The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-08-19
DIR. YATES AFTER EN-
He Tackles the Woman Suffrage Pro-
blem Again
And Quotes from the Leading AuthOri
ties Of the Country
TO SUSTAIN HIS FIRST POSITION.
He Believes That Woman's Greatest Dan
ger Lies in the Suffrage Move
nent Being Now Pushed.

do not read much and who are ignorant
with regard to the manifold evils now
threatening the bible and christianity,
may think ! am unnecessarily alarmed
at the infdelity now attacking the church.
Let all such persons read the clippings
below-mere specimens of what our best
and wisest men are saying-and let them
reflect as to what will be the condition
of the church in the next decade if these
so called reformers have their way.
believe in the bible and the Church
of God, and if 'Woman's Progress is to
be made by setting aside Paul. the bible,
and the religion of the fathers, then the
sooner it stops the better.
My object in publishing these extracts
is to show to our good women the inf
deity of this wOman's movement. Read:
The great element Of danger with wo-
mans progress before the public lies in
this fact-that it takes women away from
home who ought 10 be there and nowhere
else. The public platform is no place for
a mother who has either sons or daugh
ters to educate. If WOman's progress is
going to tend in that direction, then the
sooner that advancement stops the better.
The first thought of a wife or mother
should be her home; all things, no mat
ter how important, are secondary to that.
No matter how rampant may become
certain public evils, let her see to it that
she keeps the evils out of her home, and
she performs her greatest duty to her
God, her family, and mankind.-Edward
W. Box, in the Ladies' Home Journal.
In six columns Of the last number of
the New York Christian Advocate that
editorial Hercules, DR.. J. NJ. Buckley,
disposes of the question, HAS the scrip
ture argument on this subject been
metz" He says he has read every word
of every article, editorial or cOmmuni
Gated, in all the church papers, official
| and otherwise, on the matter. From SO
thorough preparation, he digests under
twenty two heads the arguments or me-
thods employed to break the force Of the
scripture cited against the WOmen's party,
and answers them shortly, but conclu-
sively.
The variety and erratic nature Of these
points in the replicatiOns must convince
any conservative mind that with most of
such people 'the foundations" of just eX-
egesis of scripture care out of course"
We believe that this element will wreck
the church if it prevails.
In the spring conferences the vote has
been decided unfavOrably to the sisters
who like Miss Willard, burn to sit in
general conference.
The affair is Of interest to us, for think
what some among US may, the question
will sooner or later be agitated among us,
especially if the movement be not checked
at the North-Richm0nd Christian Ad-
vOCate.
A remark of Rev Sam Jones in the
Atlanta Constitution Of June IA, has
been severely and justly criticised. The
remark was II don't care what Paul said,"
and was made in advocacy of women
preaching. When we come to read the
connection, of course there is Qualifi
cation, loop hole. Going back little,
he says "Then if GCd endorses and helps
them, don't care what Paul said " IF
God endorses and helps them" Coming
from man who is immensely popular
and at time when the effort is being
made to push the bib c aside on all occa-
sions, it is calculated to do immense
harm. The logic of the remark is that
God and the bible may conflict, and that
the bible is not our best guide in faith
and practice. Such logic does not, by
any means, represent the Methodist
church, south, nor does it represent the
sp. it and teaching of christianity. 1t
sounds more like some Of the Off hand
tWaddle of | UnitarianiSm.-We eSleYan
Advocate.
Now, having no desire to pose as
champion Of the church, and having but
little ability that would make me Of much
value as martyr, | wish simply to show
to the intelligent people of this city, in
whose midst a state convention of this
W. c. T. I. was recently held, what the
ablest men and church papers are saying
of this intidel movement. | am sure that
our good women, when they come to un
derstand the subtle evil of the movement
will repudiate it with scorn.
The following is from the pen of the
Rev. J. II. Buckley, editor Of the New
York Advocate:
Great is the change which has taken
place in the Woman Christian Temper
ance TniOn, and most interesting is the
method by which it has been brought
about. When these ideas-never thought
Of in the incipiency of the Organization
were fast broached, some who were pos
itively and uncompromisingly opposed
to them were gradually displaced: others
who were more malleable were sur
rounded by IAN influence" were spoken
of as true and good" but as mot hav-
ing yet seen the heavenly vision which
had been revealed" to the leaders If in
process of time they saw this vision, &C
cording to their gifts and usefulness they
arose; but if they still continued in dark
ness, gradually they were frozen out, un-
til it came to be understood that only
those who hold these principles and will
adhere to them should be admitted, what
ever their interest in temperance and the
reformation Of men, TO important posi-
tions. Hence it has come TO pass that
this organization is an active propagan-
dizing power for woman suffrage aud al
lied questions.
The same paper quotes from a speech