Year: 1872

meet. BY some it is argued that from


this cause, of her being taken FROM
man, that she is net his equal, aud
should be entirely under his sa lection


thus establishing the usagcs of which
we spoke in foregoing part of this ar,
ticle thus depriving her of the rights
of life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
p'HesS, which would be in direct con,
ilict with the Golden Rule, as laid
down by Our Savior while on earth, rs
"a Standard by which we are to govern
our actions toward our fellow creatures


4" As ye would that others should DC
unto yoa do ye cyen 80 unto them


We are taught that this rnle covers the
whole ground both of the Law and oi
the Prophets, aud If so which We be,
lieve, it is sufficient, and our laws should
be so dispensed without regard to sex
for we fnd Christ in all his teachings
uses the term "man" in its its genuine
sense, meaning the human family.


We lind, also, in the book of Gene
sis, more explicit account is given in
another place relative to the creation OF
man, aud what were the commands
given him by his Creator relative to the
dressing aud keeping of the Garden OF
Eden, also of what fruit he was to eat


He was to eat OF every tree of the gar,
den except of the Tree OF KnowIcdgc
of that he was not to eat. BY consult,
ing this history 10 regular order, we
find that the orders that were given to
Adam on this mattsr of dressing, and
eating of the fruits, were even prior
to the time that the Lord God caused
the deep sleep to fall upon Adam, al
whick time he took the rib aud made
the woman But notwithstanding the
silence of the history bearing upon this
point, we are OF the opinion that the
woman had by some means received u
knowledge of the orders upon that sub
jeet, either through Adam or from
God We learn through the history
- it progresses, that the serpent, the
Devil, or the Evil Spirit, as you may
choose 10 call il, or him, approached
he xosstx on this subject. She az


pearcd TO know that the tree that wa


laced in the center Of the gar,,en was
forbidden. aud that they We're net To
at or even touch it, lest they die.


twithstanding this, when the SER
pcnt had reasoned with her, informing
her tat she or they should not surely
lie, but be as Gods, knowing good aud
h.. fI -
The tree was good for food, aud that il
vas pleasant to the eye, and "A tree to
be desired to make Que wise, she took
Of the fruit thereof and did eat, aud
gave also unto her husband with her
md he did eat We are informed that
after they had eaten, their eyes were
nQeacd, ctr, and when 4 dam and Eve
were walking in the Garden of Eden,
in the cool Of the evening, they heard
the voice Of God. aud were afraid


When the Lord obtained an audience


Adam began excusing himself by say


ing the woman thou gave to be with me
gave me of the fruit and did eat. We
do not find that the woman used any
persuasive means to induce her hus-
band to eat, but it is quite likely if we
were allowed to go back Of the record in
this matter, she may have at least made
the same the statement to him that
was made to her by the serpent. At
all events we End the woman excusing
herself by saying the Serpent beguiled
her. 1t appears then, that after a
thorough investigation, as regards the
whole matter at issue, that the Lord
God commenced by passing sentence on
the Serpent, then upon the woman, and
lastly upon Adam. As regards the
punishment Of the Serpent and Adam
we shall pass it by as we have to deal
more strictly with the sentence passed
npon the woman. Her sentence was
hard and in the following language: II
will greatly multiply thy sorrows and
conceptions; in sorrow thou shalt bring
forth thy children and thy desires shall
be to thy husband, and he shall rule
over thee" We now come down to the
common sense reasoning as regards the
punishment inflicted upon the subjects
of his forbidden fruit. The different
sentences passed on each had bearing
of its own, and shows that all parties
were alone responsible for their own
acts in the whole transaction. But if
the meaning be as some seem to think,
that because Adam said, she is bone of
my bone, and flesh of my flesh, and in
Consequence of the announcement that
husband should rule over her, and that
she shall have no say as regards mat
ters pertaining to her own welfare and
happiness or of thai Of the government
in which she lives, then those savage,
hcathen nations, to which we have be.
fore alluded, were right, and we of the
Christian, enlightened nations are
wrong. Now, if, because woman is
married to man, it was intended that


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