St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-01-27
Home she HUd None.

oH'y Al IL" ualS i9O, Tcau IN Ii
paper, that Gamma l. Il woman of til
town, drowned herself in -."
She was only "a woman Of til
town :"
The words seemed harsh 70 me us
read them. Nobody belonged TO her
She belonged TO nobody. Once she wa
somebody's baby, fondcd and loved
once she was somebody's little girl, AM
pretty, too once she was Il young lady
attractive and guileless, with the woman
in her heart and i'll her face. 1t is sa,
thing TO be Il woman, and not hay
about you a wall of adamanrine prin
ciplc-, Or loving family TO guard you
None but human vulturcs can love t,
dcsecratc Il being made 50 beautiful.
You scorn her, and say, she led many
on TO destruction. Who do you sup
pose led her!
This woman must have had relatives,
but nobody knew where they were
Pride and Il fictitious name had broken
up all communications between them.
She was dcSpi>tG 10y her own sex, and
ridiculed by the other. She was worse
than poor, worse than homcless-she be-
longed 10 the cold, hcartlcss town.
y woman needs love, Il love that
cheers, and comforts and makes lifc's
burdens light. This one had promises,
and hopes, and passions that blackencrl
the love they fed on
\ woman needs home, 4 place
where there is rest and satisfaction a
place where sin is not allowed to enter ;
place where, amid poverty or riches,
there is some one to help bear the
crosses. She Lad Il shelter earned by
sin, where, when she was dead, there
would b. 10 sorrow, but Il rapacious
grasping for what she left.
y woman needs religion. Without
Christianity sh, is like flower withou,
fragrance. She needs the gentleness and
tenderness that comes with the love of
Jesus. She needs the support that comes
from leaning upon her God. This one
had nobody to tell her of the woman of
Samaria against whom no stone was
cast, because her accuscrs were not with
out sin. She had nothing to hope for
but the wrath that comeih upon the
children OF disobcdience. What was
there 10 make life happy for her
y woman needs praise, Il word OF
commentator for something well done ;
a smile OF kiss from one she loves
She had nothing but heartless tiattcry.
that came from those who would see her
die in the street and pass by on the other
side
y woman needs kindne-s; needs TO
be kept from over-tati.uc. Who cared
whether her body grew wcalicd from un-
hallowcd w,rk
y woman need, companionship. Who
contiird IN her their plans and aspira-
tlonS Whose heart we open TO shear
her history, and give their sympathy :?
Who cared whether her mind expanded
by reading or thought
y woman needs children. to fill her
heart with the namclcss power that
makes u mother next to the Divine
This 'woman of the town never had
little chubby arms about her neck or
baby kisses on her checks She never
knew how the III Dthcr's heart trcmbIcS
when something, all her own, nestles
c!; :" 10 her for protection, and calls her
mother. Some such moments make
moIhcrhool aud womanhool suprcmcly
birs'
The town hal no sympathy, no aid
hcavcnwarI. In the miISt Of 100 900
men and women she was alone, died
alone, went up 10 receive her deserts
alone Perhaps God was very tender,
seeing that her own sex forgot her. lie
never knew her by the sad title they
gave her on earth, "a woman Of the
town :" What will He say 10 uS, who
have homes and children and comforts
and sympathy, and no temptations, and
yet serve him So poorly !-Scuah 4.
B,Aon II Chttfm at Work.