The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-15
BAPT|STS DISAGREE
OVER ST. AUL' s
ORDER ON WOMEN
WILL SISTERS BE ALLOWED
REPRESENTATION, is
PROBLEM.
IN S|XTY-TH|RD SESSION
Opponents of Equal Suffrage" in
Church Contend that Admonition
OF Apostle for Women to Keep
Silent Must be Obeyed.

vi hPOStle IOl w WOiIlcll 10 hcel
Silent Must be Obeyed.
Hot Springs, Ark, May 18th,
sixty-third session of the Southern
Baptist convention opened here this
morning to take action on several
matters OF church conduct, and to
hear reports from its three admin
istrative boards which Baptist lead
erS declare disclose the most sue
cessful year in the history OF the
church.
Interest in the routine OF the CON
vention, however, was rather over
shadowed by the contest between
advocates of woman suffrage in
the convention and its opponents.
The question as to whether the
women of the denomination should
have direct representation in the
convention has been d perplcxing
one to the convention for several
sessions.
What Paul Said.
Debate on the proposition center
ed mainly upon the Interpretation
which is to be put on PaulS iniunc-
ton to the women OF ancient Cor
inth to be silent in the temples Of
Christ, as written in his first epist!e
20 the Corinthians, chapter IA, verses
81 and IS, when he said Let your
women keep silence III the cHurchcS'
LOT II IS NOT Pernni''eo unto tHchi
TO SPEAK out 'hey are Co',"'a"oeo
10 DC u"ue' oncuie''0e' rs "'No sH'''i
'he law ana II 'hey VIII Ie"ri, any
'n'i'S' ''' 'ntni ASH '"el' i'uso''Ius
at nome Io' II Is s'd"lc lo' "o'i''
Ell 10 SPEAK i" 'ne '''"'cl
NuEo0"'oS u equ"l sun age Il, .'c
church contend '"al ""I "dV'c'
was "oN'S'oI'" ny (oIc''io'N "'''O'i
were peculiar to Corin'H at ''"'
tl'he' ''t"'' IMAM ny t'e'''"S :"
'ae c"Huu't oI "oI'el! III seI'e' "''
opposition TO ine sun rage '''eiiu-
nient aISo came from ueItsd'eS WHO
reared ''"t Pa'"c'P"''o!' III ooI''cIi- i
"ohS d! !i! tne women oI 'tie '''ui o,' =,
"ouId '"''''a'e against U'e WIN
"fil'h no" ], pe'hS uo"' oy ,"e
woman Il'Ss'o''H!y u'''o', III '''''
II would e'eot d '''''o'' u ''''' co
""'oI's '"e ""'iIe"'
Fasteners oppose Suffrage
Most OF the delegates VINO OPP
posed equai suffrage were from the
eastern states represented IN the
convention. several OF the wester"
state conventions already nave
granted equal suffrage to the won
en-, since 1t Is gwen to each state
convention to direct It's own church
work, and the women found that
'heir staunchest allies were the del
egates from that section OF the con
venuon.
Arkansas was one OF the hrst
states 10 grant equal suitrase IN the
convention. and II was then, Ut
1885, At the Augusta, Ga.. conyen- .
ton that the first effort was made ,
to inject equal suffrage INTO the Z
national convention. At that time
II was recalled today Mrs. +. ,
Eagle, vile OF former governor ol
Arkansas. rose on a roll call "i
states TO present her credentials A.
a delegate.
The section OF the constitution ol /
the convention which dehned quail !
hcatonS OF delegates made no refer
ence to the sex OF the delegate
merely characierizing one as
member, together with other Inn /
iting clauses. The convention was .
then thrown into sharp division, {
with the conservative element, head
BaptlNt leaders. among M1Oiu was