The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-16
SHALL WOMEN PREACH!
ReY. f. j. Tyler of Birmingham,
Wltes Two Articles Upon the
Subject.


Subject.
This question of women preaching
is engaging the brains, tongues, pens
ana hearts of earth's puresU aud best
as never before. Thinkers in every
trade and calling are turning their
best Thoughts to 1t. It is not bounded
by state or national lines. IL is in.
ternationAl ia its sweep. 1t demands
an honest and an Intelligent solution
AT our hands, and will not be downed
by the tlippaut aud senseless plati-
tudes OF those so-called theologians
aud self-appoiuted and sel:-iptlated
custodiaus of the ''dear people'sn
right to think for themselves.
The age OF priestcralt is past, and
with it Woman's slavery. Poor Paul!
| am glad that Ire has not said all
that these wiseacres have made him
say. / have thought that it is well
for many that Paul died years ago,
hecause If he was now living and able
financially and so inclined he would
file thousands of suits for slander
against ecclesiastical woman Oppres-
sors for charging him with teaching
such miserable stuff.
Now what are the facts? What
does Paul say? What saith the
scripture? We have heard what
Hawthorne and company say, now
lei us hear what the BIbie says.
Before begin this discussion pro-
per, i wish to make few statements
all OF which shall endeavOr to "a
ta6lish by the word Of God, and or
which shall rest the success Of thin
cause.
]. Paul in order to be authority oil
this or any other question must no
contradict himself or any other writ
er either in the Old or the New Tes
lament.
2. There is not chapter, context
verse, line, word, syllable or lette
that in any way whatever directly o
indirectly expressed or implied for
bids women preaching, but on tn
contrary the Bible from Genesis t
Revelation endorses it, DOtwith
standing all the d. DIS statements
The contrary.
Now take your bible and follO'
NE, and hear what Paul does sal
In Tm. H., II, we read: Let tn
women learn (man haueto) in o
lence with all subjection." Did
ever occur to you that no woman, rC
man either, could preach in silence
Did it ever occur to you that PaI
ia talking hear about women learl
ing aud not preaching? And "
that is the fact rhe word rendere
A learn (msn;haneto) comes fro
= manthano to learn, to receive info
u nation, to he instructed; and nev'
9 teach or preach.
ly Again, in Tim. il, IL, we reaI
in "But suffer not woman to teat
.ds (didaskein) ,aDor to usurp authoTi
.di over the man,-(poor maD3 bat
nd be in silence" The word render
"teach" in this verse is didaskei
!. 1t comes from didaskO, to teach,
instruct, to give information, to re
- der evident, to give pIecepts. The
is no reference here to preachin
nor even teaching, as now done
our churches in this day. If 70,
&C proves too much, and we have
ecclesiastical boomerang redo
erI ito ad t0o-much-sm-ftE there is Il
a Protestant church in all this bro
w. land of ours but what has a band
rs noble Christian women teachi
weekly IN the Sabbath-schOOl
lie. story OF the cross.
Again, in Cor. xiv, 81, we res
LET your women keep rilence III
the churches, for it is not permitted III
on them to speak (lalein)." And
" verse 80, same chapter, Paul ss.
"Ani if they will TO- learn (ms
ms, thein) anything Qisten, ye h
,e ,es- band, y, let them ask their husba'
Ipo' at home.n Poor women! What woI
i1 H the average woman learn in this d
H. from the average husband at home
J. anywbere else? What does Z
mean here? He refers to u W.
sws known custom among the Jews in
n. day and before, Uf asking questio
opieetlng, refuting, dictatirg in
synagogues and in Christian asst
blies See Jesus, at the age
twelve, in the temple, sitting III
EBa midst OF doctors, both hearing /!
10 lon, asking questions, Luke Ill, At. Ad
attic Clark, the erudite commenta
says: at is evident from the 9
lnUe text tina. the apostle refers to ask
our, questions and what we call dictat
%; sc. q. in the assemblies. 1t was permit
to ask questions, object, allercate,
tempt to relute in the synagogue
~ But he adds: "This by no means
4ats timated that when q woman reeei
cleo any influence from God to enable
'mo- to teach that she was not to o
that influence, but, on the contr
.biss she was to obey it; and the apo
with. laws down direction in l Cor. XII.
iIRsT par for regulating her personal app
ND. ance while thus employed. All
lnst the apostle opposes here Is t
questioning and finding fault in
a. Christian church"
Er' Now, let US examile l Cor.
4-5: Every man praying or pro
sying (prOphateuouD) having
.. m. head covered, dishOnOreth his b
a. m. Every woman that prayeth or pre-
p ? m M esieth (prophate-uouss-same
De ILL., with feminine endlng) having
A. N. head uncovered, dishonoreth
'p m head" Now, it is q well-known
n. M, TO everyone who make any pre-
- - - sto.al;,, that ltha \