The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-17
PRISCILLA
Tho First Woman Missionary
Tho First Gospel Sermon
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Search gospel truth and what do we
hnd.-
Elst- Chrlats coming hrst declared
unto woman, by the angel Gabriel;
"lh0 Holy Ghost shall come upon tler,
and tho power OF tho lligh0at shall
Oyershadow thee; therefore, also, that
holy thing which shall be born OF thee
shall DO called tho Son OF God" Luke
1876,
second The FIRST gospel sermon was
preached by a woman, When Joseph
and Mary brought tho Christ into tho
tho temple and simeon had blessed
him, Anna, q prOpheteaa OF tho Lord,
was seen approaching, "And she, com
Ing In that instant, gave thanks Ike
wlae unto tho Lord, aud spake 70 all
them that looked Tor the redemption Of
Jerusalem" Luke 1898,
rhird-The first psalm OF Meaalanlo
Thanksgiving Ii preserved from the Hips
Of a woman. Aud Mary said my
soul doth magnify tho Lord and my
spirit hath reIolced la God, my Saviour ~
Luke ii0.
Fourth Women accompanied Christ,
unrebulIed, on tho missionary tours
aud were taught OF him' "And II came
10 pass aiterwaTd, that ho went through
out every city aud village, preaching
and showing the glad tldings OF the
Kingdom OF God; and the twelve were
with him. And certain women which
had been healed Of evil spirits ana m
lirmltieB," Luke VITA, z,
Flflh-WOmGn followed Christ 70
the 0ruClllxiOn! HAnd all his &c
quaintances followed him from ualllee,
stood afaf OF, b~eholding these things"
Luke xxiiiA0,
Sixth Women miniRterGd ~ the
sepulchre: "And tho women also, which
came with Him from Galile0, followed
after and boheld the sepulchre aud how
the body wan laid. Aud they returned
aud prepared spices aud OlntlnentB aud
rested the sabbath day, according W
commandment Luke 6xiiiA ~,
seventh Women were frat at the
resurrection. On tho morning Of the
first day OF tho week, aB they returned
with their spices, they found the sepul
ohro empty aud two angels spako to
them saying: "llO IL not here but riseni
remember how lie spake TO you when
yet In Gallleo." Luke xxiyM
Eighth-JeBus gave tho ilrst com
mand 10 u woman, Mary Alagdalin0
after his resurrection; go 10 my
brethren and say unto them, | ascend
unto my Father aud your father, aud
10 my God and your GOd."--JOhn xx;l7,
Ninth- Women assembled with the
Apostles In tho upper room on Mount
Olyet aud waited for tho baptism Of
the Holy Spirit, "rhese (the Apostlea)
are continued with one accord In prayer
aud duplication, with the women, and
Mary tho mother of Jesus, and with,
Ills brethrOn,-AGta i:l4.
TOnth-WOmen shared with men the
baptism Of the Holy Spirit. Peter,
speaking FOR his associates and quoting
from the prophet Joel, said. "And IL
shall como 10 pass In the last days,
saith God, ! will pour out my spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons aud
daughters shall proptesy. y Aud
on my servant aud handmOidonB !
will pour out IN those days the Spirit,
and they shall prophecy"
That Paul made distinction between
these dGyOut, intelligent Jewish women
and the diBorderly Gentiles can be
easily determined by u careful study Of
his Gpistleg, as a whole. In the year "A,
D. "a, upon his arrival from Athens TO
COrinth, we lind him taking up hiB
residence with Priscilla aud Aquila,
like himself tent makers, After preach
Ing there In the Synagogues fora time,
which Priscilla seems 10 have
acquired excellent knowledge as u
teacher, with her husband, we come
across these significant words: "l'luP'
q \ took his leave Of the brethren,
and sailed thence into Syria, aud with
him Priscilla and Aqulla." -Acts
xviii:lS
Paul left hia associates Mt EphosuB;
"And "A certain jew named ApOllos,
born NJ Alexandria, an eloquent man
aud mighty IN tho scriptures, came To
Ephesus.
'Thls man was instructed IN the way
NJ thD Lord; and being cryent In Spirit,
he epake aud taught diligently the
Of tho Lord, knowing only tho
baptism Of john,
"And no begun TO speak boldly In the
Synagogue; WHOM whom Priscilla aud
Aqulla heard, they took him unto them,
and %cxpoundOd with him the way Of
God moro perfectly" -ActB xyiit;2t,
Thus II seems that Paul organized
tho first foreign mission work for
women, an illustfi0us example which
the women Of the nineteenth century
are 80 nobly following. Priscilla should
have u grand monument erected 10 her
memory by the women Of all the
churches engaged In mission work
She Beems to have been a regular
Francis Willard In e|xpOunding the
truth. Ono OF tho instructors Of the
great Apollosl What u glorious priyi
lcge for tho first woman missionary,
What Il glorious tenCher aud proacharl
What In the fame ola Helen ora SapphO
besides this Cody woman, whose name
Luke aud Paul have sent sounding
through tho agesl
In tho year A. d. 90, In Il letter from
Coriuth and sent by Phebe, another
missionary TO tide church at
with u certificate of character,
4 NNl hh1hs
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my help.
ers In Christ, who have for my HE laid
down their own neoks; unto whom not
not ouly | give thanks, but also I'll the
churches OF the Gentiles. Likewise
greet the church that Is In their house"
XVI; 3
Six years after, A. d. co, when Paul
was the second time brought before
Nero, no writes thus from Rome to
Timothy at Ephesus: salute Prisoa
and Aquila," still spreading the glad
tidlngs In their early mission field.
The kingdom of God, as IL is in Christ
Jesus, recognizes neither male nor
female but makes the same demands
on each, dlspenses the same rewards
and enforces the same penalties.
"F0r In Christ Jesus neither ClrCum.
cision ayaileth anything, nor uncir
nnmnlnlnn hmL Il now nrnnLnrn And no