He would ask his m£ fair critics to trite the whole of his writing as the basis of discovery of his social or family theory. He would at once pronoun^ the doctrme of literal inspiration absuri - because like every other contributor to tb* sacred Scriptures, he can be found flatlr contradicting - himself on some suhjec--' serious y altering at one time wbat he said at another time; enjoining upon men with apparent absoluteness obligations to be con sidered relatively to time, place, circS nr^Vl^ ***** and Sng: not at all with a fixed sense of eternal truth in every word he spoke, but with, only the design of fitting words to local conditions to certain specific states, and to periods of peculiar and transient disturbance Thus, while he commands slaves to obey then- masters, he certainly would be aston ished to be held to this hour to t^S historj aa tne champion of slavery 2d while he uttered that command underS tain circumstances, did he not also say at another time: ".There is neither Jew nor strue him literally regarding the status o f woman follow the word of his implied com mand m this respect ? D:« 3he not say, aS that the use of the sacramental symbols the bread and wine, implied in the literal sense the body and blood of Christ? How mTnJ ' of the literal followers of the Apostle in the The truth is that St. Paul was the most fj£?,n -and of the Apostles While id some given instance he rebuked some women who had scandalised a chu-ch by their obstreperous conduc'V in various other instances he pays the manliest tribute ' to their services in behalf of religion He reminds his co-worker, Timothy, that it waa to his mother and grandmother he was in debted for the Christian faith. He com mends to the Eomans Phebe, "our sister" who is in the ministry of the church lV He requests them to assist her in whaf ever business she may need assistance fOV h?. 