THE Bible account of creation makes woman the "counterpart" of man—for this is the nearest to a literal translation of the Hebrew rendered "help meet" for him. And it is only where the Bible and Christianity are known and respected that woman is recognized as the companion of man, having equal moral responsibilities. A missionary, writing from Africa, says:— "A Zulu audience at a Kraal is a most interesting sight. All are seated on the ground, a few young men perch themselves upon the cattle-wall enclosure. The men are all together; the women, the maidens, are each in separate lots, the little children near their mothers, the larger ones nearer the front. All listen attentively. I must except, however, the women and girls from the real listeners. There are many exceptions, I am glad to say; but the whole life and training of these poor, poor women produce this effect: It makes them regard themselves as not fit to understand anything one says to them, and therefore they do not try to understand. "One day I was talking with two women, telling them that there was a heaven for those who loved God, and a hell, etc. One of the women burst out into a loud laugh, not at the truths told her, but simply at the very idea of my telling her at all, she being a woman."—Heathen Women's Friend.