Article September 24, 1910 Issue

M. D. Graham writes from 41, St. Mildred's Road, Lee,...

From Manchester (Eng.) Guardian

M. D. Graham writes from 41, St. Mildred's Road, Lee, London:—The Wesleyan Conference at Bradford on Wednesday introduced an interesting innovation by enacting that in exceptional cases women should be allowed to preach. The old Pauline rule that women should keep silence in the churches holds good with very few exceptions to the present day, but even this long-established convention seems to be gradually breaking down. The religious communities in which this old order is giving place to the new are of entirely modern origin. It is the proud boast of the Salvation Army that the officers, men and women, stand on a precisely equal footing. Women can rise through all the ranks from that of the humblest private right up to the highest, with the exception that at the very head is the grand old General, who might, however, it is quite conceivable, be succeeded by a woman—his own daughter-in-law, for example. Another modern religion boasts of a woman for its Founder. Mrs. Eddy, the originator of Christian Science, is a truly remarkable character, and as is natural, in her sect men and women stand on precisely the same footing, or if anything the women hold the palm, as they are more highly developed in those particular powers which are demanded by their cult. There is also a strong tendency among the older religious bodies to recognize the rising status of women.

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