The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-04-17

which he tries to prove that
the bible and christianity are
against women having a vote
or any say in the making OF the
laws she must live under.
The suffragettes do not seem
to be doing very we'll. Thank
you, when they can bring out
into the light of day such a
rare old fossil as this seems to
be, as an authority in such
matters, l am satisfied it must
have been buried at least eigh-
teen hundred years; but let me
give you the letter in full:
As woman suffrage means
to women equal power with
men to rule, how can this be
harmonized with the following
tests? Gen. 3-16 When God
said to Eve And thy desire
shall be to thy husband and he
shall rule over thee Tim 2
-12. But l permit not a
woman to teach nor have dOml-
MON over man, but to be in
quietness.' Eph 5-22 to "A.
Wives be in subsection to your
husbands as unto the Lord for
the husband is the head of the
wife as Christ is the head OF
the church, being himself the
savior of the BUDDY, but as the
church is subject to Christ, so
let the wives be to their hus'
bands in everything" Titus
I2-5. To be sober minded,
chaste. workers at home, kind,
being in subsection to their
own husbands that the word of
God be not blasphetned." Col.
1913 Wives be in subsection
to your husbands as is fitting
I, in the Lord" See also l cor
11.3 and Peter 81 to 4. Many
corroberative texts might here
be quoted. Can two of equal
authority rule over a house
hold any more than other in
stitutions?"
Now just read those quota
tons again and see if you can
find anything in them for or
against woman suffrage. Every
one of them have to do with
the domestic and family reIa-
tons of man and wife.
If you read the contexts you
will find that the author in each
case is trying to make it quite
plain that in domestic matters
the old man is supposed to be
head push"
In apostolic times illiteracy
and ignorance we're the rule,
and few of the people had ever
dreamed or thought of such a
thing as a. democratic govern
ment, woman suffrage or any
other kind of suffrage. Most
of the apostles were unlearned
and ignorant men, and knew
not half as much about the
earth and it's history as the
average school boy of today.
They couldn't tell us about
universal suffrage for they had
never seen, heard or even
dreamed of the possibility of
such a thing. They believed
that the king ruled them by
divine right, and it was their
duty to obey without protest.
Our anti likes to quote, Paul,
who liked to give married folks
advice but was an "old BACH
himself, and very careful not
to put his theories into pract-
ice. The bible is all right if
you want to know about theo-
logy, but if you want to know
about engineering or agricul
ture, sanitation or chemistry,
geography or political economy
you would do we'll to lay it
carefully aside and get an up
to-date book on the subject
desired.
There are about 600, 600
teachers in the United States,
and it's a safe bet that at least
4OO. 600 of these are women.
and if it comes down to facts,
ninety-nine out of every 100
men, got about all their educa-
ton from women teachers, and
it seems a great pity that some
of them left school before the
women teachers got a fair
chance to enlighten their minds
with or without Paul's
consent.
Our anti asks this question
as a final salute, and evidently
thinks he has stumped US.
Can two of equal authority
rule. over a household any
more than any other institu-
tiOna7'' Our "antiO GEMS to