The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-06-18

take the prayer meetings ont of
their hands, and possibly the pul
pits also, as she Is now comp+lletl
to take most of the $ ,hbath School
work, and SO Scrnture that
never had an alluSion to tile Chris
tian won inhood. iSiny0ked against
her exercising her public liberty in
order that the properties Of Scrip
ture should be observed, aud still
these great sticklers flr the preser.
vatioa of what they call pure
womanhoOd, who nay so much at
tention to what they deem a com
mand of st. Paul. make no kind ~
objection To our Lords command.
.'Swear not at all" but will 60
into Court and take an oath with
rs much conlness as il there were
no Scripture III the S ATE. Oh, Con.
'issency, what u lewel thou art!
The prononn '.your" employed
by the Apostle in | Corinthians,
l4-3t ia connection with tile word
women" acc nlultes with great
positiveness the fact that he was
rrferling to ha women ia the
rhnrch mt Corinth, There is moth
ing in the pronoan ''your" shat
gives to noun nuivrrs Al Signili-
cancr. If speak of YOUR horses,
oI your cow, or your printing
press, or Nonr money or yonr
shoes. Mr.. Eli'oI, ! certainly 40
not aliude TO all til So articles that
may be in the world, or IN Mag
nOlia, aud all who re d such writ
lng understand a once my phrase
0logy and apply it at ouce to your
things. The inference could not be
located outside of your effects,
mt per consequence ST. Paul in
using the words, ''vour women" "
referred as solely to Corinthian
women rs my words IN the sentence
above would apply e. Your things.
II he Apostle had written, ''Lpi
all women keep >ilenee,n then his
Ia guage would have applied to
az. Had lie written Let women
keep silence then ton The sense
would have been general ana all
CHI ist'au women could have been
embrac d by the p.rmissive, not
nandative epithet. Bat he did not
so write, but inserted a plain Ioea
pronoun before the word women"
that took away all sense OF a
general application and left the
ntreaty bearing only upon the
women of the church OF CUrnth.
Again. III our women are to be
silelt in our churches, as the
women of Cornth were permitted
TO be ny the Apostle, why do no.
our ftiends Insist on the full en-
torccment Of the admDai ion
Why do they permit woman TO
nlngle her voice ia public song, If
she is debarred from DONG so in
pubic prayer? Sileuce means
stiffness. Ii implies quietness like
tuat of the hush oil heaven, and
this cannot he pres-rv d while the
tide of song with lis glory stratus
Is swelling. Woman, TO comply
with the lnferpre ion now iu-
sisted on, | Corinthians, I4-3 T.,
must assume tue piac3 OF u statu.
rtte in churcb. Her worship a d
Ii + pray erS must all be SOtt0 cOce,
mus be paaoniine performed III
mu & ldnga ge, aud rtiescead ron
the nigh pos iou that Clrstianuy
ieslgaed hrr 10 occupy Ia he work
of 0pel church disciple ship, seek
again b ci.Ister and her G nrr
hdrem aud hrf veil, and leave man
aione in his pablic worship, soii-
AIRY wofshiplrr upon barren
saorr, where ne could only leel,
THAT sorrows crown Of sorrow
Is remembering hAppivi things
Now, wh-nc- C mes taiS ostra-
i'm OF wOnau'- pHbllc uisciple.
ship IN the assembly II thr SAINTS 7
Il size iepulse b cause h,r deyD-
iOns are less warm and pure than
IA Jse of men? b., NJ means. lt
springs from old traditional prrju
nee tnat has foil wed lis down the
ages, frJm rue practices of the
Oiieut, aud faDatleism To deepen
inis rel gious O>iraclsm, has hung
It's hopes on one text OF Scripture
cOHstrhrd 10 he ar upon that ques-
tiou, wnen the who gi,iyamen Of
lie Scripture leiIed on Tor such
support directs entirely another
way. We pretend TO be seuul1us-
ly jealous fur the commands Of the
Apostle, snd then only enfoi C.
such portion Of the INJUNCTION as
relates 10. the exercise ii piety. Ii
iU Is r.gnt for woman 10 break
silence by singing why -huul she
not also Dy pfaA ing sud trstifyi q
Why should we glory in cur
women who have gone road
with their husbands a. mission
aries, to pray and preach aud tell
he story OF Jesus and his dying
love TO hrathens, and ihen ouiect
20 her pray ing with anu for lhs
heather aerei Gentle shepherds,
will you te as wHy5
All the Epistl are more, so
many hviug spiritual forces, than