_Much valuable material will be found for this and the following chapters in all the earlier text-books of the Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions. These books, studied with special reference to The Child, will bring new light and interest to their readers._ FOOTNOTES: [1] E. T. Devine, “The Family and Social Life,” p. 51. [2] Alonzo Bunker, “Sketches from the Karen Hills.” Revell. [3] _Child Welfare Magazine_, Feb., 1913, p. 195. [4] Fleming H. Revell. [5] Ruth B. Fisher, “On the Borders of Pigmy Land.” Revell. [6] Alexander, “The Islands of the Pacific.” Am. Tract Soc. [7] E. Storrow, “Our Sisters in India.” Revell. [8] _Record of Christian Work_, Sept., 1912, “How Chinese Religions Fail.” [9] L. H. Underwood, “Fifteen Years among the Top-Knots.” Am. Tract Soc. [10] _Missionary Review of the World_, June, 1911, W. D. & A. T. Bostick. [11] M. E. Ritzman in _Missionary Review of the World_, Feb., 1911. [12] L. H. Underwood, “Fifteen Years among the Top-Knots.” Am. Tract Soc. [13] Ruth B. Fisher, “On the Borders of Pigmy Land.” Revell. [14] _Woman’s Work_, Dec., 1911, p. 271. CHAPTER II. THE CHILD AT HOME “Train up a child in the way he should go.” A Mohammedan home in Persia--A heathen home in Africa--A Christian home in Zululand--The home the centre of a nation’s life--Christianity’s gift to non-Christian homes--Greatness of the task--Disorderly homes--Moral influences--Need of teaching the mothers--Lack of proper discipline--Lack of innocence coupled with appalling ignorance--Sex knowledge--A missionary mother’s “dream”--Position of fathers--Fathers transformed by Christianity--Motherhood--Christian wives and mothers--Child marriage--Betrothal customs--Dying child-wife--Child widows--Homes of the world need Christ--Vocation of a missionary wife--Missionary homes. Scene One: A Mohammedan home in Persia. [Sidenote: A Mohammedan home in Persia.]