Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . espective at-titudes towards lepers. In 1846, whenthe British took over the Punjab, thedistrict officer assembled the headmen ofthe village and gave them these threelaws: Thou shalt not burn thy widows; Thou shalt not kill thy daughters; Thou shalt not bury alive thy lep-ers. This cruel custom of burying lepersalive seems to have been universal underIndian rule. Though such barbarity isno longer permitted, the Hindu leper istaught that he is accursed of his is outcasted by his kindred, prohib-ited from earning a livelihood and leftwholly unprovided for.
Missionary Visitor, The (1912) . espective at-titudes towards lepers. In 1846, whenthe British took over the Punjab, thedistrict officer assembled the headmen ofthe village and gave them these threelaws: Thou shalt not burn thy widows; Thou shalt not kill thy daughters; Thou shalt not bury alive thy lep-ers. This cruel custom of burying lepersalive seems to have been universal underIndian rule. Though such barbarity isno longer permitted, the Hindu leper istaught that he is accursed of his is outcasted by his kindred, prohib-ited from earning a livelihood and leftwholly unprovided for. But as an in-mate of a Christian asylum these condi-tions are reversed. He has not only 184 The Missionary Visitor June1912 shelter, food and sympathy, but enjoysa new brotherhood and learns of spirit-ual cleansing and the hope of eternal are now forty-two leper asylums and twenty-one homes for untainted chil-dren. Karadoho, via Dahanu, India, March29 > 19^. AMONG THE MISSIONS OF SOUTH INDIA A. W. Ross Chapter RNI, our next stop, isabout seven milesfrom the railway sta-tion, but the road isgood and we weresoon in the hospitablehome of Mr. Farrar,who has charge of thework in the districtand of the industrialschool for the is a trained mechanic and seems wellsuited to the work in hand. His Grad-ed Lessons in Joinery is extensivelyused all over India, both in mission andin government schools. Being an expertin mechanical drawing his help is soughtby missionaries having buildings to his school he is teaching carpenter-ing, blacksmithing, printing, tailoring,and mechanical drawing. Formerly hehad also weaving and aluminum indus-tries, but these were discontinued, thefirst because of the lack of a good mar-ket, and the second because of apparentloss. Mr. Farrar, however, regrets verymuch that the latter was discontinued,since he sees in it a trade which is becom-ing more and more popular with an ever-increasingly large demand for the fu
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