Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20
AN ISSUE OF TO-DAY.
Editors Of the TRANSCRIPT,

-, AoSOA| oc AO-DAI.
Editors Of the TRANsoR1pr.
Dear Sirs s:-While reading your paper
OF Feb. IL, saw an article headed IAN
Issue of To day. and 1 was much inter-
ested in it. Iwould like to ask you for
little space in your paper, not to argue
the point with MIR. Hutchins, b ut to. en-
deayor in my weak way to show the
Christian men and women into whose
hands your paper falls, their proper
place. and to show it from Bible point
of view; and right here wish to ask ev-
cry Christian that reads this, please take
your bible in hand now, and when I
give scripture reference please turn to
it'and read it carefully before reading
farther here. Now while I should like
to give the scripture quotations in tull,
yet l am prevented from doing so on &C.
count of the space it would require
In the first place Gods purpose IS
shown in the order he created man and
woman;man first, then woman out of man,
(Gen. ii. 21.24 then again in Gen. v. 2,
male and female created he them, and
blessed them, and called their name
Adam" Mark the expression, and called
THEIR name Adam, showing that Eve
was to bear his name and be subject to
him, AS yet God had placed no restrlc-
| ton on the woman, but had simply
shown his purpose in the order in which
he had created them, and all would have
gone we'll had the woman kept her place
| as the second person in creation, bnt alas,
Eye saw fit to step out of her place as
second person and step into Adams place
as first person; thus Satan could come in
and tempt her without Adam .interven.
ing (woman being the weaker vesseD and
Eve became the leader in transgression,
Il Tim. ii, 13-14.) AS soon as they have
fallen God comes in and lays restriction
upon the woman, (Gen. i'll, 16.) Please
take particular notice of the last part of
the verse, EFand thy desire shall be to thy
husband, and he shall rule over thee.''
So then we get the foundation of this
| law, laid by God himself in the very first
man and woman created. And again we
see the terrible consequences of disobey-
ing this divine law in the SIN which the
| first couple bequeathed to the whole hu-
| man family.
This may seem like humliating posi-
ton to force woman into, but if we turn
3tosthe New Testament and look more
| fully into Gods eternal purposes. we will
see that woman is placed in the most ex-
alted position in which an all wise God
could place her. From the first Of Gene
SIS to the last Of Revelation God is show
ing US eternal things, in types and shad-
ows, or pictures. When the Lord Jesus
finished his mission on earth (the saliva
ton of all those who will believe in him,
John iii, 16) and had been raised and
seated at the right hand of God, God
sent the Holy Spirit into the world to call
out the church, or in other words, to pre-
pare bride for the bridegroom, so now
God must have in this scene picture of
the heavenly bride and bridegroom, and
he has given us man and wife on earth
as that picture. please read Eph, v, 20
to 80 inclusive.) Thus we see both man
and wife in their proper sphere, and the
moment either one gets out of the place
where God has placed them, that beauti-
full picture, Christ and the church, are
spoiled.
Christian wives, let me impress it upon
you, you are the picture in this scene
of the heavenly bride of Christ, and let
me urge upon you the necessity of keep
ing your place as it is shown you in Eph
v, "a, so that we as Christian husbands
may be able to keep our places as shown
US in Eph. v, 25. Please read 1st Tim.
ii, 9-14. and you will see that woman is
not allowed to usurp authority.
Let Congress pass such laws as It pleas
es, the Bible makes the christians duty
clear
God forbid that I should say anything
to lower or humiliate woman, but rather
would l seek to exalt her to that blessed
position. which our heavenly father has
placed her in. The moment that the
government arms woman with the ballot
it seeks to frustrate the purposes of God,
and to drag woman down from the posi-
ton in which God has placed her, and
must end in the complete ruin of the
civil government and disgrace to the
church of God
| shall only sign my initials to this, not
| that am ashamed OF what ! have writ
ten; oh no, but have not the time to
answer every woman suffrage champion
that would flood me with questions were
l to give my name and address IN full, as
I'm we'll aware that my views will not
be received with open arms by the world
| at large, but this is written to christians
and # any sober minded christian wishes
to correspond with me on this subject, IN
l - = sAl~