The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-16
PROGRESS REYOxD THE scRlprUREs

your paper tI1At the ''VnufCD Union"
thinks people ought not to progress
ueyond the scriptures. That is. the
reason, no doubt, that the churches arr
behind in nearly every advance step.
especially in the great movement :,
"Woman's Suffrage" There can he ~
forward march in that line unless pee
pie ID 70 bey"rd the bible teaching. us
the scriptures nowhere teach the equal.
ity ut the sexes. he beginning 1T the
old testament starts out with an j, :
suit to women where it says, And III
shall rule over thee" This text is well
fortified with references to the lew
testament such Us this, ''Sutfcr not il
woman to teach 0r ustrp authority
over the man," Church people claim
1T the Dltie has been the nlt;.,S ~
tlevating WGiI1an, bat We have searched
III Vain tor one passage that represent
Ell woman, us the equal If nl;,is. We
find special blessings pronounced o.:
male children Such us THIS, BLESSED is
every male child. but not belw the
lids Ut that holy book can you find
QUE hearty ''Gou Eless the dear LITTLE.
girls" What IL blessed thing it is that
people have progressed beyond the
scriptures! That they do 30 longer
endorse the cruel bloody horrors re-.
corded i'll the bible us the .loings and
sayings Of the loving God Of Natural
religion ~
Not very far back in the past Chris
tian bible believers used to burn here
tics, hang and torture witches, and
what was the matter? What made
the people SD inlIulnan and cruel :?
Why, they had not ti:tn pru:rt ssed be-
You'd tile scriptures they thought they
heard the voice Of God saying through
the scriptures, ''Suff-r not u witch to
Iive!'' They Thought they heard the
voice Of their Savior saying, Gle tia,
D+lieveth and is bapt is. Il =! Ill be saved.
and he that belitvcth ,,,L shall i"
damned" They " hn,it I! ought tla
If God could burn 'hr poor hertl,$
eternally, they co,!i'i afford ~ do 4 IT.
tie ut ti't. business anl MI:.hra mi;,;:
ture hell out Vi ili,gw"o.'. Bat
return 10 the NsnIa., Suffrage n.v: :
tnt''t. No u."nh-v ~ candid mlin!s,. L
Of the gospel VIII tel, ~" 1.-THE Sc, ~
lures are in favor at the subj :Yatnn Of
women" as in.i. ri they are f,nn
Genesis t. fevrltt ions.
As it is ~ i,!rnl that reverence "a"
the scriptures H e's II re- ,"rti"n of
church peov!e from j"i!'..s tie move
Meht in favor ri wu,.s:h's rights IL
the elective iia' clIiS.'. II j.. the duy
free thinkers to show III THESE htn
stro"s teachings in all their hide. u It,
fOrnlity.
We will notice twelfth chapter of
Lnviticus. This chapter shows us what
filthy creatures the Bible.G,"i took
women to b.. after she had performed
the hisI, and holy riil:+ of m,utl,ry!,n d.
The Lord says, il that chapter, .>he
must not 20 into the sanctuary for
thivty-tIrtr days after il she has born
u male child hut if it is i female. ci,l /!
it took, according I" GMl'S wnr,l, Just
twice rs long "r Sixty->ix days for he,
publication. At the end of the days
she shall bring Il lamb unto the priest,
ifsiIe is able. it not apge,n ar i, turtle
dove, and he (tl,e priesL) shall offer il
before the Lord and make an atone
ment tor her Such ideas as taught in
the above "IIoly scriptures" mr.. y re-.
prOarll on human nature Il, d II libel 81.
common SENSE. What an idea /! That
the process If nature in repro,lnc. ion
needed az at0hrment 1t III ings IT,
mind what Col. lngerSoIl said in ti'
lecture. "What Shall we ito To he
Saved" lie says, "Prtshytt, ianisn'
LOOKS upon \ baby as i lump of tn,al
.lepravity |. as a bud OF h,,n;,misy.'
We will notice one more passage
scripture. y"u will find it il the four
| t-ehti, chapter Of Revelations. near the
CLOSE of tlM Book IF Backs. rs some
Call il. us il it might b. u stamp or
mark 1" estimate the law value amt the
! rtpr"aclt the bible writers put ulun n
6 .aracter Of wolNey. THE first four
Verses represent one hundred aud forty.
four thousand especially holy men.
In the fourth verst. it says, "These are
they which were not drtiied wit n
women, for they a'e virgins" 1t says
they sung i new sony before the tllr"I,s
and no man could learn the song but
one hundred and forty four Thousand.
III" query il. VII" among the Chris
tiars wi make up that number. st.
Johns prophetic eye could not have
l'een ]M'king on the Y. NJ. G.. n. br.
cause many Of them have wives and
sweet-learts, though they exclude
women from their association. 1t could
not have been the Catholic priests, lie
cause they have women for house.
Keepers, and it is possible for them tu
| (M dttiled with women. 1t Unjust be the
Monks who exclude themselves entire.
ly from the society of women. d. NJ.
Bennett visited 4 Monastery in Europe
that was situated on u hill and enclosed
! Not u woman was allowed to come
within the sacred enclosure no, not
even 4 female beast. No wonder it
says, mo man could learn the song
they sing excerpt the one hundred and
fOrty-f' ur Thousand" 1t is a sad fact
that Christianity gets the notion from
the scriptures that women should M
held in i subordinate position, am,
''wives submit yourselves unit" you,
husbands in all things" has been din
ned into the ears Of women to max,
II en- fell their inferiority. This sens,
Of being made in any respect inferior
to man blights and demoralizes til.
ho,'es and energies of women.
Yours for the good time coming
when women will help make the law,
by which they are governed.