St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-31
WOman's Rights Among the
Jews.

the great apostle to the gentiles and
his eUistles are consulted more than the
writings of all the other apostles in re-
gard to church rules and regulations;
but a glance through his letters Will
show that he was not in favor OF Wo-
mans rights-he assigned her an inte-
rior place in the church, and allowed
her no voice in its government. But
the modern christian church would not
amount to much without her. PauPs
attitude in this respect may be owing to
the fact that he had been a strict Jew,
and that woman among the Jews had, as
she now has, no voice in the synagogue;
but being prejudiced thus by previous
education is not reconcileable with the
fact that he wrote by divine inspiration.
Woman in taking part in church gov
eminent, and in many other things, is
not following Paul's doctrine, whether
he wrote by divine inspiration or not;
and the men who permit her to do it,
are not following his doctrine. But in
less than two thousand years to come,
Paul's injunctions may be as little re-
garded in the christian church, as those
of Moses now are. The Jews have held
to the old faith or rule, of excluding
woman from voice in the government
of the synagogue; but now Rabbi
Leucht of New Orleans wants her adj
mitted, for, he says, "no one will deny
that the outlook of Judaism is not very
bright. | have shown in previous dis
courses that our temples are deserted,
and the Sabbaths neglected, and as a
consequence materialism is about to
annihilate every yestige of Israel's
former glory" Materialism therefore
is the evil to be overcome, and he pro-
poses to do it by introducing woman as
controlling power into the government
Of the synagogue, and by her supposed
greater idealism to supply the loss caus-
ed by the growing materialism of the
men. He evidently thinks the case is
desperate, and is willing to try woman
as forlorn hope, because, he says, "the
churches of the whole of Christendom
find their main strengh in women, and
for very excellent reason, she repre-
sents idealism in our modern system of
existence" Man. he says, is entirely
given up to the worship of Mammon.
We publish the Times-Democrat's re-
port Of his address on this subject.
The Jews are far behind the christian
world in regard to the modern doctrine
of woman's rights. No one among the
Christians would dream of questioning
the propriety of woman governing the
churches in a subordinate way; but
they are clamoring after the ballot, to
be doctors, lawyers, preachers, Presi-
dent of the United States; and after
awhile we suppose they will want to be
deck hands, roustabouts, longshores-
men, brakesmen, sailors, cowboys Cor
gice gersa,) and soldiers. The Jewish
women, we believe, have never struck
for woman's rights, but have been con-
tent to remain where the law of Moses
put them-a helpmate for man in do
nestle capacity; not a doll-baby, nor a
slave, nor DR.. Mary Walker. The
materialism Of the Jewish men, that
Rabbi Leucht complains of, is not at
tributable to sex it is a matter of race,
of breeding, of heredity. A pure bred
people like the Jews have general char
acteristics, which are individual or ir-
regular among mixed bred people. II
the Jews were not too much given to
materialism before the destruction OF
Jerusalem, materialism has since been
forced upon them by persecution. 1t il
ridiculous to say that women Of the
same breed or race are not as material
istic as the men mans worship of Nam
mon is mostly Oil account of woman
J II materialism has become such curse
to the Jews, as Rabbi Leucht would
lead us to believe, the remedy is, not tc
turn the government of the Synagogue
] over to the women, but to cross the
breed, to intermarry with ideallstic in.
diTiduals among the gentiles. We
guarantee that intermarriages will
highly idealized spendthrift gentle
families, such as we could select, would
eliminate every vestige Of materialisn
from all Jewry in two or three genera
lions.
The world would present a singula
spectacle from religious standpoint, i
. all the churches that have grown out o
the revelations of God to Moses and th
Prophets. and out Of the TEACHINGS o