Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-02-15

and the usages of all nations IN every sc
of the world. Nothing, conceive can
atone for a failure 30 Fundamental to a
system or cause, however specious or Plau-
sible it may appear, having is totn latl'n
alone in the lahd. Just here is where
the a lyocates for womans suffrage hud
their greatest difficulty.
And in no instance is 1t more clearly
exempli6ed than BY 70. in his recent ar
ticle in reply to Reader On that subject
Attempting to argue his case Gu the
ground Of expediency alone, without
solitary passage of scripture to strengthen
his cause, he is forced to this position as
his Gully alternative.
In his comments on the passage quoted
BY Reader--l Cor. 4 8, But | would
have YOU know that the head of the wo-
man is the man." He says, Does he
not know that that relates to substance
and not to person :"
Now what is the meaning of an inter-
probation like this? Is it not to stave of
and escape the force of the obvious mean
ing of the apostle which otherwise 6ould
annihiatc his cause }? But as L. o. by
this calls in question the plain meaning Of
the apostle BY discriminating with Gue
spun metaphysical subtcties between sub
stance and person, it will doubtless be
best for the apostle to explain himself in
his own language on this point, e.g, Eph.
5 /: %, %, 24-"W Wives submit yourselves
unto your own husbands as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the vie
even as Christ is the head of the Church.
Now mark what he says III the next ca
verse; herefore as the Church is sub
iect unto Christ so let the wives be to
their own husbands in everything" VIII
Il. D. undertake to torture the language
Of the apostle into saying that the woman
is of the same substance as the man and
that instead Of referring to persons he
meant substance, that is, The material Of
which they were constructed? In the
eplstle to Titus, 2 3, he further says, "Tc
be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good.
obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God be not blasphemed." Good
Peter also says in his first epistle, 5: /,
"LikewisG We wives be in ection to
your own hGsla
But to place this point beyond doubt,
St Paul, | Cor. is: 81, refers to the
original law. Gen. 3: 10, where he says
" But they are commanded to be under
obedience as also saith the law"
Now will +. Q. tell US that the AL.
mighty in His address to Eve meant tc
say that she was Of the same substance
as Adam?
Again he says, I'VE are to remember
that as the age com up to a CHER CIV.
ilization things in sc ture like much il
Leyiticus and the I'm catory Psalms
having done its work, is 10 longer to b.
viewed in the literal, but is to be used il
the light to which all scripture brings Us.
What is the doctrine herein taught by the
learned divine ? Is it not simply this,
that as much Of Leviticus relates to the
Mosaic or Ceremonial law, and that law
having accomplished the purposes fol
which it wa ituted, " having done it,
work. much Of the scriptures in the
same sense arc not obligatory upon us, a
least in the literal? that in this arc
of higher civilization we are no more
bound by the Bible in its literal sens,
than by the Leyitieal or Ceremonial law
Let the Kew. Gentleman continue to preach
this doctrine. spiri;uali2ipg every thing
and what will become Of respect and rev
erence for the Holy Scriptures, nay wha
will become of the Bible itself. It is very
easy for the caviler when met by plain
seripturaI truth, to turn and say, youl
Bible does not come up to the spirit q
the civilization Of the age, and we are nc
more bound by it than ly the Ceremonial
law.
But what shall | say to the chalcng,
he has given Reader to comment on hi,
own family matters which he has voIun.
tarily dragged into this discussion. am
aware this is a very tender and delicate
subject to dwell upon, and notwithstanI.
ing the provocatiCn he has given, | shall
pass it over in silence, and iorbear to say
what | otherwise w'lud say but for Mrs.
o., who is regarded as an amiabIe, Chris
tian lady--a New Testament WOMAN
But let L. o. in this instance learn Wis
dom from his own improprieties and see
in his own household the bitter fruits Of
his own folly.
Again he says "Will Reader tell US
how he can reconcile the curse pronounced
on Ham with the fact of the children Of