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The Privileges of the Christian WomanThe Watchtower—1964 | March 15
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for whom she might be substituting. But both dedicated men and women are “a theatrical spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.” (1 Cor. 4:9) For example, a faithful woman can set an excellent example for the angels. In her loyally conforming to Jehovah’s theocratic pattern of subjection to her husbandly head and also in her showing respect for the male members of the congregation, she sets a right example for the angels in heaven in their continued faithful subjection to Jehovah and his reigning King, Jesus Christ.
19. What appreciation of man and woman’s relationship does Paul illustrate in 1 Corinthians 11:11, 12, and what will keep both the man and the woman humble in Jehovah’s arrangement?
19 However, lest man get the wrong impression from what he wrote, as though the man was the all-important creature and the woman of no account, Paul goes on to say in 1Co 11 verses 11 and 12 of 1 Corinthians chapter 11: “Besides, in connection with the Lord neither is woman without man nor man without woman. For just as the woman is out of the man, so also the man is through the woman; but all things are out of God.” Yes, this is the thing to keep in mind—that the arrangement of things as to headship, as to the relationship of man and woman, as to conduct and order in the congregation, is from God and not from man. Having this point of view keeps us balanced, humble and appreciative of Jehovah’s blessings, whether we be man or woman.
20. For what purpose is the question of head covering discussed at this time?
20 Apparently there was some dispute on this question of the woman’s place in the congregation at Corinth, and so the apostle Paul took the time to set forth the principles for all to understand, and then concluded: “However, if any man seems to dispute for some other custom, we have no other, neither do the congregations of God.” (1 Cor. 11:16) While this may not be a matter for dispute among Jehovah’s witnesses in these days, yet it seems good at this time to consider the subject in some detail as to its practical application for the Christian congregation today. So, in the following issue of The Watchtower, we will consider some of the circumstances where the question of head covering might arise, so that faithful women ministers in the New World society will know how to act appropriately in harmony with the Scriptures and with a good Christian conscience.
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The Parishioners Stayed AwakeThe Watchtower—1964 | March 15
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The Parishioners Stayed Awake
A Witness now living in Missouri relates this experience had while she was working one day on an Indian Reservation in South Dakota: “I met a man who was a layman for the Catholic Church. On the reservation there is a church for each village but not a priest, so the priests take turns visiting each week at a different village. When the priest cannot be at the church, then the Indian layman reads a printed sermon sent by the priest. The layman accepted The Watchtower and Awake! from me, and I asked him if I could call back and get his opinion about them. About two weeks later I called back and he was excited. He said: ‘Last Sunday the priest did not come to church and he did not mail me a sermon, so I read The Watchtower in the Catholic church and everybody enjoyed it. Usually everybody goes to sleep in church, but when I read The Watchtower nobody went to sleep.’ After leaving there we called on people of the town and placed about ninety magazines, and several subscriptions were taken. Many had their interest aroused by The Watchtower read in church.”
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