The Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian LandsPlatt, Mary Schauffler
Religion
The Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and Non-Christian Lands
Platt, Mary Schauffler
Church work with children; Missions
Anti-foot-binding movement, p. 33.
Applied Christianity, p. 17.
Bathing, pp. 22, 23.
Bible, place of the child in, p. 197;
the power of, pp. 207, 208.
Bible reading, pp. 41, 82, 128, 172, 216, 256, 261.
Bibliography, pp. 42, 84, 128, 173, 218, 257.
Blind children, pp. 118, 120.
Bunker, Alonzo, p. 6.
Burma, a home in, p. 55.
Burma, Christian children in, p. 242.
Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, p. 9.
Caste, India, p. 213.
Childbirth, China, p. 39;
suffering during, pp. 13, 14.
Child labor, among Bedouins, p. 104;
in Africa, p. 104;
in Persia, pp. 105, 106;
in many lands, p. 105;
need of public sentiment concerning, p. 103.
Child marriage, India, pp. 68-72, 79.
Child slavery, pp. 107-110.
Child training, Persia, pp. 58, 59.
Child wives, Persia, p. 81;
India, p. 10.
Child welfare agencies, p. 5.
Child at worship, Thibet, p. 180;
India, pp. 180, 181;
Moslem lands, pp. 181, 182;
Africa, pp. 183, 184.
Children, of India, needs of, p. 3;
of Persia, p. 4;
of Syria, p. 3;
importance of, p. 8.
Children’s pavilion, Beirut, p. 38.
China’s awakening, p. 227.
Chinese, mother ideal, p. 57;
mothers, p. 10;
mothers in council, p. 231.
Christ needs the children, p. 223.
Christianity, in the home, p. 78;
place of child in, p. 263.
Christmas, in India, p. 264;
in Japan, p. 265.
Clothing, p. 23-24.
Cochran, Mrs. James, p. 21.
Confucianism, attitude towards girls, p. 21;
and Christianity, pp. 187, 188.
Conservation of human resources, p. 8.
Contagious diseases, pp. 34-37.
Curtis, Wm. E., p. 235.
Crowther, Bishop Samuel A., pp. 237-239.
Dale, Mrs. G. F., p. 38.
Deaf and Dumb children, pp. 118, 119.
Defective and dependent children, pp. 110-124.
Death of children, pp. 196, 197.
Discipline, lack of, p. 58.
Devine, Dr. E. T., pp. 6, 31, 52.
Dolls, in Central Africa, p. 126.
Dying child’s doll, pp. 101-103.
Education, Africa, pp. 170, 171;
divergent views on, pp. 136-138;
Japan, pp. 139, 140;
China, p. 141;
India, pp. 141, 142;
Persia, pp. 142-144, 154, 234;
Turkey, pp. 142-144;
Siam, pp. 168, 169;
extent of American Missionary, pp. 163, 164;
among backward nations, pp. 151-153;
of future mothers, p. 156.
Egypt, Lord Cromer on, p. 155.
Eugenics, pp. 9-11.
Evil Eye, pp. 15-16.
Evil spirits, p. 17.
Exner, Dr., p. 28.
Family life, foundations of, p. 65.
Famine waifs, pp. 116, 117.
Fathers, position of, pp. 61-64;
Egyptian, p. 62;
African, p. 62;
transformed by Christianity, p. 63.
Feast day, Arabia, p. 124.
Feast of dolls, Japan, p. 93.
Feast of flags, p. 94.
Feeding, pp. 26-28.
Foerster, Dr. F. W. on education and Christianity, pp. 144, 145.
Foot-binding, pp. 32, 33.
Games, pp. 95-99.
Girls, mothers of, pp. 64, 65.
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