Blue-grass blade., 1899-12-10

God repeatedly commands thai
wives shall obey their husbands, u
is clearly the. duty OF husbands
to see that Gods command
is executed, even II q dose Of ho'
lead or cold steel has TO be admins
tered to the disobedient wife.
| II man does not see TO IL with {
knife or pistol that wife "obey and
serve him In subsection as long al
life lasts," he is not living up Il
Christian privileges. II these meth
DDS have to be resorted to, to keel
women In subsection, so much the
worse for the women and the Bible
| Ifa wife will not remain in silence
and subjection, as long as life lasts
a sure method Of forcing her intc
SUGGESTION is to murder. A dead
woman is a subdued rebel This Is
the same principle now being acted
upon by Christian United States in
numbering Filipinos, and Christian
England numbering Beers, in order
to advance Christian civilization.
Thousands of sermons are preach
ed about the fall of Adam, the meek.
ness of Moses, the patience Of Job,
the wisdom OF Solomon, always
dead silence on the morals of Sol.
omon) the learning Of Paul; sermons
on the duty of women; sermons
against dancing, theatre going,
horse racing, card playing, ballot
box stuffing, and such other uiver-
sions, but there never was and there
never will be a sermon preached in
christendom against wife murder.
The Clergy dare not touch this
crime, for the obedience and sub
lection of women is the corner stone
Of Christianity.
The obey "vow" in that marriage
ceremony commanded by the church
has infused a deadly virus into our
sociology.
A license issued by the state, and
a marriage ceremony performed by
preacher gives the husband COM
plete control over the body and &C.
tions of the wife, whether the wife
recognizes this fact or not, and all
men who deal justly and generously
with their wives are living above the
law and not in accordance with BIZ
BILE command. The idea that woman
is subject in our present system is
thoroughly recognized by the boy
before he reaches the age of 10 years.
The question asked at the marriage
altar "Wbo giveth this woman to be
married to this man." is the diaool-
ism of the ages, and the deepest in
suit that could be offered to the wo-
man who always puts up the biggest
stake in the matrimonial venture;
and yet the average mature woman,
as we'll as the unsuspecting trusting
maiden accepts such degrading con-
ditions of bargain or sale without a
protest.
/ The church catechism says that
the chief end of man is to glorify
Goi" and the church says that the
chief end OF woman is to glorify
man, and serve, honor and obey him
in holy matrimony.
The condition that the woman
must serve and obey her lord and
master as long as life lasts is of no
consequence in comparison with the
great conquest she has gained in
capturing lord aud master.
Suppose every manageable wo-
man could be made to realize the
possibilities contained in the ''serve
and obey" marriage vow? Suppose
they could look into the faces of mil
lions OF women who are physical
wrecks, financial slaves and domestic
bond servants, without wages; or
even look upon the lacera,e led body
of the vito whose husband has taken
her life because she did not 'serve
and obey" him according to the
mans idea, do you not think they
would halt before ensnaring them
selves in the silken bonds which
might be changed to bonds of iron
and demand that the church revise
her marriage ceremony?
II women realized their power the
church would be forced to revision
in short order. II God S word can
be constantly revised on all other
subjects, we don't see why the code
for women cannot be revised. The
reason this has not been done long
ago, is that the Bible revisers have
always been men, and they recog-
nized the wisdom of the "obey, sill
ence, and subj ction" policy.
Why should woman be sworn to
obey her husband, any more than
The husband should be sworn to obey |
MS wife? The woman is often the |
superior mentally to the man, and
nearly always morally. Under pres
INT conditions when three-fourths of
Ill crime is committed by men, it
would be wiser and safersfor women /
20 issue commands until large por-
ion of masculinity is reconstructed.
To have religion that a woman
shall obey a man, degrades the man
,ven more than the woman, and
transmits this degradation to chill
iren, for from woman the race re.
selves its mental impressions, as
we'll as physical quickening. Such
offered to woman is to say
hat all men are wiser, better, and
ourer than women, and that woman
needs a master, and therefore the
Bible and Christianity decree that
The shall have one.
There is something more than
strong drink and anger that causes
his mania for wife murder. The
'eal cause OF it is, that men, have
he idea that they own their wives
md SO they do II Christianity is true.