The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . ^ arehelpful, and true. And he continues : The foul-est slander ever conceived against any part of thehuman family is the intimation, too often seen inEnglish prints, that Hindu women, as a class, aredevoid of virtue and unfaithful to their in India, as elsewhere, the women are morefaithful to the marriage tie than the men. XXVIII. THE TIE THAT No one, save those who have been among them,and only then but comparatively, can imagine theintensity wi
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . ^ arehelpful, and true. And he continues : The foul-est slander ever conceived against any part of thehuman family is the intimation, too often seen inEnglish prints, that Hindu women, as a class, aredevoid of virtue and unfaithful to their in India, as elsewhere, the women are morefaithful to the marriage tie than the men. XXVIII. THE TIE THAT No one, save those who have been among them,and only then but comparatively, can imagine theintensity with which the Hindu parents look for-ward to the marriage of a son; and to have a sonmeans more than we possibly can comprehend. Itis to the Hindu what the very hope of regenerationis to the devout Christian. It is the son uponwhom salvation after death devolves, in that it isthe son who performs the rites, without the assur-ance of which the dying Hindu would be in miserybeyond words to portray. Superstition, or what-ever you may call it, the Hindu is born with itingrained. So are others, and Christians, too, thedifference being in the shape taken. Hardly is the Hindu boy out of babyhood, beforeplans are well in hand for his future, and all cen- THE TIE THAT BINDS. 205 tering in his marriage. Intercourse with Euro-peans and the influences of modern civilization,have undoubtedly tended to the retention of faithin child marriage—or betrothal would possiblyconvey the better understan
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