The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-10-23
WOMAN'S DUTIES AND wCMAN'S
RIGHTS.
Concluded.


Yea. more, it is flashing CD that fearful
train of suicides down the prccipice into
that sea from whose dark waters We
turn away In silent terror.
But all are not victims to this growing
mania. There are noble spirits in our
world who are winning for themselves
enviable positions In the galaxy of earth's
shining ones,
know of some who watch more for
opportunities TO relieve want, and en-
courage the depressed. than they do
for the praise of men. The number OF
such Is much greater than We are in the
habit of thinking. They do not seek the
surface, but God knows them, and with
them is the redeeming influence that is
to save our modern Sodom.
My friends, you and l may be com
PEELED TO attire ourselves with more eco
nouy than some do; We may not be per-
united to build our homes upon those ex
elusive grounds and if We were among
the favored in that respect, the thief
might enter. or the flames devour But
we may become peers In the ranks OF
earth benefac.ors. Our paths may be
strewed with garlands woven 10y the
grateful hands of want and WEAKNESS,
Kingdom. where ambition las 10 place,
and wear robes 1T brightness. which the
daughters of merchant princes canuot
purchase with money.
TO the earnest worker, life is not all
poetry. II We keep our eyes open. and
our hearts attuned to the calls Tor sympa
thy it would seem impossible not to grow
into the spirit of him who gathered his
mi
his way doing good.
Our happiness must not depend upon
external conditions too largely, we must
educate ourselves away from such depeE-
denotes and dare 70 be thought singular
| o:tentimes in our search Tor waits that
have strayed from the fold of safety.
While passing down the Mississippi
river, at the hour of midnight the cry
was heard "a man overheard - John.
oh john; was the wall that broke from
brother S heart. They were SONS of the
Green Isle, John was a fireman and
bis brother James was the watch man on
duty at that hour. John had patronized
the wine-tiosk too freely, had taken more
than he could carry, consequently he had
lost his balance, lost his life and periled
his soul A ripple was made in the
water and another spirit went on its lone
| passage to an unvisited shore. Observ-
ing James standing alone holding to the
ropes In thoughtful mood, | vehtured
to address him thus, Sir this is serious
business !" With affected Indifference he
replied. "Oh. this is nothing. we sailors
are used to such things" We said, do
you call 1t nothing to be started of In a
| boat you had not bargained for. with a
| captain you could rot understand, aud be
hurried into an unknown port L am
afraid John found it serious business.
Turning suddenly SO as to face me, he
sharply demanded Madam and who
may you be ''Beg your pardon Sir,
we said, | am only one who cares for you,
| | know you have precious soul to save,
am afraid you cannot take care of 1t your
self. VIII not you give it into the hands
of Jeses. lie can navigate safely among
| life dark waIers have your name regis
| tered on the log book for heaven, then if
you should fall overheard the life boat
will receive you and strike oars for the
evergreen shore Lifting his tarpanhis
while the tears falling upon the deck CHS
tered like diamonds. he said, wall,
wall, | give in now, had come to calcu-
late Christians thought we sailors had no
souls, least wise, it Is long time since
any one tackled me upon that subject.
once tried 10 be good but I quit off
| and it has gone bad with me ever since. y
That scene is Photographed too strongly
upon my heart to eyer be effaced. and
the cry is still sounding in my ears "a
man overheard |" Yes my friends, there
are young men overheard and young wo
men too. struggling in the tuIbid waters
of life's great river. They are drifting
nearer the ocean of eternity, who of Us
have Done our part in directing them to
the life boat? How many of us are or
dering our hives so as to be beacons
among the breakers against which so
manv precious intellectual barques are
being wrecke'