The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-01-21

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the above g.: l Tim, 2 9-l4-"In
like manner also. that women adOrn
themselves In modest apparel, with
shamefacedness (mOdestyl and s0bri-
ETY., nut with broidered hair, or gold
~ peGrls, OF costly array. Let me
say ID passing that II not q temporary
csnmant. 10 Was meant 10 be per
petuai) But, which hecOmeth Wo
men protesting godliness, with good
works. Let the women learn Ia 81
lence vita ALI HubjectiOn. But j
suffer nut q woman % teach OF usGrp
Hathurity over man. but % be In si-
lenee. For Adam was first formed,
then Eve. And Adam was not de-
ceivcd but; the woman tbeing de-
ceived was In the transgres-
sion.n Now "a the reason here
given there o. fntimAted q perpetual
distinction between man and women,
and nobody doubts or denies that.
TIE Question 81 whether it a q dis
tinctiou that f0rblds woman from
tsking part Ia public governmental
afTaiFs
roanswer this we must again note
the sabieet Paul b considering, By
looking 70 the verse preceding this
passage Il & seen that he Il consider
ing The meihod Of conducting the
prayers Of the church, methods Of
worship solely. InLeed both the
shove passages apply 90 Wurship-ta
religious matters ia the church and
nat o. evil affairs an the State &C all.
% must be remem 5ered that under
the New Testament economy. church
and state are separate and distinct
whereas under the old Testament
they are one and united. And there
j. the place where specific passages
should be produced 90 be Of direct
force ln civil sfiairs, but there the
enemies Of equal sufifage fail % find
q single passage % sustain theua. And
their Inconsistency is seen Oy the APP
plication they make Of these passages
IN the New Testament. They are de-
signed b apply % the worship OF the
church.
But the most decided opponents 10
WOman's Suffrage on account OF these
I'sssages Of scripture, never think Of
applying them In the same sense In
church matters. They do not make
the women keep silence In the church
but they let them speak and pray aud
-lug-an let them sing indeed, We
should have poor praise fn our church.
- if they didn't sing. But that Is in
violation OF the command 10 keep 81
lsnce Ia the church. So they also let
them teach the sabbath school, right
ia the church Ia the presence Of men
"A public asssInbly-aitho' Paul says,
Il suffer not = woman b teach"
Neither do they apply this con-
siructiOR of those passages 10 the kOv-
eminent Of the church; but IN nearly
10 not all Christian bodies, when the
church meet 10 transact any business
Sor the government Of the same, such
a. the calling Of a pastor, the selec-
ton Of church officers, &C.
all the Inembers, male and female, are
permitted 10 vote equally and aiike.
Il is only when We come over into
civil and national affairs things the
passages were not meant 20 apply to
mai ltse, uUuIu tnlurce this restric-
tive application. But even So the case
fails la lis most iiliberal application
here. What Paul forDids Is that "a
woman shall usurp authority over
the man. "-But MOmhn's suffrage
does not ask this-it involves no
usarpatiOn Of authority over the man
lit simply asks equality-eqUdf suf-
fraEe.
Aside from the passage In Peter
which treats 81 the relation of hus-
hand aud wife and involves no diff
ferent principles ia relF ton 90 equal
suffrage that what we have already
considered, there d Just one more pas
sage quoted IL opposition 90 Woman :
SufiraEe q q found la Tit IS where
Paul directs that women should be
" Keepers al home" and this D. always
quoted a. a clincher lit settles the
matter. But ~ these sticklers for
narrow verbal sense, will look into
the Revised version they will aud
the more correct translation 10 be:
" Workers az homen and thus their
ciiUcher doesn't bold after all. The
ulesning obviously Is that IN the divi-
sion 1T the family LABOR, woman Is 20
do the house-WOrk-the home keeping,
while the man ues the field work, OI
the uiilce work, or attends 10 the shop
or store.
There D. no Necessary antagOnism
between q mans attending % his pri-
vste business affairs Ia the field, tie
public duties a. = citizen aud voter. /
don't believe that the man lives who
has common sense, and can believe
that in the exactly parallel case, there
b any mere necessary antagunism be
tween n woman properly doing the
house work and dischArgiug the same
public duties which are hers by right
and responsibility aud common inter
sst
some women, no doubt, would
neglect their house work for politics
but such women do 50 any way--they
are slOvenly house keepers &C best and
would be neither better nor worse In
this regard for WOman's Suffrage. So
do some men make fools OF themselves
and neglect their private business for
politics but do any argue that this
prove that the average man Is not
competent 10 vote. No; IL this liter
~ construction Of Keepers at home
which furbids q woman 10 take half
IN hour 10 20 10 the polls and vote
unce ur twice q year, be Currect,-
then she has no right 90 even go 10
church or any where else, because IL
lakes her away from home = great
zeal more time than equal suffrage
possibly would but she should be q
keeper 81 home. All, no. This mar
row view makes our homes a MohOm
meSian harem, and woman q 1Oullesss |
domestic animal aud slave. 10 Is false |
% reasun, false 20 common sense, false |
10 enlightened conscience and false |
10 the Bible. For not only the old /
BAT tue more liberal New Tes-
lament gives Us many examples OF
rOman's work outside her home, IL /
ellis us how Mary Magdeiiue aud JO-
lnua, aud susanna foiluUt Jesus all
'ver Galilee snu Judeu, minister
q % Him, ana Christ Euere re-
luked them for tt--telltig tuem they i
'huuid be .keepsTs al home, anu
we're CUT 81 turir sphere ga following
nm ABOUT the country. IL tells Us All
.bcut tue four daughters Of Deacon
Philip who prUphesied who spoke
n public; eli about the women Of
'hiiippi who labOred with Paul 10
be tsu-Iuel, aud ne didu't turn upou
hem Sud tell thein they should be
'keeirers 81 home either; ali about
he 81 uVtri frTsi. v iiu labUred mucn
n the Lurd; Sua tue Prophecy IA Joel
rhlcn Peter guuttd on the Day OF
'entecvst that in the Gospel times
he daughters a. well ~ the sous
hOuld prupbesy, for the Lord would
oar cat bis spirit upon his hand
aaidens.
Hes. in the natural division Of the
luIiiy laoors women are the home
eerens-do the house work, but for
lis very reasun the home keeper
~ the iuaiiensble, God given |
Ighi % protect the home. certainly
lal right BE- hers equally with the