The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-07-11
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ter, VIII give her power.
lake other local precepts, and let
us see now scrupulous certain breth-
rem are in regard to them.
"Honor the King"
who does it in this republican
land ?
1t is said, we must shonor the
President-the government - very
well, that is flexible INTERPRETATION.
1t COMO ms to our changed cir
cumstauces.
"Wash one another's feet"
What prominent, evangelical
church observes this rite ?
Some of them are very heedful of
Paul's words to the Corinthians. and
very neglectful of Christ's words to
His disciples. But it is said that
men do not wear sandals, now, and
that humility and brotherly kindness
must be exercised in some other way.
Very well and our women don't
live In Greece, or Asia-Minor, with
the customs of eighteen hundred
years ago, and the precept needful
then is utterly inappropriate now.
Predjudices, deep seated and of
long standing, wear away slowly,
but they are passing away under the
influence of advancing light.
Better interpretations of Scripture
are obtaining. All do not reach the
highest forms of truth at the same
time hence truth exists in different
stages.
The same is true with regard to
this subject.
Some have clear vision, others
have received but one Amounting, and
see "men as trees walking while
the vision of others is thoroughly OBJ
scured by the scales of local precepts
applicable to distant age and peo-
pie.
The general Church is moving.
In some branches women are rec
ognized as ministers of the gospel ON
the same principles that men are.
Others are beginning. Others, that
have suppressed female activity even
in social religious meetings, are be-
ginning to practice on better theo-
ries.
Some devoted women are ordained
to the ministry. More are licensed
as preachers. The time is not dis
tant when there will be many. New
er, probably, so many as men.
More may be engaged as evangel-
lists than as regular pastors.
AS God calls, SO let it be, as to
number, manner and time. That
God. called no women to the apostle
ship, is no argument against their
call to the ministry. No Gentle was
called to the apostleship; are not
Gentiles called to the ministry
If such was the state of society
among degenerated Jews and heath.
en- Gentiles that Christ did not deem
it fitting to employ women among
the most prominent of his agencies,
is it any reason why He may not,
when society is in better state?
If, when the Church was entirely
in missionary type, with fatiguing
and perilous journeys, women were
not sent forth as itinerant pioneers,
is it any reason why they may not
be, in other stages OF the Church t?
But women were engaged as pub
lie teachers, in early Churches.
Moshiem, in his church history,
informs us that "every church was
composed of three constituent parts :
l. Teachers, who were also in
tere8ted with the government of the
community.
2. Ministers of each sex and
8. The multitude of the people.
The church had ever belonging to
it, even from the very first rise, a
class of ministers composed of per-
sons of either sex, and who were
termed "deacons and deaconesses. -
Woman's work in the Church is
like mans, to do what she is quail
fed to do-what God calls her to
do.
In truth, in duty, in religion, there
is neither nationality or sex-"there
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither male nor female all are one
in Christ Jesus"