Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-14
"ChriStian Manhood"

Nl 0ulluHI lhoCnlllS RhsI upon Wle
subject of "Christian Manhood,N
text, | Cor. NJ ;S; "But | would
have you know that the head of
every man is Christ; and the head
of the woman is the man; and the
head of Christ is God,
The first division of tho subject,
"Fhe Manhood of Man" was con
sidorei in n masterly mauncr but
4 review Of the introduction only is
attempted. We believe It contains q
timely protest against the fauatieisn
which seeks to remove woman from
the sphere which God and nature
intended she should occupy, On
next Sunday moming the subject
will he again taken up by the Rec
tor, when the second division, "rhe
Wommhood of Woman," will be
considered,
In the introduction TO the sermon
tho Rector said; The student
Of the New Testament finds that
the principles of Christianity are
broadly laid down in the Holy Cos
pels, and in the Epistlcs these great
and essential principles are applied
by the Apostles to actual life, y He
then spoke Of the tendency Of the
Gminthian Church in its enthu-
siastic reception of Christian truth
to run into cNtravagant abuses.
These abuses ST Paul eudcaNurel
to correct by turning the heart and
= mind away from that which is
false and lauatical and directing
them to that which is true and wise
Christianity had introduced new
doctrines into the world; and prin
ciples strange and startling to the
| men of that generation were pro-
. claimed by tho great Na1orino and
$ His disciples. These principles
: We're undoubtedly pronounced, aud
0 hunted down MS radtnl by the easy
G going people Of that generation,
!. And they were right too, in thcil
K estimate, for Of all books III the
h world the most radical in the true
$ sense of the word, is the New 'rcs-
n lament, for with keen and sharl
o edge It strikes nj the very root ot
4 every opinion that is SO false that il
cannot stand the most thorough
L sitting And il was intended tha'
q Christianity should turn the worlo
q upside down in the way of rightin(
4 the wrong, and developing the trtl,
II and the good Among the prin
n ciples then first promulgated There
y was perhaps mono more startling
70 startling rs being something new il
, the world than the oqalitv Of man
! kind before God "Thcro is neithc
Y Jew nor Greek, there il ncithc
bond nor free; there is neither NAL
nor female, but ye are all one il
Christ Jesus. VI IL not only th
e wall Of partition that had for uge
nc separated jew and Gentle that i
3 broken down; but the equality 4
Mt slave and master, Of man an,
ne woman Il thing never heard Of be
fore n broadly declared. All dit
~ tinctions Of race and sex ar
pronounced against ~ being abo
r. ishcd, and henccforth il il to h
received rs scripture doctrine thi
IT. before Christ all men are one. Til
announcement that honccforth Tin
y" Gentle was 70 have equal right
OF with the seed Of Abraham, had le
70 great contention IN the Jewis
at Church; and now when ST. Pat
says that the distinction betwec
ID the sexes is 70 bo abolished, tlol
Of IL great social confusion III III
Christian Church But this cor
fusion arises from false, part,
Ar and prevented view of the Christia
A. principle and this we can III
derstand from the way matters hay
lc run in this lalsc way il our day
There is ever a tendency Of III
G. human mind 10 defy natural in
stincts aud to run into flnaticism
of These Corinthian Christians hat
fallen into this very error, the
E had had prevented the teaching
I. Of 81. Paul and become fanatical