CHRISTIAN HERALD.
in saying that every sentence of
this Corinthean letter is addressed
to the church as such ; and that the
prohibitory language is no excep-
tlOD>
concerning a part of the women,
niarried women and possibly a very
small fraction of « them.
Pagan nations are always in a
state of degradation. In addition
to this woman is far below the man,
nearly or quite upon a level with
the brutes, and made to serve with
them as beasts of burden. The
spei -ek-vaie*—
I the depths of degredation, and
places her by the side of man upon
social equality, every way his equal,
excepting the headship, which was
upon4-u.iuin^ihe garden:
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all the dignity it confers, while it is
demanded of woman, that she ac-
pknowlUfi<l~hom»F th1 ship,
then walk life’s
gether. In this relationship, they
in Christ are constituted equally
children, heirs, and priests of the
Living God. The tendency of sud
den and great elevation is to an
over estimate of self. While some
may keep entirely sober under it,
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I ostulate. Some half dozen to a structure, out of which all the diffi
score of married women, formerly culty grows.
upon a level with the brute now
Let us hear
the > conclusion of the
,
priests of God, and upon social whole matter. Silencing women in
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is a relict of
ship, claim entire equality, throw paganism
off their hoods or vails which they derstanding and misapplication of
had Teen ’wearing as a sign, or an the Scriptures, and enforced and
acknowledgement of the headship perpetuate in ignorance of the gen
of man ; and thus by sign, as also eral teaching of the Scriptures upon
by words, denied his right to rule the subject, and is wholy unworthy
in the church or out of it, disregard of the age in which we live. Silenc
ed the rules of the church, in much ing woman in the church because
pertness occupied the designed for of what transpired in the garden is
worshin-iu-..jsecnlar., enteiiaininent. degrading to her. The Bible no
w J m & c as degra
called out to the men asking them ded
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in comparison with man ; but
questions not of a religious nature, speaks
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of her as man, one with man,
but subjects their own husbands a i part of himself in every respect,
could give them information upon and
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from every consideration, as
diocreeL -precious as he; and his equal save
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this dishonor God, and cause his >
name to be blasphemed among the
infidels ? In true and unmixed
Christianity there can be in the na
ture of things no parties, because
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persons in opposition to others,"and
consequently separation from the
body takes place. Party names are
simply the inevitable out-growth of
party, and they who wear a party
name belong to a party, and parties
in the religious world are designat
ed denominations. True Christiani
ty is not a sect, is not a party, does
diyidflf;fprms no parti ps in op-
pbritlbn^W
only the name found (in so many
words) ii^the New Testament.
It is a note worthy fact not to
be overlooked in these lines, that
were heart sick over this state of upon his headship. True, he is Christians have express^d'our'sup
things,
_ ....... _ such as the household of stronger than she, though many prise and mortification at the de
and fold PauL dll <(bvut it tfonp’P are stronger than many men. nominations because they would
hbt’lay-^
Soon after being thus informed he* *
wrote this letter, and these are the Is not Satan stronger than Samp and be known by the New Testa
women he told the church to let son,Goliath and all the sons of Anak ment name. They all admit that
the testament furnishes a name
keep silent; and this is the kind of combined ?
Brethren, my main arguments are clear and unmistakable, and not
talk he prohibited, but said they
all might prophesy and pray with now before you. If I have not sus withstanding this, they will not
covered heads, might exercise their tained my position, please show it, even for the sake of union give up
gifts and urged them all to seek as it is truth we want. I may write their party names. They seem to
longer corroborating, but I rest my hold to these names with such un-
swim. Together 'with^hW'"'brother “ “ TlQreJ.J.cekearnestly -the Lest. gifUu...
prwUônn ™^ÏÏFÏ^fEadvrrescnt-- IlinchingAen^city, that it has often
Aaron, even the beloved Miriam covet to prophesy, seek to^XCeHor-
Teensaîd“üf themthatTheylove
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the party more than the cause of
. her infant brother Moses, and who a state of thing* in Ja__chtfrch that PHYSICIAN HEAL
THY salvation. We say to them you
so grandly led her sisters in the could thus degrade tin? Lord's- sup-
SELF. ---- •
have nothing to lose by taking the .
per
is
quite
supposable,
meets
the
triumph worship after crossing the
It would seem quite a reasonable scriptural name, but on the other
Red Sea, stumbled under this weak- necessities of the case, and harmon
hand every thing to gain.
nesi. *Godmade- Moses leader of izes the Scriptures, while the com- requirement to demand-no more of
Of others than- we are willing to do
But the time has come and now
his people out of Egyption bondage.
ourselves ; in a’’woiOnnakr» ■ is when-they have discovered that
To aid him Aaron and Miriam were these; but makes the Scriptures a
bundle of contradictions. Indispu great sacrifices for the good of hu we, so far as name is involved are
made prophets and sent with Moses
tably, Paul restricts his language to manity as we expect others to make in the same line with themselves.
before the children of Israel, as
And hence they very complaisantly
a number of married women; and for the same thing.
their leaders. They were before
In reviewing to some extent our say you belong to the “ Christian
limits his prohibition to words and
slaves of Pharaoh, now priests of
deeds which were violations of the past and present history as the as Church,” because they very well
God and leaders of his people. Get
law subjecting woman to man, and sumed people of God, we are re know that we have no non-scriptu-
ting «displeased with Moses they
conferring upon man the headship minded somewhat of what the ral authority for that form of a
denied his headship, his superior
The exercises of no spiritual gift Apostle Paul said in his Roman let church name than they have for
rank, and claimed perfect equality,
Indeed the
was a violation of this law, and con ter to the Jews of Rome. May I “ Baptist church,”
and exclaimed, “ Hath God indeed
sequently their exercises were not not ask—do we not make our boast word baptist occurs quite as often
spoken only by . Moses ? Hath he
prohibited. The Corinthians must in God and say we know his will, in the Testament/'&s the word
not spoken by us also ?” Fine
have so understood him. He had and approve what is excellent, be- Christian. If you ask a brother of
specimens of over estimation be
thoroughly prepared them to, by ins instructed in the law of Christ, ’ these parties to publish a meeting
cause of elevation.
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the directions he had given them and are confident that we are a to be held in the church of Christ,
A casual reading of this letter to
in reference to their gifts, and en guide to the blind, a light to those when the announcement is made
the Corinthians,reveals the fact that
couragement in reference to their who are in darkness, an instructor it will come out in the “ Christian
the church had become very cor
exercise, and to seeking higher at of the simple, a teacher of the un Church.”
rupt. They had divisions among
Paul once asked the question,
tainments in them. Besides he had learned, because we have the true
them, lawsuits, practiced gross im
distinctly told them that an apos knowledge of God ? We who teach “ If I preach circumcision, why am
moralities, ate things offered to
tle could not prevent the exercise others do we teach ourselves ? You I persecuted.” In a wprd if I
idols, disregarded the common
of any spiritual gift, as God had who teach that there should be no preach circumcision as I have been
courtesies of society in their assem-
conferred these gifts, and had given party names attached to the church accused then the offense of the
hies and were very disorderly; the
apostles or any one else, no author of God. Do, we have a party cross has ceased. As it was then,
headship of man was denied, the
so it is now only in another
ity to prohibit their use. But our names ?
Lord’s supper was turned into a
If it should turn out that we point of view. Since we have
interpreters will insist on giving a
Bacchanalian feast and they ate to
general application to special in- have a party name, do we not by adopted a party name (it is because
gluttony and drank to drunkeness.