The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-07-16

4 and whore woman, the leading
inspiration in society is male aS
free to coufe IS ana testify Is She
is now to sing the religion of the
male world Largely appreciates.
There is scarcely any puolic
praying done in Baptist churches.
outside of Tile ministry. Prayer i
not desired from women, and the
men are ton cold and formal 70
| pray. Il is not probable that over
two per cent Of oar m mbersnip
will Join III leading IN family
4 prayer, aud the Consequence is our
! worship has all torn tlized AMI has
erystaliz-d around a ftw Old doe.
trines, while onr conversations
about rergion have died out or
entrenched themselves IN demon
national ruts. while we know
about as little abOnt the Holy
Spirit as did the twelve men whom
Paul found at Eplesns.
We must give woman larger
share in our church work. We
must ger more Of the LORDS team
to pulling f,rward, aud take all
tie old hold back straps of the
preachers harness. Wa must get
them ont Of the 7th of Romans,
and pray chat while there are -
many living texts of Scripture and
so many living eXampl S there cal
ing on all GOd'spe pl- to work ,that
they must not Sc k refuge within
the periphery Of one isolated text
and III doug 50 put sleh brake
, on the gospel wheel, that the car
,nnot move forward, and then
, ament aud scold over the de ad
pnce of the churches and the
) GOODNESS Of brethren.
! We waut 4 grandtr spirit life
! il all our churches, aud % nave
{ his we must have a desira fOl a
! Ii CHER religious llf rhis We ca
5 not get uil NJ learn To tak about
/ religion more, ana about church
! less. and wllle we deuy the right
! Of open Concession aud experim-n-
D tai testimony to The larger and
i better half u our III .mhershIpS. we
must not look for more spiritual ex-
4 aitatiol. Prayer, unbic prayef, Is
4 an exercise beneficial 20 all sexes.
, Deny this privilege 20 one bali
I your people, and yuu paralyze ~
j, othr half WORSHIP must bA gen
eril open To all or It viii dw ri ~,
I and spirit vitality cease toabouud.
Ii the man Is to advance on spirit
i nal lines, the woman mnst b, utll-
j zed along those lines. Some be-
! ONE very fearful Just here hat
Il WON ~ Will le the pulpit aud
{ leave tile men like Othello without
/. / calliug. All til eXcnses however
Il har woman from active religions
partieitation have rtain tcH-
u tency to lower the practical stan
i lard OF rel giogs wax, 81 that one
y can &c rely tell the 6 urch mem.
d brr fIom the wording. Open tile
= ioors Of public prayer 70 woman
md You double her power as 4 re-
J, ugious factor and you don II also
q lie religious efficiency Of church
! membership. Il. eedom on this line
y puts her work.
!, The view that dahles to woman
= lie lib rty Of open and fee drripe-
4 s.ip. came from Rome and is Still
= hFli by herp aple, aId followed 10y
l some mn progressive CHRISTIANS
who hate Rome, bat follow her ~
u this pa tirular without knowing /
4 rhis opinion is only held as hbbbips
d hy some Who mount and lr0t theSt
i out like boys on bycicles, and show
i, their Inconsistency by permitting
& their daughters tb study anil p az
e tlce defamation ana public reel
y tauors, thus educating and fitiins
] them for a ife condition tD whicF
they say tn y IRE opp sed, bu
10 seem only opposed 70 il when Opei
y female talent d comes enlisted il
E he service of the Master, ora
demonstrations in religion seem L
is be the only point where their opp
it sition to female demonstration
Di taboo womah's open actions.
q Many Of these men are deep a
well AS aesthetic writers, and etl
q get far more out'of text OF Scrip
y tnre than was ever put IN i. s
III deep are some of them IN unrayel
II ing mystical lore, that they ar
e often found asserting thai the tex
X ~ l Corinthians, 14-34, whlcl
is hes say eujoins silence on Al
IA w"m n iii all churches, Vet the.
Il an 'eluce from soma un n,een Ian
guage in The same text. the impor
fant fact th It singing and teach
NJ S bnath schnols and reading
essays i. practical silence aud thu
the only observati ~ Of slene'
commanded in the text, is lie opei
iraying Of w0me IN churches
Surely the interpretatige wisdom
,n and hid len aeuinen OF man Is yerl
N great
OF When Luther took the nun
l. q itharine Bora, from he nven
b. aid married hal, Rome made a
h big howl as SOM Of our minister
r. you'll we're they to heara womtl
SC testifying as to VIII ~ Jesus had doa
IL ior her. The trouble with woual