Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-19


was written by them "or old time"
when Il is given by the Holy dhost
through living ministers.
TO illustrate; It has been deemed
wise during the past few years to APP
some ladies as missionary aids They
have performed an excellent WORK
They can reach classes Of persons whom
the Elders could not approach They
are authorized to bear their testimony
10 and expound the truth. They are not
ordained to the Priesthood They can
not administer the ordinances Of the
Gospel, but they can act in the GAZING
to which they have been appointed ana
do their part In the work OF the last
dIspensation in this day of WARMING
What objection can there be to that
any more than to their bearing testl'
mony at home in d fast-meeting?
"Ohi" responds an objector tied mp to
the letter Of olden times but Paul
says, Let your women keep silence IN
the churches; for It is not permitted
unto them to speak, but they are COM
manded to be under obedience 90 also
saith the law" Well, what Of that?
Paul was not talking to the Latter-day
Saints In the twentieth century but
TO the Corinthians In the first century.
IL was not customary then and there for
women to appear publicly in the man
ner that he deprecated, except In the
case of courtezans. This is why lie
declared, "for It is n shame for women
to speak in the church"
lie wished TO preserve then
from needless public reproach' People
were as ready then TO seek occasion
to defame the Saints as they are IN
the present age Paul did not wish to
expose the sisters to unjust suspicion
nor 10 the slurs and contempt OF the
ungodly. Nor did he wish them TO
"uslirp authority which they might
be tempted to do n allowed to appear
in public as orators ana ministers. Wo-
men have no right TO exercise author
ity now. but they may be permitted
and encouraged to use their talents
and influence in the support of relg-
ion and morality, IN this freer age
when It Is not considered "A "reproach'
to lady to state her Views on a plat
form or promulgate them from pull
pit
The Grief point we wish to make plain
IN this connection Is, that the Church OF
the last days has been organized ana
established By direct revelation from
God and stands on its own basis, with
living Apostles and Prophets, Jesus
Christ being the chief cornerstone and
is independent of all other churches past
or present. II regulates ts own affairs.
It's authority Is equal TO that bestowed |
on holy men Of old. II does not depend
upon past revelations or Instructions.
1t Ia in harmony on general princi-
pies with the Church Of God In all
ages But It formul0tes and provides
rules Of It's own, adapted to present |
conditions ana requirements and II
these should be, in some respects, diff
ferent from those which we're necessary
many centuries ago, that which Is de-
clared By proper authority now win
ancient and obsolete dIrec-
tions and opinions.
II students Of holy scripture would
take into consideration the entire sub
ject treated Of by the writer, instead
OF picking out verse or two or part
Of treatise separated from the con-
text, they would avoid falling into
many errors And II they would fur
ther remember that some Of the in
strnclions given In holy writ were spe-
cially impaired for the individuals and
the TIMES when they were written, and
may not have any bearing upon ndiyid-
uals and things at the present day,
they would come TO better under
standing OF what was written afore-
time, and would save themselves from
many unnecessary contentious.