The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-24
An Old Time Educator Talks on
Women In the Pulpit
Dome Points Worth Pondering,
With Touches OF Local History
How the Best Thought
OF the Ago M Tending,

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this llbenlity, thr NEW6 DEMOCRAT II
becoming mure ana more u Necessity 70
those who desire 10 DO posted on The
qnHhtlOns Of the day,
Whatever mly br permitted 10 say
through your columns, We are deter
mined tiit oar pm shall not be- dipped
la wmmWOOd,
We ai ann 10 be, ~ does the Trim
lty reform lulpit' VIII The right
wing M tluB aud ~ other puntr0trf
siea, aud hrrIiily endorse tho "iuuf
things" covered 10y thia wing Ha stated
by thr "I, g. H., aud or The better ~
curing OF Thesis things We arc som
pelled ~ ask Tor hume OF the taiugb
covered 10y the 'ltit Wiug''
Tho rryefuued gentleman "%dltCOult,
nanpen any reform against natute,
but iayUra those "lu accord Win tie
fundamental idra OF creation 30 do
we. But this fundamental IDEA IL not
tho equality Of the htKeb,' No, nor N
the right 10 vote or preach dependent
on tue equality Of those who exercise
THESE privileges.
Wphe, are dlltrrent-aaya the pulpit
in KIND, aud cannot DO measured by
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a woman IN a woman
Certainly, but n does not follow that
tho man should prescribe the sphere or
rights Vt the woman, any more than
that the inequality between the Zion
aud tho tmb" should especially qualify
the ion b. be- the guardian OF The lamb,
Nor dots the kinu OF occupation THAT
e Iher MAI CO.. Woman Ia btat qualified
a. Iu.lOw, give either the mul or Tue
wlinu % right 10 dictate tho sphere Of
u other,
There IN u limit beyond which wo
ilan ought not 10 20" We answer, she
will DC likely o. fHd that "limit' ~ viii
the Trinity Reform lulpiti' aud n
neither male or female anecrlng'
when Wp nsh, who gave 10 the "pulpit'
the right tO lK the boundary Of WO'
mnnH Urpiulupaa' Just 40 the threshold
Of tnr pulpit and the ballot hOXY
Nps. Numdu'a natural position " Ia
tn uiilyi mud mHua uu the farm and
Ia tut Workshop but n does not
follow that both may not go
tufe her 90 Che church and reason
Ogfthrr OF righteousness und ludg
rtlt 90 r0mr OF % The political eau
Co. ud .uy plus Iu. ihr protection oi
t.r home and .u. iuli},
NrN brother pulpit" the "oxtreme
wing" of this reform believes In tltr
moral position Of the woman IN the
family; aud m thirty years OF aglta
ton nf this subject, which has thrown
us much of The time among families
belonging to this extreme wing We
say Nhtt ig susceptible Of statistical
proof, that nowhere can NO much do
nestle tranquility be found aa IN the
home where the husband and brothers
respect the mother aud sisters M moral
suprriora, and ~ religious aud political
equals,
No charge the large and increasing
number OF divorces 10 this growing
sentiment, In favor Of the religious aud
political elevation Of woman, ia not
warranted by the facts, aud lacks the
confirmation OF good reason or com
mon sense
Agun, the Trinity Reform Pulpit"
feels awful bud wien ho reads "of wo'
men IN convention assembled, clamor'
lug tOr everything imagln'
able except The protection OF the
marital relation, We, too, brother,
should ieel sad to read the account Of
such Il convention but II you were NJ
the S,lte cluypntiOn Of the Ohio W, y,
Il. u. IN this city Two years ago, you
oou.u tlu,uiulIl sdy that that cony0n'
ton contained lN much refinement, IN
telllgeucr and WOmuuly grace rs any
convention that ever assembled In Can
ton. We doubt whether any COnyOn
ton ever transacted more business In
the same lrn.tl OF time, and every mo-
ton, resolution, speech and prayer was
for the protection Of the marital rola
ton, aud the putty of the home; aud
TO charge lutt domestic inlllielty comes
mainly from the homes presided over
by such women le 10 display u want Of
information that rs i%ueXCusable,
Nor does The reform enpendor an
tagOuiSm between tile sexes
Actual experiment IA states ana Ter.
ritOrirs where Suffrage has been given
TO women proves the charge untrue,
The peaceful d%.cpuding of lHdies 10 M
morous clerical positions heretofore
held Uy men proves the churgs untrue,
The conclusion does not follow from
any logical premise, Ia short,
we have been unable TO lnd
In the long article from Trinity Re-
form Pulpit u single 10 Ultimate con
clusiOn drawn from established pre-
misses, for the exclusion Of women from
the pulpit or The ballot box,
lie says "the logical outcome OF this
reform Ia to east reflection on the dig
nifty OF maternity"
Brother, We are too far along In this
..N..a. 10. tIA.U .NuNAs.a.l ia Aa N.uIa
by men who study thus question.
Thousands Of our most refined and
devoted mothers ARE now asking for
the ballot, hoplug 10 bo able 81 inluse
into the body polite u moral force
which shall enable the stase % protect
the marital rcintlOn and the home
against he fearful rayages Of legaliZed
%debauUhtry aud Crime, which more
than All other things are making mar.
rlage n failure mlu maternity u thing
90 be dreaded,
Finally, the reform will not produce
"1isirust Of religion unless ministers
lass on putting up their religious
notions as bnrrlcts against the newt.
BILE law Of human progress. Some Of
the early nh0litiunists were driven from
the church, because the church insisted
that slavery was n divine institution
and sanctioned by the Bible: but now,
nobody dlstrusts religion on account Of
that reform; aud when the pulpit
recognizes In woman the same right TO
choose her occupation aud the same
right of self government, which he
olaims for himself, he need have no
fear that the reform will create distrust
for religion.
The tide Of intelligent thought Is
rapidly turning In the direction Of this
reform, and n our brother insists on
erecting his religious opinions rs a
barrier between woman and tho pulpit,
no must not blame the reform, II he
finds both his religious notions and the