The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-30
The nOMAN,s BIBLE
q Specimen of tho Work Compiling Undo,
tho Direction of Mrs. Stanton.

HorG is specimen chapter from tho
"Wonians Bible which is being COM
/ piled by revising committee Of lead
ing women of most civilized nations.
They propose to comment simply on all
texts i'll the Old and New Tcstimcnts
that refer to women Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton of POI West Sixty first
street is chairman of the committee.
and information concerning the worl,
may be obtained from her. The spcci-
men chapter is Numbers xvii, Ill,
and, with Mrs. Stanton's comments. is
as follows:
l. Then camo the daughters of Zelophehad
thc son OF HOPPER the son of Gilcad, the son
of Mnchir. the son of Dfanassch of tho families
of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and these mr.,
tho names Of his daughters: Nf,hlah. Noah
and Hogiah and Aiilcah and Tirzah.
:. And they stood before Moses and before
Elcazar, tho priest, and before the princes and
all the congregation, by the door Of the taber-
nlcle or the congregation, saying:
< Our father died in the Wilderness and bo
was not in tho company of them that gathered
themselves together against tho Lord in tho
company of Korah.
!. Why should tho name of our father no
done away from among his family because no
hath no son? Give unto us therefore rosssss,-
sion among tho brethren of our father
- <hhN oio.tS OTouSHt inclT cause before tho
Lord.
o. And theLord spake unto Moses, saving
4. Tho daughters OF Zclophehad speak right:
thou shalt surely give them possession of an
inheritance among their fathers brethren
and thou shnlt cause the inheritance of their
father to pass unto them.
.. ANA thou shalt speak unto tho children of
Israel saying, If imam die and have no son,
then We shall cause his inheritance to pass unto
his daughter.
o. And If he have no daughter, then We shall
give his inheritance unto his brethren.
III. And II he have no brethren. then yc shall
give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren
IL. And If his father have no brethren then
yc shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman
that is next TO him of his family and he SHALL
possess it, and it shall he unto the children of
Israel Il statute of judgment, KS the Lord com.
mandcd Moses.
The respect paid to the daughters of
Zclophchad at that early day is worthy
the imitation of the rulers in our own
times. These daughters We're no doubt
fine looking, we'll developed women,
gifted with the power of eloQucnce, able
TO impress their personality and argu-
ments on that immense assemblage of
the people. They were allowed to plead
their own case i'll person before the law
glvcrs, the priests and the princes, the
rulers i'll state and church, and all the
congregation, ut the very door of the tab
eTnacle. They presented their case with
such force and clearncss that all saw the
justice of their claims. Moses was so
deeply impressed that he at once retired
to his closet to listen to the still small
voice of conscience and commune with
his maker In response the Lord said to
him, The daughters of Zeophehad
speak right, if IL man die and leave no
son, then yc shall cause his inheritance
to pass unto his daughters. - 1t would
have been commcndablc if the members
OF the late constitutional convention in
New York had, like Moses, asked the
guidance of the Lord i'll deciding the
rights of the daughters of the Van Rens-
| selaers, the Stuyvesants, the Livingstons
and the Knickerbockers.
Their final action revealed tho painful
fact that they never thought to take the
case to the highest court in the moral
universe The daughters of Zelophehad
were fortunate i'll being all of one mind,
none there TO plead the fatigue, the pub
| licity, the responsibility of paying taxes
and investing property, of keeping n
bank account and having some knowl-
edge of mathematics The daughters Of
Zelophehad We're happy to accept all the
necessary burdens inspired by the laws
of inheritance, while the daughters of
| the knickcrbockcrs trcmblcd mt the
thought of assuming the duties involved
i'll 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 i'll all after ages
When the rights of property were Sc
cured to married women in the state of
New York i'll 1913, q certain class were
opposed to the measure, and would cross
the street to avoid speaking to the Sis
tiers who had prayed and petitioned for
its success. They did not object, how
ever, i'll due time to use the property
thus secured, and the same type of wom-
ell will as readily avail themselves of all
the advantages of political equality when
the right of suffrage is secured. New
York Sun.
What TO Teach Our Gfrls-