Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-14

| would but mention the names of such women
as Anna Dickinson in her palmy days. Mira
Mary Liyermore. and last and best Of all, Fran
| ees +. Willard-and she n Methodist. In con-
c!usion. Prof. Lands insisted that If women
felt that they had received a call to preach the
gospel OF Christ 1t was net right for His church
\ to say her nay. Sometimes he thought they
were more skillful and discreet than laundering
men. Women might, could, would aud should
| preach the gospel II they wanted TO. The
| greater part of those who attended church
| were women, and she had demonstrated that
she was not only on level with man in church
| work, but she stood above him in devotion.
REV. THOMAS Fl. HUNT.
Rev. Thomas Fl. Hunt of the Primitive
| Methodist church continued this same line Of
argument, referring at length to the different
| lines of church work in which women had
| proved themselves prc-eminently skillful, such
work as is to be done in the Sunday school, in
the mission field in raising fallen women, and
in the cause Of temperance. He would willingly
open al tine avenues of effort to her, and be
called earnestly for more women, especially
| those who are independent and Influential to
enter upon the work of Christianity.
As to the question whether or no women
should preach the speaker said that in his
opinion the desire to enter the pulpit was not
very general on the part of women. but when
such u desire did exist and the church
recognized suitable gifts in the person who felt
herself called to preach he could see no valid
reason why the church should not permit her
SO to do.
EQUALITY IN CERTAIN LINES.
Rev. DR.. J. W. Lewis, NJ. E. church south,
held that it was a bold, bad, dangerous fallacy
to believe that because large majority Of poo
pie were hammering and pushing after thing
1t was manifestation of the Divine wish. God
created them male and female not female and
male. (Cries of "Oh. nor Woman was first
IN the transgression but also in the front in
the redemption. She expected under d.
vine Providence to sustain the relation to the
masculine church that she did to the family
not one of subordination, but OF equality in
certain lines.
Rev. DIR. J. NJ Buckley OF New York was as
usual, one of the first of the volunteer speakers.
Mr.. j. Bomford Slack of London, who fol-
lowed, took the ground that woman should be
allowed to find out what sort of work she was
best fitted to do and then go ahead and do it.
III there was anything in the world more ridicu-
lous than conference of women solemrly de-
liberating upon the work that men should do
1t was a body of men like this with equal
so!emnity discussing the work of women, and
If it was only in order he would move the ad-
Journment of the conference until such time
as women might take part in the discussion.
DR.. Hoss OBJECTS TO EQUAL RIGHTS.
There was a decided break in the order and
quiet of the assembly when Or. +. E. Hoss Of
Nashville arose and in solemn tones said that il
there was man in all that conference who had
deeper respect for good woman than he had
let that man stand up ard let himself be seen.
1t was very eloquent remark, but when
about three dozen doI1inies rose up there was
such burst of laughter that DR. Hoss lost q
verr considerable sha.e of tine five minutes
that was allotted 10 him But when he did get
a chance to talk he made severe attack upon
the idea ct giving equal rights in church work
to women.
He wove his remarks around the argument
that if God had Intended men and women to
do the same work He would have made them
alike.
This argument WAS answered by the next
speaker in a single sentence. 1t was that unique
person Henry j. Farmer-Atkinson, NJ. p, who
obtained the floor 20 make one Of his charac-
teristic speeches, in which he remarked that il
God had made men and women alike there
wouldn't have been any more men or women.
The remainder Of his address was devoted to an
attack upon the chairman Of the morning and
one or two speakers OF that session and to the
support of the claims Of women to better recog-
milton in church work.
Other speeches were made by Rev. c. F.
Reid of the NJ. Z. church south, a missionary
to China, who asked, in the interest OF the
female missionaries, that they be given equal
dignity with man in the work; by Rev. F. w.
Bourne Of the Bible Methodist church. Rev.
Stewart Hoosen of the Primitive Methodist
church, Rev. w. +. Oldham of the NJ. E.
church, Bishop l. W. Hood OF the A. NJ Z.
Zion church, and Rev. Hugh Price Hughes.
Rev. Dr. Hamilton Of Wesley Mission held
that it was a wrong representation to say that
the men wanted women to become blshops he
wanted them to take up the work for which
they were specially fitted. Rules Of sex we're
not to invalidate the gifts of God.
If the greatest expounders of the Methodist
church had held that Paul must not conflict
with Jesus it was not for the men who sat here
to force that conflict.