The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-04-03

,icnsble quarters. heard strange pervcr,Ion
/ Of constitutional laws in social relations
that We have become somewhat dulIed Ia
the sound Of il; but when such leveIiny
doctrines proceed from the mouth, and nre
spread before the world. from the pen OF
.sch men ~ DR.. Dewey. we feel il our
duty to protest.
IN recent lecture in this city. DR..
Dewey declared It as his sentiment, tina,
the advice Of the apostle. counscling to the
wife submission to the husband, is a rcgu.
latiou fit only for dark age In regard
to the changes Of time and the superior
light Of the present day, We will observe
tha, ifthe women are since great advanced.
~ also, are the men; aad IL tho husband,
in the mcUtal darkness Of that age, might
properly be regarded rs the head Of n
household; so may the men Of day Of
comparative b. .ght light be worthy Of that
position. Also. though to the wives it is
said. "submit yourselves" yet we can nci.
ther recall nor Hnd any passage in the Bi.
Die. where the husband is told to command
the wife. On the contrary. the govern
ment Of The husband is only Wcognized as
/ a government Of love and protection. The
union Of the two principles, OF reverence
in the wife. Of aNec,ionsts guardianship in
,hs husband seems to MS to give to the rela.
,;on.h;n an elevated moral beau,y worthy of
III. Creator. constitution worthy of the
wisdom OF God.
Hut more than this. the principles, or
rather the non principl the disorgan'xng,
,oyol;,, ,.,donc;es Of mi, n,r,icular rhose
Of N. Wom,n's Ri,h,'. a,,,xtion. lead to
J..,.r ch,.u, in Christian secs.nce than
wc can bel.ye Dr. Dewey. or any other
good Christian can contemplate with salts
,,c,;on
IN. whole order Of Christianity, il. con.
s,i,ution. we may saw. is based on the rela.
,ious Of the copiupai ordinance When we
ieyel up the womap--wc mean. take her
ont Of the established order of Gods ar.
ranrement-we level down man and we
level down Christ. For the gospel ai.
firms. and rcitcrates the regular sequence,
in various modes. As dogma; in the
declaration " that the head Of every man Is
Christ, and The head OF the woman is the
man; and the head Of Chris, is God; il.
,u,,rntcd fully in the language that follows
in tho same chapter As command !.
Likewise We wives. be in subsection Ia
your own husbands" And notice, for what
noble consideration. Not for personal re.
cards. or selfish prudence, but that the
husband NAV be won to the RICH. by the
meek beauty OF chaste conversation III
the companion Of his HE. As a mystery
the beauty Of the categorical marriage IN
the Revelation, il wholly in tho understood
moral relation between bfids and bride
groom. 1.-THE marriage Of the Lamb Is
come. and the wife hath made herself
ready" Again; 1.-The holy city, new 10
rssaiem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as bride adorned for her
husband" The church OF God Is IN these
verse. declared to be in the same relation
to Christ, AS the wife to the husband De
.trov the integrity Of the Christian mar
nsre-aud the symbols employed TO rep.
resent to us the dependence OF the church
and the providence OF Christ, lose Their
whole Significance.
We have spoken of the Woman's Rights
agitation: where society bears hardly il"
its laws, or want OF laws. upon helpless
woman, let the old law be changed, or the
new law DO made. The Bible nowhere
coun,eosnccs tyranny in man. Even at
the fall. i, is woman only who is addressed
in the declaration: ." He shall rule over
thee 4" the man /. not told to exercise his
sp,hority =. . punishmcnt And in the
New T....m.ut the real heaven. vested
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