The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-02-10
t-9 Would Like to Know if
She Survived Adam.
T4.T SHE WAS A POOR ORPHAN
ind EHH arp Says lie Reckons She Was
lotinUaiiy Tainted About that Apple
~ Caused so Much Sir.

e Wt'-CFE II iUdm ulCu uESG ana iotG
Vg5les i've q widow. Poor thing, she
.iau & acap OF trouble and I reckon that
sDb#e We8 thrown up TO her a thousand
.iIse-. Gae was a poor orphan and
.eya~ Lad any playmatos nor q sweet
4e3tt aoc any Noolng or wedding do
uGt ~ fac presents. Never was a
..ttlo glrl with dolls and chewing gum
I'D ~Iiallro books. ! wonder how long
She wed nnd bow many children sno
SAD. Maybe she dident die at all and
a. transiated, like Enoch, Moses
tooseG, tell Us. Il doesent mention
lcr name but twice and it is not mem
lopoG agaln III the Old Testament,
ard only twlce IN the new, and that
was 10 make sonne lnvldlous remark
Gb0nt her. Paul. who never had q
UIfc, says, Adam was not deceived,
aut he woman being deceived was III
tie transgrebsion." How is that for a
reQson THAT she must be silent. He
Gays that man was created IL the
mage OF his maker, but woman was
created for the glory Of the man, and
must never 60 uncovered. [ reckon
hut was the fashion III those days, Just
~ It Is now In Turkey and Persia. He
snld she must not braid her hair nor
%ear golden ornaments or jewels or
De&rls or tine apparel. | tell YOU .oy
brethren, 1t was u good thin: he never
married. for his wife woU!d have been
an &wfully subjuSated woman and had
.uet as we'll gone into q convent and
made a nun OF herself. lie certainly
vas hard Gown Upon the women. If all
scripture is inspired, l had rather take
ny choice and believe IN jeremiah who
saws:
''Can a maid forget her ornaments or
bildo her attire?' And Isaiah, who
saith. Tho bridegroom decketh hi:a.
self with ornaments and the bride with
her Jewels" Paul discouraged mar-
rlsge, fo- be saith, The unmarried
womaa caretL for tho things of tao
Lord, but she that is married caretA
<or tho things Of the world, aud how
sac may please her husband" How
scout that? Ii don. fit tho girls in
lhls part Of the country and my obser-
vatIO0 IS that the married women are
the best church women we have got.
ike that scripture the best which en-
,ouragcs tho men to dc their duty to
their wives. Live ~joyiully with the
vIfe Of thy youth and DO thou always
ravjshed with her love-" saith Solo
non, and Malachi tells of the curse OF
| tiod upon the man who deals treacher-
| oCslv with his wife, and Moses. the
tIwSiver. said: OF a man shall be
Jealous of his wife without a cause the
'lders shall take INN out behind the
h7uso and whip him, or words to that
Elect | know that and 1 know q case
skht nOw hat is ripe for the elders.
no truth IS that IN this generation
lIne out Of ten divorces are caused by
tho brutal or unfaithful conduct OF the
nen, and the pOor wife becomes O pitt
'p! wreck, with nothing more to live
tor. unless %perchauce she has q little
shld or children, that the law used to
AXE away. but now gives her. They
are her only comfort. The vows, the
promises that were made at the altar
when all was peace and he pc and sun
~tAIne-where ara they? Heard Of q
uarrlaGe the other dav where the
country groom dident seem to be pay.
shS lonch attention to the promises
'La the preacher had to repeat the
iEesuon. "Do YOU promise to love,
'-er.sh ana protect her as long as YOU
Doth shall live We'll, yes" said
&c Il believe that WAS the understand
ne said carelessly.
Ny wife tells Of one OF her ancestors
"ao II the days Of chivalry cad respect
Nr "omankind. bitterly opposed the
HAffiaCe OF his sister to a certain gen.
@enal, but she married him over hi:
.o'"-t ard that night he turned 20 thu
'A'a"y record IN the old family Bible
"a wrote: ION this night nv; ndis
e'ees SISTER. Sally. married that hypo-
~ 1lm DlNon. against my wish ant
nma' done ana cant be helped, anc