. Heralds of the cross, or, The fulfilling of the command : chapters on missionary work . English schoolroomwould think the room very bare-looking. There areno desks or benches, for the scholars sit on theground, and no maps hanging against the walls, forgeography is not taught in these village schools,which deal with little beyond the three importantsubjects—reading, writing, and arithmetic. The Hindu boys first copy-book is the sandyfloor, on which he learns to draw with his finger theletters of the alphabet. This may remind some ofyou of the account in St. Johns Gospel of our Lordstooping d
. Heralds of the cross, or, The fulfilling of the command : chapters on missionary work . English schoolroomwould think the room very bare-looking. There areno desks or benches, for the scholars sit on theground, and no maps hanging against the walls, forgeography is not taught in these village schools,which deal with little beyond the three importantsubjects—reading, writing, and arithmetic. The Hindu boys first copy-book is the sandyfloor, on which he learns to draw with his finger theletters of the alphabet. This may remind some ofyou of the account in St. Johns Gospel of our Lordstooping down and writing with His finger upon theground. You see that what was the custom amongthe Jews 1800 years ago is still the custom amongthe Hindus. When a boy can write fairly well he isgiven a pointed pen made of iron, and a long narrowstrip of a kind of rush called the papyrus, such as isgenerally used in India instead of paper. No ink isneeded, for the marks of the iron pen show plainlyenough upon the smooth green leaf, and are in nodanger of rubbing out. Slates are sometimes used. A IIINUU ](< HINDUS AND THEIR HOMES. 37 for the arithmetic lessons, but the Hindus are speciallyfond of mental arithmetic, and in schools more sumsare done in the head than on slates. And now perhaps some little girl is wanting tohear about the girls school. What will she say,then, when she learns that there are none, exceptthose set up by Christians? It is thought in Indiathat education, though useful for boys, is unnecessaryfor girls, and thus the poor girls are brought up inignorance. That they are ready to learn, and as well able todo so as their brothers, is shown by the progress whichmany of those in the mission schools make. By andby it is to be hoped that Hindu husbands and fatherswill come to feel the need of intelligent well-taughtwomen, and then schools for girls will become ascommon as they are in England. But by this time the noisy schoolroom is empty,and the childre
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