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empire married 20 the plainesi SesSess ~ss
happier than the king IN his marital lais-
behavior. How did S0loEnoa set sloIs
with pslygamys Read his warnings IN
Proverbs; read Ais seif dlsSass IN Eoesesi-
ssges- he throws up his hands II ios5hr-
ias and Cries oOt, Vanity ~ saniuass al
Is vanity" His seven bsndred wives
lezr.y p<ssered tAe fiis cut ct him Solo
omon gos vel paid for hls crinAss-wsu
paid
Iepeaf that ell the niShsy men of the
Scriptures were aloef from rsolysznys save
a. they were pounded aud naslod and ext
70 pseo<s for thsir insult 10 holy marriage
II the Bible l. the friend Of polygsDy why
Is il that in all the lands y Asre the Eoie
prsdoninases polygzmy Is forbidden. ana
In tie lands where there - no Blbas u =
favored pSlygsny all over China, al
over India. ell over Africa. al over Persia,
all over heaibendom. save Is the mission
aries have done their work, while peiys-
amy does not exist in England aud the
United States. except IN defiance OF Law.
The Bibls abroad. God henored monogany.
The Bible not abroad, God abhorTed polyg-
amy
THE GLORY OF CHRISTIAN woNASHooD.
Another false charge Mechanically has
made against the Bible is that it is antaso-
nistic 70 worsan, that IL enjoins her degra-
dation aud beiittles her mission Under
this impression many women have been
overcome OF this plague Of in1de.lsy. Ii
the Bible the enemy Of woman Gene
into the picture gallery. the Louvre. the
Luxembourg CT the Bible, and see which
pictures are the more honored. Here is
Eve. a parfect woman; as perfec; "a woman
as could 0e made 10y a perfect God. liere
is Deborah, with her wonenly arm hurliag
a hos. into battle. Here is Miriam, lead
ing the lsraelitish orchestra on the banks
of the Bed sea Here is motherly Hannah,
with her own loving hand repienishing the
wardrobe OF her son Samnel. the prophet.
Here is Abigail. kneeling at the foot
Of the mountain until the four hun
tlred wrnthfal men, At the sight Of her
beauty and prowess halt. halt-a hurricane
stopped at the sight Of water lily, dew
drop dashing back Niagara Here is Ruth
putting TO shame all the modern slang
back on her home and her country. and
faces wild beasts and exile and death that
she may be with Naomi, her husbands
mother. Ruth. the queen of the harvest
fields. Ruth. the grandmother Of David.
Ruth, the ancestress Of Jesus Christ. The
story of her virtues and her lie sacrifice is
the most beautiful pastoral ever written.
Herr ia WASN'T; defying the hacchanal of
thousand drunken lords. and Esther will
ing to throw her life away thai she may
deliver her people. And here is Dorcas.
the sunlight Of eternal fame gliding her
philanthropic needle. and the 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 the corridor OF the centuries. Here
Is Lydia, the merchantess of Tyrian purple
immortalized for her Christian behavior.
Here Is the widow with two mites. moro
famous than the Peabodys and the Len
oxes of all the ages, while here comes In
slow of gait and with careful attendants
and with especial honor and high favor,
leaning on the arm OF inspiration, one who
is the Joy and pride Of any home 80 rarely
fortunate N to have one, an old Christian
grandmother, Grandmother Lois Who
has moro worshipers today than any being
that ever lived on earth except Jesus
Christi Mary. For what purpose did
Christ perform his first miracle upon earths
To relieve tho embarrassment Of q woman
~ housekeeper at the falling short Of q
beverage. Why did Christ break up the
silence Of the tomb, and tear of the shroud,
and rip up the rocks' 1t was TO stop the
bereavement of tho two Bethany sisters.
For whose comfort was Christ most anx-
ious in the hour Of dying excruciationt
For n woman, an old woman, . wrinkle
faced woman, a woman who In other days
had held him in her ARM his first friend,
hi, last friend, as it Is very apt to be, his
mother. All the pathos Of the ages CON-
pressed into one utterance, behold thy
mother" Does the Bible antagonize wom-
an!
A CALL FOR the WITNESSED
II the Bible is so autagonistic to woman,
how do you account for the difference in
womar's condition in China and Central
Africa, and her condition in England and
American There is no difference except
that which the Bible makes. In lands
where there Is no Bible she is hitched like
a beast OF burden to the plows. she carries
the bod, she submits to indeseribable IL
dignities She must be kept In n private
apartment, aud IL she come forth she must
he carefully hooded and religiously yelled
rs though it were q shame to be a woman.
Do you not know that the very first
thing the Bible does when 1t comes
into a new country Is to strike of
the shacklcs of wonan's serfdoms o
woman. where are your Chains todayf
Hold up both your arms and let Us see
your handouts. On, VIC sec the handcuffA
They are bracelets OF gold bestowed by
hushandly or fathcrly or brotberly or sis
terly o. loverly afcctIsn. Cnlooscn the
warm robe from your neck. q woman,
aud let us 500 the yoke % your bondage.
Oh, fiud the yoke q caroenct Of silver, or
string of carnelians, or cluster OF pearls,
that must gall You very much How bad
you mus: all have IL.
Sincc ycu put the Bible on your stand In
tho sit&ing room. has the Bible been TO you,
O woman, . carse or a blesxinsf Why Is
Il that q woman when she In troubled will
60 TO her wcrst enemy, the Bible, Why
do you not 90 for comfort 10 some Of toe
great insidel books, SpinoEa's Ethics" or
lfumc's Natural History OF Religion"
or paine's Age Of Reason" or Dedro's
Dramas, or >uy one of the sco volumes CT
Voltaircs 20. the silly. sssindcd woman per-
sists in hs ging about tue Billie verses, Let
not yonr heart he troubled, All things
work together for good" Weeping may
endure for a night" II am the rssuf-
rec.son,r Peace, tp STILL
Furthernore, rather than invite resist
thi. plague of iniidelify bcanse IL las
wrought 10 positive good 10, the world
and Il al-ays a hindrance. I ssk ron TO
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