PEOM OUB LOBDOB COEEESPOB DENT, London, Feb. Oth, 1864. [, l am now witness ot one, of the gra vest positions of affairs that it has ever been my lot, in my short life, to witness. Since I last wrote, that dangerons flame, which, wheu.it ouco" out among the tinder- ( boxes and powder-canisters of. this teeming old Europe, has no de terminable (or imaginable bounds,(has leaped up—cannon have bellowed the signal that calls the continent to ! arms, foe has ; met foe—and men have] fallen once more upon .a European battle field. All the particulars will be fully .known to you, and it is not my province to give them. You will, however, be anxious to hear what part .England is expected and expecting to .take iin/this exigency. The eifeiternent here for the past few days has been deep and Strong. Almost hourly telegrams' have been in forming as how the gallant little army of the Danes has been withstanding the gigantic power of Germany. ' It was known that our Government was exer cising itself arduously in the endeavor to maintain or restore peace. It was feared that they had committed them selves as to tbe sustentatiqn of the Da nish moDarchy, while ori the other hand it was certain that they had vainly ap-. plied to Prance to arrange for - some concerted action. It waht stated that we. had, by our threats and promises' drawn Denmark into her prosent posi tion, and that we should be obliged in ifionor to carry her through,. .Por, Eng lish like, we could not allow the weak '• to suffer through our,mistake. I needinot say that thq whole sympathy of the people, so far aB it appears, is with the Panes.' At this crisis parliamenthas. met. • The. Queen’s - speech was looked, for with impatience, as it’was hoped . that her Government would- be : able to indicate some policy, either ,of peafee or -war: The speech, however, was ! 'more miserable than usual, and! only met the expectations of the’, public 1 with a'wretch ed The iiot open the Paiiiainent in person; and.it is.whis pered that the Prime Minister has ma ’ infested his annoyance and ’epagrin at her continued retirement, which occa sions more than regret throughout the country. There is then, as yet, no cer-. tainty as to our.position. Rumors have reached me of regiments ordered to be ready to embark for Denmark, of troop ships quietly taken up by the j admiral-, ty, but I cannot say how true these ru morsarA /Thei-e is a ; feverish anxiety in the public, mind 1 Which .iseemß to beto > Seen ,some gave event. Grim, ghastly : visons haunt the long dim aisles-of.' the future, and the bold man shudders as he . looks down — , ‘For the field of the dead rushes red on the ■ - •' sight !}* :: j'EWSiraK^mn Sweden - and England, Trance and Italy,;: Germany, Hungary—restive— the principalities; murmuring, and that 1 great, overshadowing Russia 1 watching 4 them all. Now that the tournay. begun, who shall say when the trumpet shall sound the arrest? Who c£h foreseee what knights will ride into i ;thei field, and how or, when, stall tb<ey : retttrn? The, feeling here is strongly against war op'any acoount. England is sett- Img Hrtvn [into a meroeuary iffdepen r; 4ence. .‘Any thing for principles, opinions, all may go. .• Yet it is thought by many that we cannot now refinin’from an gaging j with -Ben-: mark ytthout becoming, the !fahghing gtock apd .contempt of Europe. ' Some .jjay we are that already,and.therefore cannoVbe worse* I dotrustthat peace yet be restored before the.conflagr ration, which ‘frill’ alndost the •' orcle bf the world- has spread too far-to 1 is remediable. At home, parliament occupied Our df* tention. There is some belief that, the present ministry will soon be expelled :«nd an attemptm ftde to form a conser vative ministry result—were that to happen —would be doubtless most .momentous, not bat to America. I cannot, however, say that *t present the. country is .ready for a Tory Government. There is one paragraph in the Queen’s speech which has an ecclesiastical im tance.: It is that “ Her Majesty has di- xected that a'commission shall be issued for the purpose of revising the various forms of subscription and declaration, required to by the clergy of theßstablishedChnrch” v,J - Whht ! is this commission to do? It is'to enlargojjthe gates of the, church tbafcgreaternumbersinay enter. The 6f ;the O doorpi *wilj consequently , they have any. conscience, and it will be more easy for the riff-raff to enter. We see how the bride falls from her beanty ' and innocence, when her alliance is dou ble. She state and Christ—she would be bound to both —but to both she cannot, in this age, be faithful. The rotten sys tem of Church Establishment by States is every where going way. You may judge of - what is expected of this com mission by this paragraph from a paper of immense circulation in London : At the gate of the Establishment, as terrible but by no means so sublime as the flaming sword of Eden, the Acts of Uniformity stand on guard, demanding a word-for-word pledge to a mass of me diaeval and composite theological dog mas. Behind the willing and ripe stu dent rise, all the voices of his study, throwing doubt, upcin the propriety of an undefined pledge, if not upon its sub ject/ Before him, within the! gate, he hears protests From those whojpassed it in thoughtlessness, or unmatured exam ination. . He turns aside fromtto doubt ful threshold; : and all the wisclom,.the ardor, and the piety of that young heart is loßt to the’ church;!' Would it .have been better or worse -to constrain, him only to form, and leave 'him./and his heart, already yearning to Gob’s “ ser vice/,’ for the spirit f jlf the formula ries, be true and vital, may ijot men likely to seek God’s wprk from choice be trusted to abide in them ? If they be doubtful or unnecessary, what a dan ger and sin is risked in foreing them upon the: neophyte by stereotyping in .the span of a signature the .belief of a life! These are, the considerations which the commission will have in view as it enters upon the. sub/.? 0 !' clerical subscription; and, as they’.have arisen out of legislative enactments, there can be reason w.hy they shduld not ified by the 1 same.; Nothing of rev.' <!^ e “ religion is affected by siich an inqui/W 1 What is to be debated, is the part the State ought to play to secure the promulgation of the truth. Human or dinances may and must be reconsidered .from age to age’; that which is Divine does not come by act of parliament, and is not altered by it. 'Again, therefore, we congratulate the public and the true friends of the Est.ablisoiieint upon this approaching action,’ which has for its principle nothing whatever subver- , siye; and if the appointment of the !corhmission is a triumph for those cou rageous churchmen of whose opinions Wb’have sometimes spoken with doubt, but never with;‘disrespect, it is a tri umph also for calm troth—which is not the monopoly of the' Bishop of Oxford or.tho Bishop of. Natal, but- the inte rest, object,and safeguard of. all. ' I ought to add that the Archbishop of Canterbury is to be at the head of the Commission. It seems to me that the day is close at hand for Presbyterians to speak out boldly in England, and to grapple strongly with the religious questions of the age. Theistical doctrines are quiet ly percolating, i into .several of the churches: We can see .their traces in the laxity: of views, the loose charity which abounds. And -1 observe that now .when the 'true, sterling, old-fash ioned faith is attacked, it is often.asso ciated by its opponent's with the names Calvinist or Presbyterian. Nothing can rejoice a true Presbyterian more. Lord Robert Montagu has recently, publish ed a book called “The Four Experiments of Church and State.” These experi ments are the English, Romish, Rus sian and American (!) and he admires them in the order in which l have given them,, . That will, bo enough ,to show that he is a'wrong-bfeaded, illogical big ot, - Here are A feW of his sentences: “ The multiplication of sects," he says, “ proceeds from differenceSof opinion. The unity of a national church proceeds from- this—that it does not stand on opinion. Church; membership does not ‘depend upon .'doctrine. The office, of the church is not to promulgate doc trines. i Her .functipn; is, to make, tnen good hogest,upright, hnd godly men. . . . Opinion cannot form bond of union.' Dogma oan : never. unite ffien together. Opinion is eVer vary ing;; notiond axe in their very nature ‘ fluctuating ; i men’s imaginations and do.ctriiVes are shadowy. This id 1 the 1 kind of' nonsensical twad die Vhich the 'Times is : codl enough' to commend. .‘Butmyprincipal reason for referring to this, b r opk,. iS to quote what the Times reviewer ( ,pnd,.!pprd together thinfe-of. pspoqr Presby teyians; Manyforffi'earwritero have illustrated the numerous points of,,similarity be- preacb.ey| !bf ffrotestant septs j and the Romish priesthood. , Lord Rpi bert Montagu” dwells with all ,tbe ani mosity of,Mr. Buckle on the tyrannioal fanaticism of thp §cotch Presbyterian■ clergy, The spirit, indeed, vyhich dic tated the siily and ; miihhte oppressions of former timesdß not inadequately re presented; ; by modern , protests -'against quoting the Apocrypha, or violating the Puritanical doctrine of the - Sabbath. To the power and professional: preten sions of all priestly bodies Lord Robert Montagu is an irreconcilable enemy, In free countries.it is useless to. legislate against the regulations of the Jockey Club or the laws of whist. Roman Ca tholics and Dissenters, must, be allowed to' conform to the' rules of the game •which they choose, to play. A. sect may ;make alntost any contract which'it can 1 devise with its clergy, but it will ;b6‘ forced by legal process to abide by the bargain. 1 It is too commonly forgotten that theißdyali supremacy in England extends,to aIL the subjects of the realm 1 , inasmuch as the reigning Sovereign, as represented W : th‘e‘-Courts, Over all causes; or in other words, over all compulsory litigation. In Scotland the style of Royal supremacy was aban doned by William 111., and as far as the lawful jurisdiction of the Assembly of the Established Church extends, the PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1864. | temporal power is limited. -At the dis ' ruption the Free Kirk unintentionally j threw away its exemptions, and fci-ougbt ; itself under the immediate control of j the law, which it had especially desired jto disclaim. Lord Robert Montagu de | serves great credit for bis apprehension ; of the practical result of an unjustifiable claim of more than Papal infallibility. Although a sectarian preacher may share all the aspirations of ‘d Romish priest, the reasons which have Prevented him from attaining similar power de serve examination. Mr. Buikle and Lord Robert Montagu are justified in denouncing the intolerance and fanati cism of the Scottish clergy in,me seven teenth and eighteenth centimes, and yet the countrymen, of the Covenanters, both in their own time and in (the pres ent day, instead of sharing the' degrada tion of Spain and Southern Italy, have been eminently free, intelligent,. and self-reliant. \The difference is junt in the systems of the North and the jSouth, for the Galvinistic and Sabbatarian fancies of the seem to an impartial stu dent somewhat more repulsive jthan the mythology of the less civilize® Roman ist populations. The austere inorality ; which the Scotch clergy shased with their countrymen, ana the (inherent manliness of the national chart cter, un doubtedly did much to counter ict spiri tual usurpation ; but. Scotch lil erty was most effectually protected by he indif ference to clerical influences of the pow erful aristocracy which governed the country.. Lord Robert Montag i is, how ever, fully justified, in, regal ling the English Church as the most i iiccessful attempt to obliterate the arbj rary dis tinction between secular anidr religious affairs. ■ ! Any one. who knows anything of : Presbyterianism in Scotland of the case, of the Free Mrk gene rally*' l au gk at'ihispassagfe. But I beg yo^ 1 ’ readers' to note that it places Presbyterl an ismAfter all in the enviable position of being attacked by unscru pulous and free* * hinkin g Dr.* Casdush? after having been •claimed a fellow theologian by Colenso, couid not well keep .silence, dnd I am glad to say, as I be would, has nobly and satisfactorily .explained bis recent lecture on Inspii'atLT l -, - Hti has done'so'in-the preface to edition of his “ Reason and RbvclatiC- n /’ from which indeed the : lecture' in qmbstion was abstracted. He takes up the! poor Bishop and shakes /him. as a F?ew foundland would a terrier. ¥e (don’t care so much about seeing the Bishop shaken as about seeing the Doctor’s views explained, though it is amusing td see the Bishop’s style of argument handled thus: / , “He is very fond of arguing by means of brackets, italics and notegjof exclama tion. It is an easy mode-biT handling for him—though somewhat irksome to his adversary. " The mechanical costs less trouble than the mental: And it is convenient. It saves the giving of reasons ; these figures of the press, if one may say so, being a chief substitute for them,” I have not room to/ go through the whole of .Dr. Can dlish’s explanation— perhaps you will have ah opportunity of printing it in ‘kill—but it is a pleasure to record*, what will satistfy everyone who is acquainted with Caudlish’s char acter, these words: “ I still think my method is a safe and right one. And at all events, I hold myself entitled to assert that it is con sistent with 'my believing that : e|py word of the Hebrew and Greek Scrip tures—in so far as the right reading of texts can be critically ascertained— is Divine as wed as buman-j that . every word of the Bible is what it is and whqre it is by the direct will bf the IJoJy. Spirit, as truly as by the purpose, of the writer j- jbhat tbe. Holy Spirit is respon sible for. its being what it is and where: it is; that it is the Holy Spirit’d word as much as the writer’sr-only, the Holy Spirit does hOt supersede the writer, -or make him write' unnaturally. ' That is really att.” ’ - . i,.,,., 1 . I.shouffi ’be gla4 ybuigyi^hshe^, my analysis of this lecture- —you would publish-the refutation should you have the opportunity, i; It.is a cheering thing to true Christian heart to se'e-suCh a. chamgioh in thd lists for a. principle which' 'too ‘ ihany Are ;now: basely‘con ceding. !' Thank God for algch men wherever they, rise and flourish. : Apeokios. ' LETTER FROM KNOXVILLE. Knoxville, Tenn.; ll. Dear Brother :—N'ot stir has occurred here, since mylapt / Yet one thing,'as. daring as the rebpls ijave done hereabouts recently* was/the-act of a score of their cavalry< djsing within two iniles of Knoxville, <8? the east side oyer the I^Olstoh,' Satmdhy night.— They wero suddenly brought to a wheel, and swiftly pursed by the - 103 d Ohio. Only one of the number was .captured. On yesterday, fifty-six prisoners were brought in, and the, scene WW a novel one. Of ,numt| i dia i ns^V/411jfera;a J pf | «Indian Legion,” led by thej Col. Thomas, formerly U.J agent, who been engas | scripting and impressing ffl exception, into the'rebel service. The capture was made by the 15th Illinois, .(Major Davis commanding.) in Jaekson county, North Carolina, where Thomas has been for some time operating. At least twenty-five of bis men were killed, and as many wounded, while our lo3s was but three killed and one or two wounded. The command numbered over 200. The rebel officers mostly ’ were absent, on the other side of the river engaged as it is alleged, in the ne farious work of court-martialing Union citizens. In conversation to-day with these prisoners, we found the white men nearly, if not all, anxious to take i the oath of allegiance, professing to : have been driven into the service by Col. Thomas. The Indians,to a man, declared they were loyal. But two or thre'e could road or speak English. Their ; tribe is small. ,ln 1860, it numbered but ; 500. Their locality is in, Jackson eoun- ~ ty, N. C. They are civilized, carry on ■ agricultural pursuits, and have schools i and churches. One of the prisoners, ■ who for age and bearing, seemed like a’ i father and chief, I ascertained was their i old preacher,-aßaptist minister. i The army is yet receiving but half j rations or less. The river is ; very low ] and but two lightly laden boats have 1 been running to London. The railroad i is to be completed by Monday* Then, i we trust, our soldiers, shall begin to live i as patriots should. Certainly they have suffered extremely for the want of food and clothing. The supplies should not only be very abundant, but the bill -brought: before Congress, allowing com mutation for* rations, due but not sup plied, ought in justice to be passed; and then will our heroes haye received too little for all their severe suffering. No one at home can knowof the-extremity of want to which they'have been re duced, and the grand patience,they have exhibited in all-their trying circumstan ces. For -no human cause: has ever such sublime heroism been displayed by its : defenders ; no patriotism has been so pure and self-sacrificing as that exemplified in these Western, armies. Men with only (1) one-fourth rations, during that cold weather of the holi days, without either shoes or stockings,. came by scores running to the officers to re-enlist. Never' have men, even at , Talley Forge, been more unmurmuring and self-sacrificing than the soldiers of .our country to-day. They regard the conflict most justly, as a war : for humanity “for the race;” and upon such ,an intelligent and jealous appre- 'j hension of the integrity and righteous ness of our cause, they predicate a moral certainty as well as necessity for pur success. They feel that such true and benevolent principles—.-principles of love and goodwill to all men, like truth itself, must prevail. * J The condition of ourTiospitals here is much improved. Dr. Hewitt, the very humane and excellent medical director of this department, who recently came on, has done a good work here in re .noviating and furbishing the hospitals, and giving strict attention to their sanitary condition. The mortality in January was but little more than half what it was in December. The number stood 200 to 120 Smallpox is slowly diminishing among: the citizens and soldiers. It is not of a very, maligant form. There is considerable chills and typhoid feyer, but the great scourge of the army is chrome diarrhea. • Perhaps more die form it than from all other diseases combine'd. It. makes rapid progress, soon reduces the patient to helpless weakness and distroys all vitality. It is. (produced by exposure and want of -prefer jli.et. And' a. good variety in food is: the /only ; thing that Will save them-—medicinal remedies are 6f little iavaiL And here allow me to Bay, if we could get the friends at home to under stand what special varieties of food, these SUfforeys needed for .their restora tion, we would be accomplishing a vast amout for, the,comfort: and relief of the sufferers; And while I am on the sani tary vein, permit me.to dilate somewhat In this direction. -Vegetables are the spbcialty—the great need in the army. They are superior to fruits. The great .cry is pickled vegetables.' The aid socie ties mostly I think have erred in their studied efforts to press the people to send in preserved fruit. / While a can of preaches are a very nice delicacy, the same amount of pickled cabbage is of much more value, with/much less ex- p.ense to the donor. And while people .■v^onld, be.more willing tp spare a peck of Cucumbers than quarts of peaches, you make a great gain in quality and at the same time: in value. Let the peo. pie think seriously and remedy this .want in, their . stores. •. is. more .palatable to a wounded .man, or to any one without a relish for food, than “ a taste’’ of cabbage, cucumbers, to- >r are In le. famous I notorious (S. Indian [ed in con in. without *News ot its completion haß< since been received. matoes or onions. This is the case with those chronic cases. Sweet things they mostly refuse to eat when their appe tite is gone. I have carried out con siderable quantities of vegetables and meeted them out with discretion to our boys in the hospitals. And many a man has acknowledged with a grateful heart the timely benefit thus given him in sharpening his appetite and helping him to a relish for other food. Let the friend’s at home therefore send krout, pickled tomatoes, cucum bers and fruit, onions, beets,' radishes, &c., &c., by the barrel—and by the car loads if they can—they will be great mercies to onr brave men. Said a Sani tary agent the other day “so. much krout as we can give the men now is worth its weight'in gold.” Aboye all. then, ladies of the aid societies, when you go out into the country to solicit donations don't be afraid or top modest to say “ sourkrout.” Let it come and remember the onions and all the list of vegetables. How, almost every one at this season of the year has a sufficient quantity to divide with the needy sol diers who are absolutely suffering much for want of them. The soldiers in the field need it almost as much as those in the hospitals to keep up health. A va riety in diet is very important to the soldier who is subject to so much change and exposure. J. L. L. , NOTES. OF A SOLDIER'S PRATER MEETING. Our readers will doubtless be inter ested in the following notes, taken by an eye-witness and competent reporter, of the. exact' words and expressions heard in a soldiers’ prayer meeting, at a time of very great religious interest in the camp. The meeting was sustained entirely by the spontaneous exhorta tions, prayers and songs gushing out of the full hearts of the soldiers, many of them recently converted to Christ: At the meeting, of tfhich these notes are.a partial report, no less than fifty such brief addresses were made by the prompt’ and animated participants, and perhaps as many more were ready to take a part. The several addresses are distin guished by numbers, and arranged in -the order in which they occurred,, with th.e hymns indicated in the places where, the worshippers struck in. 1. “Fellow Soldiers!. I ha,ve made iqany crooked, paths, but I feel that now I am travelling home to Jesus, and feel stronger in his love.” 2. li The soldier is my brother here> and I do pray that he may he my bro ther ill heaven.” 3. “ Christ is.my all in all; I have no other determination and no other wish than to live for him.” 4. “I can say that I love Jesus and that he loves me, and I know that if I put my whole trust in him, it shall be well with me for eternity.” , “Oh! I am glad salvation’s free f° r you an d me.” 5. “ lam still pursuing that narrow path which leads to heaven. Pray for me.” ’ ■ 6. “ Fellow Soldiere ! I am striving by the grace of God. I know that my Kedeemer liveth! Come to Jesus, my comrades.” ' 7.:“ It is by'the . mercy of. God that I am here, for 1 have been a great sinner. I feel solemn to-night. I know that Jesus ever liveth and will uphold me. Pray that ‘ I may hold out faithful aid meet you : all around , the great , white throne in heaven.” ■ ; •8-. “ Fellow Soldiers! lam ordered to the front. Iff never meet you again on earth, here is my heart and my hand* and I pledge to meet you in the heavenly land.’’ ’ 9. “ O ! ain?t it, beautiful to love holi ness, for its-own sake. Eeligion gives me la love for holiness and for purity.. I found im it an all-sufficiency of salva tion. My Sympathies ..are on the side of purity and holiness. : It is my purpose, and will and desire to search out God’s will and do it. I put no dependence on myself. ; Living in Christ I find strength and a life, an inward life.” “There’s a light in the window for thee.” 10. “ Fellow Soldiers! I feel; there.is a light in ; the : window fof me.. Jesus is that light, and I am moving toward that light.” v 11; “ I don’t want to live so as just to get into heaven. I want to get. as near the throne as possible. I. want to be able to say daily, ‘ nearer, my God, to thee.’” - .'V.'' 12. u 1 know that religion is no cun ningly devised fable.;, It is the wisdom of-God-and the power of God .unto, salvar tion to every one that believeth. : It, is our privilege te enjoy it, and to realize, and.ehjoy heaven unearth.” 13. “ I feel that I would always be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in me. I too believe that religion is ' no cunningly devised fable, but that it is a living reality, the power and wisdom and truth of Lou. ] have a hope pre cious, and big with immortality.'' 14. “ I have not for a year had a wdli week, but I feel to bless God that mat ters are as well with me as they are. lam happy to-night. I feel that it is good to serve God, and I thank him for the blessed promises of bis word.” “ There’ll be no more sorrow there.” 15. “My ehrisfftan friends! one year ago. I could drink as much liquor, and swear as hard as any man in my regi ment. I was led by the Providence of God to this place. Here' I found the Saviour, and enlisted under the blood stained banner of the cross. Blessed be God! I can believe in the allrsnfficiency of the atonement; it availed for me, the vilest of sinners. Since my conversion, I have spent the happiest weeks of my life; now I no more delight in, but rather hate, the sight of cards, and I no more touch intoxicating drink.” 16. “Brethren, I know that I have passed from death unto life, for I love God, and am unspeakably happy in this love; and I love the brethren in Christ, and I feel now to pray: ‘create in me a clean heart, O! God, and renew a right spirit within me.' ” 17. “Fellow Soldiers! This I know that, whereas I‘was blind now I see. I bless God I had a praying mother, and often I heard her in the still hour of the night, when she thought I was sleeping, praying for her ungodly son. At last her prayers have been answered. Pray for me, that I rnsiy meet that mother, and you all my Christian comrades, in heaven.” > 18. “ Fellow Soldiers! I have just returned from the scene of a dying soidier. He was in deep distress on account of the remembrance of his treat ment of his mother. ‘ I have been,’ said he, * an awfully wicked son and unfaith ful to my mother. Do you believe God can forgive such a sinner as me ? My mother died praying for me ; can God forgive me ?' I told him of Jesus' love and pardon for all, even the chief of sinners. ‘I. do believe,’ he said, ‘ that he can and will save me. I only regret that I did not earlier find my Saviour, and learn to serve him. But I can now die happy, trusting an A loving my Saviour.’ ” “In the Christian’s home in glory, There is rest for the weary.” 18. “ Fellow Soldiers! I feel that all things work together for good to them that love God. We see-that life is not less pleasant, but more for the Christian, for he has a peace within, deep as a river,, and a hope established in the con fidence of Christ, and bright with immor tality. Will you hot, my comrades, come to this precious Saviour and seek the possession of this sweet peace, and this all sustaining hope.? O come to Jeßiis!” • 19. “ God is a good paymaster, and will pay evexy day and every night, and will give you a bounty if you will come here and get it Saturday nights. His service is an easy service. Will you not enlist, my comrades, and trust God for ;he reward ?" 20. “ Brethren, we all know how good it is to lay off the burden of a knapsack after a long, weary march, and seek rest. How much more blessed to lay off the heavy burden of sin and find rest for the soul in Jesus, and at last come to the eternal rest of heaven.” SCRIPTURE TEACHINGS. Question 1. What do the Scriptures teach in regard to women’s speaking in churches? Answer 1. It is forbidden negatively, as in 1 Cor. 14: 84, It is not permitted unto them to speak; and in 1 Tim. 2: 12,1 suffer not a woman to teach. 2. It is-forbidden positively, as in 1 CSorw Mr* ,35, Let, 'your women keep silence in. the churches ; and in 1 Tim, 2 :11, Let the woman learn in silence. ‘ • 3: It is condemned as out of good taste , as in 1 Cor. 14.: 35, It: is a shame for women to speak in the church or assem bly; it. excites disgust. Question 2. How is this scripture teaching enforced ? Answer. By apostolic example and practice, as in 1. Tim. 2:11,12, Paul did not- allow it ; he says, I suffer not a woman to;teach. Question 3. But does he not write in 1 Cor. 11: 5, of a woman’s praying or prophesying with her head uncovered ? Answer. Yes; hut he is there writing, not of the lawfulness of women’s speak ing arid praying in public, hut of the manner of doing it ; and when in 1 Cor.-, 14:84, 35, he writes about the lawful ness off. the, thing, he condemns and forbids it ..entirely, both negatively and positively, arid as out of good taste. Question 4. Could then no woman speak in public ? v; Answer. None hut inspired women, if any,; and Inspiration, is now ceased. • Question. 5. Then what is now wo man’s duly? : . . -< Answer. -It is :to keep silence in the churches, or ; .worshipping assemblies, and not to speak at all, as in 1 Cor. 14: 34, 35, and 1 Tim. 2:11-13, which read. W. J. M.
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