The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-19
WOMEN DEGRADED
n BIBLE LANDS
Prof. George W. Watson lalkS
Entertainingly of Far
East Situation

,a,, ovoning. in the West Side
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,.ro On the topic OF oesrdueu
,bood of tho Bible i9hue'
eo,roo NJ lectures being giVoh i'e",-'
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terest. dI.Ion of
-, &, pIbIe lands was appalling r4o'i
49,, h,,.,, sbo Was considered to be worth
,,,t,o attont,on She remained unedueh.o'
r,a do.nIscd. The law Of Moses WHICH
n,oo given TO the people At inc 'iinv
,,ot- exodus from slavery did ou' nt'e
Co., ,bo woman. Today q man Is mao Il
r,rI cbud ia horn Job said; CurSso pe
,he dav they made my father giad' say
,a, 8, man child is born. Even jesus
,I, tba custom OF his time was iol q
1vnuan 10 be glad when man Si'i' i t,,es
horn Today man diFoiSsJI Them O
as ne pIeases. by simply sNInb bran had
docuileht ~ 1,yorc,. IL was the same un-
dor inc law OF Moses, To-Day T.. t,see
ls stoned for adultery. put ~" niaoses
Nosos law was practically the shilo'
prudges and Slaves.
,,o. the drudge and slave OF
Nc, bourht and disposed Of their wives
az they thought fit. They were nNe % o.,
many cows TO him. Even SIoSeo eStsd Ia
saId the males were to be presenleu ~
sTtl s.o orS at ~ Years OF age, but was shent
as 10 the females, man oooslS -
FAMILY and counts only the sons. nIa
The Hebrew OF the Old IestaHen.
L.. .ue nre 81 heritage of the Lord. To-
day a man might nave as many as Loua a
wives. and the old Testament, SILL n'-tISars n
| those prior to their time Weie ~ Pc traI,aI
| of polygnmy The observations OF tIareio
~ ~, IL sn I6e countries OF the Orient mas
| led them to notice that where Poly edtahy AZ
| eyIsred the condition of woman was oe-
graded.
Mission Of Christ.
Christ came to do something for woman;
His mission 1900 years ago WI WI - - Course
| all the lowly and oppressed, and OF c2uts tse
| TO raise her. Woman with her QUICK III
tuition took this fact In al si1B1SSy. anu ra
| We need not wonder that the plpie
cords the fact that she minlstereu 10 nm
| The lecturer said he had wonder that
| there were not more women mlInstetlne III
| to Christ seeing that II Is TO him that
they owe their present poslion ot vuaa De"g u
| mans spiritual and social equai. w as !.
! not to a woman that Christ made the Ilss
| announcement that he was the slvei s os
| the water OF life? To the women VI
| bethany he made the first announcement
| that he was the resurrection and the me
| Were not the women at the cross when
| the men had ned7 Were they not nIst
at his tomb on the SUNDAY anu ma qie he nnI mI
# | send them to preach his resurrection 10
| the faltering apostles!
Stands as Emancipntor.
Christ stands out as the emancipator OF
womanhood Man had brought nor M into
| bondage He, with his coarser nature
| as a brute to him. He. TO gratlfy the
| vilest In him. had demanded polygamy
| The pagans prior to Moses's time prac,
ticed it.. and while the law oil moses ,tnS, uiu
| II
| It. the people took advantage or inc Lacl'
| and introduced poygamy under the law
But Christ had come to end mat. Win n
flesh" Neither bigamy nor polygany
was upheld, but, to the contrary. con
demned. Illustrating his relation TO the
| OF man and wife. He had but one church
and q man was to have but one VIE
Starting Place for Woman.
This was the starting place for woman
| to be respected by man. She was one
| with him. But where she was one among
several she lost his esteem ana neT ser
| Starting her emancipation at the sub
limest OF oil relations. 1t was TO be worked
out in her home and In her great re-
sponsibllity OF forming the best In the
| child Woe to the man, whoever he
might be- who taught otherwise. He
who ran foul with Gods purpose was ac-
! cursed.
Cause Of Polygamy.
Polygamy was the outcome OF ignor-
ance. lack of natural philosophy and a
| vile desire to worship and give full play
| TO the degrading naturallsm in man, With
| the present day enlghtment, tho teach
lngs Of heathenism and Mohammcdanism
| would be Impossible OF acceptance. When
we know the world has lo7 women to
every 100 men, then natural philosophy
| would show that even were bigamy prac-
tlced, only some hfty-three men could
marry and the remaining forty-three out
of tho 100 would have TO live wifeless
Polygamy.. therefore, would defeat the
! purpose of God in the creation OF wo-
man for mans help. OF course the Faklr
Mohamet snid polygamy had been re-
vealed to him. But In those days OF ig-
norance such an unphlosophical rcvela-
ton would not be disputed Today, with
our intelligence. such fraud would. be
| impossible,
Courtship and Marriage.
This evening Prof Watson lectures on
"Courtship and Marriage In Bible
Lands" and on Friday evening on Rus
sia giving then his personal experiences
as a journalist from that country He
was expelled from the empire, The holy