The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
WOMEN PASTORS.
Many OF Them I'm Charge or Churches In aadt-
tion to Those Who Are BvnhRcItstA

Many or Them TN charge or Churches In hadi-
tion to Those VhO Are BvanRoitstA
The Church Economist has discovered that
there are moro than twenty women In this
country who are pastors, not preachers mere.
ly. but settled pastors over unitarian societies,
and that they arc uniformly suocesstul.
The Rev. Miss Stafford. who Is President OF
tho Iowa Unitarian Association. Ia ono OF tho
most conspicuous Of tho women pastors. She
10 about 40 years old, energetic, affab,e, and q
good speaker. Two other women pastors are
the Rev. Marion Murdoch and the Rev. Flor.
ence Buck. They arc both stationed az CO.
pastors at the First Unitarian Church in
Cleveland. They took their theological course
at Meadville and q special course at Man
chester College. Oxford.
Still another Unitarian pastor 10 tho Rev.
Mary T. Whitney Of tho Unity Church. South
Boston. She 10 not only an able pastor. but .
woman OF force in church councils, and tho
same may DO said Of the Revs, Mrs. f. 7.
Wilkes Of Oakland, CAL; Rev. Florence L.
Pierce Of Pomona, CAL, and Rev. Harriet ID.
Boynton, the last being, with her husband, the
Rev. Richard W. Boynton, pastor at Roslin.
dale, Mass Other women who are doing good
pastoral work, and arc settled over Unitarian
societies. are the Rev. Ida C. Hultin Of the First
Church, Moline. ILL.,; the Rev G.. J. Bartlett Of
tho First Church, Kalamazoo. Mich. tho Rev.
r. L. Gordon OF tho First Church. Iowa City.
and the Row. L. W. Sprague, co.pastor with her
husband of the New South Church, Boston.
The Universalist Church has from the hrst
welcomed woman to its councils, and hos 40
corded to her the fullest liberty In the exercise
of her powers In Its service. John Murray, tho
founder OF Universalism in America, gave TO
'his wife the h~eartiest encouragement In her lit
erary pursuits as far back as 1892, and It may
10 said OF this lady that in her espousal OF the
cause of equal rights for the sexes sho appears
BY the advocates OF that principle to-day.
~, mar. sra ooos ana nya,a a, jenkins, both OF
=" N'"'0' "eto - nts' omo u "fo Nho"n
for a saprt time in m. s,r1r nart ~ ,S,. osnsnrI
though neither OF them sought ordination.
Olympia brown was the first woman upon whom
ordination was conferred. This occurred di.
.no,," a,t.. ss- onaSnst.. Is. ~ -
Theological School in 1868. There arc now
slxty.hve women in the ministry OF the univer-
saltst Church, Most OF these arc ordained.
mn,.e nus mhU ~ noetnht MA arS, IN nearly
every instance: PHrsaing their thsoioxica! stud
nye, more @e tnsh e one-hsIt are marrie9 and hays
r "a sors, OF ,ain,,r rea Mi,Ss ,bs siphbti m dhfee nola
a few are tie wives IS Of clergy men husband and
same circuit. " 'n' on 'e
AnonS ~ mama. rnos, v,s.,v L.wn--
au,ois ny names noeI ~iueIy SHOWN may %
nNn ~ N az w, AusS.sN1 Shspin, ~. w..
no" sal ,eiuon, y. mo nrst woman
lHe "o,tu teeeiSe tIom an nsutu,
lion ot earning kne oeSree OF poGtor OF
plnunLy; MsS Snspin mas STUDIED and
traSeilen Aoloao ana ner attalnruents have
made ner muen soufns alrer as a col
ieSe tSSe ~ On nseFS.ure: lne rev. FLOR,
enc honoeh SsooHer THn NE VIZ eHeepLona
success as a Sest1r. purinS u thiftoeh years
pas.orate AZ Engiewooa. Row ShicaEo, lii3 a
stronS p9fssn WIS oSnos1 '9scther ana q ms
Shurcn e1ince eleSIe4; mo iteS. henrietta q.
Moo.e OF Sprihsneiu ~ Is . woman OF RAJ aoil,
ny on an Z sp onN 5 y ,S.s WI - setofS, year
hatiohAi orsaniIer toE me Mofnsn $ christian
Tenperanse Union and Is known t. temperance
%o,Aets ION 1Sean 10 ocean; many others
nn"IsI r So. "11 n snown. nave M WIZ
mnr mar srH o1 n ,netr sesPeS.,'e melis. In
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