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Exodus xii. ,e For I will pass through the land of l-l~vpt this night, and will smite till the fnrsshorii iii tiw lied nil Egypt, both man and beast : asid acinisist ilCompObjџџџџџџџџџџџџUџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџџs I)romise of the Lords to pass over their homes in executing veligeance 011 tile lUgv~)ti:tl1s, antI of the prolonged battles between Jehovah and Mo-nes (ml? tIle iSlIC side, and Pharaoh and his Cabinet on the other, the Jeu 5 lIeu1 an annual feast to which all circumcised males were sll;flInolletl. The point of interest, to us is whether women Were slistjualifletl, not being circumcised, or whether as members of the congregiltion they could slip in under the provision in the 47th verse, anti enjoy the unleavened bread and niCe r(iast lalflb with tile mcli of their household. It seems from the above texts that this blessesl feast of deliverance from bondage must have been coIlfilled ts males, that they only, could express their joy and gratitlltie. But women were permitted to l)erfftrln a snl)t)rdinate part in the grand hegira, beside cllrryilig their respective infants they manifested their patriotism by stealing all the jewels tif gtti~i anti silver, all the rich silks and velvets from their lKgy1aian neighbors, all they could carry, according t(i the einll?rn:tll(ls ttf Moses. And why should these women take iiy hart ill the itlIsslIver tileir condition remained about the same ulliler all dynasties in all lands. They were regarded merely' as neC C55llf~ factors in race building. As Jewish wives or Egyptian concubines. there was no essential difference in their social sto-tus. As Satan, represented by a male snake, seemed to be women's counsellor from the beginning, making her skillful in cunning and tergiversation, it is fair to suppose that they were destined tў•Sзз АT›алt€ Ššššš  р=а/а8dšџџџџайtšЌT Clt.xlnTvl~ IV. 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U it in. nit-ni s-i lilt titeanrey Sirs:. ens> , : ti- :n .?i :, - . ill nif sine tins- - in,-n tin-n ~:i ~.. nib a i-i,. ilni-nen 4. 43 thin1 Oh-u.n Sinini.. i Sii.i.i 5-.;? ii~~n~ iii U iii; iii:iii-e i-n nirn inni?, I, .iniI -a b-s i. inn i--ne. ini-iranninll. n-nm u:.i.i~i ii-.?... ii.. is inn, ?cii isi ti;n- Inisil hr no into an-- in inizisci nat tiniri.. it. IN commemoration of this I)romise of the Lords to pass over their homes in executing veligeance 011 tile lUgv~)ti:tl1s, antI of the prolonged battles between Jehovah and Mo-nes (ml? tIle iSlIC side, and Pharaoh and his Cabinet on the other, the Jeu 5 lIeu1 an annual feast to which all circumcised males were sll;flInolletl. The point of interest, to us is whether women Were slistjualifletl, not being circumcised, or whether as members of the congregiltion they could slip in under the provision in the 47th verse, anti enjoy the unleavened bread and niCe r(iast lalflb with tile mcli of their household. It seems from the above texts that this blessesl feast of deliverance from bondage must have been coIlfilled ts males, that they only, could express their joy and gratitlltie. But women were permitted to l)erfftrln a snl)t)rdinate part in the grand hegira, beside cllrryilig their respective infants they manifested their patriotism by stealing all the jewels tif gtti~i anti silver, all the rich silks and velvets from their lKgy1aian neighbors, all they could carry, according t(i the einll?rn:tll(ls ttf Moses. And why should these women take iiy hart ill the itlIsslIver tileir condition remained about the same ulliler all dynasties in all lands. They were regarded merely' as neC C55llf~ factors in race building. As Jewish wives or Egyptian concubines. there was no essential difference in their social sto-tus. As Satan, represented by a male snake, seemed to be women's counsellor from the beginning, making her skillful in cunning and tergiversation, it is fair to suppose that they were destined to commune with the spirit of evil for ever and ever, that is if women have souls and are immortal, which is thought to be doubtful by many nations. There is no trace thus far that the Jews believed in a future state, good or bad. No promise of immortality is held out to men even. So far the promise to them 15 a purely material triumph, ?their seed shall not fill the earth.? The firstborn of males both man and beast are claimed by the Lord as his own. From the general sentiment expressed in the various texts, it is evident that Satan claims the women as his own. The Hebrew God had very little to say in regard to them. If the passover, the lamb and the unleavened bread, were necessary to make the males acceptable in religious services, the females could find no favor in the eyes of either God or man. In most of the sacrifices female animals are not accepted, nor a male, born after a female by the same parent. Males are the race, females only the creatures that carry it on. This arrangement must be providential, as it saves men from many disabilities. Men never fail to dwell on maternity as a disqualification for the possession of many civil and political rights. Suggest the idea of women having a voice in making laws and administering the Government in the halls of legislation, in Congress, or the British Parliament, and men will declaim at once on the disabilities of maternity in a sneering contemptuous way, as if the office of motherhood was undignified and did not comport with the highest public offices in church and state. It is vain that we point them to Queen Victoria, who has carefully reared a large family, while considering and signing all state papers. 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