BISHOP MARVIN AND THE WOMANWOMEN.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 8, 16 October 1871, Page 3

BISHOP MARVIN AND THE WOMANWOMEN.

Bisiiot Marvin, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, lias a long letter in the St. Louis Christian Advocate, in which lie handles the woman-women in no gentle manner. Here is a little bit of the Bishop : “ Among the social elements coming into active force the chief are the doctrine of ‘woman’s rights,’ so called and communism The woman’s movem ■ assails, without any mincing or disguise—or at least many of its advocates do, aud, logically, it comes to that—the Scriptural order as to domestic relations. A large proportion of its champions are infidels. The system itself is, logically, infidel and disorganising. It is fatal to the existence of tho family, and that is the corner-stone of all organisation both social and civil. Without the family the state goes to pieces, and anarchy takes possession of the world. Then civilisation itself becomes impossible. Loosen women from her heaven-appointed and most beautiful orbit, and everything goes to wreck. It is the charm of woman’s modesty and purity that holds all society in its coherency. Analise it and you will see that this is true. Woman’s modesty and purity are the very heart of the social fabric. They form the centre of gravitation, holding everything in its place.