"THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK; "
" THERE IS NEITHER BOND NOR FREE;"
" THERE IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE; "FOR YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS"Galatians 3:28
WOMAN WAS THE FINISHING GRACE OF THE CREATION"Woman was the completeness" of man's bliss in Paradise."Woman was the cause" of sin and death to our world. The world was redeemed by the "Seed of the woman".
"Woman is the mother" of the human race. She is either our companion, counselor, and comforter in the pilgrimage of life; or she is our tempter, scourge, and destroyer. Our sweetest cup of earthly happiness or our bitterest draught of sorrow is mixed and administered by her hand. She not only renders smooth or rough our path to the grave, but helps or hinders our progress to immortality. In heaven we shall bless God for her aid in assisting us to reach that blissful state; or amidst the torments of unutterable woe in another region, we shall deplore the fatality of her influence... The personal conduct of our Lord during His sojourn upon earth tended to exalt the female sex to a consideration "before unknown". Follow Him through the whole of His earthly career, and mark the attention that He most condescendingly paid to and as condescendingly received from the female sex. He admitted them to His presence, conversed familiarly with them, and accepted the tokens of their gratitude, affection, and devotedness.
"See Him accompanying His mother" to the marriage feast of Cana in Galilee."See Him conversing with the woman of Samaria," instructing her ignorance, enduring her petulance, correcting her mistakes, awakening her conscience, converting her soul, and afterwards employing her as a messenger of mercy and salvation to her neighbors...[Christ's] treatment of woman raised her from her degradation without exalting her above her level.
"He rescued her from oppression" without exciting her vanity and invested her with dignity without giving her occasion for pride. While He allowed her not only to come into His presence, but to minister to His comfort; and while He conciliated her grateful and reverent affection, He inspired her with awe. And thus, He taught man how to behave toward woman and what return woman was to make to man..." BUT THE FINISHING STROKE WHICH CHRISTIANITY GIVES IN ELEVATING THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IS BY INVITING AND EMPLOYING THEIR ENERGIES AND INFLUENCE IN PROMOTING THE SPREAD OF RELIGION IN THE WORLD", and by thus carrying out,through them as well as men, the great purposes of God in the redemption of the world by the mission of His Son...Christianity has thus carried out its genius and its precepts in the actual elevation of the female character wherever it has gone...
"With what equity" does it hold the balance between the sexes!
"With what kindness" does it throw its shield over the weaker vessel!
"With what wisdom" does it sustain the rank and claims of those whose influence is so important to society, and yet so limit their claims that they shall not be carried to such a length as to defeat their end!...
"WOMAN'S VIRTUE, DIGNITY, HONOR, AND HAPPINESS ARE NOWHERE SAFE BUT UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE WORD OF GOD."
The Bible is the aegis of the female sex. Beneath this protection they are secure in their rights, their dignity,and their peace. It is their vine and fig tree, under which, in calm repose, they may enjoy the shade and relish thefruit. It protects their purity from taint and their peace from disturbance...
"WOMAN! REGARD YOUR SAVIOR FOR THE NEXT WORLD AS YOUR EMANCIPATOR FOR THIS PRESENT ONE."
"Female Piety" reprinted by Soli Deo Gloria via Chapel Library
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