Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-05-17

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have made the very grandest of
women preachers out of, had the
Lord so willed. Lydias whose
hearts the Lord himself opened to re-
ceive the word. Priscillas compe-
tent to teach even an eloquent Apol-
los, of whom the Spirit said, "he was
mighty in the Scriptures" And
Decreases, women of noble deeds,
whose names will abide in the
Church SAVIOR of grace unto the
end. Yet none were ever set apart
to preach or rule in the Church. l
say these are strange things if the
Lord had intended women to occupy
these positions in the Church. Now
let us turn to the 18th chapter of LIST
Corinthians. Here we find an inspir-
ed directory Of worship, and so far as
/ can find it is the only one in the
Scripture. 1t covers every part Of
worship and gives instruction as to
the manner of conducting, it and the
Spirit in which it is to be done.
l. The preaching must be in the
language of the people addressed and
not in an unknown tongue. Even il
a man have a revelation from God in
q tongue unknown to the people, and
there be no one present to interpret,
then he must keep silent. The preach
ing must be for edification of the
hearers.
=. The prayers must be in the
tongue of the people, and not in an I'M
known tongue, so that every one
could say Amen to the prayer.
3. The singing must be of such a
nature that all could join in it with
the Spirit and with the understand
ing.
4. There must be order in the wor-
ship, no two allowed to speak at the
same time.
5. The services must be conducted
by men and not by women. Now of
this last provision we are told that it
was of mere local application, to meet
peculiar conditions Of society there,
and is therefore not binding now. II
this be true of the one part then il
must be true of the whole. But the
chapter treats of the worship Of the
church which was not peculiar tC
Corinth nor that age, but is univer.
sal. Upon those who claim that il
was Of local application only rests the
burden of proof. They ask the
Church to reconstruct her interpreta
ton of the Word, and change hel
practice. To them belongs the duty
to show that the Church has misin
terpreted the Word. This proof mus
be drawn from the Word itself ant
, not from outside sources. There arr
passages in the Word that are ofloca
and temporary application but thes,
passages carry upon their face, or il
the context, evidence of this fact
But there are no such evidences 0
local application in the 18th chapte
of 1st Corinthians, and we may no
60 outside Of the Word itself 70
them.
The Holy Spirit repeats the prOhi
: bition to women to hold office in tn,
Church in l Timothy .: 1l-12. Their,
: He also gives the reasons for that pro
: hibition.
l. Because in the order of creation
the man was first formed, then tn
woman.
t .. Because in the order of the trans
| erosion the woman was first deceiv
5 ed and then deceived the man.
These are grounds of both prepetua
t and universal application. Therefor
l the prohibition based upon them is G
/. perpetual and universal application
will join the Church or not. Blu
: having joined, each makes cOmplet
Y surrender to Christ as the absolut
s and unconditional King over tn
: Church. All sovereign power is il
e Christ Jesus, and the people ca
: exercise only such rights as Chris
: grants unto them. The Bible is t
a the church then its Constitutions
!, Law, that is the will of the Sovereig
# power as to the nature, ends, fait
Y and government Of the church. 70
:. all know that the difference betwee
s Constitutional and Statutory Law
: fundamental. Constitutional Law ca
n only beenacted abrogated or amende
r by the Sovereign power. Statuator
n Law may be enacted by Legislativ
l. bodies created for that purpose b
e the Constitution and for the purpose
y specified by the Constitution.