gentleman to
his seat. The discussion still continued between the members of the
Convention; Miss Brown sustaining her resolution, Mrs. Rose opposing
it.

Mrs. MOTT, vacating the chair, spoke in opposition to the
resolution, and related her anti-slavery experience upon the
Bible question; one party taking great pains to show that the
Bible was opposed to slavery, while the other side quoted texts
to prove it of divine origin, thus wasting their time by bandying
Scripture texts, and interfering with the business of their
meetings. The advocates of emancipation soon learned to adhere to
their own great work--that of declaring the inherent right of man
to himself and his earnings--and that self-evident truths needed
no argument or outward authority. We already see the disadvantage
of such discussions here. It is not to be supposed that all the
advice given by the apostles to the women of their day is
applicable to our more intelligent age; nor is there any passage
of Scripture making those texts binding upon us.

A GENTLEMAN said: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and profitable, etc." Does not this apply to the latest period?

LUCRETIA MOTT: If the speaker will turn to the passage he will
find that the word "_is_," being in italics, was inserted by the
translators. She accepted it as in the original, "All Scriptures
_given_ by inspiration of God, is profitable, etc." She was
somewhat familiar with the Scriptures, and at a suitable time
would have no objection to discuss the question. She concluded by
moving that the resolution be laid on the table, which was
unanimously carried.

On the morning of the last day the President stated that the subject
of organizing a National Society was to be discussed, and at her
suggestion Mr. May read a long and interesting letter from Angelina
Grimke Weld, from which we give the salient points:

"Organization is two-fold--natural and artificial, divine and
human. Natural organizations are based on the principle of
progression; the eternal law of change. But human or artificial
organizations are built upon the principle of crystallization;
they _fix_ the conditions of society; they seek to daguerreotype
themselves, not on the present age only, but on future
generations; hence, they fetter and distort the expanding mi