te that
is mentioned when the disciples and apostles went forth after
Jesus was removed from them, was the bringing up of an ancient
prophecy to prove that they were right in the position they
assumed on that occasion, when men and women were gathered
together on the holy day of Pentecost, when every man heard and
saw those wonderful works which are recorded. Then Peter stood
forth--some one has said that Peter made a great mistake in
quoting the prophet Joel--but he stated that "the time is come,
this day is fulfilled the prophecy, when it is said, I will pour
out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy," etc.--the language of the Bible is beautiful in
its repetition--"upon my servants and my handmaidens I will pour
out my spirit and they shall prophesy." Now can anything be
clearer than that?

Rev. HENRY GREW again quoted Scripture in reply to Mrs. Mott, and
said the coming of Christ into the world did not restore man and
woman to the original condition of our first parents. If the
position assumed by the women be true, then must the Divine Word
from Genesis to Revelation be set aside as untrue, that woman may
be relieved from the, perhaps, unfortunate limitations that hold
her back in this age of progress.

Mr. HIGGINSON related a story of an old Methodist clergyman who
by chance stepped into a Quaker meeting where he heard a woman
speaking, which so shocked him that he thought Anti-Christ was
now bound to rule. He went home sad. He had four daughters, one
of whom, at the age of sixteen, in a few minutes opened the eyes
of his understanding after he had groped in darkness a long time,
by showing him a passage in the Testament describing a friend of
Paul's at Phillippi, who had four daughters that prophesied. This
girl referred her father to the Greek Testament, and showed him
that the original word, properly translated, means to preach
instead of to prophesy. Before we resort to Scriptural texts we
should be careful to ascertain that they are right, or all
arguments founded on them must fall.

Mr. GREW did not consider that the story of the four daughters
invalidated his position.

Mr. GARRISON said: Consulting the Bible for opinions as to
woman's rights, is of little importance to the majori