BROOKLYN METHODIST SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 11

BROOKLYN METHODIST SOCIETY.

v •* <■[ ADDBJiISS BY UK, EWANG. >Al' *u\ ? Mkly meotll1 l! ot lhe Brooklyn Methodist Improvement soeioty held on Monday evening the Chinese Consul ,(Mt. Hwsn-j) ddUvesed a .very interesting lecture on "Tho faocidl ,Lifo of the Chinese." The Eμ. J. It. Clark occupied the chair, ana there was a guori attendance. , , In'tho course of his address Air. H*anß etntcd thoru wefu fco tasto distinctions m Ghiria/ there were but two classes, tho educated and the Ignorant. Only the ignorant and the loir tforo despised. The hi(sh«iit positions ir. the land were attainable by.,tho'poorest, and it was tne gTeat aim of Chinese parents to educate their sens. Unfortunately, however, they were not so anxious about then daughter*. Family pride was the Strongest feature ut their «oei&\ lrty. Children un utt.unini; 21 ye jib ot ag& could not leave their imuaU, and sava in i wieptiottal eaaw, ««*>»\H&Vo\V\B\i\tiiftM!m, tho sons even alter wamitge. "Their family lore wat evidenced by their dun organisation. There were only a Uttlo uvoi ITO Surnames ainMig the Chinese, ana the h/story of taeh elan win faithfully kopt. Wherever thete vteru 2MO or Bioro people of tflr snnti mh-zm/j/o thcro (reuW he a cio.il toinple. Tho vimship uk anubtors was iiot: v/6r3hip as we undoibtand it, but (ex.. topt pfriiaps mti the «ry lgiiorimlj iuiountcd to merely hononnng s thM dead, ltevercnco waa an exalted virtue in Chicu, und nil snuul euitom3 were very ditterbht from our own. Tor instance, instead Of friends ahakintf hands when mooting, each ShoOK his or her own baud. To toVeAou tho hat »l publio'tviii considered very imijoUtc. At social functions thu nlon re niained separate from thu uoinou. While rui 'the,colour of mourning in China to nnd t v,.\s •worn foT long periods—thruo year Jin tho Cdbo of death of fathei or mother. Divoicb was looked upon a? most disgraceful. A'voto of thanks to the ippuker n.'iq curried by declamation, und during the c\cnirig Mri, Burilham sang and an.iustrUmcnial dii°t was given by Misu Coventry und Mr. AVilton.