The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-08-09
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BIBLE LAW AS TO BLOoMER,
ALLE0HANY PREACHER QUOTES
AND SCORES THE aENTLER srx

Amp SoV1Eo THE SEX.
Reys-John Whitehead, pastor of tl
New Jerusalem Church, Allegheny. a
tackled the question of woman's right
recently In his sermon on "A Woma|
Shall Not Put on the Garments OF
Man." He denounced boomers an
spoke Of the Scriptural and ration
grounds against woman suffrage. H
text was taken from Denterouom|
xii, s, which says: "There shall nd
be the garment Of q man upon a wi
man, and q man shall not wear n
garment OF a woman, for an abomiu|
tion to Jehovah, thy God, is every Cd
doing these things" He said
AT the present time there Is
strong tendency In many minds
destroy the distinction between md
and woman and between the function
proper to man and those proper !
woman. In fact, this distinction
not generally understood, add the /
norance upon this important subje|
aids the false ambition OF many wi
men 10 destroying the practical di
tinction between the proper and !
derby functions Of the male and /
female sex.
This we sec In the ambition
many women who enter into u
functions Of civil government and
desiring the right to vote, and In d
string to enter into the businc|
world and the professions. thus
become doctors, lawyers, preache
and business women, and to negle|
and despise the sphere and uses Of d
nestle life.
Nothing Is clearer In the sacr|
scriptures than the teaching that mi
and woman were created distind
with natures radically different, al
yet SO that they can be united In cd
and that the man is adapted to Il
uses Of business, professional and !
tellectual pursuits, and that the VI
man Is adapted to domestic uses,
which the affections are the rnli
principles. In fact, man is born to
intellectual and woman Is born to l
come a form OF affection, and will
she departs from her proper natJ
she violates the fundamental la VS.
the Lord, embodied 10 the creati|
Of the human race. In our text,
representative language, we find
law defining the sphere Of a man al
OF woman.
"The natural sense of the ven
forblds a man from wearing a VI
mans garment, and woman Is Il
hidden from wearing a mans carmel
and every one doing these things
| an abOmlnatiOn to jehovah
IF we look at these acts mer(
from a natural point Of view we 3
see no reason, either spiritual or n|
ural, why particular forms Of q
ments should be confined EXCLUSIVE
to men and other forms be confined
women ; hence many conclude that
Is merely a matter Of taste, and to
governed by the freaks Of fashion, al
II women desire to wear mems 81
mcnts, and men desire to wear VI
mems garments, 1t Is all right tO|
so.
"The question Of the form OF q
ments which men and women shot
wear would scarcely be treated Of
the Scriptures IL 1t did not invo|
deeper things than the mere natu|
raiment. In the doctrines Of the M
Church a deeper meaning Is unfold
and this apparently trivial law
thus seen to be rcplete with deep VI
dom, involving the fundamental d
ference between the male and fem|
mind, and shows the vital imp
lance Of preventing one from enter
into the functions Of the other. III
we are taught In the word by
man and his garment is signif|
truth and by a woman and her q
ment IS signifled affection of tru|
These are distinct with every man
the understanding and the will, OF
thought, which is Of the understa
ing, and affection, which is Of the VI
which, unless they are distinguish
the sexes would be COMPOUNDED 4
marriage could not be given 10 Will
the man is the truth, which is Of |
thought, and the woman is affecti|
"There are Offices proper t othe d
and Offices proper to the wife, and
wifesannot enter into the Offices
the man nor the man into the OH
OF the wife and perform them right
The offices BY which wives especla
conjoin themselves with their b
bands arc the education Of infants
both sexes and Of girls until they
Of manageable age.
"The reason why the wife CAM
enter into the Offices proper to
man and the man into the ONCE
the wife is because they differ as \
dom and it's love, or as thought
It's affection, or as the understsdu
and its will. In the oflces proper
men the understanding, thought (
wisdom take the lead, but 10 the 4
ces proper to wives the will,
lection aud love take the lead, 90
wife from these performs her ON
and q man from the former perfoT|
his wherefore thelr o0cos from III
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