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ate high talents In women?
Paul said that women must keep ST.
lent in the churches. Is that com
mand still binding, and does it mean
just what some people think it does?
1t could have been that a few wo-
men were whispering and disturbing
the congregation and the preacher
just as young people sometimes do to-
day. That order for silence could
have been meant for them. 1t could
have meant simply that the women
/, must be quiet and reverent during
the church service. Many passages
of scripture can be taken differently.
Do not all creeds prove their doc
trines by the Bible? The Bible is
not at fault, but the mind Of man is
not capable OF understanding some
parts of it. Sometimes we are very
puffed up in our own estimation,
when we are very small, indeed. in
the sight of God. I cannot believe
that Paul objected to women preach
ing, .tor he con.mends women preach.
ers. In Phil. 4:3, he says: "And l en-
treat thee, also, true yoke-fellow, help
those women which labored with me
in the gospel, with Clement, also, and
with other of my fellow-laborers,
whose names are in the book of life"
Read the whole 10th chapter of Ro-
mans, and learn that Phoebe preached
the gospel of Christ. Notice PauTs
good opinion of her, and of his CO.
workers in the vineyard of the Lord,
Priscilla and Aquilla.
(Gal. 1927, 29): For as many Of
you as have been baptized into Christ,
have put on Christ. There is neither
Jew nor Greek, there is neither male
nor female; for We are all one in
Christ. And if We be Christ's then are
We Abraham's seed and heirs, accord
ing to the promise
Paul says that some of his utter
ances were spoken by permission
and not by commandn emit. Il Cor.
7:6).
In speaking of women, he also says:
But she is happier if she abide by
my judgment" PauTs judgment, not
the judgment of God.
In Lev. IL: 6, z, s, we find that man
is commanded not to eat the flesh of
the hare or of swine. Does that law
hold good today? We Gentiles do not
believe that it does. We believe that
it was made to suit the needs of the
people at that particular time. l have
seen ministers of the gospel enjoy a
good roast of pork or a pork chop,
and not feel that they were defiled.
Times and customs have changed.
Because they plowed with a crooked
stick in the days of Abraham, is that
any reason why we should pillow with
a crooked stick today?
Are the steam engine, the telegraph,
telephone, graphaphone, automobile,
| etc., inventions of the Devil just be-
cause they are not mentioned in the
Bible?
And, by the way, where does man
get his divine right to vote? Is any
thing said about that in the Bible?
This talk about woman's subsection
and subol dination makes me tired! 1t
! savors of the middle ages, and should
be classed with the thumb-screw, the
pillory, witchcraft, and other evils.
1t is equally disgusting to hear wo-
men talk Of their superiority over
men. They are equal parts, or should
be, of a perfect whole. Each needs
the others help and companionship.
They should stand side by side, fight
ing the battle of life together, loving
and comforting and ~counselling one
another, helping to bear each others
burdens and to make hone a truly
happy place. Marriages like this
would lessen the divorce evil, which
is destroying so many homes and
wrecking so many lives.
Now, Bro. Ballot, as civilization adj
vances, the condition of women will
advance, also. Do not stand in the
way of progress. 1t is not only en-
barrassing when the inevitable hap
pens, but it sometimes makes one a
laughing stock to p~osterity.
Bro. Ballot has a hobby which he
dearly loves to ride;
That precious little hobby-horse is
Bro Ballots pride.
Sometimes it kicks, sometimes it
balks, and nearly throws it's mas
ter,
But Bro. Ballot holds ON tight, and
spurs it on the faster.
1t worries him to think that we, the
sex so weak and lowly,
Are learning how to use our tongues
and pens in matters holy.
He thinks that we should license sin.
nor try tn curb pc ravaoo.