Evening star., 1896-02-08

elucldate the eternal superiority Oh Wo-
man.
''It is a pity that all versions of the Bible
do not give the literal translation of the
Hebrew Eve. She was Life, the eternal
mother. the first representative of the more
valuable and important half of the human
race"
In order to show that spiteful injustice of
men to woman has gone so far as to mis-
represent the Creator in making the Bible
record that a curse was pronounced upon
the human race as a result of Ewes trans
gression, the new Bible says:
1T seems far more rational to believe
that the curses on both man and woman
were but fgments Of the human brain, for
by the observance of natural laws both
labor and maternity may prove great bless
ings."
Yet it is so convenient to assume this
curse later on that rational or not, the new
Bible declares that lit was Ewes curse
that her desire should be to her husband
and that he should rule over her. Have you
not seen her clinging to a drunken or
brutal husband, and read in letters of fire
upon her forehead her curse?"
As to the matter of wifely obedience, the
new Bible asserts: You cannot find di-
rect command of God or Christ for the
Wife to obey the husband, and in both
instances in which Sarah obeyed Abraham
God had TO interfere with miracle to
save them from the result Of that obe-
dience, and both Abraham and Sarah were
reproved. While twice, once by direct
command Of Cod Abraham obeyed Sarah"
The versatility of woman's genius dealing
with Holy Scripture reveals what truly
great and comprehensive book the Bible
might become il the feminine intellect were
let develop 1T entirely. Doubtless it has never
yet occurred to men revising the Bible that
In the story of Abraham purchasing grave
for Sarah Is contained a lesson in bimetal-
lism. Yet SO the woman's Bible proves.
THAT Abraham paid for the burial place
in silver, current money with the mer-
chants might suggest to the financiers Of
our day that our commercial relations
might be adjusted with the same coin, espe-
c!ally as we have plenty of it. II our III
metallists in the halls Of legislation were
conversant with sacred history they might
get fresh inspiration from the views Of the
patriarchs on good money"
The same fin de steele feminine genius
which has produced THE Yellow Aster,''
Heavenly Twins" Laura Jean Libbey,
and what not that's erotic in literature, to-
day perceives further lack of mems work
in revising Scripture. Commenting on the
verse: And Isaac brought Rebekah into
his mothers tent, and she became his wife
and he loved her." the women say: This
verse is remarkable as the first announce
ment Of love on the part of husband at
first sight. We may indulge the hope that
he confessed his love to Rebekah, and thus
placed their conjugal relations in a more
spiritual plane than was usual in those
days. The revising committees. by the in
fusion Of little sentiment into these an
cient manuscripts, might have improved the
moral tone of our ancestors domestic re-
lations without falsifying the important
facts Of history"
Immortality of the Bible.
The immortality Of the Bible is a source
of great distress to the new woman.
Parts of the Bible are so true. SO grand.
so beautiful, that 1t is a pity it should have
been bound. Up in the same volume with
sentiments and descriptions so gross and
immoral Indeed, the Pentateuch is a long,
painful record Of war. corruption, rapine
and lust. Why Christians who wished to
convert the heather to our religion should
send them these books passes all under
standing. 1t is most demoraliZing reading
for children and the unthinking masses CIV
ing all alike the lowest possible idea of wo-
manhood, having no hope nor ambition be-
yond conjugal unions with men they knew
rot for whom they could not have had the
slightest sentiment of friendship, to say
nothing of affection.
Naturally, just masculine medium of
revision has heretofore caused the Bible to
do injustice to woman it has likewise failed
in many instances to do justice to men-that
is, the wrong-doing of men.
THE story of how Aaron made a golden
calf for the children Of Israel to worship
at the foot of Mt. Sinai contains a revela-
ton of the Inherent meanness of man. which
Until now overlooked, is none the less clearly
perceived, once the woman's Bible points it
out.
so tired were the children of Israel wait
ing at the foot of Mt. Sinai for the return of
Moses that Aaron, to pacify them, made a
golden calf, which they worshiped. To pro-
cure the gold he took the jewelry of the
women, young and old, men never under
standing: how precious it is to them and
the great self-Sacrifice required to part with
it. But as the men generally give it 20 them
during courtship and as wedding presents.
they feel that they have a vested right
therein for emergencies. 1t was just so in
the American revolution in 1776; the first
delicacy the men threw overheard in Boston
harbor was the tea, woman's favorite bev-
erage. The tobacco and whisky, though
heavily taxed, they clung to with the tenac-
ity of devil fish. Rather than throw their
luxurie3 overheard they would no doubt
have succumbed to King Georges preten-
sions. Men think that selfsacrifice is the
most charming of all the cardinal virtues for
women, and in order to keep it in healthy
working order, they make opportunities for
its illustration as often as possible. 1 would
fain teach women that self-deveIopment is
a higher duty than self-sacrffice."
Names Not Important.
'Tn enforcing this doctrine of self sacri-
flee for women the new Bible portrays how
men have practically effaced the down.
trodden sex from the pages of history, be-
ginning as early as the time of Moses and
extending the effacement to the present
day.
If we go through this chapter (the story
Of Moses life) carefully we will find men
ton of about a dozen womea, but with the
exception of Lne given to Moses all are
nameless. Then, now, names for women
and slaves were Of no Importance; they
have no individual life and why should
their personality require lifelong name?
Today the woman is Mrs. Richard Roe, to-
morrow Mrs. John Doe, and again Mrs.
James Smith, according she changes
masters, and she has so little self respect
hot hn no Ing nf f1ao
tom. We have had in this generation one
married woman in England and one in
America who had one name from birth to
death, and though married they kept it.
Think Of the Inconvenience Of vanishing,
it were, from your friends and corre-
spondents three times in ones natural life.
In the book of Leviticus one woman is
dignified by name And the Israeltish
womans son blasphemed the name of the
Lord and cursed and they brought him
unto Moses; and his mothers name was