The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-04-10

bic predomlnates polygamy IL forbid
den, and In all the lands where there Ii
no Bible 1t Is favored. Polygamy all
over China, all over India, all over Az
RIGA, all over Persia, all over heathen-
dom, save as thu missionaries have
done their work; while polygamy does
not exist in England and the United
States, except In defiance of law. The
Bible abroad, God honored monog-
amy. The Bible not abroad, God
abhorred polygamy.
BEAUTIFUL BIBLE PICTURES OF wO-
MAN.
Another false charge which infidelity
has made against the Bible Is that 1t Is
antagonistic to woman; that it enjoins
her degradation and belittles her mis-
sion. Under this impression many
women have been overcome by the
plague of intidelity. Is the Bible the
enemy of worplnY Come into the
picture gallery, the Louvre, the Lux
embourg Of the Bible, and see which
pictures are the more honored. Here
Is Eve, a perfect woman, as perfect
woman as could be made by perfect
God. Here is Deborah, with her
womanly arm hurting host into the
battle. Here is Miriam, leading the
Lsraelitish orchestra on the banks of
the Red sea. Here is motherly Han
nah, with her own loving hand replen-
ishing the wardrobe of her son Samuel,
the prophet. Here is Abigail, kneel-
ing at the foot Of the mountain until
the four hundred wrathful men, at the
sight of her beauty and prowess, halt,
halt-a hurricane stopped at the sight
of a water lily, a dewdrop dashing
back Niagara. Here is Ruth, putting
to shame all the modern slang about
as she turns her back
on her home and her country, and
faces wild beasts and exile and death,
that she may be with Naomi, her hus-
bands mother. Ruth, the queen of
the harvest fields; Ruth, the grand
mother of David; Ruth, the ancestress
Of Jesus Christ. The story of her vir-
tues and her life sacrifice the most
beautiful pastoral ever written. Here
eshti defying the bacchanal of a
Ind drunken lords, and Esther
to throw her life away that she
yer her people. And here is
the sunlight of eternal fame
& her philanthropic needle, and
IL woman, with perfume in box
made from the hills of Alabastron,
pouring the holy chrism on the head of
Christ, the aroma lingering all down
he corridor of the centuries. Here is
lydia, the merchantess of Tyrian pur-
ole, immortalized for her Christian be-
lnvior. Here is the widow with two
mites, more famous than the Peabodys
md the Lenoxes Of all the ages, while
lere comes in, slow of gait and with
.areful attendants and with espe-
ial honor and high favor, leaning on
he arm of inspiration, one who is the
oy and pride Of any home SO rarely
ortunate to have one, an old Christian
Grandmother Lois. Who
las more worshipers today than any
'olng that aver lived on earth except
'esus Christ? Mary. For what pur-
rose did Christ perform his first miracle
Ipon earth? To relieve the embarrass-
aent of a womanly housekeeper at the
alling short of beverage. Why did
'hrist break up the silence of the tomb,
nd tear off the shroud, and rip up the
ocks9 1t was to stop the bereavement
+ the two Bethany sisters. For whose
omfort was Christ most anxious in the
our of dying excruciationl For a
roman, an old woman, wrinkle faced
'Oman, a woman who in other days
ad held him in her arms, his first
lend, his last friend, as it is very apt
, 4be-his mother. All the pathos of
re ages compressed into one utterance.
BEHOLD thy mother" Does the Bible
gonize woman9
AN AND PAGAN WOMAN CON-
TRASTED.
The Bible is SO antagonistic to
IN, how do you account for the
,rence in woman's condition in China
nd central Africa, and her condition
England and American There is no
florence except that which the Bible
axes. In lands where there is no Bi-
e she is hitched like beast of bur
IN to the plows, she carries the bod,
le submits to indescribable indigni-
Is. She must be kept in private
,artment, and if she come forth she
ust be carefully hooded and relig-
usly yelled, as though it were shame
be woman. Do you not know that
e very first thing the Bible does when
comes into a new country is to strike {
the shackles of woman's serfdom? {
woman, where are your chains to- I
W Hold up both your arms and let {
see your handouts. Oh, we see the 8
lndcuffs! They are bracelets of gold I
slowed by husbandly or iatherly or a
otherly or sisterly or loverly affec- J
IN. Unloosen the warm robe from 1
ur neck. o woman, and let us see the