Some of us poor, down-trodden he-men, and farmers, chuckle with glee when
our sturdy wives drag us to church on Sunday to listen to such passages
of Scripture regarding the weaker (?) sex as follow. In view of granting
the ladies equal rights at the ballot, these few lines appear to be
particularly timely, so follow closely, boys, and chuckle again:
“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection; suffer not
woman to think or usurp authority over man, for Adam was formed
first, not Eve.
“For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is
the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
For the man is not of the woman but woman of the man. Neither was
the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. Wives,
submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord, for
the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of
the church.
“When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord
Thy God hast delivered into thine hands, and thou hast taken them
captive, and hast seen among the captives a beautiful woman and
hast a desire unto her that thou wouldst have her for thy wife,
then thou shalt bring her home to thy house, and she shall shave
her head, and pare her nails.”
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