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THE COURIER. t:. r ti i I LI I MAN AND WOMAN ! ! X a ntroanm j 1 Sdqooooooooooo ooooooooooc A correspondent in Grand Island seads a query that brings up a question kBg debated. A number of persons have been asked to answer it, and their replies with the query are given below . Does not the Bible teach that God created woman subject to anil subordinate to man and glory of God and woman is it not a dangerous presamption in her to claim to be his equal? Bible Student. The Bible docs not teach that God created woman to be subordinate or subject to man. It does teach that in the beginning the animal designated as man was of both sexes. It was male and female and possessed the power of procreation and reproduction. It is tinction between the salvation of men and of women. Bishop Newman says Be gave to a woman the key note of His whole philosophy when He said to the woman taken in adultery "Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and sin no more." Paul, who is always quoted as auth ority on wives and husbands, expressly disclaims authority from God on this subject, saying he speaks from his judg ment and not from God. And even Paul, after saying that man ia for the for the glory nram. demorest. HIINESSiiK- MASSAGE Hair -WoitIk: TIE MMU 14th and M likki . . .mm HAIR GOODS MANICURING PRICES REASONABLE ELEGANT LINE OF POCKET OOK8-CARD CASES -4 LEATHER NOVELTIES. of man, says "Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman neither the woman without the man in the Lord." Rational rules of interpretation make all the difference in the world. If the Bible teaches anything on the subject, which I doubt, it teaches the absolute ii : u . u. . -parity of men and women as "children that God said, "Let us make man in our ot God' " 'or dagiro" pre image, after our likeness; and let Mem BumPtMn -Bo91 T- E- Wisg. have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over he Bible most certainly does not the cattle, and over all the earth, and teach that God created woman to be over every creeping thing that creepeth subordinate and subject to man. Uis purpose ui clearly stated in Genesis ... Ik mhwk tomato aiidctaun. Repairing a Specialty. Old Trunks in Exchange for New Ones. 10RN 11 F16T0RY. BIT 0 ML t L WIRIGK. PROP 9 T. T 'IbLOiroe & GENERAL BICYCLE BEPAIRERS in a branches. - Bepairing done as Neat and Complete as from the Factories at hard time prices All kinds of Bicycle Sundries. 320 S. 1ITH ST. Machinist and General Repair Work. LINCOLN. upon the earth, So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he tltem- And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish ot the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." When the Creator gave to the creature the command, "be fruitful and multiply" woman as a separate being had not appeared and unless man, as thus created, possessed the power of reproduction the. command was idle. Evidently the Creator was satisfied with the man he had created, for it is record ed: "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." It was man, thus created, who waa placed in the garden ot Eden. The companion of man whom Adam assumed to call woman was never forbidden to 211-18. And the Lord God said "it is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him an help-meet for him." A help-meet, is her rightful sphere. And though placed under lim itations by the curse in the garden, in so far as she is able to prore her powers as help-meet, just so far is she able to fulfill the Creator's design. If woman were intended merely to administer to the physical comfort ot man, why should she be given an -intellect so closely allied to his own? A creature of instincts or inferior mental endow ments could well fill the place of sub ordinate. Mental ability in woman proves a divine purpose to make her a help-meet in a higher sense. She is man's mental THERE'S NO USE SWELTERING- Over ahotstove cooking picnic lunches. Deviled and other canned ham. Canned salmon, German and American cheese, domestic or imported sardines. Bottled pickles, a few lemons, some sugar, two or three loaves of bread, butter, and there you are, all ready to go. We keep them and put them up for parties better than you can put them up your self. Every thing we keep is first class too. No "cheap" stuff and yet we sell it chenp. VJBMTH Ss JSMSS, Grocers. 909 O STREET. of Corinthians suggested Tolstoi's Kreutzer Sonata, which itself is a mix ture, as the chapter is, of truth and error, good reasoning and prejudice counterpart His equal with not a line of inspiration in it. in that she is able to supply that which he lacks. Here are two sources of thought, equal under the same disci pline and yet essentially different. Each the complement ot the other. The srrowincr recognition of this eat of the tree of knowledgeof good and equality and ot its possibilities can but fcOa 1 HttK nn rife I mm AK A .3 A. A. B - cuumwuuomncrtmiixmi (Oe same reail t in a nomnlnta unA Mr,"- time and as a part of the man and received the command at the time it was originally given. It was after it waa forbidden to eat of this tree that woman appeared as a separate and dis tinct being. It is not recorded in the Bible that woman was created to be subordinate or subject to man but on the contrary she was made to be his helpmeet, his assistant or companion mad it waa aot until after both had par takes of the forbidden fruit that God union of man and woman. A union in which woman may show herself a help-meet in deed, and thus more nearly approach the Creator's beneficentjplan. MartB. Bryan. My impression has always been that the Bible teaches the subordination of woman to man. especial reference the' woman question 1 find "that the 9 tne subordination of ... , . Upon reading it with y0U .re "."., e to its treatment of qUest!?D' ViZ' fB ll Enough of Paul. He stands for the silence and humility of women in the New Testament. Christ liked gentle soft-voiced women like Mary, Martha's sister, and he said so, but he was wise enough not to attempt to settle the woman question. The text of the Old Testament is conflicting. When I read of Deborah and the ideal woman in the last chapter of Proverbs I conclude the question should be changed to read: Does not the Bible teach that God created man subject to and subordinate to woman, etc. etc. The Bible con tradicts itself if you take it by texts. Take it altogether, "Bible Student," and The last part of the not dangerous pre sumption for har to claim to be his ! a a said to woman, her husband should rule Israelitish nomads, the Egyptians and T "' B vague l lry IO anflWer over her. This was the judgment or a the Jerusalem Jews treated her and ,DanBeroU8 to man or to woman or to society r dangerous nowr ir she ever it may be in the Bible, whether it was originally decreed that woman should be subordinate to man, whether the man should rule over the woman, it is evident that the prophecy in Jeremiah has been fulfilled. The new woman whom the Lord bath created has compassed man. and there can be no presumption in claiming to be able to do what she has already done. W. Morton Smith 1 he Bible undoubtedly teaches that woman should be subservient to man, but does it say that she was, is, or ever will be? It began with Eve who wheedled Adam into eating more fruit than was good for him. Then there was Rebekah who put gloves on Jacob and deceived poor Isaac into willing his property to the wrong son. Later Rachel made poor Jacob herd sheep for her 11 years and then made him sublimely miserable after he got her. Then Sampson's wife gave away her husband's secrets which she had tor tured out of him, and made her hus band lose his bet. Afterwards Del ilah, worked him for all he was worth and didn't even leave him his hair. David was the life long servant of every woman who loooked at him, and Solomon his son, that writer of erotic poetry, was certainly no betttcr. The Egyptian princess even made him quit his elaborate temple and worship This was the judgment or a ,no Jerusalem Jews treated her and nart nf thn inrlirmAnt imnnunl Srmtft of her an n nnmnnninn Tk. against her beca.ee of disobedience of Egyptian deities were male and female, claim, to be hia eqnal will man hit her ordera given before she was created as But Isis was most prayed to and talked 0rW!" ?heLrun "B8111" the 'urnitu-e a distinct being. If woman was created about and bruise herself? with and as a part ot man then she was Jn the New Testament St. Paul Sarah B. Harris. not his subordinate. If she was created teaches the subjection of women. He as his companion or helpmeet then she admits that he does not know much The Bible says, Gen. 222 "And the was not created to be subject to him. about the subject and does not speak rib which the Lord God had taken from It is not in the Bible recorded that from inspiration, but from his own per- man. he made a woman! and hmnirht When God created woman as a separate onal opinion. St. Paul had a ereat hr nnt th on" t ,- m..-i i.-. strange gods. Jezabel ruled with a rod being he saw bis work and said it waa command of language and he wished ter of Genesis, sixteenth verse it is ' iron tnree ineratijns of the kings of good;sscha declaration waa unneces- his opinion on all important subjects of said, "And thy desire shall be thy Ierae, Eher made Ahasuerus swing ary; the work showed for itself. the day to go on record. He says, husband, and he shall rule over thee." Haaman on a gallows fifty cubits high "I1"8 of marriage, "But I speak this These verses probably form the basis and give up hi9 idea of race Persecution. tu bui Z ,. , by enniaion ud no by command- of the assumtion that the Bible de- Th only a few ot the hundred :TheBibleaay the world wa made meat." And "Now concerning virgins clares woman to be man's inferior. But Biblical instances in which the women !? rr, " re WMaBrden I Have no commandment of the Lord; the Bible ia contradictory In nearly who were undoubtedly created subser- -mu sou wai xivo was mue irom Adam's rib and that woman's carse should be to be subject to man; but kk KI.A.aL 1 A 1L - a . m . ..OTOTULtt xscu.urjr iuc oiuie Boouia De BUDject to man because she fiKtrhmm nnmn f rliaA 41:ji HHJ L. . . i .. ' - & - ----- n mj b-kb-v a m a Bar m v a . a . i i ,,. ,, "Vu . . . ' """ "" "To mineearin. a woman snail compass last bo -ore than the first. The inher- began by creating the simplest forms of a man." In Corinthians we find Sat ent inferiority of woman h i;r. -a .i-j . . . . iuvunuumrawe nnu inai k. l . j r. " " uw'"u lo ino moel complex the "head of the woman k the yei i give my judgment aa one that every dispute each disputant can prove Tient turned the tables. In theory the hath obtained merer of thn TVri ink. u i : :.vi i . .. Jvi mBintaimul haonuMn.;n nrn.nn lo Uitnlul. St. Paul says that woman Rihi Tn T.m;.h -hjo : :. :j. but in practice it did not alwava fol- -.. w.a. n aasavau "For the Lord hath created a new thing low. Woman may be man's inferior but she makes him pay for it. Willa Gather - . luenMjnesiiypetirBt it is Paul's Paul teachea that it ia about woman's subjection oat His ministry He makes M fiU M k - mm wmmm avBNiaaua -- aa. in aav bb n no aa- place to prove it. The seventh chapter woman to speak in the church." How- You can't be overcharged on "Shogo" flour. Its good at any price. Canon City coal at the Whitebreast Coal and Lime Co.