The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-29
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Sermon on the "WOman Question. 2
BY ELDER ICHABoD NULEx, OF cHUSKswAnr
HOLLOW.
From the woman's JournaI.I

rom the " oliislll' 5 doufAAll
Ely text is compiled from Genesis and
King Solomon. Which il reads as fol-
lows, to-wit, namely:
"And Adam said, This is now bone Of
my bones-A brawling woman in wide
house-A roaring lion and 4 raging
bear. This also is vanity and veXation
of spirit-It is better to dwell in the
Wilderness
This text, my hearers, is thus selected
from different portions of the Scripture,
because ] have observed that other min
listers find it easier to prove this side Of
the Woman Question in that way.
have noticed, too, that preachers go
down TO ancient times to OprOve woman's
proper place; and so / have gone back
to Adam, and that makes a sure thing
Of it.
"And Adam said, This is now bone
of my bOne-A brawling woman in a
wide house-A roaring lion and raging
bear"
To what does this refer? To what can
il refer, my hearers, but to them women
as is now getting out of their sphere?
No wonder the inspired writer eX-
claimed, "Vexation of spirit! 1t is bet
ter to dwell in the wilderness"
Firstly, they get out OF their sphere
than is suited for females. Some wom-
en- so far get out of their sphere as to
study mechanics and astronomy. What
right have women to know astronomy {?
l repeat it, what right? Won't the
stars get along just as well without their
chasing of them up? It's none of their
business how many rings Saturn has.
They better be stayingat home, mending
their husbands socks. Can n woman
know astronomy and be n modest, re-
| fined lady? No, it unseXes her. Can a
woman cook dinner while she's gaz-
| ing through n telescope? That's the
pint, my hearers; can she cook dinner
while she's star-gazing through q tele-
scope? OF course she can't. Don't
that prove it's none of her business
Yes, that proves it. / believe in sub
sanitation by solid logic.
"And Adam said, This is now bone of
my bones-A brawling woman in a
wide house-A roaring lion and raging
bear"
Secondly, there is women as is be-
coming doctors. If there is anything
that rifles my very soul, it's that. To
think, when my wife is sick, of having
a woman come 10 see heri 1t shocks
my nerves, and makes my few white
hairs stand on end. l don't know what
this world is coming to. According To
my text,
IA roaring lion and n raging bear
This also is vexation of spirit-It is bet
/ ter to dwell i'm the wilderness"
But alasl this is not the extent
There's worse evils than this, my hear
ers, such rs women learning business,
learning telegraphy, and trade, and
owning landl Did Eve, or Sarah, or Re
becca, or the women of st. PauPs time
telegraph, or buy railroad stock, or med
die with bonds and mortgages? No
my hearers, they were modest and fem
mime. SO ought you to be.
! "And Adam said, This is now bone ol
my bones-A roaring lion and raging
bear"
Next TO Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
like to quote st. Paul, because l think
with the Brooklyn Presbytery, that the
teachings of those aged patriarchs arr
lust apDropriate for our times, when ap-
plied IerLdffDl. But here I've been II
trouble. St. Paul said women shOulC
keen silence in the churches. Wha
does "keep silence" mean? say il ap
plies lust exactly as much to the choi
and the Sabbath School as to the pulpit
Did Dorcas and Priscilla, and then
other women of st. Paups day, sing so
prany i'm the choir or teach in the Sab
bath School Z? No, indeed they didn't
believe with the Presbytery in follow
ing st. Paurs words presactly, close N
to the iota, UeTbdty Gd literdty. There
: no use in following them in one thin
and not in all. Heneeforth not WON
) an shall sing in my choir, nor teach elias
In my Sunday School. In the words Q
our text,
"A roaring lion and q raging bear
e Ihis also IS vexation of spirit-It is bel
\ ter to dwell i'm the wilderness"
But worse than all other evils com
bined is women having a interest in th
nation. And voting! Horrible!