The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-08-09

'HaO OeIooSs 20 nm, Ia every family
there should be head-soms one who i:
TO be looked up TO as the counselor anC
the ruler; some one to whom all should b,
subordinate. God has gwen that pre-
rogativa to man; aud no family prospsrs
where that arrangement is violated
Within proper metes and limits, therefore
It Is the duty of the wife to obey, or sub
NIT herself 10 her husband. To eve
rything except that which relates to con
science and religion he has authority"
But it Is said that these are conserYa
tive views, worthy of a dark age. In a
similar way biblical critics favored slavery
few years ago. Il is true that servitude
with which King James translators were
familiar. gave coloriug to our Iransla
ton. Many theologians also in some
way or other had stock in the peculiar 10
stitution. But some biblical critics Sd
the truth at an early day. The Bible,
when properly construed according to
acknowledged principles ofinterpretaIion
recognizes but does not endorse slavery.
| Can any one by any fair rules of inter
probation conslrue the Bible in favor oil
female suffrage?
proves too much and therefore fails. By
the same rules it is said it can be proved
that woman cannot speak or sing in meet.
ing. Let US examine: 'Let your wo.
men keep silence in the churches: for il is
not permitted unto them to speak: but
they are commanded TO be under obedi
euce, as also saith the law. And if they
will learn anything, let them ask their
! husbands at home: for it is shame for a
woman to speak in the church," There
Is no ambiguity here; the command is
explicit and universal as far as the pass
age has application. Ga examining the
context we End that the apostle has bsel
discoursng of speaking in an unknown
tongue aud of prophecy. In respect IL
these things he says, Let your women
keep silence in the churches" Aud to
remove all doubt turn to The parallel pass
age in l Tim. ii: ll-l2: "Let che women
learn in silence with all subjeclion But
| suffer not a woman to teach, nor usurp
authority over the man, but to be in 81
lence." To prophesy, Barnes tells Us,
IN loco. means 10 teach, to be public ex
FOUNDER of the Word. Is there any com
maud here forbidding women to pray, OF
siog in the churches?
But it is claimed that woman would
help carry moral reforms, such as the
temperance question, etc. This may b.
very tue. So woman can carry a mus,
ket. But if women had been put into
the ranks in the last war. would not the
nation have lost more than it would have
gained2 Moral re forms are to be carried
IN harmony with the principles of Gods
moral government. We gain nothing by
violating fundamental principle of soci
ETY. in order to gain a tenn orary sdvan-
rage. Shall we be of those who edo evil
that good may come, whose damnation is
jusi?' Rom iii: 8
But we are gravely told that female suff
rage has nothing TO do with the Bible. So
We think. They have the samo affinity
as water and oil. If female suffl aga i.
right the Bible is wrong; if the B BILE is
| right female suffrage is wrong. And is
not this the reason why the advocates OF
female suffrage, like Lucy Stone, these
| many years have not received the Bible,
at least such portions Of it as overthrow
their position? We prefer, however, tc
take the Bible, believing that He who
| formed woman knew more about her than
modern reformers. Aud we trust the
good people of Kansas will ponder wei
the pending issue, and hesitate long be-
fore they subvert fundamental principl,
of society. 1t is hardly sa g to throw
overheard chart and compass. and let the
ship of state drive out upon an unknown
sea. THE1LoGICUs.