Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . ntly he regards his wife as bought andpaid for. It is hardly necessary to say that in arranging a marriage no one woulddream of consulting the girl about the matter or asking her consent. —Rev. Campbell (L. M. S.), Cuddapah, South India. The husband pays for his wife, and she is held as the property of his family,should he die. Should the [deceased] husband have a brother who is pleased withthe sister-in-law, he may take her nolens volens for wife or concubine. As a rule,the women have one or two childr
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . ntly he regards his wife as bought andpaid for. It is hardly necessary to say that in arranging a marriage no one woulddream of consulting the girl about the matter or asking her consent. —Rev. Campbell (L. M. S.), Cuddapah, South India. The husband pays for his wife, and she is held as the property of his family,should he die. Should the [deceased] husband have a brother who is pleased withthe sister-in-law, he may take her nolens volens for wife or concubine. As a rule,the women have one or two children before they marry. — Rev. W. H. Roberts(A. B. M. U.), Bhamo, Burma. Women are married, really bartered for a few sheep or cows, soon after enter-ing their teens, and each one becomes the exclusive property of her husband. At hisdeath she is inherited by the male next of kin, who uses her as a second wife. Theteaching of the Christian doctrine has done much to alleviate womans suffering in thisstation, but even here the dictum that man and woman are equal in Gods sight is. Wedding Group of Kaffrarian Christians. Native Christian Teacher. Sewing School, Shiloh, Kaffraria. Moral Transformations in South Africa. (M. M. S.) THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 229 There are those who deprecate any effort on the part of missionariesto change for the better the native customs of betrothal and their opinion, what has been should continue to be, and is goodenough for all practical purposes. The influence of missionaries hasbeen exerted, however, with persistency and resolute purpose chieflyin two directions: first, in protesting, where this is possible, as insome sections of Africa, against the cooperation of a Christian govern-ment in enforcing methods and requirements which are in themselvesunjust and objectionable; second, by cultivating in the natives higherconceptions of what is incumbent in well-ordered society, and encourag-ing them in the reform of this particular e
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