The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-04
SUFFRAGE-WOMEN

ticles were published in the Ocala
Banner and declared by me to be-
"women's rights from the Bible view
point" and my argument was based
strictly upon the teachings as | find
them in that sacred book. These ar
ticles were replied to by some one
writing under the name of "Blue
Ribbon" and who, | took it for grant
ed, was a woman. | never replied to
her 90 last article for the very good
reason that it needed none, as | was,
from the outset discussing the ques-
ton strictly from a scriptural stand
roint and she utterly failed to refute
single statement that | had made
from the scriptures nor made any
quotations herself which in any way
weakened my argument, or in any
way tended to shake the conclusions
had deduced. Failing to do that,
she abandoned argument and resorted
to ridicule and personal insinuations
of myself and my object in writing
the articles-even going so far as to
doubt that | had Bible, or ever read
one; while as a matter of fact | ex-
pect | have more Bibles than any
other one man in Ocala, unless it is
the preachers. Be that as it may, when
she resorted to that kind of writing
gave her the field as | could not
very well bring myself down to that
level as | am averse to that kind of
writing at any time, and especially
when the "other" writer is woman.
But there is where she got off at the
wrong station, and | would let her
still face the platform of life in the
full enjoyment of her exultation Of
her fanciful triumph but for the fact
that the suffragets, in their wild fan.
atheism, aided and abetted by a lot
of simlin-headed men in political
life, were not now bowling and other
wise making themselves ridiculous in
their so-called campaign for "Votes
for Women"-equal rights, the same
rights and privileges in politics and
religion as are enjoyed by the men.
But let's get back to the real ques-
ton, "woman's place in relation to
man from the Bible viewpoint" Now
absolutely, the only text in the Bible
from the first verse of the book of
Genesis to the last verse in Revela-
ton, that can be cited as giving the
woman equal rights with the man in
the manipulation of the affairs of the
world, is the 18th verse of the LIST
chapter of Genesis; but Blue Ribbon
Overlooked the fact that this was be-
fore the fall. This, the greatest OF
the worlds catastrophies, was brought
about under woman's leadership, ana
by it the seed was sown from which
has sprung all of innumerable evils
calamities and tragedies which have
cursed the human race through all
the intervening centuries until now
More than that, it brought about the
agonies of Gethsemane and caused
the Christ himself to cry out at Col
gotta, eli, Eli, lama sabachthani
Immediately after the transgres-
sion and for the reason that Eve was
the leader in it, God cancelled al
right and authority he had vested il
her jointly with Adam as found in the
18th verse of 1st chapter of Genesis
, above recited, and placed the supreme
power and control in Adam and sub
iected Eve unto Him. You will find il
thus written in the 18th verse of the
Ord chapter of Genesis: "Unto the
woman he said, / will greatly multi
ply thy sorrow and thy conception
and thy desire shall be to thy HUSBAND
and he shall rule over thee" Thu
!. fixed by God himself, it remained
through all of the old Testament, ant
was so continued through the New
but without consuming space, I cit
you to my authority for so saying AM
all interested may verify if they 81
desire. | refer you to, Cor. V. an
IA CHI, "a and 35 vs.; Eph. 5 ch., q
and % vs.; Tim. ch., II and II VS..
T, Pet. ch., 1, and vs.; Titus,
. ch., 5 V. With all of this, there Cal
o be no doubt left in any fair and i'm
: partial mind, that from a Bible view
D point the relation of the woman t.
o the man is, that she is subject to hir
: both in religious and political affairs
D That is what [ started out to show
o and if in the centuries that have gon
. into the yesterdays of time since Go
> spoke and the inspired writers wrote
Q her status-her "sphere'-has bee
o changed and enlarged, then, ask, b
\ whose authority has it been done
, Who had, or has the power to annu
0 the law of God? Let the reader hav
. the Book at hand and examine tn
: above citations.
. In no great enterprise or movement
0 closely touching the human races i
> which God himself was the designe
. and moving hand did he ever choos
D a woman to execute it. When he de
o termined to destroy the world b.
' flood, he selected Noah to build tn
D ark in which a sufficient number wa
D saved to perpetuate the race. Vine
: he wanted to make a covenant for tn
. raising up of nation through whor
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