The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-29
THAT WOMAN'S BIBLE
NEW WOMAN SETS OUT TO MAKE A
TRANSLATION OF HEt. OWN.

Woman In n False Light Commentators
Discuss Objectionable Passages = Mrs.
stanton's Ideas on Genesis.
Woman. i'll the person of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, has laid her hand upon
Genesis, the Exodus, Leviticus, the
Psalms of David and the Songs of Solo
mon, the script of Matthew and the
word of the Acts, and is about to bring
forth from them and their companion
pieces new Bible. The revision or new
translation is to be The Woman's Bible.
Tho version Of tho Bible addressed to
tho most high and mighty Prince
James" and the revision of the same,
completed but few years ago, leaves
woman's position in the Scriptures, as
5erts Mrs. Stanton, far inferior to that
Of man. Deductivcly the creation of
Adam before Eve was not an error of
the Almighty, but of the translator who
first attempted to give his word to the
English speaking races.
Mrs. Stanton's colaborers or apostles
In the preparation of tho new work are
named to include Lady Henry Somerset,
Miss Frances Lord, Mrs. Stanton Blatch,
who is Mis-. Stnnton's daughter, and
Mrs. Alice Cliff Scatcherd of England
and the following Of America:
Frances E. Willard. binic d. Blake. Rev.
phobo Honaford, Mrs. l.. B. Chandler, Rev.
Olympia Brown. Carrie Chapman. Cat, Mrs.
Robert 1ngersoil. Josephine X. Henry, Ellen
Is. Dietrich. c. A. q. Stebbins, Frances f.
Burr. Helen NJ. Gardener, Matilda Josylin
Gngc, Clara Bnwich' Colby. Sarah A. Under
wood, Mrs. f. B. Grannis, Maya. Liyermore.
Mrs. Chandler is 10 huvo the re-
vision of the book of Timothy, wherein
the Lines run:
but 1 suffer not woman to teach
nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to he in silence.''
Matilda Gage will revise Matthew
and Revelation, while MrsAStanton her
self will edit, expsrgate and interpolate
Genesis. Ather 80 years Of age (she
will celebrate that birthday in Novem-
ber) the task set is no light ono She
hopes the book will be completed this
year and thinks it will contain about
400 pages.
In tho cause of the new woman Mrs.
Stanton has felt that the worst foe to
her advancement was tho misconception
of tho present Bible as regards woman.
Some OF the advanced women of New
York felt as Mrs. Stanton did and Joined
with her in the preparation of new
version Of the book of books. Mrs STAN
ton was made head of the revision COM
mlttee, which is to interpolate into
swecter phrase the ancient Syrac lines
addressed to tho mother of all men:
II will greatly multiply thy sorrow
i'll sorrow thou shalt bring forth chill
dren, and thy desire shall be to thy
husband, and he shall rule over thee. ]"
Mrs. Stanton said to tho little group
of women gathered about her in New
York whom she first broachcd tho uues-
ton of a Bible for women alone:
Sufficient attention has not been
given to the position of woman in the
divine book The various revisiens have
treated with scant consideration those
portions relating to woman. In the
agitation to secure equal rights and
privileges for woman the Bible is con-
stantiy referred to to show the inferior
ity Of the sex. This being so, IL is abso-
lutely necessary that. the misconceptions
rs to the attitude Of the Bible toward
woman arising from wrong translations
and interpretations should be corrected I"
The active cooperation Of Lady Hen
r. Somerset and Miss Frances Willard
was sought, aud it was given forth that
these distinguished ladies had approved
of Mrs. Stanton's departure from tho
voice Of Judah and the small voice
speaking in the Wilderness But Tho
Union Signal of April % disproves this
assertion, and in M editorial paragraph
makes clear the position of Miss Willard
and Lady Henry. Tho Union Signal
says:
THE latest msapprehension concern
ing Miss Willard and Lady Henry Som
erset is that they are helping to edit a
woman's Bible. The facts are that
they agree to be members of commit
tee to prepare an exegesis of those pas-
sages in the Bible that relate to wo-
mans position in the church and state,
with the understanding that Miss Eliza
beth w. Greenwood and number of
women evangelists should be associated
with themselves and other loading wo-
men in the undertaking This will I'M
doubtedly be done, but the arrangements
have not yet reached stage where
they can be given to the public -
They may have recalled tho old lines
from the Bible, and written in letters
Of gold. over the Gate Of tho Women
where the feet of Ben-Hur once came:
"a foolish woman is clamorous; she
is simple and knoWeth nothing -