Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-12-10


a Specimen 81 tho worh Conpninn Undsr
~ nlroction % Mra stanton.
Here r. n specimen chapter from the
"Wo1nan's Bible" which Is being COM
piled BY a revising committed Of lead.
ing women Of most civilized nations.
They propose 20 comment simply GA All
texts In the Old and Now Tosta,nont8
that refer 10 women. Mra Elizabeth
Cady Stanton Of 20t West Sixty 1rst
street a chairman Of the committee,
md information concerning the work
may Be obtained from her. The speci~
men chapter r. Numbers xvii. Lille
and. with Mrs Etanton's comments, e.
~ follows
l. Then came ne daughters Of E~elophehad.
the son Of Hephor. tho con Of Oiioaf. NE son
Of Machir, thc SON Of Manaraoh, Of thu families
Of Manaaaeh, tho son q 4oacph. ard phcse arr
mo names Of his daughterns Mnhlnh. Moab
and Hogiah and Micah and Tirzah.
n And they stood before Mouea and before
Eicaaar, The priest, and before She princes and
en- the congregation, BY the door Of the tabor
nncie o. the congregation, saying;
q Our father died IN the wilderness, and he
was not IN the company Of them that gathered
themselves together against tbo Lord IN ths
company Of Korah.
4 Why should the name o. cur father b.
done away from among his family becauss he
hath no sonf Give unto us therefore q possess
sion among the brethren Of our father.
q And Moses brought their Gauss before tho
Lord
o. = And thoLord spaks unto Moses. saying.
z. The daughters Of zeiOphohad speak right;
thou shalt surely give them q possession Of an
inheritance among their fathers brethren,
and thou shalt cause the inheritanco q their
fntknr ~ nnnn unfo them.
8. And thou shalt speak unto tho children o.
Israel, saying, II q man die and have no con,
then 70 shall cause his inhcritanco 70 pass unto
hia~ daughter.
Q. And ~ no have no daughter. then yo ahail
give his inhoritance unto his brethren.
10. And n he have no brethren, thon 70 shall
give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren.
n. And ~ his fnther have no brethren. then
ye shall give bis inheritance unto his kinsmnn
that is next TO him Of his family. and no shall
possess 70, and it shall DO unto the children Of
Israel = statute Of judgment, as the Lord com
manded Moses.
The respect paid 10 the daughters Of
Zelophehad at that early day Is worthy
the imitation Of the rulers IN our own
times. These daughters were no doubt
hno looking, well developed women,
gifted with the power Of ~eloquence, able
to impress their personality and argu-
ments ON that immense a~ssemblage Of
the people. They were allowed TO plead
their own case in person before the law
givers, the priests and the princes, the
rulers in state and church, and all the
congregation, at the very door Of the tab
ernacle. They presented their case with
such force and clearness that all saw the
justice Of their claims. Moses wal 20
deeply impressed that he at once retired
TO his closet TO listen 10 the still small
voice Of conscience aud commune with
his maker. In response the Lord said 70
him, The daughters Of Zelophehad
speak right. IL a man die and leave no
son, then ye shall cause his inheritance
to pass nto his daughters Il would
have been commendRble IL the members
Of the late constitutional convention in
New York had, like Moses, asked the
guidance Of the Lord in deciding the
rights Of the daughters of the Van Rens-
~selaers, the Stuyvesants, the Liyingstons
and the Knickerbockers.
Their final action revealed the painful
fact that they never thought to take the
case to the highest court in the moral
universe. The daughters Of Zelophehad
were fortunate in being all Of one mind,
none there to plead the fatigue, the pub
licity, the responsibility Of paying taxes
and investing property, Of keeping q
bank account and having some knowl-
edge OF mathematics. The daughters Of
Zelophehad were happy to accept all the
necessary burdens inspired by the laws
Of inheritance, while the daughters Of
the Kniekerbockers trembled at the
thought Of assuming the duties involved
in self government.
As soon as Moses laid the case before
the Lord he not only allowed the justice
Of the claim, but gave "a statute of
judgment" by which the Jewish magis-
trates should determine all such cases in
the division Of property In the land Of
Canaan In all after ages.
When tho rights Of property were So
cured to married women In the state Of
New York In l84s, a certain class were
opposed to the measure, and would cross
the street to avoid speaking TO the sis
ters who had prayed and petitioned FOR
its success. They did not object, how
ever, in due time to use the property
thus secured, and the same type Of WON
en- will as readily avail themselves Of ali
the advantages Of political equality when
the right of suffrage is secured.-New
York Sun.