Christian herald., October 05, 1883, Page 2, Image 2

CHRISTIAN HERALD.
to their field of labor on September
the 27th; anff the "latter from
New York city September 22nd,
andhence at this writing are all at
the mercy of the ocean, and we
trust are under the protecting care
of Him whose voice the wind and
the waves obey. If all is well with
them, they can doubtless sing with
the poet :
sistera for Japan ami India-!-—Ara revelation of an omniseient Goff ?
| we to separate the sisters by prayer When Mr. Beecher delivered his
and-Utelaying on of handsinorder- doeture on Woman SuflTa^e,—ttte
that they may sing, pray, and take New Northwest thought his re­
part in the social meetings of the marks on the above language of
congregations ? If so, we will have Paul were not only “ clearing away .
to ordain most of the church in the mist,” but constituted one of
many places.
the lecturer’s “ salient points ”
Now we» have never understood which would be of great “ value to
that those sisters who are sent out the Woman Suffrage movement in
“We are on the ocean sailing,
as missionaries are to be public pro- the next few months,”-and would
Homeward bound we sweejjy glifl
TlSffnerF’bf the^gospel, but that"' make them many votes.- But now
To a home beyond the tide.”
cipline those who prove unfaithful their work is more on the order of it turns out that Pauls instructions
a Sunday-school teacher, instructors^ to the women in the churches has
-Wa -rejoice ’thattHes& frnthfffl :t©=th<5Hc=^3i5HTg6r==3feild again : If
men and women are. willing to convention as such can lawfully as­ of the’ youth and a help-meet to nothing to do with the Woman
leave their native land in order to sume the work of the churches in their husbands; and for this work Suffrage question of the nineteenth
carry the bread of life to the ordaining their evangelists, why can we find neither necessity nor Scrip- „ .fientury .L Consistency !—And why-
thousands in” heathen" It nbt also, on the same pnnciple, tural authority for their ordination. not ? Our sister answers :
4, And hands wem laid ..an the,_ —. BuUAf---^4t-ia Beecher against
lands, and we sincerely hope they ordain their elders and deacons? We
"^wiirdobnuch g()O(T in turning the hold with this New Testament ex­ six missionaries, all kneeling, by the Apostle Paul,” we are ready to
people from their idols to serve the ample before us, that the mission- Nis/tvs SJiortridge,... Mooic..:. and. accept the former’s views, for th«
reason that he possibly compre­
lîVîïrçUGôff . . _
g . T' !Hl?T^'ouT<TT>Fscparated and sent | Frazier! That caps the climax. Now
hends the political situation in the
We turn now to the manner in forth by the respective, congrega- ail we have to say is, that if th« United States ffitelTWerIhaiFan
which they were separated to their TibnsTn uffiich they hold their mem­ word of God authorizes such pro­ ancient who did not eyen know of
work ; and as this differs somewhat bership, and to these congregations ceedings, we have not a word of ob- the existence of tliis continent.
from what has been regarded all they should be held amenable for | J ection to offer or a criticism to
There it is ! Our point was that
their
moral
and
official
conduct.
make. But if there is no authority, many of the leaders of this move­
along as the custom of the primit­
We
see
no
good
reason
for
deviating
then the sooner we, as a people, ment had no regard for the Bible
ive churches in ordaining and send­
ing forth their missionaries, it may from this primitive precedent; and come back to the Scripture model, -and primitrve-Christiamty, anff our
now be in order to raise the ques- it is certainly as easy, simple and the better it will be for the Church Sister has here furnished us with
. . tian,.,“ J" By what authority doestr’1
'uf C’hY-istr ’TTence
By what the unmistakable evidence* Mr.
>>
-2?,
The
fasting
was
omitted.
Why
thou these things ?” In the New
authority doestthou these things ; .mannerofdealingswith»--
o
-—-Testamentwe
the Word of God all over this coast
-WHY WE OPPOSE IT.
of the manner in which two noted much a necessary part of the or­
is another living demonstration of
daining
of
Paul
and
Barnabas
as
missionaries were ordained and
The other week while showing our proposition. We can readily
sent forth to the heathen. Let us the prayer and the laying on of
see how he .and other semi skeptics
that
Henry
Ward
Beecher
’
s
position
hands
?
If
these
breth
ren
at
Island
briefly examine this and compare
and infidels can with some degree
with it the proceedings of otir good Park propose to follow the divine on the Woman Suffrage question of consistency advocate the doctrine
“BrelKren at Island Park. It reads example they could not consistently "contratTicled the apostle Paul, we of “ equality in every respect,” but
as follows: “ Now there were in omit the fasting. If they did not said that right here we filed one of how thiy can 1S5"ddne~By a Christ
the church that was at Antioch propose to Tollo w Hie Example, then bur strongest objections to the tian after the type of the apostle
certain prophets and teachers; as it made but little difference whether movement, viz. : an utter disregard, Paul, is the mystery to us. The
Barnabas, and Simion that was or not they observed any part of on the part of many of their lead­ Bible with this class of writers and
called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, the apostolic custom. Consistency ers, of the Bible and primitive speakers is a wonderful Book so
Manaen, which had been brought would say, either observe it all, or Christianity.- Taking this as a text long as it can be twisted and
Mrs. Duniway, editor of the New
up with Herod the tetrarch, and else leave it all off. '
3. The three Sisters were also Northwest, in her accustomed style, garbled to suit their political pur­
Saul. As they
ministered
to
the
*
( ordained by prayer and the laying devotes considerable space to our pose ; but when we assume the
.. Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit
on of hands. What authority have special benefit, the first sentenc^ of responsibility of coming to the
said, Separate me Barnabas and
front and pointing out the errors
we in the Scriptures for this ? We which reads as follows :
Saul for the work whereunto I have
believe it is generally admitted that
The Monmouth Christian Herald, and defying the whole newspaper
called them. And when they had
fraternity of the Pacific Coast dyed,
fasted and prayed, and laid their women can not Scripturally become edited by Rev. J. F. Floyd, believes
that all women should.. “keep­ in Beecher ism to champion his in­
hands on them, they sent them public proclaimed of the gospel, or silence” in the government because
terpretation of Paul’s language,
in other words, do the official work
away.” Acts 13 : 1-3.
St. Paul, influenced by the fact they at once become as silent on
of an evangelist.. If not, then why that in Greece education and in­
From this we learn;
separate them in the same way telligence were by custom made the this point as Adam’s grave. Of
1. That Barnabas and Paul were
that the men are set apart ?"~ A accompaniments of immodesty, said course Beecher’s1 views are to be
to be separated for the work of
short time since Bro. B. W. Johnson, to the Greeks, “ Let your women accepted in preference to Paul’s,
missionaries to the heathen.
because Paul was an “ ancient ” and
of the Christian Evangelist, con­ keep silence in the churches.”
2. TJiat this was done by the
And then she proceeds to con­ knew nothing about modern polit­
cluded an editorial on woman’s work
authority of the Holy Spirit.
in the church by saying that while vince us that the declarations of ics ; It is true that Paul was
3. That it was done by and
the sisters can “ sing, pray and take the Word of God are to be utter- specially called and sent by Christ
through the church at Antioch.
part in the social meetings of the ally disregarded in the’ political and only spoke and wrote as his
4. And lastly, that it was done
congregations, they are restrained progress in the United States dur­ Master directed ; but then we must
by fasting, prayer and the laying
from becoming the speakers of the ing the present situation ! This remember that Christ himself was
on of hands. Hence it is said that
church meetings, evangelists, pas-1 might do well enough for Mr.
when they sent them away, they tors and teachers, the authoritative ^ePC^ier <*** for Robt. G. Ingersoll; an ancient and hence, not being
were “sent forth by the Holy exponents of the law of God.” Yet bnt *1OW <loes it sound to the de­ able to comprehend the present
situation, could not give commands
Spirit.”
we notice that Bro. Johnson took vout Christian who has learned to
But in the case of the six mission-1 part in the ordination of the three accept the Bible as the infallible and reveal principles for the govern­
ment of- the progressive woman
aries we are told,
1. That they were separated to
their work through the Cnnvention
at Island Park. It is admitted by
all, we believe, that a convention
has no right to legislate, discipline
or in short to perforin the executive
functions of an organized congrega-
tion of Christ. If an organized
convention has a right to ordain
and send out missionaries, then by
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