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A CURIOUS ANOMALY.

; < TO THE EBIIQIU, „'■.., „/^. ■'{, - ■ 1 Sir,— The women of Hew Zealand " at present pose as the most advanced of the age— treading after Wyoming. They have obtained a privilege their English sisters for 50 years have vainly struggled |or. \ This, the riopt ' juvenile. of En^HSfe'' colonies, %ds the way^ a voice iijthe making of ;pwr '■;&■s&; our inte&cts ■^ are occupied m noting the grawnBBtaMlMtf this and otfeftj' HHH|^?riticise, o,rd' resolve, feelH^^flj^^Bj^&p^ 6 *j$ integral part of B9jH^HHH&4j£or 'Pltrto reigns triwhat about our HHBBi^^3ow about our eternal welP^fare? Do we identify ourselves with the Church's teaching? Certainly not m the teaching of the English Church, so-called. I begin to think that masculine minds professing that creed are Turkish m their belief as regards women. We have no voice m the mundane affairs of our Church. The mandate is issued that the women ] —I beg pardon, ladies—of the church congregation should toil for some | sale of work, for subscriptions, enter- \ tainments, aye, even to clean the church itself. They are to attend meetings, etc, but utter no word. Receive teaching as " babes and sucklings," but work manfully to raise luore. How long is this anomalous state of* things to continue ? Cannot the men see the necessity of advancement ? Will our true emancipation—as Church members — still be delayed indefinitely by this barbarous mediaeval bitterness which is so Witter and estranging ! We had hoped for larger views and more enlightened consideration. Is it as nought to see a church congregation thinning? to note indifference sweeping over those who feel they have no part m the guiding helm ? yet such result is inevitable. We feel that " The ample proposition that hope makes In all designs begun on earth below, Fails m -tht'promised largeness." I am, &c,, Regret.

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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue XXXI, 5 January 1895, Page 3

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A CURIOUS ANOMALY. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue XXXI, 5 January 1895, Page 3

A CURIOUS ANOMALY. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue XXXI, 5 January 1895, Page 3

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