Why Do Women Talk or Testify in Church? by C. E. W.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 19, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 51.

Why Do Women Talk or Testify in Church?

By C. E. W.

1095. "Why Do Women Talk or Testify in Church?" 1 Cor. 14:34, 35.—Women talk in church, we suppose, because they have something to say. They and all others should talk because the Lord has something for them to say. When there is opportunity, "praise is comely." "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord." Ps. 150:6. This includes woman. Paul gives instruction concerning proper attire of the woman who prays or prophesies in the public congregation. 1 Cor. 11:5. He tells of various women who had helped him in work of ministry. See Rom. 16:3-15, and other scriptures. Certainly 1 Cor. 14:34, 35 does not contradict what the apostle teaches elsewhere. But he did not believe in unwomanliness on their part. The whole connection shows that the instruction was given to correct abuses. Let the women apply it to themselves.