The Sad Lot of Women in India
THE sad lot of women in India should awaken the sympathies and efforts of all generous souls. Mr. Wright, of Tirumangalam, in the Madura Mission, in a recent letter speaks of hearing, while in his house, a piteous cry outside. On asking his teacher what it could be, the munshi replied, "Oh, that is probably some man beating his wife!" On going to the gate, Mr. Wright saw lying in the street a woman with scanty clothing and disheveled hair; her husband stood by her with his cudgel, a stick about two feet long of hard wood with a metal ring on each end. Two brothers of the woman were there also, and she was crying out, "I don't want to go with this man; he beats me and is cruel to me!" They had been married about three months and the young woman was in her teens. Her brothers and relatives abused her, refusing her food and shelter, since, according to Hindu customs, a woman must submit to any cruelty and indignity from her husband. And there is no remedy for such woes in Hinduism; only the gospel of Christ can bring deliverance from such barbarities.—Missionary Review.