The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-11-29

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a second scene comes iintS6 our vision.
Sin casts is baleiul shadcws on the
earth; N consequence man, feels the
beads OF sweat on his brow, and finds
thorns and thlstles IN the field. Woman
is distressed with pain and death. And
an she who was queen OF Che world Is
despoiled Of her scepter aGnd-her crown.
and becomes the object OF subordlnation
oppression and cruelty. and in every
land destitute Of Christian civilization
that curse remains today. Among the
mighty populations Of China and India
and Of many other countries, woman
is found with her neck under the heel OF
man.
The third scene completes our picture.
The song Of shepherds is heard. Christ
is on the earth. HIS commission is an
nounced to a women at the well OF
Samaria, and she became the frat
preacher of the Messiah outside the
Jewish commonwealth. They are
women to whom angels from heaven
announce ar empty tomb. and to
women Christ Himself gives His first
commission to preach to the world q
risen Lord and Saviour. Upon
women is pronounced the same bene.
dlction that men receive, and they,
in common with men, are authorized
to be the Lords witnesses to the end of
time, and to them are promised the
same gifts OF the spirit that are con-
ferred on the apostles.
1t appears. also that Paul, whose
directions given to certain Asiatic
women, having only a local significance.
and nothing to do with the women who
now fill this hall, expected women to
preach, sent women out to preach, gave
women directions how to preach, COM
mended those who did preach, and gave
the names OF no fewerfthan twelve
women whom he recognized as ordained
ministers of the Gospel Of Christ, and
designated them by The same word,
deacon, that was applied toaPaul and
Appollos, and employ the same word.
prophesy, in describing what those
women deacons were to do, as was used
in describing the, preaching OF the.
apostles. sE saf.t: %
Under this new order. of things began
the restoration. And a NO one, now tails
to see that one OF the. missions 81 Chris.
tlanity is to lift the curse III. the trans
gression from man, and at The same, to
light it from women. Eden is to be re-
stored is the promise,inet toAnnan only
but to women as well. amid fhe sub
lime achievements and Accomplishments
Of Christianity. prophets more than
ono foresaw this freedom Of women
from subordlnation and bondage that
had cursed her from the hour nf her
exsulsion from Eden. The progress Of
this restoration has been slow, but no.
slower than the progress OF Christianity
itself. And just in proportion to the
prevalence Of an enlightened Christian
civilization will be the elevation Of
women, and the restoration OF her
original and queenly rights. Even the
apostle who Is often misquoted and
misunderstood, saw IN the coming day
that there is neither Greek nor Jew,
neither bond nor free, neither male nor
female. for all are one man in Christ
Jesus.
That brighter day is now dawning
fast. The sunset OF this century is for
women the sunrise Of the next. In hum
dreds OF ways she is passing to the up
per strata In scholastic attainments, in
public work. and IN every field in which
she has ventured to perform her part.
And she has done this without losing
one atom OF her grace and gent|eness.
In the field of literature. on the plat
form, IN the domain of science, IN the
management of educational institutions
and in whatever intellectual arena, she
stands. she is proving herself the peer,
not OF ordinary men merely, but o fthose
who are high priests in their chosen
callings. When VIZ see girls in the uni
versities OF every land carry ing off the
prizes and honors; when we see the
marked success which women has
achieved IN organizing aud prosecuting
missionary, educational and temper
ance enterprises. and in all sorts OF
charitable measures that are designed
to help the needy and unfort11nat re- wa