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Race, women and health · Claim record

The same 1904 volume condemned husbands who misuse their position, saying that the rule of husbands over wives 'has been a rule of tyranny' in many instances and that such an abuse of power is 'offensive and ignominious in the sight of the Creator', while holding that the final decision in a marriage rests with the husband.

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The same 1904 volume condemned husbands who misuse their position, saying that the rule of husbands over wives 'has been a rule of tyranny' in many instances and that such an abuse of power is 'offensive and ignominious in the sight of the Creator', while holding that the final decision in a marriage rests with the husband. The New Creation (Studies in the Scriptures, Series VI), 1904The New Creation (Studies in the Scriptures, Series VI), 1904

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The New Creation (Studies in the Scriptures, Series VI), “Man and Woman in the Divine Order / Man's Headship Not a Tyranny”

1904 · pp.491-497 · Charles Taze Russell · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society / International Bible Students Association

“When we read in Genesis, as a part of the curse or sentence upon mother Eve, and indirectly upon all of her daughters, the words, “Thou shalt have desire unto thy husband, and he shall rule over thee,” and then look to see how this rule has been exercised throughout the world, we find that in many instances it has been a rule of tyranny, and that the strength of mind and of nature of the fallen man has not infrequently been exercised to the injury, instead of to the comfort and advantage of the wife and children. All good, noble men and women must deprecate such a condition of things; nor can we suppose that such an abuse of power is anything but offensive and ignominious in the sight of the Creator.”

A later chapter of the same book sets out the headship teaching from 1 Corinthians 11:3 and, on p. 491, denies any suggestion ‘that man is a master and woman his slave’; the sub-heading ‘MAN’S HEADSHIP NOT A TYRANNY’ stands on that page. The chapter condemns husbands who misuse their position, and on p. 497 tells husbands to seek a wife’s views while reserving the decision to the husband: ‘This does not mean that seeking the wife’s counsel means in all cases obedience to her views: it is for the husband to weigh, to consider, to balance, to decide.’

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Confidence note. Read in the Internet Archive scan on 19 September 2026, leaf by leaf. The page was fixed from the running heads printed on the leaves themselves: the quoted sentences fall between the head ‘492 The New Creation.’ and the head ‘Marital and Other Privileges and Obligations. 493’, so they sit wholly on p. 492. The quotation begins at the start of its own sentence, so nothing is cut from its head. The context and notes passages were read on the leaves whose heads read ‘Marital and Other Privileges and Obligations. 491’, ‘496 The New Creation.’ and ‘Marital and Other Privileges and Obligations. 497’, and the pages field has been widened from 491-493 to match what this record actually quotes.

Scan provenance. Same Internet Archive scan of the '364,000 Edition' printing.

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Notes. The same volume states on p. 496: ‘no woman should marry a man beneath her in character and talents’ and ‘no man should marry a woman his superior’.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-wom-nc-1904-headship-not-tyranny

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The New Creation (Studies in the Scriptures, Series VI), “Woman's Province in the Church (in Study V, 'The Organization of the New Creation')”

1904 · pp.264-267 · Charles Taze Russell · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society / International Bible Students Association

“if she get before the public as a lecturer or teacher or writer, she gets into a position of great danger; because several of the peculiarities of her sex . . . which go to make her a true woman and attractive to true men will conspire under the unnatural conditions to spoil her womanhood—to make her “mannish.””

The section opens on p. 264 with the statement that ‘sex is ignored by the Lord in the selecting of his Ecclesia’ and that both men and women share the same hope, then argues that public religious service is nevertheless for men only. On p. 265 the same section says that Satan ‘has always found woman his most efficient representative’ and that ‘the first woman was Satan’s first ambassador’. On p. 266, in the sentences immediately before the passage quoted, the author states that ‘the Lord’s Word does not inform us if there be other reasons for sex-distinction, and our surmises respecting the matter may or may not be correct’, and then gives his reason: ‘in our opinion, however, some of the qualities of heart and mind which combine in the noblest types of woman, render her unsuitable for public religious services.’ The quotation recorded above follows two sentences later; the ellipsis inside it stands for the parenthesis ‘(one of which we have mentioned)’ and for nothing else.

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Confidence note. The scanned volume was opened on 19 September 2026 and read leaf by leaf from the page-level recognition text, each leaf taken on its own so that the printed page could be read from that leaf’s own running head. The heads read ‘The New Creation. 265’, ‘266 The Organization.’ and ‘The New Creation. 267’; the sentence quoted begins on p. 266 and the words ‘make her “mannish”’ open p. 267. The recognition software garbles several letters on these pages — ‘imsuitable’ for ‘unsuitable’, ‘plvmging’ for ‘plunging’, ‘v f ich’ for ‘which’, ‘shotild’ for ‘should’ — and the quotation above is taken from a stretch that it rendered cleanly. The shorter passages quoted in the context and notes fields cross those errors; they were read against the surrounding sentences and the obvious letters restored, and that restoration is disclosed here rather than made silently.

Scan provenance. Full page scan of the '364,000 Edition' printing held by the Internet Archive. The title page carries the International Bible Students Association imprint and the date 1915; the copyright page reads 'Copyright 1904, Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society' and 'Written in 1904 by Pastor Russell.'

Notes. The same section states on p. 267: ‘the danger with them would be so great that none were appointed to be teachers’, and applies 1 Timothy 2:11, 12. The sentence that follows qualifies it: ‘This emphatic and explicit statement cannot, however, be understood to mean that the sisters of the New Creation may never impart a blessing by telling the old, old story.’

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-wom-nc-1904-womans-province

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