The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-17
HATS and DEVOTION
The Rule for Women as Laid Down
by the Apostle Paul in
. Corinth.
It Does Not Apply Now, Says Rev.
DR.. L. H. Hallock-A Roman
Catholic View.

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DR.. L. H. Hallock-A Roman
II Catholic View.
The apostle Paul was not thinking of
the Minneapolis girls when he wrote to
the church of Corinth, Every woman
that prayeth with her head uncovered dis
honoreth her head" s~'E ..% ,55,
NO" said DR.. l.. H. Hallock this morn
ing, at his study in the Plymouth Congre-
gational church, paul had reference to,
local conditions only, to matters that con-
cerned that time and that place.. :.
Therefore, DR.. Hallock still regrets that
the women of his congregation did not
stay reformed after he had induced them
to take off their hats in church. Neither
does the pastor agree with Rev Charles
r. Carley, Of St. Mary's Catholic church
at Yonkers. N. Y, who warmly last sun
day reproved women that go hatless to
worship, and who quoted St. Paul as au-
thority for the exclusion of the hatless
woman from a house of worship Father
Carley, indeed, announced that no woman
with uncovered head would hereafter be
admitted to his church.
I'm the Old Testament time" said DR..
Hallock, people were told just how they
ought to dress, just how they ought 10
worship. just how they ought to sacrl-
fee, and do everything else. But we've
outgrown those kindergarten days. we
decide matters now in accordance with
general principles of right and policy ana
convenience In the same way the higher
criticism has taught us to interpret tne
scripture with reasonable regard for the
circumstances in which the several DOCKS
were written. We no longer follow our
forefathers in believing that every dlrec-
to-, H.
every human being in every age and every
country. - -
Now, at the time that Paul admonS
ished the Corinthians, it was the custom
there for women of loose morals TO go
about with uncovered heads" so IL an
upright woman thoughtlessly lett her heao
uncovered, she was likely to be mistaken
for an improper character. 'Inls was nc
reason he cautioned the women OF the
Corinth congregation, although the IAN
guage he used lies open to m1slnterpreta-
ton. especially by our sisters that pc
lieve in equal rights.
Paups Words.
"Here is what the apostle says-flrst
Corinthians, Ill., etc.:
.Rut T would have you know that the head OF
every man is Christ and the head OF the wolian
is the man; and the head OF christ Is 'ou. .
every man praying or prophesylng, haynis
bis head covered, .lishonoreth his head bu ,
o o1s woman that pray eth or prophesieth With
her head uncovered dishonoreth her head: 1os
that is even all one as sue 1at h S siso h.
s,orn: but If it be shame for woman ~
be shorn or shaven let her be coSete" ~ ~,
| the man is not of the woman put .n eo "a fnr
| NJ tho man. Neither was the nan createo loi
| The woman but the woman for the man ror
| this cause ought the woman to nave power "a
hcr head because of the angels Does hoI
even nature itself teach you that, II a man
!,o{r is
| q woman have long hair 1t is glory TO hef'
| for her hair Is given her for covering.
"well. that was sound doctrine FOR
Corinth nearly 1000 years ago, put II
doesn't apply toeMinneapol1s IN lsoz1
ION the contrary, I'm very sorry can
| nersuade the women in my church TO Keep
their hats off, especially during the ser
"A wear or two ago I tried it. I asked
them to kindly remove their mats.
! explained thattiI didn't object, to pretty
millinery in itself. L hoped I had taste
anough to appreciate its beauties. But
preaching a sermon was not attending an
art opening I felt the need Of the per-
sonal inspiration, the spiritual influence
that come from sight Of, the hearers
faces, and especially their eyes: But
with those big hats in the way 1t was
only faith that convinced me that the
ladies had faces And the millinery was
equally obstructive to the men of the
congregation. Why; one of those DIE
hats would seem to, cover the whole organ
| But the ladies took my suggestion
very kindly and. with scarcely an ex-
| ception, they removed the hats. dldn
ask them to take them off early in the
service and then stand up to sing witt
their big hats in their hands, No. I JUS
wanted them to remove, the hats as tht
sermon began and then hold them II
their laps, or put them in an unoccupiet
seat, if there happened to be. any, sr~
almost every woman as i said, wa:
willing enough, all except a very few
chiefly elderly ladies whose hair and ha
were too closely allied to make the re
moval of the hat a safe proceeding.
"Well, the effect was admirable.
could see hundreds of appreciatiVe face
where I saw before nothing but feather
and flowers and spangles and net and
what dye call it-tulle? And the mel
were gratiied, too. They said. 1t was s.
pleasant to be always certain just VIII
had delivered the sermon. 1885,.
! Women Grew Tired Of Change. -,
But after some months a, few wone>
| got tired Of holding their hats, or mayb
they looked like rights when they go
! home, or something, and they 1quit un
II covering as the text was read. More wo
men followed this lead and presently m
little reform was as much out of tn
fashion as the hats that 1t mad van
quished. So
' 1.-The ladies have explained that the
didn't so much mind taking the things Of
as putting them back again with no mir
ror or other friend near by to see If =
l was on straight For a while we talke
8 of having little ante room with attend
: ants to give out checks for hats and wit
rows of mirrors adjusted In a favorabl
light. But that seemed so unspiritua
to say the least, and the ladies Wer
likely to have so much bother when the
all rushed to the mirrors at once, ths
we had to let the innovation go.
However, do think that as long q
b women remove their hats at the theate
u at concerts. and even at ever
. ing entertainments in a. .churcl
:. it would be no more than cour,
e eous for them to take the same amour
Of trouble when they worshipt 6 And
venture to say that St. Paul would add
verse or two of exceptions on this sui
j. ject If he were writing now an Epistle 4
n the Minneapolitans." 49, .!..sr 80.
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