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she nearer him , y but ields communion Christ a heartfelt ; with and obedienc in both this !" e obedience to her husband she will , sh be e is dail not y broug only ob ht ey into _ing
In the foregoing * paragraph , it will be observed that woman is considered chiefly in her relation to manas subservient to his purposes .
to his welfare , and as though she possessed , no spiritual or intellectual , life apart from him . It might almost be inferred that the penalty
upon Eve's transgression was not subjection merely , but a species of moral absorption , in which individual and substantive life is
entirely destroyed , and that the curse is not only to be submitted tobut actively enforced by human agencies . Nowwe would urge
that , this is a mistaken view in principle , and one , likely to be _productive of evil in its practical results .
The Bible throughout , everywhere teaches us to regard the spiritual life of woman as independent of her relations to man ,
and , at the same time , as in no way differing from his . Our author remarks that the Gospel does not cancel Adam's part
of the penalty . True ., The , penalty asserts itself . We are nowhere taught that Adam and his descendants are to submit to the
thorns and briers as , a visitation from God which it would be impious to attempt to remove . From Adam to pur own daymen
have been labouring diligently and successfully to remove the , curse . Similarly in the case of the woman , the penalty asserts itself . The
Jievitical code contains no provisions for securing the action of the the curse page . It s of has this recentl Journal y been * that demon among strated the chosen by a hi peop gh authority lemen and , in
women were uniformly treated , as equal before God ; and , Christ _oame not to destroy but to fulfil the spirit of the Mosaic law . *
Under the new dispensation , the same truth becomes even more prominent . In the whole of our Lord ' s discoursesnay _ in the
whole of the four Gospels , not a word is said inculcating , , submission especially upon women . Great stress is often laid upon
certain expressions in the Apostolic epistles , which seem to favour the doctrine of absolute submission on the part of women . It
should be borne in mind , however , that these Epistles were addressed to various newly-formed Churches , in which a state of
things may have prevailed , rendering such admonitions , as those of St . Paultemporarily necessary . That St . Paul ' s words ought often
, to be taken in a limited sense , is proved by the fact that his own practice would otherwise be inconsistent with his teaching . For
instance , though he says in one place , "I suffer not a woman to teach" we find that Priscilla taught Apollosand was not reproved .
The prop , hesying of the four daughters of Phili , p the Evangelist is also recorded in the Acts of the Apostleswithout a Hint of
disapproval . Wives are indeed exhorted to ob , ey their husbands ; but what is the mainspring of this obedience ? Is it not free
Woman * See ' s Notes Jouknai of , a , for Discours Decemb e by er , the 1862 Rev . . Professor Marks , English :
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/58/
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