the persecutions women had encountered in
securing a medical education and entering that profession. She
noted the signs of a growing liberality with satisfaction.

The Rev. HENRY GREW, of Philadelphia, then appeared upon the
platform, and said he was sorry to differ from the general tone
of the speakers present, but he felt it to be his duty to give
his views on the questions under consideration. His opinions as
to woman's rights and duties were based on the Scriptures. He
quoted numerous texts to show that it was clearly the will of God
that man should be superior in power and authority to woman; and
asserted that no lesson is more plainly and frequently taught in
the Bible, than woman's subjection.

Mrs. CUTLER replied at length, and skillfully turned every text
he had quoted directly against the reverend gentleman, to the
great amusement of the audience. She showed that man and woman
were a simultaneous creation, with equal power and glory on their
heads, and that dominion over the fowl of the air, the fish of
the sea, and every creeping thing on the earth was given to them,
and not to man alone. The time has come for woman to read and
interpret Scripture for herself; too long have we learned God's
will from the lips of man and closed our eyes on the great book
of nature, and the safer teaching of our own souls. It is a pity
that those who would recommend the Bible as the revealed will of
the all-wise and benevolent Creator, should uniformly quote it on
the side of tyranny and oppression. I think we owe it to our
religion and ourselves to wrest it from such hands, and proclaim
the beautiful spirit breathed through all its commands and
precepts, instead of dwelling so much on isolated texts that have
no application to our day and generation.

Mrs. MOTT said: It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has
subjected woman as we find her. The Church and State have been
united, and it is well for us to see it so. We have had to bear
the denunciations of these reverend (irreverend) clergymen, as in
New York, of late. But if we look to their authority to see how
they expound the text, quite likely we shall find a new reading.
Why, when John Chambers returned to Philadelphia from the World's
Temperance Convention at New York, he gave notice t