The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-07

cannot be politically right" Ihat Is ap-
solutely, invincibly and eternally true.
He again said our government nae
given 'the bullet to the Indian and the
ballot to the negro"
Never a battle with wrong for the
right;
Never a contest that He doth not tight;
Lifting above us His banner so white;
Moment by moment I'm kept in HIS
sight"
A northern religious paper called the
Evangelist, Presbyterian we think,
wishes southern women to COPY the
froward, aggressive ways of the north
ern women who go around the country
sIecturing, attending all sorts OF gain
erings, leaving homes to take care OF
themselves while they emulate mans
examples and seek conspicuous lead
-ership. That is the real meaning OF II.
1t indorses women preaching and says
that they have S%criptural warrant for
All they are undertaking for the church
and it's missions, and the sooner good
southern women become active to the
same extent, the better for the south
ern church., both as to it's progress and
continued soundness in the faith If
there is any one thing for which men
should thank God above the salvation
of their households, it is that thus far
God has preserved to the south the
modesty, delicacy, refinement and pur-
ity of the women. No where else on
the globe is woman so Worshlpped, so
n1poira1 ca ravarannQ6 and pnnOhIHd
as in the south. May nothing ever &C.
cur to lower Oman's standing with
the men. Let the high and per-
feet courtesy forever continue. Let
woman move in her own sacred
sphere adored and loved. Let her
skirts never draggle on platforms
and may she never make a dis
play in journeys as a speech making
g. hierophant. The Richmond Central
Presbyterian, replying to the views of
the Evangelist, and at-length, has this
among other remarks:
IF there be a body of Christian wo-
men who with intelligence and fidelity
are accomplishing the service OF COO
more fruitfully han the women of the
southern Presbyterian church, we do
not know where they are to be found.
They are not heard in the churches
among men. They are never seen on
public platforms. They never forsake
their home duties for conventions at
distant points. They have no gather
ings at Synods or the assembly. Ihey
occupy no chairs in mission boards
They seek no publicity nor applause,
And III all this they are not asphyX-
lated as The Evangelist suggests.
"They have homes in which they fine
their kingdom. They teach the young
at home and in the Sunday school
They are largely the teachers of the
i. schools of the land, public and pri'
vate. They preside over schools .
learning for girls and young women
For a half century, perhaps, we hav'
believed n have often expressed on
belief, that the people in the north
particularly in the New England anC
Middle states, view nearly all ques
tons, whether social, political, econ
'omic, educational or religious, from an
other standing point. No two Euro
pean nationalities could be more antag
onistic in opinion and principles thar
the north and the south. 1t was 81
an hundred years ago and it will b.
SO when the nation bursts up. TIL
Republic is already defunct, and ha
been since 1865. We are all living undo
a Centralized Power. If you would
have a reason why neither the Presby
terrain nor the Methodist church in tn,
south can unite with their northern
brethren organically, it is found in thi
conflict of opinion. The southern
branches are much more obedient t
the Holy Scriptures, much more sever
-ly religious in requirement, much NOR
faithful to traditions and principle
and obligations than the people on tn
other side of the line. The Contra
Presbyterian says:
w want it no otherwise, becaus,
the situation is both Scriptural n &C
-~cording to the nature God has givel
to women; because our pious womel
could not and would not work in an
other way; n because it is eminentl,
successful and blessed of God. On thi!
matter our church has put it's foo
down firmly, has protected our Chris
tan women from the incoming of a It'd,
of evils destructive and deplorable, an
has advanced the interests of Christ!
cause to the harmony of the churche:
and the honor of Christ's name"