The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-24
HARVEY SAYS BIBLE
DENIES WOMAN SOUL


not inspired but is derived from
Babylonian, not Egyptian sources.
Legendary authority in favor of the
elehistic version, in both quantity and
quality, is overwhelming.
The sole basis for the clerical as
sumption that woman was created from
mans rib TO show her inferiority, is a
solitary legend Incorporated in Genesis
to maintain an existing and clearly I'M
Just custom.
There exists no warrant whatever in
the account Of creation for asserting in
this most important of all relationships
that the law of God eontradicts ths law
of nature, and
Consequently the law of nature.
which holds all animate things upon an
exactly even basis of perfect equality
as to the possession Of attributes must
stand"
Not hound by DecaloSue.
Satisfying as this was to the feminine
portion of the audience, the bombshell
was reserved for further consideration
of the Scriptures when, seeking where
the Jews found authority for the sub
jugation OF women. the speaker came to
the Ten commandments:
$50 when we turn to the Command
ments, assuming for present purposes
their inspiration, as we have already
assumed the possession of souls by men;
and We discover Immediately that they
were written for men, to apply to men
exclusively.
There is no recognition in the deca-
logue of the possession Of souls or in
herent rights by women. The fact, of
course, Is that women aree not only not
hy lint at la or hu inf
ence, of any obligation to observe the
requirements OF our fundamental re-
ligious law"
Mr.. Harvey called attention to the
fourth commandment, which orders the
heads OF households not to work on the
Sabbath. NOR thy son. nor thy daugh-
ter, nor thy man servant nor thy maid
servant, nor the stranger within thy
gates"
'All the members of the household are
comprised within the prohibition except
one" said the Ambassador nor thy
wife does not appear"
He went on to prove that the omission
was deliberate, because some one had to
do the work on the Sabbath and he
called attention to the tenth command
ment also, wherein the wife is specifi-
cally mentioned.
"The careful phrasing of both the
fourth and tenth commandments defi-
nitely dsposes of the idea that the
law is meant to apply equally to hus-
band and wife, and that thou COM
prises both. If such had been the in
tent, clearly Thou shalt not coyet thy
neighbours wife would read, Thou shalt
not covet thy neigtbor's consort,' or
some like comprehensive term.
Besides, upon the fallaeious assump-
ton noted, the deliberate failure to
forbid the coveting of husbands implies
the positive permission to do so, thus
creating a distinction which would be
most unfair. Further proof that thou
refers exclusively to the head of the
family is hardly required.
1T follows necessarily that none of
the other commandments in which no
distinction OF sex appears, such as Thou
shalt not steal applies to women, since
none was addressed to them. but all
We're directed exclusively to men, who
were held and are of course to-day,
strictly speaking. accountable under the
fundamental religious law for the
earthly conduct and heavenly prospects
of their wives
THE fact that men have imposed re-