Christian herald., March 21, 1884, Page 4, Image 4

Mr. Smith represents the God of
heaven and earth, and who has
created man with his wonderful
mechanism and all else so beauti­
ful and perfect, I should consider
a fit pijhieet
for the insane
concluded not to »end it, till * number of
the brethren and sisters requested it. J
Editor Herald ;
" Much is being said in our papers
about" Women’s Work,” “ Women
Speaking in the Churches,” &c,
and I have concluded, with your
permission, to say a few words. I
don’t..leSHnnttM
question, but I should like to know
somo things that I do not. Our
preachers sometimes speak of wo-
men talking or praying in an as-
semblage of the saints. What is an
assemblage of the .saints ? Was the
meeting in Acts 16: 13, an assembly
of the saints, or does it take men
to make it so ? Or if it was a
sisters’ prayer meeting alone, was
it proper for the brethren to go
there? I must say • that after
reading some of the articles found
in our religious papers I am at a
loss to know what the brethren
want us to do. Sometimes I hear
preachers say. ” Oh I she may pray ”
as though it was he who gave her
the privilege. Brethren and sisters,
it is either right or wrong. It is
either our duty or it is a sin for us
io do so. Now, if Bros. Wilkes,
Floyd and others are contending
that women should not preach, we
do not know of a" brother or sister
in the Church of Christ that claims
.she should. But if you think she
should pray and prophesy, why
don’t you say so. I should like to
know what your decision is; yet if
it is my duty to take a part in our
prayer meeting this late in. life”
perhaps it would bq better for me
read of Huldah the prophetessTIn
the college in Jerusalem; she
worked with and for God. Dr.
Clark says Hannah was one of the
first that prophesied of the coming
do more for his
cause than I haveaone, and,, my
-
.
brethren, they need encouragement
from i011 A ver? few discourse^
words from 2?» ’'P8 or Pe¥
would bave more influence than P
could overcome in months of labor,
exhortation and prayers.
You
we do not ®PP®* 14 • but
in wll!lt serm6hn«tternremwem»-
tion did 7»« «ver encourage such
»’<"*. I have listened for it all my
life and have heard but llttle of 1L
You don’t object to prayers? Of
couree you do not; but do you ex­
hort the young sisters to pray, to
read God’s word *
tbem know
‘here is something expected of
‘hem-, and they will prepare them-
«Ives for the work. Away back
in the “ Prairie State,” where I first
heg“ my Christian life, I used to
»‘tend the prayer meetings. I re­
member one Godly saintly mother
Bennett could lift my young heart
nearer the throne of God bY be'
prayers than all that others could
*say- ^be Bas. Jong been gathered
her fatber8> but tbe •,wee‘ in‘
Hances of her prayers will live
with ™e through time. Oh I if I
bad been taugb‘ tben tha‘ 1 ougbt
labor earnestly in this Christian
warfare I would not feel now, so
much like I do aT limes, that 1
have done so little for my Master
who has done so much for me, and
ye‘. as Paul 8aid
‘he Phillipians
tbo,‘5 w0,ncn wbo labored with
him in the gospel, 1 desire and
Pray t,la‘ I may do enough thqj
my name may be found in the
church? If it means you must
not teach in the church I am a
great sinner, for many years I have
taught boys in our Sunday-school,
and have been made to rejoice
when I have seen them confess
their Savior. Brethren, I donfc