Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-01-18
Correspondence.
For the Newsdealer.
"WOman's Sphere"

+. o., in reply to Reader, he affects to
have his moral sensibilities greatly shock
ed at the construction and use OF the pas
sage quoted Gen. 3 l6, for he cxclaims,
40 what uses Scripture is put" and then
asks, ''What may we not expect next p
But having somewhat recovered his equl-
nimity, he proceeds to expound the Ian
guage quoted by informing us that 1t
was the married men and women who are
thus addressed" and hence the unmarried
Of both sexes (he will tell us) are exempt
from the provisions Of this law.
But let us apply this new theology to
other eases and imagine if we can its NOR
al bearing upon society-e.g. Gen. z: 10
II: "And the Lord God commanded the
man saying of every tree of the garden
thou mayest freely eat But of the tree
of the knowledge of Good and Evil thou
shalt not eat of it, for in the day thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die"
Now L. o. will say this command was
given directly to Adam, and because Eve
was not specially mentioned in connection
with Adam, or might not have been pres
cnt to hear it, or possibly was not y;'
created, this positive command can have
no reference to her or to her sex in any
age of the world. Hence Eve violated
no law and consequently did not sin by
eating the forbidden fruit. If F. 0. sho'd
"read again y he might possibly see that
his theology will not work we'll in all cases
Again he says, "thc Old Testament is
to be read in the light of the New" TIC
this readily agree.
Let US read. Gen. 3 lG. "And he
shall rule over thee" This he calls the
seed. l Tim. 9: Hip, {" Let the wo.
men learn in silence with all subsection
But | suffer not woman to teach nor &c
usurp authority over the man but to be ii
silence" This the flower.
Again, Gen. IS; y. Sarah speaking
of Abraham calls him her lord. Observe
here, that Sarah calls Abraham her lord
and the Holy Ghost takes notice of it tc
her honor and recommends it to the imi.
tation of all christian wives. Pet. 8 &: G.
Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him
lord" in token of respect and subsection
| Commentary.
VIII f. 0. acknowledge this 10 be
reading the Old Testament in the light Of
the New? St. Paul says, Cor. II: g.
"But | would have you know that the
head Of every man is Christ and the head
of the women Is the mau," etc. Now
fancy l hear L. 0. say, (Sor he say,
"Rcader ought to be Turk, " St. Peter
and St. Paul fought to be Turks" 70,
saying such hard things. If Reader
ought TO be Turk for simply referring tc
the original law in Genesis, much more
would he so say of St. Paul and st. Peter
who not only refer to the same law but
have actually incorporated it in the New
Testament scriptures as sacred canon tc
be observed for all time to come. But
he will say, admit these statements, at
once woman is rightess and helpless"
But is it not little amusing to see the
bid the Rcv'd Gentleman has made to en-
gage the favor and enlist the sympathics
Of woman in his cause? For he pledges
himself not to throw Genesis at them, if
they will but go to the polls with him and
vote he will keep Genesis out of sight he
will not upbraid them with disrcgardiBg
any divine prccept or law, by thus ''usurp-
ing authority over the man." will tolerate
its violation with impunity. Let this
buying and selling be practiced by unscru-
pulous political demagogues rather than
by ministers Of the Gospel.
Let women be educated and fitted for
the highest walks and perogativcs belong
ing to her sex. Then with an intelligent,
refined and Christian heart and life, her
influence will tend only to improve and
elevate the tone of society, and thus aid
in the Legitimate way in securing all those
reforms SO much needed throughout the
world
READER.
johnson, Jan. IA, 1870.