Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-04-07

following he asserts "that females did not
sneak or teach in public assemblies, or in
he church, by apostolic permission. ex-
rent when Immediately inspired" Does
brother Wait pretend that those females
which he calls out in public assemblies
speak by immediate inspirations No. He
will make no such pretension. Then it
necessarily follows as mater of course,
that even his own guarded, limited prac-
tice, as avowed last fall, oversteps alto
pe,her the rule which he undertakes to
Law down this spring. 1t is not necessary
for NE to follow through, step by step, his
authorities, as it would only be to aggra-
vate his own inconsistencies, and expose
their own glarng absurdities or tyrannIcai
usurpaton. 1t will have been seen by
careful readers that they more than con-
firm his prescription of female rights and
privileges. This, in its effect on him, is
what call aggravatlng his own inconsis-
tencies. On the other hand, so far as it
pertains to themselves, it will depend on
their own, personal practices, whether the
one or the other of the charges | have
preferred come against them. If they IN
their practice allow females to speak in
conference meetings, prayer meetings, or
teach 10 Sabbath Schools, Bible Glasses,
&C., then they are chargeabe with alb
surdities and Inconsistencies. But if, On
the other hand, they prohibit all such
f female speaking and teaching, they are
chargeab.e with usurpation.
: Much is said about oatho1ity, autboraty
by brother Wait and his authors. They
7 tumble together all their talk about tht
, authority of the husband over the wife
as such, and the authority of the NAL,
|, over the female, as christians. AS TO
a the former, have been labnring, as offer
5 as this point has come up, ever since Har
e vey Curtis first dragged the matter befor
1t The public through the Teleg raph, to OF
+ tain a definition, as to the extent Of tina
Il authority, but not man OF the host ha
r yet ventured 10 take up the gantlet. So
n shall leave that subdivision, and pass t,
1t consider the other, viz: the authority o
y males ore7 females, as christians. At th'
d outset, then, deny, altogether, that on
a christian has, or can haze, the least az
it tborjty 0rer another christian, as such
1t under any possible circumstances. Thi
Sc declaration must not be construed into
k notification of the mutual obligations ex
o listing between husbands and wives, a
Ii husbands and wives, nor Of the proper at
oe thorty Of christian parents over chIistia
al children, as parents and children. ar
It, now talking on V about the relations an
Re conduct of christians towards christian
Of There was nothing our Great Teache
80 watched against with more vigilance, {
u checked with more promptness. than th
I'd least appearance OF rising on the part
y, his followers, to grasp for authority owe
e. one another | need not cite the name
be Gus passages from his lips to this poin
i they must be familiar to all who are fl
I'd miIar with his words. The Apost
O. Paul's teaching to the Galatians is 10 th
g same effect "There is neither Jew nc
Ut Greek, there is neither bond nor ffe,
O. there is neither male nor female: for y
rt are all one in Christ Jesus.' Chaps
Is Sd, verse 28th.-o. S. NJ.
nc [On account of a severe illness whic
''' has been upon me, nearly all the while
'e have been writing this article, shall t
under the necessity of pos.poning attentic
- to brother Waits questions, and one (
"0 two other things, until | am betterl
o. o. s. II.