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QUES. 32.-(a) In the light of 1 Cor. 11, is her own hair a sufficient covering for a woman engaged in prayer, as some have asserted verse 15 indicates?

(6) If a woman's head must have a covering besides her hair when she prays or prophesies, does this include occasions when she is present where others are praying ?

ANS.-(a) Not at all. A woman's head is no more really covered by her long hair than a man's is uncovered by his short hair. Verse 15 only affirms the principle laid down before by referring to woman's long hair as nature's teaching in what is becoming. Why is long hair a glory to the woman, while it is a shame to the man? Because they occupy different positions in creation ; the one expressed by covering the head, the other by uncovering it. In each case nature itself teaches what is becoming to each. The long hair, as a veil, indicates the retirement that becomes the woman ; while the shorn, or unveiled head of the man, indicates the public place in which God placed him.

(6) Wherever it is proper that a man should be uncovered (and where is the man who kneels in prayer without uncovering his head, no matter how secret the place may be?) it is proper that the woman should be covered, be it with but a veil, a handkerchief, or any thing as a sign that she is keeping her place of subjection (ver. 10).

QUES. 33.-Does 1 Cor. 14 :39 have any application to these times, referring to speaking with tongues?

ANS.-Most assuredly, if the tongues are really there, and the order of verse 27 be followed in their exercise.