Sunday morning globe., 1901-11-17
The Rev. Mrs Phebe Hall-Luttrell'
Pastor Hall Mission Tabernacle
PRESENTS THROUGH THE GLOBE.
A Splendid and Exhaustive Sermon on
Womans Ministry In the Pulpit, Of Which
She, Herself is Such an Omament-@TS'
Luttroll Appreciates the Good Work Of the
Globe.
Corinthians, xlv:S4-35,

nth the law. And If they W. learn
ANYTHING let them ask their husbands
at home. for it is a shame for women
to speak in the church
our Savior on one occasion sald'
"Render unto Caesar the things whlch
are Caesars, and unto God the things
that are Gods"
From the same anointed lips went
forth the same decree: Render
unto woman the tl-ngs which are
womans "for there is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither bond nor iree'
there is neither male nor female: for
We are all one in Christ Jesus (Gai'
iii:2S) with reference to gospel priyll
eyes. to it's obligations, responsibilities
blessings and rewards
Honor to whom honor is due -
should be universally admired ana
But IL il must be admitted that our
text. so isolated, so abused, so muIll'
ated and so misinterpreted, does ao
solutely prohibit the public ministry
of women, then we should close our
Bibles. step from the platform, ana
gracefully, joyfully acquiesce. How
ever it is our high and happy privilege
TO be able to prove to you, by a falth'
ful and consistent Interpretation OF
large collation. Of scriptures, that she
is not only unforbldden to proclaim
Jesus 10 the world, but absolutely com
manded to do so.
"Tbe brief and terse statement Of
tba Holy Ghost ("In hlm there is
neither male nor female") forever
sweeps from the field all the world
wide controversy relative to woman's
gospel rights. by simply annlMlating
sexhood from the kingdom Of grace
and glory. AS the problem is here
solved positively, unequivOcally and IT.
refutably by the infallible ipse ulXit
of the Holy Ghost
II must first be accepted that the
apostle was not discoursing at all, on
the subiect Of woman's ministry, but
simply on the order In the meetings.
this entire paragraph being corrective
of those disorders which hau developed
as q result Of their incOrrigible zeal
and enthusiasm in the appropriation
and exercise Va the spiritual gifts ana
graces. really appertaining to men as
Dertiuently as to the women This Is
simply a continuation of the Pauline
structures on the disorders prevalent
I'm the Corinthian church, resultant
from this incorrigible enthusiasm
after the deep things Of God, which
which was highly cOmmendable IN IL
self. but by no means out Of harmony
with the order necessary to mutual
edidcatiOn.
1t is a well known fact that the
heather never did, neither do they
now. educate their women. While the
Greeks were at the top Of the world
learning it was confined to the men
The gospel. new and strange to those
people so recently converted out of
heathenism. and especially when so
wonderfully augmented and intensified
bv those spiritual gifts, filling the
women as we'll as the men with a
flaming zeal to catch and remember
every word as enunciated by the speak
er we are not surprised that the
wives sitting by their husbands, ever
and anon. spoke to them, asking In
formation about what the preacher
was SAYING. The Greek word here
used justifes this conclusion. Legein
means 80 deliver" a discoursei
eipein 80 speak in conversation,
while lalein the word here used, is
from the Greek root lal, which means
'baby talk" as the baby in his first
efforts saws, 1al, lal" Hence, the
first meaning Of this word given by
the dictionary is "to gabble ii. e,
speak in an undertone.
But II they wish to learn some
thing. let them ask their own nus
bands at home: for it is a disgrace foi
a woman to gable in church (Rev
Dr. Godbey's Conn
This verse is eXegetcal Of the pre-
ceding. as we have here an antithesis
equal. Hence the prohibition in verse
81 is coordinate with the permission
in verse 35-to ask their husbands al
home in case they wish to learn some
thing from them, showing clearly thai
the prohibition in the meeting was
simply that of asking their husbands
TO give them explanations while th'
person is speaking "The popular
idea that this is prohibtory of womer
taking part in public worship is utter
" untenable, for the simple fact tha
Paul Is not on that subject at all
We must be careful not to MAKE
Paul contradict himself. Let us nov
refer to Chat. kills. This church a
Corinth was racked with controversies
on many different lines, among othel
things they wrote to Paul in referenc'
them bareheaded like the men, rails
ing controversies about them preach
ing and praying and taking part II
public worship, as Priscilla and Others
had done while Paul was with them
But there was quite a criticism agains
the habit OF some Of their womeI
preaching and praying bareheaded llk
men The costume at that day beinl
so Identical among men and Womel
that the veil of the latter and tn
shorn locks of the former became tn
designation of the sexes While Pau
is disposed to lay no emphasis on tn
latter, stating to them that It is un
worthy OF controversy, because tn
churches have no fixed custom reQuir
ing women to have something on he
head when she exercises In public, We
for the sake OF harmony and to obyiat
improbable criticism he advises al
the sisters to wear their usual head
dress when they pray OF preach, SET