The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-04


modest retiring spirit gave this nation |
one OF its greatest, statesmen and was |
really. the superior power behind the |
throne. love thar blessed old maxim |
-" the hand that rocks the cradle |
rules the world" Yes the world |
"blesses the women who bless the ma |
ton with noble sons and daughters"
But some of the advocates of Woman
Suffrage" will scoff at the mention OF
cradle Too many of our twentieth
century women have chosen the club
and the platform as vocation and to
them cradle rocking Is lost art.
These are the women with a few ex
ceptions that want the direct use OF
the ballot. | read the other day in one
of our reliable religious papers of a
great apartment house in which 1900
people live and not child in that
house. although there were In that
same apartment house GOO poodle
dogs. and these people call themselves
| the best people and profess to be
christians. That woman who trains a
child for time and eternity is under
God welding the mightiest influence
and doing the gradnest work Of earth
and heaven. The angels might well
covet such a gracious vocation. No our
women should not vote and be elected
| to office, but in the language of my
text let them rather be the glory of
the home.
Have Our Women the Right to Preach.
| Some one Immediately asked after
Ithis subject had been announced, If
was going to say anything on the sub
| ject of women preaching. | may be
permitted 10 say that as far as | am
personally concerned If women feel
called to preach 7 have no objection.
but | don't want them to try to compel
me to believe in it, Under this point I
call attention to just one passage of
Scripture. which bears directly on the
subject: Cor IA 34-"Let your wom-
en- keep silent in the churches for it is
nor permitted unto them 10 preach"
You notice | use the word preach in
stead of the word speak. The word
preach in this passage l. synonymous
with the word speak and according to
my commentaries this prohibition in no
way touches the ministration of wom-
en- TO women, and the gift of the
| prophetic spirit to women proves
plainly that there is evangelical work
| for them to do. The larger and public
assemblies of the church are alone I'M
| der consideration in this chapter and
| the Apostle had here especially and
only in his thoughts the Office Of
preaching to mixed assemblies The on
| ly prohibition laid down in The Bible ac
cOrding to many of our best Theo-
| logians concerning woman's work is
thar of occupying the pulpit as preach
| ers.
Like The question of voting, | am
a believer in women preaching and
| beg to give you my own mother as an
example. | believe in women preach
ing because my mother was a preach
er. Yes my mother preached the Cos
pei for so years and ist .fill preaching
il. Ny father was Baptist preacher
in Illinois and Kentucky before The
war. My mother was the wife OF a
preacher and with her help The gospel
was preached for twenty years. Then
my mother Is the mother of three
preachers. One of her sons was an
Evangelist for twenty-five years. died
and went 10 his reward. Under his
ministry more than $4,000 souls were
converted The other son. many of you
have heard preach. has been preaching
the gospel for thirty years and under
his ministry 10000 souls have been
saved and he is still preaching. The
third son | shall not say much about
him. but he has been preaching the
gospel for fifteen years and is still
preaching It. SO say that my mother
wa preacher. She has gone 10 her
reward in heaven but ! expect to see
her wear the brightest crown of all
Through her husbands and sons she
preached the gospel for so years and
is still telling the glad news. Sac never
made talk In public nor did she pray
in public, she was keeper of the |
home, read her Bible and prayed in |
the home. Thank God for a Christian
mother and a Christian home.
What Is the True Adjournment OF
Woman?
! am glad we live in a land Of per |
feet religious freedom and | am glad
that no one Is compelled TO believe as
! do concerning the true adornment of
women. As | said in the beginning of
this discourse. do not expect folks
who have outlived the requirements
and commands of the Bible to agree
with me. Let me illustrate what be-
heye 10 be the true adornment of
woman. God has blessed me with
precious little girl. What do I want
her TO be? What is the supreme voca-
ton of woman? What is an ideal wom- |
an? want nv girl to grow mp Just rs
the Bible prescribes. First seek the |
kingdom of God and his righteous 1
\ uant hon 70. hn fr1fuad t.. N !