The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-03-02

, lHt Nliulf tNp llIlE uF WIVry
v N regard, except in CoHn'bun
/, laals letter 10 Cotiuin. and VIII,
ho sfoto 10 Timothy ln both u
stancls they were not directed q
Jews but tt TIC tirrots it, com
, mcnied on The eharapteristip4 VI lh
two nations the slavery and irno
rance OF the Greek women. and IN,
cultivation ot The lIohrcvs. \ yir
tnous wnmon IN Greece was. he said
a domestic drudge, while a woman
ct education vas placed Ia the cato.
CORY OF aourtezans. Tho Grocks
would have derided the spectacle Of
a woman with uncovered face speak
ing in a public place. Therefore il
was that Paul forbade (. en- to teach
IA church--in Greece. Mr.. Beech.
Ct smiled as be added, "would that he
had put that il"l lfhe had only
known how stupid people are in our
be would have done so, Laughter. !
Mr. Beecher spoke of the noble pur.
suits of the women of the present
time, aud asked il they
SHOULD De DEGRADED
and placed in the same catalogue
with the women Of ancient Greece,
81 do not say that scorn or contemn
those who look at the subject differ
entity from my view, but marvel ut
the circumstances which could make
a wise man so foolish. Laughter. .
! honor Brother Cuylcr, because he !
had the courage to invite Miss Smi /
ley to hi church." |
Speaking cf the many commands
laid down in the New Testament, /
the said: "You are commanded to /
honor the King. DO you honor him?
No; you have thrown him overheard.
Paul says: | will, therefore, that
men pray everywhere, lifting up holy
hands, without wrath and doubling. /
III Ike manner also, that women
ldorn themselves in modest apparel,
laughter, in which Mr.. Beecher
oined, with shamefaccdness aud
'obflety; Continued laughtcrl not
With broidered hair,or gold, or pearls,
'r costly array. [Another burst Of
a,ughter, the pastor calculating oh,
n, oh.] Why are NOT the women
Who break these commands arraign~
I'd I Oh, Brother Cuyler,
LET THESE WOMEN RE TRIED.
Dc you suppose it was wrong for
women to braid their hair or wear
cweIry? | ipvey against extrava-
'ance, but oil creation could not keep J
n ordinary woman from following
he fashion. Women have risen from
he degradation of the past,we are not !
arbarlans now As a mother, wife :
'tlzen, she has multiplied functions, :
nd noble work to perform. Are ,
on going to put back the dial--to :
lfn the tide OF civilization ? Ifwo- 6
zen are called to the pulpit, and .
how themselves fitted for the work. !
iey have q right to speak. Where !
an we lind more noble examples of +
cultivation and goodness i
ian among the Society of Friends? 4
Iiss Smiley has extraordinary abil. r r
y. ~
lie mathematical the rituals or y y
'ctrlnes that forbade women to W "
oak IN the church. In Christ there ~ ~
neither jew nor Greek, there ID ~
'ther bond nor free, there il neither " :"
ne i nor female; for yc are all one. ie =,
v hen you ask me, SAID Mr.. Beech. y, =,
II u woman shall speak in meet -, 7,
:, answer no---unless che has -
nethlng to say. We have trum. r. y.
enough now, let US have the flute. ' a.'
omen, God will bless you, and " ~
gels love you, it You properly ~ ~
ng up the boys and girls God has n, y,
ZEN you. - -
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