, 1879-01-11

Ulu Testament, bUt the rule OF Yonf faith
and practice Is to be found III the Now Tesla
mont; or will 5ou discard and reiact tho ontire
teachings of both Old and Eew Testamcnis on
rrsi For. u NC admit orc pnrt OF Tho i,ihlc.
wc musa admit MI; Or, rejecting part, VIC must
reject nil. With sltch freedom OF transiatfn9,
admitting and rejecting at will there ean be but
ohc results nation Of atheists and inIdtls.
IN, tn maze about this buatness. What de-.
sire & light. not nunrrol.
WIN our translator Or some other friend
Kindly contcnt to rise and explain, or skfllfully
insninilate the following passages, all from the
"Eycn as snra oheycd Abraham, calling him
Lord: whose daughter 70 seu ~ long as ~ do
well =, and A. a,c not AFRAID With any amaxetncnt."
"I.'kcw.e Sc wives bo in subIection 10 your
OWN t!sstantis: thai Il an. obey not the word,
they n'so may Without tho word be won by the
conycr.atfe, Of the wiycs.n-I. Peter, ill.,, l.
obeient to tsir own aseiad. iiat is; Ill; tHii tHoni
OF God be not blasphemcd"-5. "For the n,au
nau."-f. Cor, xi., 8. ''Se!tl,cr VIA tho man
man"--O. "Wiycs, submit youfsciyc. unto
your OWE husbands as unto the Lord. ."-Eph., r.,
"Tcr the husband IL the head Of tho wife,
Is the aarfor Of tho body.'-x'. "For Adam
wa. first FORMED. then nye."-TIm., H.. II.
Npw, according to the aboyo nal i'll Acriptural
tcachg the strung. K.tnfhdct1, ct.arsc. harah. rnnt
rule:. thu wife who IL antrk to resent will dos
pcratlon my real or Imaginary slight Or hiftont,
Is an ubt,orinnt creature. This husbands OF such
women cofntnunly stettti tlicif evenngA In sa-
arc to be la!d ut tic doors Of cinss ri vixcns.
There ID clats Of women VIM are constantly
on mn argument nbout Hulnan's rights or wofl-
mis- wrongs. All men IN thctr eyes arc .tcmons
sut6
grace ant! all that Is lovely IN womn,,, and nl-
ways forcbly remind ono nl the character onco
described by. Mr. blaine. When tla!l ilap1ilton
attacked various cncfnics ot AEr. lainc. lic was
l'ainctl b{ relating the story Of little tiriedup
man and ifa londcrnliA wife. who went befotc II
notary to MAKE dce1 10 nome property. Tho
notary. taking her aside, prupounlesl the usual
acrordi" cte. Thc lady u once sauarel herself,
nnu With glarinx eyes at1 elenclictl fists. aud
voI"e as OF thunder, said: "lreckon, jcdgc, you
don't kuow the fantly.n
mind anil a r,ughor nature than woman, needs
spiritual elevation; and the normal, scriptural
woman, intelligent. hut not obtrustyc, mild.
graceful, and rhcrrfn'. Ia his natural compile
ment, and both arc happy.
No .leeen. man, wcre Il In his power, would
make e!ave uf hts wife, or trent her otherwise
than with lhu ktndliest affection. lie Will
naturally conault her, too, on al. !fs business
on cartf', may tlIu world bu delivered frutn tho
woman Of ",y!tl," OF "ctlaractcr,r from The
tcr'tagant, from tho character: ~ rtrkvn,
Jtttgs. pvu doa's k"o~ At Jamiy.'' Jous.
"CAyDfpATE VIGOROUSLY CRITICISED.
To tht Editor u The Trfbuns.
CouNcIt BLUFFS, IN, Dec. 80.-At last John
llas found d supporter. Canudate comes to
the front, and, cvun more ofTenslyely than John,
lays down her Ideas of womnn's spl,ero sud
duty. Clearly, MF. Conductor, you cannot cluso
this matrimonial discussion after permitting
Rucll hcntEnlenta 10 bc uttered In Tle ilonlc,
without giving woman Mt opportunity to reply.
Candidate IS alarmed LETT tlc thtsaand nvu1Ilst8
%f hr Gpensa to woa so Unfit
mil servant of H'nll. eho lays q heavy burden
upon her In what size Ia pleased to rail her n!-
lotte,l splrrc she mt1s& tu al.lc 10 eas, her own
!.vir., to work y the Kitchen, take raro Of
the rhIldrcr,-nnsl, In addition to oil
this, she ttilIst rive attention to lturaturc rGu
The ntst autl.ors,-b,it te suru that she chouse
st @ tor w bst r. w
Amy be, thn mt1st take whnt pteahes hu, hnl
have no thought for hcrsclf.
Like John, Carddate talks about 9crtpturn
dsi.ns tsnns "Sa er 70 .s'c aa oT t vii ' ssa,a SfS s
,,leass till ~ where God nays anything Il,
woman aeoIt her work or her sphere! To tic
man ilo said, "Cursed Is tbs ground for thy
II tbs iiir. In Tie sweat Of thy tacu shall thou
cnt brrnd.n but no injunction to labur was
given 10 woman, nj toll tmpnscd, no ground
cursed for hcro sake. suruly, In dctnIng
w. %o1,mn's ,spher,c no man can or'ng "thus ssis'l
Candidate would not llaro womnn "lciile her.
srff Will. the fntnca VI court-rnoru." Hero
she is right. Lot It be hcrs to cleaa out tho
In tlpt1lti1 when. lnytSnF 4tff
tliGltt, sle or ho rnuy he called to tho cnurt-
rsn,l,l. Dctmratl, by thu Lnr.l's appointment,
wins u Judge anl ruler In lsrael forty years.
~ colrsa llcr duties called l4cr often to tho
courtroom, but we hayu every reaaon 10 believe
t,lat 6lie did not allow leEEclf to bo 'sdeA)e,I
With tho fumes, any inort than Will tho women
Ut ttIcso dnys when tlIer duties a. lawyers and
would nsk Candidate II alla thinks II right Tor
n,ai, 10 "detlu h,nnaclt with tho fumes of tho
courtroom aud the li4uur..nlUon, md then 20
l,osnn with sll hts in'puftty about him to deile
Candidate believes in tho Institution Of tho
llarcn. slIc wuut,l shut woma1l away from tlIo
sight af nlct. Shu would nat havu her "snb-
te.t hrrself 70 tlIs gazs of an as,tllenee." tlrr
legtutr-ruon thu conerEt-I.al't the public assc.-
hly IL no pace for !icr,-lest prrrliantc, tho au.
disnce should sre her and gaxu At her. Keep
yourselves to tl!e kitchcn, ~ women! tLei.
sullles to l'a yoir r,lser and niasteri
Uut upon such doctrine Nv tatsi Out UP
OH these wuull.hc .llctators Ut woI,an's work
antl uetlon! Let them luuk to their own
ways, al"a Keep Within their own legitimate
spllcrc, u,d woman will look out fur her
scf. u.Al Is calling. her out Vi tho i.ur-
row ,sphero assig.el her hy, mai, un'l
+ no inferior ctrat'on, anA will 10 bound by no
limits. WoAtall'a sphere IL ~ wtJe ~ tllc wurlA
a,ul ~ ll'xli as hcaycn. II ruaehcs far enough
70 ta1e In tug vaults Of every hn'up,, being, uns
the extent VI lcr influence cum only BE- lnraaurcd
by, the uncouutcst sgcs Of eternity. Into ILLS
snheTo siio lias been played by her Creator, aud
II ~ hera to Improve and bcAuttty 1t, to Tic cx-
tcnt "f thu eapurltY liz has given hrr. sho l,a$
duties to tliscl!ar4u 10 lcr.elf mud tic world
beyond thos" of ulinlsteriny To hungry stoulucl,s
and 10 narrow, contracted views vi her Bplcrc
will excuse her from thcir performance. a.
well kay tLat ali IncM must he wool -ssWyuss aud
.ltc-dggcrs, a. tIlal 4l women must be kitchen
ltudKes. son'n men md soule women may
ill thrss poslllous tontcnte4ly, anti asprc
t. nothing higher; whIls 10 others Of
either hext surlI work u positively u1l-
saIse,! and degrading. Women have ~ lI,,e
ieeatngs ~ lueu, aud they often n,stess execu-
tive and intellectual abilities Vt a high order.
Why hns tho All Father committed to them