Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-27
LET WOMEN PREACH.
REV. MIR. DAUGHERTY ARGUES
THAT 1T Is sCRpTURAL.
ON SANE PLATFORM WITH MAN.
The Bible Emancipates the Benuti-
full Slave and Puts Her Evenly by
Leaders or Pastors.

Rev. John W. Daugherty believes In
women preaching the Gospel He so de-
| clared in his sermon at the Apostolic
| church, in Fulton. last night, and ar
| gued that the Bible supports his view.
| He intimated that woman suffrage would
eradicate some OF the evils Of the age,
but did not enter further into a discus
sion Of this question or take any position
with reference to IT,
Rev. Mr. Daugherty's subject was
Woman and the Bible" and his text
was based on Acts H., II: And your
sons and daughters shah prophesy.' lie
said:
As vice is virtue distorted, and every
lie is mangled truth. so woman out OF
her proper position changes the chleiest
Of earthly blessings TO a calamity No-
man is not in her true position now, ana
hence the world is grooming and travail
ing in pain" Her hand must wipe the
death-dew from the face Of the human
family and administer the balm Tor the
open sores Of the world. Her present p0-
sition is not assumed, but enforced. n
cruel spirit IS strutting abroad, OFFSPRING
Of barbarism, that worships woman only
to be adOred by her and to enslaye her
within the limits Of a social harem' TO DC
his pseudo wife and nurse his chlldreh.
The Bible emancipates this beautiIul
slave and puts her on the same platform
and evenly by the side of man. can she
rule as well as the kings of the earth?
Go. see England's peerless monarch, VINO
from girlhood to old age has occupied the
throne Could she vote, her ballot would
never smell of whiskey and tobacco In
the home or church or State womans
true position is that of equality with man.
HER RIGHT TO PREACH
One of the charter rights of woman Is
to preach the Gospel granted her by
Almighty God in the Bible. Your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy'-i. e.
preach. See Pulpit Com, /. Corinthians
xi., T. Jameson, Faussett, and Brown,
same reference For this purpose the
Holy Ghost was poured upon them that
they should prophesy. Besides, this same
amounting, says Peter, is promised TO all,
even as many as the Lord our God shall
call. This Scripture has been fulfilled 1900
years and with its fulflment came the
divine authority to prophesy. At Pente-
cost they all preached. men and women.
There are two passages Of Scripture
which DIRECTORS bring forward to oppose
woman's preaching-viz., /. Corinthians
xii, "a, 35-"Let your women keep silence
i'm the churches, for it is not permitted
unto them to speak, but they are com
manded TO be under obedience, as also
saith the law, for it is shame for
women to speak i'm the church. And /.
Timothy H., IL. u: Let the woman learn
III put |
not a woman to teach nor to usurp au-
thOrty over the man, but 10 be IN silence"
ANSWERS THE OBJECTIONS.
In reply to the first objection l would
refer you to the twelfth chapter Of l.
Corinthians. Here in the same letter the
Apostle recognizes both men and women
exercising the privilege of prophesy, and
urges the woman not 10 prophesy with
her head uncovered and the man not to
prophesy with his head covered. 1t was
the Jewish custom for the woman 10 be
uncovered, as Hannah, and for men TO
be covered. The Greek custom was the
reverse OF this. For a woman 10 appear
in public unveiled was to make herself
Of ill-repute In the fourteenth chapter,
describes a certain kind of meeting, which |
was public and open for everybody; in !
this meeting she is not permitted 20 |
speak. The reason is the same as above |
it would have been such a violent |
breach Of a powerful social custom that |
the act would have resulted i'm great in |
jury 10 the church. But where SUCH a |
,ustom does not prevail such prohbl- |
lion would not be valid.
I'm reply TO the second objection, l would |
say that I'm all these passages Of Scrip |
ture and i'm others also. the man is ac- |
corded a pre-eminence in this particular |
only that he is related 10 her as the |
lead. Leadership Is mans right. but that |
does not exclude women from the same |
kind Of work. / suffer not a woman 10
each by usurping authority over the
man would be a rendering that would do |
10 violence 10 the Apostles meaning |
Woman has no official position given her
In the Church. All such are filled by men
by divine appointment. Women should
not be leaders or pastors, but they may
preach by divine authority where the Gus
.Om referred to does not exist, for where
the custom does not exist the objection
tails. The four daughters of Philip were
svangolists. The woman Of Samaria
preached powerfully under the eyes OF
Jesus without rebuke The first heralds
# the risen Lord were women. Priscilla
aught Apollos 1.-THE way OF God more per-
ectly." The women labored with me in
he Gospel" says Paul. "Your sons and
-Our daughters ghall prODhpSV."