Torch of reason., December 25, 1902, Image 1

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Hymn of Apollo, the Sun.
NO. 51.
obey our voice, he is a glutton and (the fireside. I plead for affection,
SOCIOLOGY—
a d ru n k a rd .
And for this I am pursued by in-
BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY.
“ And all the men of his city shall vective. For this I am called a Tribal Society— Advantages of Patro­
r i i E sleep less H o u rs who w atch me stone him with stones, th a t he die; fiend, a devil, a m onster, by C hris­
nymic Kinship.
1
as 1 lie,
so sh alt thou put evil away from tian editors and clergym en, by those
C u rta in <1 w ith star-in w o v en ta p e s trie s ,
F ro m th e broad m o o n lig h t of th e s k y . am ong you; and all Israel shall who pretend to love th eir enemies BY F . H . G ID D IN G S, PROFESSOR O F SOCI­
OLOGY IN COLUM BIA U N IV E R S IT Y .
F a n n in g th e b u sy d re a m s from ray hear, and fear.’ — D e u t. xxi.
and pray for those that despitefullv
dim eyes,—
A braham was com m anded to offer use them.
W aken m e w hen th e ir M other, th e gray
(F ro m “ E le m e n ts o f S o c io lo g y .” )
D aw n,
his son Isaac as a sacrifice. He
T ells th e m th a t d re a m s a u d th a t th e
Allow me to give you another
X num erous ways, the change
proceeded to obey. And the boy.
m oou is gone.
instance of affection related in the
from m etronym ic to patronym ic
being then about thirty years of
T h en I a rise, an d c lim b in g H e av e n ’s
Scriptures. There was, it seems,
kinship was of great advantage
age, was not consulted. At t h e j
blu e dom e,
to society.
I w alk o v er th e m o u n ta in s a n d the com m and of a phantom of the air, a most excellent man by the nam e
waves,
of J o b . The Lord was walking up
It greatly increased the hom o­
L ea v in g my robe u p o n th e ocean foam ; a man was willing to offer upon the
My fo o ts te p s pave th e c lo u d s w ith a lta r his only son. And such was and down, and happening to meet geneity and definiteness of the fam ­
fire; th e caves
S atan, said to him : “ Are you ac­ ily group on the disciplinary and
A re fill'd w ith m y b rig h t p resen c e, au d the slavery of children , th at the
quainted with my servant Job? moral side. At first thoug h t, oue
th e a ir
only son had not the sp irit to resist.
L eaves th e green e a rth to my em b races
Have you noticed what an excellent might suppose th at the relations of
Have you ever read the story of
bare.
man he is ? ” And S atan replied to children to parents would be prac­
J e p h th a h ?
T h e s u n b e a m s a re m y s h a fts , w ith
him and said: “ W hy should he not tically the sam e w hether descent
And J e p h th a h vowed a vow
w hich I kill
D eceit, th a t loves th e n ig h t a u d fears unto the Lord, and said, If thou be an excellent m an—you have were traced through the m other or
th e d a y ;
given him everything he w ants? through the father. Such, however,
shalt w ithout fail deliver the child­
All m eu who do o r even im ag in e ill
Take from him w hat he has and he has never been practically the case.
F ly me, a n d from th e g lo ry of m y ray ren of Ammon into mine hands,
G ood m in d s a n d o p e n a c tio n s ta k e
will curse y o u .” And thereupon Many intelligent readers, and not a
“ I hen it shall he, that w hatso­
n e » m ig h t.
U n til d im in is h 'd by th e reig n of n ig h t. ever cometh forth of the doors of the Lord gave S atan the power to few w riters on the early history of
destroy the property and children institutions, have fallen into the
I feed th e c lo u d s, th e rain b o w s a n d th e my house to meet me, when I return of Job.
error of supposing th a t m etronym ic
flow ers,
in peace from the children of A m ­
W ith th e ir e th e re a l c o lo rs; th e M oon’s
In a little while these high con­ society was also m a tria rc h a l; in
mon, shall surely be the L ord’s, ami
globe
A n d th e p u re s ta r s in th e ir e te rn a l I will offer it up for a burnt offering. tracting parties met again; and the other words, th a t it was governed
bow ers
1 “ 8i> J .p h th o h p,.s..ed o w uiv 4 Ll,rd 9eem,,d »»mewhat elated with by women instead of men. T here
A re c iu c tu re d w ith m y pow er as w ith
a robe;
the children of Ammon to tight his success, and called again tho is not a shred of evidence th a t any
W h a te v e r la m p s on E a r th o r H eaven
against them ; and the Lord de­ attention of S atan to the sinlessness such state of affaiis ever existed.
m ay sh in e
of Job. Satan then told him to So far as m atters of governm ent
A re p o rtio n s of one pow er, w hich is livered them into his hands.
m ine.
“ And he smote them from Aroer, touch his body and he would curse were concerned, the difference be­
And thereupon power was tween m etronym ic and patronym ic
I s ta n d a t noon u p o n th e peak of even till thou come to M innith, even him.
H eaven,
given to S atan over the body of society was solely one of the relative
T hen w ith u n w illin g s te p s I w ander tw enty cities, and unto the plain of
dow n
the vineyards, with a very great Job, and he covered his body with au th o rity of different men. In the
I n to th e c lo u d s of th e A tla n tic even;
T hus the children of boils. Yet in all this, Job did not m etronym ic clan, power and a u th o ­
F o r g rief th a t I d e p a r t th e y weep aud slaughter.
rity resided, not in husbands and
frow n:
Ammon were subdued before the sin with his lips.
W h a t look is m ore d e lig h tfu l th a n th e
fathers, hut iu brothers and uncles.
children of Israel.
sm ile
This book seems to have been
W ith w hich I so o th e th e m fro m th e
• “ And J e p h th a h came to Miz- written to show the excellence of It was just as much a m asculine
W e ste rn isle ?
peh unto his house, and behold, patience, and to prove th at at last au th o rity as has ever existed in
I am th e eye w ith w hich th e U n iv erse his daughter came out to meet him God will reward all who will hear patronym ic com m unities.
B eh olds its e lf au d know s its e lf d iv in e;
Theeffect upon children, however,
with tim brels and with dances; and • he afflictions of heaven with forti­
A ll h a rm o n y of in s tr u m e n t o r verse,
All p ro p h ecy , all m ed icin e a re m ine, she was his only child; beside her tude and without com plaint. The was by no means the same. A child
All lig h t of a r t o r n a tu r e :—to m y son<z
sons and dau g h ters of Jo b had been was more likely than not to have
\ ic to ry a n d p ra ise iu th e ir own rig h t he had neither son nor daughter.
belong.
And it came to pass, when he slain, and then the Lord, in order num erous uncles on his m o th er’s
saw her, th at he ren t his clothes, to reward Job, gave him other ch ild ­ side; and in the m etronym ic clan,
b ib l e il l u s io n s .
and said: Alas, my daughter! thou ren, other sons and other dau g h ters each one asserted au th o rity over
hast brought me very low, and thou — not the same ones he had lost, him. He was thus subject to an
The Bible Idea of the Rights of Children.
a rt one of them th a t trouble me; hut others. And this, according to irregular rule and a divided respon­
for I have opened my mouth unto t h e w riter, m ade am ple am ends. sibility. But when clans began to
BY R O B E R T G. IN G E R SO L L .
the Lord, and I cannot go back. . . 1« that the idea we now have of love? trace relationships in the male line,
the child came under the sole and
“ And it cam e to pass at the end If I have a child, no m atter how
LL religion has for its basis of two m onths, th a t she returned deform ed that child may be, and if single au th o rity of one m an, his
All other au th o rity was
the ty ran n y of God and the unto her father, who did with her ' l d ‘er‘» noh,M,y cau make the loss father.
slavery of m an.
according to his vow which he had tO ,ne good by b ri,'ging a more subordinate. I'he sam e was true
• “ If a m an have a stubborn vowed.”— Judges xi.
beautiful child. I w ant the one I of other members of the household.
and rebellious son, which will not
1 fie household was no longer su b ­
1» there in the history of |he '" y « 1 » " d
I'« « » — tD reedeo
obey the voice of his father, or the world a sadder th in g than this? E ‘
ject to the uncertain rule of a group
voice of his m other, and th a t, when
or council, but to the single a u th o r­
W hat can we th in k of a father who
they have chastened him , will not
ity of one responsible head.
would
sacrifice
his
daughter
to
a
C
h
ristian
ity
,w
ith
its
ignorant
and
hearken unto them ,
Patronym ic relationships, in like
demon God? And w hat can we jealousG od — its loving and revenge-
“ I hen shall his father and his
m anner, gave greater cohesion an d
,
think of a God who would accept ful C hrist— its childish legends—its homogeneity to the village corn
m other lay hold on him , and bring HUeu ft
,
, , 1,
n
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.
ucn a *»crince? Can such a God grotesque m iracles— it 6“ fa 11 of m an” I m unity.
him out unto the elders of his city, he w o rth ® n f
u-
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o
q _ h
»u
. i . • ,
J ne w or,hy °* the worship of m an? — its ato n em en t— its salvation by
and unto the * gate of bis p ace.
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In m etronym ic society, the cam p
ve.
j t plead for
lhe nghtg
of K children.
faith— its heaven for stu p id ity and or village was a loose organization,
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