Stuck to her Church.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 6047, 12 September 1894, Page 1

Stuck to her Church.

A Presbyterian lady, says a San Francisco contemporary, has just .caused a decision by the church to which she be- . longed, and by the Presbytery which sus- '• tained the church, to be reversed by the Synod, which in turn was sustained by : the General Assembly. The case is known as the , Sadie Means case. Miss. Sadie Means was employed in the telephone exchange in Columbia, S.C., and her duties required an attendance at the office a few hours each Sunday. . She was, however, regular in her attendance , upon church service, and except in the ' matter of Sunday work, was an exceptionable member, of the church. But the minister and some of the elders of the church did not think that Sunday work was compatible with her religious professions. She was given the I alternative of throwing up her position or her membership in church. She declined to do either and was ultimately expelled. She appealed her case to the Presbytery , and lost it again. From the Presbytery it went to the Synod, where the Presbytery decision was reversed. The church, ! now warmed up, took the case to.the ; General Assembly, which recently held a [ session at Nashville, Tenn., and there made another losing. The discussion was • hot, but the telephone young lady won. She is now reinstated in her beloved church and answers telephone calls with all her former sweetness of tone. The ] lesson'of this is that woman is the coming ' man. .