Woman Question

Of 114 religious denominations in the U. S., 44 ordain women to the ministry. Perplexed Presbyterians will attempt to decide whether women shall be admitted to their pulpits at a general assembly in April. Typical of their baffled councils thus far was one held last week by the New York Presbytery. The dialog:

Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, President of Union Theological Seminary: "I go about in the colleges now and I have to report to young women. If the Church is not going to keep pace with modern society and ' give women the right of becoming pastors, we are going to lose their support. They feel that a stigma is placed on them. . . ."

Pastor Henry Burnham Kirkland of Manhattan's North Church: "Our Lord included no women when He selected His twelve Apostles. ... To accept them would place a stigma much greater on our dear Lord. I am convinced that 90% of the women don't want it, and that the other 10% are the agitators. Most of the cults have been started by women. Who started Christian Science, Unity, and Theosophy? A woman!"

Dr. Arthur Judson Brown, Secretary Emeritus of the Board of Foreign Missions: "Who started Mormonism--a man."

Pastor Albert Dale Gantz of Williams-bridge Church: "That was a matter of too many women."

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