Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-11

my husband gets drunk and beats me; and
] then we are so awful poor
Our Bible meetings have not prospered
so much through the, summer as before.
| The extreme heat of the weather and gen.
eral sickness, with the increased la
bors and deprecated physical endurance
of the Bible-woman, has much hindered,
but not suspended this department. 1t IS
now resuming its activity, and feryent and
hearty are the greetings, as the missing
members reappear in the classes.
The first wedding Of our Mission occur
red on the 22d of last month. Yes, our
pioneer experiment is success p0sittre,
| complete, Triumphant success, over which,
no doubt; the angels shout, and heaven
thrills with a newborn joy. The bride
groom asked the consent Of the brides guar
dian, which consent was given in the name
of the Woman's Bible Mission of Nash
vile, with a suitable charge In behalf OF
their united interests for time and eternity.
When the marriage ceremony was con-
cluded, amid the cOngratulation of friends,
a large family Bible and Hymn book were
presented to the bride, in the name,
also, Of our Mission. She accepted
with a modest grace and dignity
that would have done credit to any station;
and her reply, all original and impromptu,
showed that it just gurgled up from heart
where the meek and lowly had set His seal
and image. She's sheen with Jesus"
unused one who stood by beholding her in
her penSive beauty. 'All that remains of
her now Is pure, womanly-pure Yes,
pure In that pl,rest sense of purttD'-wash-
ed, slndde pure in the blood Of the lamb"
How should we feel encouraged to know
that through our humble fundamentally,
''the wrath of man" is thus made to
sspraise Him. that the Iery clicanery Of
hell is made, per force, to bring its guilty
trophies TO His feet, and see them trans
muted into FURNISHED jewels to radiate for
ever in the diadem of Jesus.
The interest OF the Mission Home
is holding on encouragingly. We have
hac much, however, Of difficulty and
disappointment to contend with. Yet,
notwithstanding all, the subscriptions have
amounted up to over 500. We have en-
gagged fnatron and rented house. The
location is not the most favorable, but the
very pest that could be done at present.
We purpose to remove it and buy perlna-
nent home just as soon as practicable.
But probably our greatest difficulty arises
from lack of confidence among the other
sex in woman'S executive capacity, and
there may be some ground for this objec-
ton. The truth Is, we have never had
much in our hands TO manage; how then
could we prove capacity? We are not
quite ready to admit, however. that our
Maker has left us entirely idiotic in this re-
gard, and rather think we have some latent
powers that have too long lain dormant for
want of exercise. We only ask TO have these
brought out with the grand system of evOlu-
ton that is bringing so many something's
out of nOthings, and making old mother
Earth appear like some frisky, capricious
maiden, shifting her jewelry every hour.
| The experiment is worth all the money We
ask, and will give back full value received
| TO any manly heart that remembers, as he
should remember, from whose pulse his
own first caught its tiny stroke, whose
| bosom furnished his life-elixir.
To obviate this last difficulty in our way,
we have secured the assistance Of a cOmpe-
tent advisory board of gentlemen and are
prepared to say to the public, that there is
no danger now of wasting their subscrip
| tiOns, il human skill and human effort can
save them. We believe that, in general,
| men retain enough of the image blurred in
Paradise 10 rejoice in this good work
and aid ms with their sympathy
and means. We have already enjoyed
a liberal demonstration of it, aud We are
sangIhie OF success. Indeed the Commit
tee on Collections have met only one man,
who acknowledged himself opposed 10 the
reformation of fallen women. We give
him credit for showing his true colors, but
Ged be merciful to his poor sensual hide
| bound soul.
Still the mournful wall of the unfOrtu-
nate comes up from far and near, begging
for quarters. How Fan ve refuse them,
and still hope for salvation. ., you to
whom God has given money, much or lit
| tie, remember that, with every dollar, He
imposes a grave responsibility. Don't let
/ your money be dead weight to sink you
to perdition; buy wings with it to bear you
heayenward, for very soon you must either
sink or soar. This call comes from woman
woman whom uOd gave man,
not TO be degraded and then
abandoned; but to be ''ruled oyer' i'll
righteousness. loved and h0nored, and to
be protected as well with his money as
with his muscle.
Again, as a business matter, this is
wise investment. 1t is money in the hands
of men that furnishes and upholds the es-
Establishments of debauchery; aye, in luxury
and splendOr. Crime is far costlier than
virtue, even in this worlds coin. How
much better for our country and for future
generations 10 appropriate that money to
repair the rum already wrought and pre-
vent more He who either professedly or
practically withholds his concurrence from
| these truths is an enemy to his country, his
children, his mother, and his God. "He
| that soweth 10 the flesh shall reap cOrrup-
tion,n and only corruption. Better 'sow
to the spirit" and 'sreap life everlasting"
Respectfully submitted,
| S. A. ROBERTSON,
| Rihlp Woman