Central Committee on the United Study of Foreign Missions.
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody.
Miss E. Harriet Stanwood.
Mrs. Decatur M. Sawyer.
Mrs. Frank Mason North.
Mrs. James A. Webb, Jr.
Mrs. A. V. Pohlman.
Miss Olivia H. Lawrence.
Miss Grace T. Colburn.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| FOREWORD | [v] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Child in its Helplessness. “The place where the young Child lay” | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The Child at Home. “Train up a child in the way he should go” | [45] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Child at Play and at Work. “Boys and girls playing in the streets thereof” | [87] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Child at School. “Come, ye children—I will teach you the fear of the Lord” | [131] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Child at Worship. “Suffer the little children to come unto Me” | [177] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Child at Work for Christ. “I must be about my Father’s business” | [221] |
| CHAPTER VII. Appendix | |
| The Mother and the Christ-Child. “Behold the handmaid of the Lord” | [259] |
CHAPTER I.
THE CHILD IN ITS HELPLESSNESS
“The place where the young Child lay.”
What do the children need?—“The Age of the Child”—All children to be included—Rights of every child and every mother—Conservation of human resources—Eugenics and heredity—Protection of motherhood—Suffering mothers—Superstitions regarding new-born infants—Twins—Infanticide—Bathing and clothing children—Feeding—Hygiene—Starving children—Infant mortality—Health—Diseases and their treatment—What missions are doing for the helpless children.
What do the children need?