Clip of the Day 8/4/2023

From the Elmore County Republican, 1913:

"Rev. C. L. Trawin, pastor of the Baptist church, preached a strong sermon Sunday, warning the women of the United States against the religions brought to the country by Yogis and Swamis from India under the guise of philosophy, reincarnation, and the so-called higher life. He said, taking the text from II. Timothy 3:6, 7 'Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with diverse lusts, never learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.’”

"My purpose this evening in lifting the veil that hides India's crushed and sorrowing womanhood is to present a sufficiently dark background to bring out in terrible relief certain women of fairer skin who are moving into the foreground"

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