Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . s to the Americanmissionary society which opened, in 1824, the first native girls schoolin Bombay. . Last year there were nine hundred schools for girls,with an attendance of over eighty thousand pupils. In regard to theMadras Presidency, he remarked: The first attempt at providingschools for native girls was made in 1841 by the missionaries of the 1 No man eats with a woman, not even with his own wife; nor does he acceptfood that has already been partaken of by a woman. The wife brings the meal to herlord; he e
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . s to the Americanmissionary society which opened, in 1824, the first native girls schoolin Bombay. . Last year there were nine hundred schools for girls,with an attendance of over eighty thousand pupils. In regard to theMadras Presidency, he remarked: The first attempt at providingschools for native girls was made in 1841 by the missionaries of the 1 No man eats with a woman, not even with his own wife; nor does he acceptfood that has already been partaken of by a woman. The wife brings the meal to herlord; he eats what he wants, and leaves the rest for her. At first this created anembarrassment at the celebration of the Communion, as the men said they could nottouch the cup and eat the bread after it had been passed round among the women;but the missionaries refused to yield, and the difficulty has practically disappearedfrom among us. — Rev. James M. Macphail (F. C. S), Chakai, Santalia, Bengal. 2 The Indian Magazine and Review, June, 1895, p. 295. 3 Ibid., June, 1895, p. THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 181 Scottish Church. . Last year there were in the Madras Presidencyover one thousand schools, attended by nearly one hundred and tenthousand girls. ^ Similar testimony could be given for all parts ofIndia. Miss Cooke at Calcutta was the pioneer in 1822. The famous despatch on education, issued in 1854 by the BritishGovernment, largely through the influence of Dr. Duff, found the workof instruction under missionary auspices already inaugurated through-out the country. It is difficult for us to reahze the import of thiseducational movement on behalf of women. Indian men look upon itas a radical upturning of their whole social environment, and one towhich it is almost impossible for them to adjust themselves. It appearsto them to be as ominous as the revolutionary theories of seems like an unsettling of society, involving the possible overthrowof religion itself. I
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