The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-24

every person 10 talk 10 the world
through our columns, provided the talk
Is Ia the line Of enlightenment, and
does no wrong 70 any other person but
We are q Democrat by conviction and
tho organ Of u great political party,
In that line W. are orthodox and viii
always endeayOr TO defend ana push
our creed into merited prOmlnencei hut
the question OF Woman IN tho Pulpit ID
not d question of a]tatoerift or politics,
u II u question OF morals and religion,
aud its discussion belongs 10 those who
practice the precepta OF the Christian
religion IL IL true That this In u FREQ
country, AID every man aud woman
has the same rights, whether saint or
dinners but the question whether tho
Bible intends women to become the
preachers Of the gospel, comes eNolu
alyely In the domain Of religion, While
We have decided views ON women In
general, aud political women In partlo
ular, we have no views TO intrude on
tho question Of women ~ preachers
We are u sinner, ~ the church CLASSES
men, aud while feeling our own inabll
ity ~ preach, We are not 40 %pertinently
egotIstic IN 20 say who shall preaoa,
But lot ua get down % our obserya
tons, The question Of women In the
pulpit does not involve the question Of
women with the ballot or women In
politieS
II does not follow that women shall
be- allowed to preach, because they are
allowed % vote, nor vice versa,
The right TO vote Is u political right
while the right to preach IL n religious
right conferred by the church,
II women are allowed 10 become or
dained ministers OF the gospel, II does
not follow that they shall become
aldermen, or congressman, or militia
generals, or cOrporals,
one light Is conferred by our Consti'
tuition aud laws, aud the other Is derly'
cd from the inspired word Of God,
Hence We think those Of our |dlsputanla
who fear that II women are allowed 10
preach they will force themselves into
politics and all public places, are Ger
trnly mistaken. Our male ministers
seldom II ever make political speeches,
and few Of them catch the scent Of
dirty cauousea and eliminate In Con
gross,
Then, II men, who are ordained Of
God, do not mingle In matters Of purely
political concern why should women +
Concede that women are fOnder Of
talk than men, II you please, and II
every eloquent wG.aan had u pulpit 10
talk from, would SHE not got all the OPP
poriunity for vocal gymnastics, without
intruding upon the stump, the town
meeting, or tho political FORUM
The lung capacity for speech Of every
human being is limited; hence
much talk In the pulpit necessarily
means less talk In other places, Ger
tainly this point needs no oluoidatlon,
On the other hand, our d~l0putants
who have been orltioislng certain min
isteB Of Canton who are opposed TO
women In the pulpit, and claiming they
are afraid Of competition with women,
or are opposed 10 women, or are uns
fair TO women, seem, TO us, 10 DO en-
tirely wrong,
A man, DO no minister or sinner, may
be the best friend of woman, and still
DO opposed to women In the pulpit
This question Is purely u question Of
Bible construction, aud Of opinion
A man may love u woman with au
all absorbing devotion, and atlll not be
In favor Of losing the devotion aud love
OF that same woman, by having her dc.
vote her life to something or somebody
else=oyon ~ the cause OF her Divine
Master
Another man may have n wife 1--WE
have heard Of such cases. that he don't
love half as well M no ought TO, and
who would DO rejoiced TO sce her uti.
He her natural gifts Of oratory In the
ppl H. And yet this man may be u cold.
blooded wretch, wanting In Nll the charl.
ties and sweet humanitles Of life,
Some Of our best men In the pulpit
and some Of the beat friends Of woman,
may be opposed TO women In the pull
pit, aud Others who are not In sympathy
with the noble struggle no many
women are making for recognition and
IN independent career, may favor
women In the pulpit
10 liz not u question Of sympathy, or
sentiment, or woman's rights, II is u
question Of opinion, strictly In the do.
main Of religion and moral ethics.
A maj or minister, who believes In
woman In the home and in the iireslde,
and who is himself n patron Of the FIRE.
side, and who 10 q defender Of tho purl.
ty Of the home, and who practices what
he breaches, is not u man who should
be nagged, or %censured, OF even Criti.
cised for want Of womanly feeling,
even II he does not believe In woman In
the pulpit,
In future article we shall make
some further observations Ia another
line of thought.