The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-24
FOR THE PULPIT,
A Canton Lady Gives Her Views
Why Women Should Preach
aa Well an Pray.


WA y bhhtph blplkllhhH plNhlVlh WV
difest oalamitlea 10 follow wOman'a on
tmnee into politics, or public life,
Women are and have been for more
than o quarter Ola century Ia politics.
tor Instance, Abbie Kelly Anna shaw,
Maria w. Chapman, Anna Dickinson,
Ellen Foster, Francis Willard and u
host VI women, too numerous 10 men
ton, While women exercise the right
Of outrage IN many Gites and Ia some
states aud Territories, women have
spent the entire day ~ polling places,
aud We have got 10 learn Of one woman
who has been debased by participation
In public altair6,
affirm what | have seen, and know
that the women who take interest
enough IA other homes 10 brave Tidioule
aud abu6p Of a mistaken public opinion
are the ones most conscientious IN dis
charge OF home duties, Their homes
almost without exception are well or
dtred aud peaceful,
The brother says, 1--WE favor any sn'
hrgement VI womau'e sphere in accord
with the fundamental idea VI creation"
| Holy writ does not leave ua In tho dark
oa TO that idea, Why did he not state
itY Our motto Ia; "Proye all things,
hold fast that which Ia good"
In Genesis i;2O-2s We lind the "funda'
mental idea" plainly set forth, viz; "And
God said let us make man IN our own
Image t*F aud lot them have
dominion over all the earth" 80 God
created man Ia Ills own Image . .
. male and female created lilo them;
and God blessed them and said unto
them *tF have dominion over the
fish Of the sea and over tho fowl of the
alr, and over every living thing that
moycth upon the earth"
The foundation Of government In
family, church aud State In, "and God
saw that II was not good for man 10 be
alone" "Male aud female created lie
tbcmi and gave them dominion over
the earth" The entire history of
human experience attCsls Ms truth and
wisdom. The condition Of the home.
society the church, aud theatato to-day
proclaim louder than ever before III ~
not good for man TO be alone"
In the history of the Jewish nation
whose law came direct from God, we
Aud woman acting m important part,
We read OF Marian, the prophecies, Of
| Deborah, who ruled Israel forty years
aud directed their military movements;
Hulda, who taught In the prophetic
college, even Touching the high priests;
Esther saving tho life Of the Jewish
nation, and 80 on until wo nnd the
infant Jesus Graded In tho arms Of the
Virgin Mary; and from His lips who
spuko rs "nevor man spako" came tho
wonderful law Of love and Justice that
will yet break the last shaokle OF heath
eniSm that fettora the mind and soul Of
womani then, aud then only, viii tho
great purpose and destiny ofthe human
race DO accomplished.
The subsection OF woman was u result
OF sin, the same as the stern mandate
"In tho sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, the same rs thons and this
Ties, IN sickness aud death"
"BehOld, | mako all thing new" was
the Joyful declaration VI w0man's de-
liyerer, no less than humanltieS savior.
We are taught that all that was lost In
Adam In TO DO restored In Christ, AS
In Adam al die, no In Christ shall all be
made alive" Nobly has man accepted
the new testament gospel aud set about
freeing himself from the penalty Of
Original blu No longer does he feel
called upon 10 I'll the soil, TO eat his
bread In the sweat Of his face; never
has he hesltatod to uproot thorns and
thistlCs or 10 CounteraCL sickness or
stay the angel Of deOth, Only woman
Ia forbidden aud that by mans lntorpro.
tation, to cut grow the penalty Of SIN.
The same llteralness Of rendering that
would forever subject women, compels
man TO eat his bread by the sweat OF
his brow.
What Is the scripturM relation Of
man aud woman ~ sot forth after the
resurrection Of Jesus, John x.30; Jesus
said. III aud the Father are one John
i:i.3 In the beginning was the word
aud the word VIVA with God, and the
word VAS God. All things were made
by Him, without Him was not anything
made that was made" Showing that
Christ aud God are equal In power and
glory, aud Paul distinctly declares that
the relation Of woman 10 man iB the
same M that Of Christ and God, / Cor,
xi;3 we read; "Ihe head OF every man
Is Christ; and the hoad Of the woman
Is the man; aud the head Of Christ lB
God ! Cor KILL! "ll0w DO II
neither In the woman without the man,
nor the man without tho woman IN the
Lord, for ~ the woman Is OF the man,
30 In the man also by tho woman, but
all things are Of God"
How does this harmonize with tho
assertion that man ana woman cannot
be weighed or measured by the same
standard" That statement is contrary
90 God word aud TO the ministers pre-
sentation Of II.
lie does not from the pulpit present
one set of laws 4or man aud another
for woman, only as they relate ~ posi-.
ton Of power or authority.
The position of the ministers no
chooses to represent, II formulated is as
follows: Christian women may engage
In any work that does not Interfere
with ecclesiastical %prerogatiye and that
does advance the spiritual and
financial interests Of the church.
We do not discourage marriage nor