Excerpt from Woman Suffrage or the Child-Bearing Woman and Civilization: A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Orchestra Hall, Michigan Ave; And Adams, Chicago, Sunday at 11 A. M<br><br>Instead of sending their little ones to Sunday school to learn about things which are of no practical help to them, and which are not trues - things which are as different from truth and beauty and goodness as the dead husk is from the living kernel; instead of exposing the child-mind to the degrading influence of biblical massacres and barbarities, all of which contribute to introduce into the blood, so to speak, the virus of injustice, hardness of heart, caprice and cruelty, - the mother should see that the intellectual and moral nourishment of the child is as pure and wholesome as the milk she herself provides for the body.<br><br>As long as the bible rules there will be a God of Battles in heaven, and a military society on earth. To the women de manding equal rights, the priest, who blesses the sword which the king carries, will answer, The Powers that be are ap pointed by God. If God has appointed the men to rule, what chance is there for the women?<br><br>And woman herself must set an example of independence and rationalism. If she will fall upon her knees before a man because he calls himself a priest; if the secrets which she will not whisper to her own mother, she will pour into the ears of the priest; if she allows herself to be imposed upon by rites and forms and creeds, how can her children be free? Men are superstitious too; but how long would they remain so, if it were not for the example of woman? How long would the men go to church if the women stopped going? How long would the men pretend to believe in the old Jewish stories and Christian dogmas if the women did not cling to them? How long would the church, which denies to woman equal rights with man even in the church - how long would it last if the women did not support it?<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.