Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-21
THE SENrINEEs SUNDAY SER.
MON.

We preach to-day on "The Lords Of
Creation" Unquestionably the first
"Lord Of Creation was Adam, and
what kind of a "lord" was he? He
was q poor, hen-pecked Creatures
fair sample of all his descendants +! He
was uxorious to the last degree, and II
Milton is to be believed, land Milton
must have been we'll acquainted with
the family to have been SO familiar
with its history,) Heaven got wind of
his weakness even before it was made
manifest in the final catastrophe which
befsl Eve, and involved in it Adam as
. matter of cOurse.
Adam was a lunk-head Of the first
water. He didn't know so much Is a
yellow dog. The taking of that rib
from his side was his ruin. He was
never himself after that surgical oper.
alton. intellectually, he lost his bal
ance Morally. he was upset. Re-
ligiously, he was a corpse. He didn't
know whether he stood on his head
or his heels, after Eve was manufac-
tured, aud made the bosom of the
family" He was addle- pated; he
frothed at the mouth; he didn't attend
to his duties; he neglected his garden;
he forgot his Maker, himself, every
thing else, and thought Oily of Eve
and her charms, and was thankful for
nothing else. She was all in all-she
was "Heayen's best gift "-she vas
even better than Heaven itself. Poor
Adam was dazed; he was crazed; he
was love-sick; he was love-lorn; he
was love-mad. Ewes charms filed
his entire vision. His noddle was full
of nothing else. He even went SO far
rs to retail his honeymoon experiences
to the angel Raphael, and to quiz him
a. to the n in which they made
love in Heaven. No wonder that the
angel with contracted brow " rebuked
this impertinence, and gave him a les
son in wife management that is more
sensible than the Shakespearean lesson
show to tame a shrew." Raphael
was evidently disguised with Adam.
He intimated to him that he was IN
duly enamoured of apleasing exterior;
worthy of his admiration, but not Of
his subjection-his enslavement. He
tried to rally Adams self esteem, and
make him value himself as highly as
he did his ~consort; and suggested that
the more assumption of superiority on
his part, the more Eve would acknowl-
edge him the head Of the family"
He told him that lin loving thou dost
we'll, in passion not" But Adam,
though half-abashed, denied that he
was befaggled; denied that he was so
much enamoured Of Ewes beauty. But
let Adam pass. He "a a poor dolt.
Eve was the gray mare. She knew
she could wind Adam around her lit
tie finger; and she did it whenever
she chose. She was q f1irt from the
start. She knew her own power over
poor Adam. She was moi oblivious of
her charms. But she affected compli
ance, fattered his vanity; told him he
was all in all to her; told HIN in fat
phrase, "God is thy law, thou
mine," and poor Adam believed it all.
Poor dupe! He tried, however, to
assert his authority on one occasion,
and failed, signally failed. He tried
to prevent Eve from traipsing off from
him into . distant part of the garden,
81 the very time she encountered An f,
made the acquaintance of the serpen
and was easily seduced by that reptile.
She was exceedingly maynard, wilful
and perverse on this occasion, and rid
lculed and fairly browbeat poor Adam,
Overriding all his cautionary sug-
gestions; aud, at last, after fairly Q
Ing him out, obtained his reluctant
consent that she should roam where
she pleased, under the pretense on her
part that they would talk less and
work more II separated than II togeth
DR.. But Adams fears did not prove
groundless; shs fell IN easy prey to
The wiles OF the serpent. and he
(Adan) fell IN easier prey to the wiles
Of his willy consort.
The lords Of creation Of the present
day are true descendants Of their luxor.
ious ancestor inheriting all his infirm
tiles; aud betraying all his weaknesses.
In them is renewed the suggestion OF
Adam, that "too much was subducted
from his slde," aud on Eve bestowed
!" too much Of ornsment," This orna
has unnamed the lords of
creation, aud in every period Of The
world has reduced them 70 The condi-
ton Of slaves. Before the loveliness
Of woman, man bows. and acknowl.
that what she does or says
best"
"Lords Of Creation "-what mock
ery does this titular assumption i'm
piyl Woman knows mans swell.
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