The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-30

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Thirdly "'I'hc Bible doeq mo-
teach that man was created men.
tally superior to woman" "1'hs
cdiet, and he shall rule over thee,
has no reference, whatever. 10
their creation II sacred hiyior,
docs not teach what Henri denies,
It certainly makes the inference
for ns. God created the man and
for him the woman, as. also, the
garden Of Eden, In which lie
placed him, under the command,
"of the tree Of knowledge of good
and evil thou shalt not eat OF
It, for in the day thou eatest there
Of thou shalt surely die But,
finding it was not good for the
man to be alone, lie created FOR
HIM the woman. He did not make
for her another and separate gar
den, nor did He so much as re-
hearse in her hearing Ills first
command, but simply placed her
there under the direction, care and
protection Of the first created
man. Satan, knowing the weaker
vessel, addresses himself to and
beguiles her to.eat of the forbidden
fruit. And afterwards Eve, in the
beauty and simplicity Of woman,
presents her husband with the
fruit she had taken, and when, in
that evil hour, he stretched forth
his hand and took the fruit, "carth
felt the shock, and nature, signing
through all her works, gave signs
of woe, Il a. all was lost" Then
came the curse, and direst Of all
it fell on satan, and next in pun
ishment was woman. If there had
before this been any shadow OF
equality between the two sexes, it
was lost when the fiat came forth,
"and he shall rule over thee"
This edict, It's true, had mo ref
erence to the creation Of the pair,
but figures very extensively in the
relationship Of the two and of pos
terity in after years. Satan was
cursed above all the. beasts Of the
field, because he was the instiga-
tor Of the fall, and woman came
next in point of punishment and
the consequent loss of equality,
because her sin was doubled in
tempting man TO disobey.
Fourth: "In the early history
Of the world, after the fall Of man,
the mind seems never to have
formed an important factor in gov
ernments- both the family and
political governments were estab-
lished and maintained by physical
force" What startling informa-
ton! Whence its source, and who
its author? History, ! am sure,
does not furnish him with it. |
confess do not know what kind
OF. government existed soon after
the fall, or whether there existed
any at all. Ancient history dates
back to the earliest periods of au-
thentic history, and, according to
Rollin, in those periods wisdom,
prudence, intrepidity and courage
were the successful elements in
war and the establishment of gov
ernments. See the invincible
Greeks and the matchless Leoni-
das posted at the pass OF Thermop-
yle, disputing empire with the
king of Persia; Miltiades at Mar
athon, Themistocles at Salamis,
and Hannibal at Canna--the lat
ter, with a handful of men, victo-
rious over the Roman legions.
When Scipio asked Hannibal
whom he considered the best gen.
eral that ever lived, he answered !:
Alexander, because he could take
handful OF men and gain tho
most glorious victories" And who
next? "pyrrhus,' says Hannibal,
s.becausc he knew beat how to ar
range his men in order Of battle. :
In every period Of time to the re-
hottest antiquity, zone wise head
is worth many hands" has been a
timc-honored maxim. Therefore
we conclude when man gained the
ascendency over woman It was mol
BY BRUTE force, but by an intel
lectual use of physical power,
coupled with the Divine behest,