The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-11-30

about that now" Work for Christ had cured
him Of his religious dependency. Half the
membership Of our churches are DYING for the
want of something to do. One OF the excellent
features about Sunday school 10 that il gives
theChu rch an opportunity to work.
4. The obscurity Of the work TO which many
are called IA cause of dependency. Elijah
on Mt. Carmel, with thousands beholding his
bravery, could be hero; but Elijah under the
juniper tree. alone, breaks down in despair. It
certainly must try ones faith to 60 to the stake,
to be bound hand and foot, to see the fires
kndled, to see the flames leap forth that are 90
soon to become his wilding-sheet. But be-
lieve there are severer tests Of faith than this
The one who looks upon the routine Of life and
SAYS here must live and die and never be
heard OF beyond my own door-yard, endures .
more dreaded martyrdom than did John Huss
OF Bohemia, or Jerome Of Prague. There
are but few wives and mothers who have not
experienced this phase Of dependency. Youi
work is obscure. 1t IL mend and patch and
patch and mend. II 10 cook three meals day
and wash the dishes. This in the course OF q
excitement and glory about going to the stake,
but there is not much excitement about wash
ing dishes, unless you chance to let one fall
and break in the presence Of your husband
5. Sin is frequent cause Of dependency.
Consciousness Of willful wrong-doing produces
melancholy. A young man IN Akron, Ohio,
robbed the express company Of sixteen thou
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All believe him innocent. In Chicago he at
tends the Moody meetings and is converted.
He returns to Akron confesses the whole. and
is now in the penitentiary. The weight Of that
sin was too much for him to bear. He feels
better and looks more cheerful to-day in prison
himself and God.
6. Domestic trouble brings dependency into
many otherwise happy homes. In 1870 wife
in Chicago left her home, stating that she
was going to make calls. Instead OF that
che bought a ticket on the Lake Shere and
Michigan Southern railroad for Niagara Falls.
Under an assumed name she stopped at the
Spencer House. The following morning, after
breakfast, she walked down to the falls and out
upon the suspension bridge. There she re-
named for about two hours intently gazing
upon the seething waters below. Then she
WAS seen to climb upon the railing Of the bridge.
Before the gate-keeper could reach her she bad
made the fatal plunge. II Is said that the pa
pers the next morning speaking Of the sad
event remarked, domestic trouble Is the sup
posed cause" This is but one instance among
en- thousand
There Is no desire more universal in the hu-
man family than the longing for HOME. BY the
term home, do not now mean place to board.
Home means more than house to shelter you,
congenial compromising. sympathy, true love
and affection. Boarding-hou are more nu-
merous than homes For the ideal home there
is longing in every hesrt. In Castle Garden,
New York, there was assembled one evening
twenty thousand to listen to the singing Of
Jenny Lind. The finest symphonies OF Bee
thoven and Handel were rendered by that al
most angelic singer. These were loudly APP
plauded; but when she for the moment left
these master compositions and sung with
sweetness, as II thinking OF her own native
Sweden, Home. Sweet Home" the cheers
that followed the first stanza drowned her voice
and she had to wait until the applause subsidized.
Again she tried to sing and again the cheers
we're deafening. The hardest heart was melted.
Tears stole down many cheek. Home was a
term dear to every one OF that twenty thousand.
merchant comes home late at night. HIS
heart is sad he las lost all his property; he
is not worth dollar. He tells bis troubles to
his wife-tells her that he has made bad bar
gain and he is bankrupt. His wife, with a
scowl on her face. replies, "Well, John, that is
JUS: exactly as 1 expected. I always knew you
would make some blunder. ! don't see why
you can't amount to something as we'll as other
people. l would give the world if had never
married YOU, go now" That is the unkindest
thrust OF all. Here is another style OF wife :
Her husband comes home and makes the same
statement as related above his property is
gone. She says to him. with tear in her eve,
perhaps, but smile on her face Never mind,
John, know you have done the best you could.
You are the best man In the world yet would
not trade you off for any Of the more fortunate
ones. We began poor once, and we can begin
poor again. Cheer up. will stand by Won
anyway" This is wife, the other a house
keeper. This is q helpmeet, the other help
to eat meat!
Z. Financ ial embarrassment is cause of
dependency. 1t ID estimated that ninety five
per cent. OF our business men fail. These per-
sons know many sleepless nights, thinking over
money matters. The farmer whose land has
on it more mortgages than crops may well feel
discouraged. Debt ia the author OF one-half
the long faces in the world.
8. False reports respecting character and
misrepresentation are cause OF melancholy.
We find ourselves misunderstood. An honest
endeavor to befriend a person may be 80 con-
strued as to make him our enemy. What shall
we do when misrepresented? We are to do as
did John Calender, OF Revolutionary fame
At the battle OF Bunker Hill he was captain OF
company of artillery. Gen. Putnam suspect
ed him OF cowardice. lie was tried by a court
martial, his command taken from him and
publicly branded as coward. Conscious OF
bis innocence, what did he now do? Did he
say, - am disgraced; can never be anybody
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