Ip"riors. his father, mother and spirit
ual teacher. TO them he must always
nav obedience The father. however.
! is the head of the family only so long
as he is the provider and the son must
support lis aged parents.
Islam also SHOWS generation for age
and disObedienCe to parent is equal
! to murder as crime The BuddhistS
treat the aged with great tenderness
although they pretend TO eliminate all
personal affections, believing that he
who is free from love is free al. o
from grief
I The status of wives has to do with
the ideas of the female sex in general
IN China, woman is inferior to her
husband, but her children must re-
sHect her as she respects him. The
bet girls are not considered of equal
value to the worst boys. Women have
no individual rights, but live and work
Tor men. However the husband may
ct kill his wife and may not divorce
her except for certain reasons.
The Hindu wife is enjoined to wor-
ship and obey her husband as god
and the owman who shows disrespect
10 him may be abandoned for three
months and deprived of her orna-
mCnts The Sacrey Books say, Let
mutual fidelity continue until death"
tut the husband may divorce his wife
al his pleasure. According to the
Hindu law-giver, manp, a wife who has
committed a fault may be beaten with
a rope or split bamboo, upon the back
Part of the body. but never upon the
head. which is a noble part.
Women are of the snares which
the tempter has spread for men, the
most dangerous" was o saying Of the
Budha yet among his followers women
arc better treated than by the adher
ents of other Oiental Faiths. In Bud
Chistsic countries the wife and moth
er is indeed a queen in her own house
hold and has great influence over her
husband and her sons.
In Islam women are. considered as
being naturally depraved end the
Prophet eXhorted them thus, 20 as
scmbly of women, give aims, for verify
ye are mostly of He'll on the day OF
resurrection" Mohemmedanism has
done much to lower the condition Of
women. 'Tis true that this religion
does forbid the killing of female. In
fants but only to allow them in later
Etc to be committed to the evils Of
tie harem.
Mohammedanism is primarily a
religion for men and it is considered
a crime to teach it's most scored truths
to a woman. Women are advised to
pray in private although the places of
worship are not althogether closed to
them.
The obligation of mother to care
for her child and that of married
man to provide for his family are laws
belonging to all countries and TO all
tImes. The duties of charity and gen
crosby towards those outside of ones
own immediate kinG men are of vary.
ire importance among different seCts
although DO good to others is rule
OF all great teachers Of morality.
The followers of Brahmanism are
taught to seek the advancement Of the
welfare of others and amOnC them
charity is virtue almost to fault
Every family supports its own poor
even to the relatives furthe;t remov-
ed. For this reason a poor law is un-
nee essary. Hospitality is an important
duty which is thought to secure for
y man, fame long. life and heavenly
bliss
Aims giving is one Of the three
cardinal virtues of MOhamTFdaniSm
and self-denial is a special duty Says
the Korean Prayer carries us h'lf
wav to God. fasting brings us to the
gate of the palace and aims procures
us admission"
Among the Buddhsts praise is be-
slowed upon those who are kind to the
roor and the monks are entirely sup
pCrted by the gifts of the people. The
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