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that wives should
be In subsection to their husbands, 1t
also teaches that Christians should
each be subject to one another. In
some realms the Bible rates man as
superior to woman. When the ques'
ton arises as to who should say the
deciding word on a debated subject In
the church 1t does not leave us at sea.
Either man or woman must be given
the obligation, and the Bible gives 1t
to the man. In the Christian program
woman must not teach or usurp au-
thority over the man. There Is ever
here the obligation placed upon the
NAH to be the bearer of the brunt Of
the battle and to protect the woman.
But now, has woman a supremacy
In some other realms? Has she,
through the exercise of a meek and
quiet spirit, a power far mightier than
If she were to usurp authority over
the man? Surely. Thus it is that
woman is OH many pages Of the Bible
mentioned with emphasis.
Consider the narrative In the First
Book Of Kings concerning the dead
child whom Elijah restored to life as
God enabled him. Mention Is made
there that the child's mother was a
widow. And our Lord Jesus, when
mentioning this incident, speaks of
many Widows" But he never speaks
of many Widowers.
The account In the Second Book of
Kings about the Summarizes son Is
written with the same notable EN-
phasis upon the woman, for 1t reads
that he, having fallen sick in the field,
his father had him carried to his
mother. This child died. Elisha
raised him to life and forthwith he
calls to the child's mother, Of whom 1t
is stated that she took up her son and
went out"
Consider our Lord Jesus, though he
addresses his mother as woman"
when she must more deeply learn of
His Deity, yet when on the cross He
commends her to John as mother"
All, yes, If you search your Bible
through you will see that there is no
disparaging Of one sex in contrast
with the other. But sin Is here. And
while n sinned earlier thar the 9th
or, both were sinners. AS a conse-
quence all have sinned, hence both
women and mel must find their stand
ing In relation to this fact.
And who could find any place for
contending for his own superiority
here? Here, evidently the woman
would contend that the superiority Is
applicable to the man, saying that she
Is the chief of sinners; while the man
would contend that such rank should
be accorded to the woman, insisting
that he Is the chief of sinners.
All of which only serves to more
clearly disclose the fact that much de-
bate and contention may attend re-
forms, which will utterly die out when
we declare for regeneration. Indeed,
questions which will not submit to
solution through reform prove to have
been already solved when those con-
sidering them have been really born
again. Reform methods may impris0n
the criminal, but they cannot subdue
the criminality in his heart. Regen-
GRAFTON makes the criminal a saint.
There is a refinement which appears
even in the matter of the sexes which
only the accepted grace of God can
make possible. Mothers day appeals
to US strongly, but il Mothers day
means only a bracing up of sentiment
to- the accompaniment of mailing post
al cards and flowers, then refined
Christian mothers would scorn 1t. 1t
must be characterized by that refine
mem which the new birth imparts to
the meaning of the word mother; then
the Christian mother will be strength
ened in the faith, heartened In prayer
and pacifed In the conflict because of
the day.
Sin brought to humanity disagree
nent and discord, and it has sadly
prevailed even among the sexes. Grace
is the n and only cure for both man
and woman. When grace is accepted
there follows In its train a series of
ennobling and refining influences
which assures between man and wom-
an and between parents and children
and between employers and servants
of either sex a custom of "doing good
unto all".
But 1t all rests upon Christian faith
rather thar upon cultured courtesy.
Through faith women received their
dead raised to life again." And it Is
through faith that men become eager
to declare: Help those women which
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