The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-04-19

thing was unheard Of! No; it remains
for us Of the 10Th century to sit in
Judgment upon our Lord and His
apostles, and upon the consensus OF
the church for eighteen hundred
years, and attempt to improve upon
the dvlnely ordained methods of
evangelzing the world. Is woman
preaching an after-thought of Jeho-
yah, and has He just made the reyela-
tion of His will to the strong-minded
women OF this generation?
Now, what is the attitude of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
on this question? lquotc from one
who knows, and is entitled to speak
"rhere has never been any legisla-
tion on the subject by the General
Conference, for the reason the Scrip
lures are so unequivOcal in their
teaching AGAINST SUCH COGNITION
OF WOMAN that any legislation favor
ing, would of necessity ANTAGONIzE
THE EXPRESS DECLARATIONS OF GODS
WORD. A woman in the pulpit in any
Southern Methodist church is AN
USuRPER OF THE PLACE, so FAR AS
THE LAW OF THE CHURCH GOES"
And | am credibly informed that
Bishop Keener, the senior Bishop of
the Methodist church, said at Mer
dian in Dec. 1894, in open conference,
that ''any preacher who had had a
woman in his pulpit ought to be To-
Gated" (suspended) Hence, Bro.
Dantzlcr, this is not Il question of
''prejudcc;" it is not IA question as to
whether the preacher be regularly
ordained:" it is not a question Of the
Presbyterian church, it is a question
Of your own church; it is question as
to whether we are to OBEY GOD AND
THE LAW OF THE CHURCH, OR DIsOBEY
AND SET AT NAUGuT THE AUTHORITY
OF BOTH
The crucidction of Jesus Christ
will, in eternity, doubtless be seen to
have been the most glorious triumph
OF Gods love- grace and power over
Satan and evil in all human history,
but ut the same time, it vas the most
stupendOus crime ever committed.
And our Lord said to him who was
about to betray Him, "woc unto that
man by whom the Son of Man is be-
traycd. 1t had been good for that
man if he had not been born" But,
if the Jesuit theory is correct, Judas
ought to occupy the highest seat IN
heaven, since lie was instrumental in
crucifying the Lord Of Glory, and thus
in saving world of lost men
Now few words more and am done.
| | esteem Bros. Adams and Dantzler,
and the entire Methodist church of
Moss Point very highly, and love them
as brethren in Christ, but were it my
dearest earthly friend, believing as |
do, and with my solemn convictions
of duty to God and His church, and to
the very foundations ofso"iety, which
are so seriously imperiled by these
women'S rights theories, cannot but
speak.
No one has n more chivalric regard
for true womanhood than l.; if did
not worship God l would worship a
woman, but that very chivalry
prompts me to speak and to pray that
woman may never wander from her
divinely-allotted sphere as the queen
Of our hearts and homes, for upon her
faithfulness to that sacred trust de-
pends, as / verify believe, the highest
veal Of our globe, and the fruition OF
Gods great scheme OF love and grace
to men.
Madame De Stael once asked Napo-
leon, "What does France need ?' and
he replied Mothers" The mother
moulds character. "She gives to the
world men, and one man like Angus.
tine, Newton, Spurgeon or Wesley Is
worth more to this world than all the
strong-minded Female Rights shrek.
ers it has ever known" We read in
the Bible Of the woman "whose heart
her husband doth safely trust" who
is "a keeper at home," training the
hearts and lives of father, brother
husband, son, for truth and for God
The Sarahs, the Rebeccas, the Joehe
beds, the Ruths, the Ilannahs, the
Elizabeths, the Marys, these are the
ones the Bible holds up for our admi
ration aud imitation.
These women never INDUCED IL
; public speaking. They had no timt
) for making canvas or preaching
They never clamored for the right t.
vote, or for seats IN the Sanhedrin, OF
aspirod to be pastors or evangelists
but recognizing their God-given mis-
sion, they moulded characters ant
fashioned lives after the pattern II
the Mount.
In these the Master will be wei
pleased, and Of them at last He will
say, Behold, my sister and my moth
er."
"For this to man was lovely woman given,
The last,best worn, the noblcst gift Of heaven.
Faithfully yours, D. o. BYERs.
Moss Point, Miss, April Q, 1885,
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