| Show g O AN I THIS rill I A dispatch from Chicago states elates hat I the constitution a t the th In now new flea tion of tin the Methodist l l church rh 1 which has bus b barn n l finally approval by n tt vote Yate of ot the tho various ron con conf jo sc f throughout the country U la I 1 a ae mid ro which Witch gives women tv e chosen tut d degate l the right to sit lilt it In h that ca CR capacity gladly In the conference of the thi lh church It will only require a vole of ot that to amend the ills tu 1101 It haa hats h hereto r to 12 Toro tora ore r l three m The Tho or of women gate In la Ina I In laa a n departure from the rigid rule Of or the past pall which excluded thorn tho III troll from I Ithe the loll of the conference Jt it has lias taken to on many mapy years yearn and n a 1 great many ony votes voles at conference to bring gs about this change ChUI Il It mot mat with deter tattled opposition lion from rain o n sufficient bet tt to It II and tide this wits win the means mean preventing of other changes In Jn the thee ch e of that hat church chuh which were war C r fated but b t being associated with witha a M the lic amendment concerning women dule dol m grater past with Ith the same tat fat tale Thin This concession lon ts to R a 1 mark ot of the progress J io of Hi Ih the present age aae lit In reference referenced to The Iilo reluctance to permit d tI m tt In Methodist church councils direct P from ut lit Unit lent 1 lIt one half of or its 11 members wan wai not a sign ergo of ot that tI at an 44 lIln liberality of or enter entel m tamed 11 lit hi the early Christian Chriatian Ie sand nid which hs has II prevailed In hr the lattur Ih day Church of or Christ from tram the begin beginning b ln nt sing ning Laymen us liS well an as ministers nil II r of both lexe young and ami old hope hare bad d an equal vote tote In this Churuti nth at al all Its Iti fen p ml Il from th the tiny 4 Y of ot Its or Unity UnitT has haa Usually lly marked the action of ot thoM those con cont t 1 and contrary votes to the nt propositions i pres presented have hall been v tory ry rate rare This however ho el r has hai not teen been lie le ti cause of ot tiny denial or of the right to din 1111 ta tai i Bent B nt but hut the unanimity and harmony harmon exhibited ha have been the result Of the thu ther accord of at spirit In the body 1011 r of the Church of at Jesus Christ of tAt Let It Saints Saint Io The pestle Apostle Paul touching on bh tho the u question of ot the rights right or of women In tho mho c Church hurch made some remarks remArk 11 a t have ben been b cn much ml l by peo pea people plc Ille In modern times In Lt rum nit epistle to the Corinthians he l r Let your Our women keep silent client In the lire i churches h for It Is II not permitted unto xe them thun to speak pook Hut But they the art aru command wl ul to be under obedience n ne oleo algo anith ui tiling the law And If they will whir loarn learn any thing let them ask aek their ther husbands nt It home homei for It hia Is I a II sham for women to In the Iho church Ti The Tho customs of or the times time in which Paul wrote and ond of ot the country to which i his objection applied were such ouch that thai the ilia women who made prom prominent promInent T In public by speech and und by ap IW IWI p hard paral I were of the time class clan cia known aa as list The Apostle therefore ad nil admonished 1 the Saints not only In this m tio but bUl In one to Timothy that women men should 1 be plain In la their apparel jt and nod not put themselves forward In ha such sucha manner a manner ns na to be viewed In nn on Im Improper rn aj proper light but to he be modest In rai mi raiment ry t mint ment t find and and In speech I itt it t and to keep thence In tho the church so o far tilt us liS teaching was wall concerned But Dut It ItU Its t s U Is also evident from other writings or of j tho th same Bams authority that women at ne atif n nI nei I if ll 11 aa ad a men bore testimony In tho the con 11 of ot the S Saints Sainte to the fl of Je us Christ W 1 spoke FrOke In tongues Interpreted anti and ad od administered odi i ministered to their own oln sex lex l ug Time The gr great nt with the various rlou lei denomination denominations In modern Christendom Pt I In dealing with questions of ot doctrine yr r ref i l r ef or discipline dl Is U that they th have to de deP deI der r I P nd titan the constructions they ther J 1 Put upon the writings of l e P JI Oh and sad Apostles given to the people of hundreds of years ear ago ajo Ril Rr 16 C lack the th authority held lieu by b those thOM former ministers of or the tho Most lot high lIth and andi ll th the revealing too by which they the were rt T i ln d they the do not know hots to adapt to present pre ent conditions and m nu teachings Imparted In i former lips ages and stud to other nations a t The Church of Christ of o Ut lt 1611 d i I r Saints l having received the r same divine authority that w teas ill xer Ixer exer 1 els el tipi d l In hr the primitive Christian Church r r and n th the same ume Holy by the r I Wrote wrote rote and Pok and ue the same SlIme ord order r of ot Priesthood with all Its Ita om as se of 01 old aid Is b l I mt It dependent d t ip u n nt t 1 v the U te dead ds ad letter of ot th the It It raja ny I tit th vine living Word wort of ot God The general dri l principles of the of Christ are the same lime today as II of f yore yure i They The do not change Cha with the e ehl I But Dut special hl directions for tor the e conduct of 01 the affairs attain I of ot the butch huch in la laIn rl In l the Hw Present nt are ero received through the I proper channel direct and ima nO to 1 tx IX tt Ming I cel and condition for tor the government of ot the Church the It refutation of ot us te affairs In all alp nations This It u one of the essential lItt between ten the lying living ln church cf kf Chri e a by present nt nb revels r vla t Ion on and th the I 0 tonne of ot h tn I Pt by the wisdom or oar Qt h cf It n men inen It accepts the th old 1 r for jut just what they are and lintl 71 Tt i ti hat nat they thy purport to I be nut But It U does doe t not hl have 1 t to f thorn them th rn for far p eat ent light tight nor dots doea It at t tempt to 10 4 riny rill Pf NiM 01 hoot hool oC or w It I divine Inspiration and for tor tho lon lima tho poo 11 ot Of today Tt It Is lit f i TUB TIui of ot Josin Jo Jw sue sin 11 Christ Ciu tumor Ills and la is boing built up unto Him The Tho and null and privilege nf ot UN Its mcm berro male inal and uro Iro delin fa t imd IIII to Ills living worth word They enjoy tho the liberty of ot till the spirit and nOlI the this unity of or tho the faith lilith wry rr rr |
