. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. s of Chris- 2S0 CHINA, HISTORICAL AND DESCRFPTIVE. tianity. His discourses are said to be clear, practical, and succinct; hisenunciation distinct; and his mode of imparting spiritual instruction mostagreeable. The various societies who send protestant missionaries to China, are theEnglish Church Missionary Society, and London Missionary Society; theAmerican Episcopalian Board, the American Board of Commissioners forForeign Missions, the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, andthe A
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. s of Chris- 2S0 CHINA, HISTORICAL AND DESCRFPTIVE. tianity. His discourses are said to be clear, practical, and succinct; hisenunciation distinct; and his mode of imparting spiritual instruction mostagreeable. The various societies who send protestant missionaries to China, are theEnglish Church Missionary Society, and London Missionary Society; theAmerican Episcopalian Board, the American Board of Commissioners forForeign Missions, the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, andthe American Presbyterian Board. There are also two societies located in China—the Morrison EducationSociety, and the Medical Missionary Society ; the latter institution is ofessential service to the Christian cause, as the members have the opportunityof alleviating the sufferings of the benighted heathens, and when the glowof gratitude is fresh in the heart, for benefits received, then is the time tospeak of the healing power of the gospel, when it is applied to the soulgroaning under the weight of WOMAN —HER SOCIAL AND MORAL POSITION, 281 CHAPTER XX. ? WOMAN HER SOCIAL AND MORAL POSITION IN CHINA. Woman is placed in a more degraded position in Asia than in any otherquarter of the globe, and we believe that in China her humiliation is com-plete ; being rendered more conspicuous, by the extent to which civiliza-tion and education has been carried in all connected, with the male popula-tion of this vast and mighty empire. In no rank is she regarded as the com-panion of man, but is treated, and looked upon solely, as the slave of hiscaprice and passion. The poorest and lowest male in China has an elementary educationeven forced upon him, and it is a matter of surprise when a lad hasattained the age of ten years if he can not read, write legibly, and understandarithmetic (or the use of the swampan, or calculating machine), to a certainextent; while among the females, even of
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