Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-05-07
THE REGISTER.
ShepherdstOwn, Jefferson County, IA.
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1870.
The Rights Of Women.

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The advent Of Christianity was the sig
nal for the restitution 70 mankind, in lis
every condition and relation, Of lis God
given rights and privileges. 1t came not
only the harbinger, but the bearer of peace
and good will to man." With Christian"
Iitv the rule of the world, every chain and
manacle drops Off and withers away u
Universal freedom shines as one OF The
| brightest Jewels in the diadem OF this gIo-
rious reign. Body and soul, mind and
spirit are alike, and all alike, eniranchlSed'
Before the annunciation of this new and
incompatible systcm-of which even al
this day scarce one in million fits HIM
self to appreciate It's excellent glory-one
whole aud most interesting half of the
human race lay sunk at the feet OF the
other half. Woman was little more, eX-
cept perhaps in Judea, than the slave
more or less valued, to the passions and
wants of man. The primal law of crea-
ton, which made of twain " one-ileslI
was sunk into utter forgetfulness, and wo-
man lay PROSTATE at the feet Of her lord
and master.
But Christianity came and raised her
up to her true position. And this Chris
tianity did for all things. If it brought to
light glories that were new, 1t no less re-
established things that were oldest. Ina
word it put all things right.
The founder of Christianity with an au-
thority that permeates every thing human
repronounced the oneness of the married
Dair, and re-enacted all the consequences
that legitimately flow therefrom. Nor
was this an empty enactment. Since that
hour woman has been constantly rising to
her true level at the side Of her equal.
Knight-errantry and Chivalry were ex-
nressions, in dark and barbarous age, oil
this great principle, and when they pass
ed away in the fulilment of their purpose,
they left behind impressions and effects
,hat were indelibe. As time has gone
forward, and the type of the Christianity
of Christ is getting nearer and nearer tt
be realized so has woman kept pace Will
the PROGRESS. Whereas she was once
thought to be fit only for newer OF Woo
} and drawer of water, and to have no mine
or intellect worth the pains of cnuvallng
now her culture and improvement are a
mong the first objects of family concern
2 Still much has yet to be done, but thai
? ,riH be done with all the certainty tina
: the march Of Christianity is ever onward
To all that woman has gained hitherto
, she is in Justice entitled, and man by sc
much enriched. But woman, like hel
equal man, is liable TO transgresslon. /
was woman by whom the first transgres
sion entered She became cnamoured o
{ fruit that God had forbidden, and be
, guiled by the Tempter' voice, she grasp
S ed it and fell. What woman has done
woman may do. The Creator in his rIct
bounty bath determined her range, range
perfectly adapted to her wants powers
2 nature, and capacity, and beyond this !
I she strays, she falls.
The freedom of Paradise which she haC
in common with her husband was not nm
limited, was freedom bound by law, bu
! il was worth all and more than the little
obedience asked in return. SO IS hel
freedom now. She will but exhibit more
thoroughly her innate weakness and inca
pachy to hold what she would usurp, il
she strives for what Nature and Reason
have denied her.
Man by Divine appointment IS, in the
compact between the sexes, "primus inter
pares," the first among equals. Let wo.
man remember that this is by Divine AP-
pointment, and for that reason 10 be bound
close to her heart for cheerful obedience.
That God has made ii So is enough, and
that He has made ii so both books Of Rev
elarion loudly and with uniform voice,
pronounce.
The woman's sphere is home that is
her domain. 1t is hers Ito guide the
house and give none occasion to the adj
lversary to speak reproach(ulIy." Wo-