The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-12


sharply you will hear dripping down
through the leaky roof and rolling over
the rotten stairs the angel chant that
shook Bethlemem "Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good will to
menl" Can you tell me why Christian
woman going down among the haunts OF
iniquity on a Christian errand never
meets with any indignity2 l stood in
the chapel of Miss Chalmers, the daught-
er of the celebrated DR.. Chalmers, in the
most abandoned part of the city of Edin
buTgh, and l said to her, as looked
around upon the fearful surroundings Of
that place "Do you come here nights to
hold service ?" "0E, yes," she said. "Can
it be possible that you never meet with
an insult while performing this Christian
errandW Never" she said. never"
That young woman, who has her father
by her side walking down the street, an
armed police on each corner, is not 30
we'll defended as the Christian woman
who goes forth on Gospel work into the
haunts of iniquity carrying the Bibles
and bread God, with the red right arm
of His wrath omnipotent, would tear to
pieces any one who would offer indigni-
ty. He would smite him with light
nings, and drown him with foods, and
swallow him with earthquakes, and
damn him with eternal indignations.
Some one said, ~ dislike very much to
see that Christian woman teaching those
bad boys in the mission school. am
afraid to have her instruct them" 49,"
said another man, Il am afraid too,"
Said the first, "I am afraid they will use
vile language before they leave the
place." "Ah" said the other man, II
am not afraid of that; what am afraid
of is, that if any of chose boys should use
a bad word in that presence, the other
boys would tear him to pieces and kill
him on the spot" The woman is the
best sheltered who is sheltered by the
Lord God Almighty, and you need never
fear going anywhere where God tellsyou
to go.
It seems as if the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the soliO.
itation of charities. Backed up by bar
rels in which there is no -four, and by
stoyes in which there is no fire, and by
wsrdrobes in which there are no clothes,
woman is irresistible; passing on her
errand, God says to her, "You go into
that bank, or store, or shop, and get the
money" She goes in and gets it. The !
man is hard-fsted, but she gets it. She |
could not help but get it. 1t is decreed |
from eternity she should get it. No need |
Of your turning your back and pretend
ing you don't hear; you do hear. There
is no need Of your saying you are begged
to death. There is no need Of your vast.
ing your time, and you might as well
submit first as last. You had better right
away take down your check. book, fill up
the blank, sign your name and hand IL
to her. There is no need of wasting lime.
Those poor children on the back street
have been hungry long enough. That
sick man must have some farina. That
consumptive must have something to
ease his cough. Inject this delegate of
a relief society coming out of the store Of
such hard.fsted man, and say, "Did
you get the money!" "0f course" she
says, II got the money; that's what
went for. The Lord told me to go in and
get it, and he never sends me on FOOLS
errand."
Again 1 have to tell you that it is
woman's specific right to comfort under
the stress of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel; but all profane as we'll
as sacred history attests that when the
crisis comes she is better prepared than
man to meet the emergency. How often
you have seen woman who seemed to :
be disciple of frivolity and Incidence,
who, under one stroke of calamity, !
changed to heroine. Oh, what great !
mistake those business men make who |
never tell their business troubles to their l
wives There comes some great loss to :
their store, or some of their companions !
in business play them sad trick, and !
they carry the burden all alone. He is q
asked in the household again and again q
What is the matter? but he believes it a
sort of Christian duty to keep all trouble p
within his own soul. Oh, sir, your first v
duty was to tell your wife all about it y
She, perhaps might not have disentan-
gled your finances or extended your q
credit, but she would have helped you II
to bear misfortune. You have no right j
to carry on one shoulder that which was IL
for two. There are business IL
men here who know what mean. There y
came crisis in your affairs. You strug. Y
yled bravely and long; but after awhile y
here came day when you said: "Here iC
shall have to STOP" and you called in II
your partners, and you called in the
most prominent men in your employ, u
Ind you said: eve have got to stopH g
You left the store suddenly. You could v
hardly make up your mind to pass u .
through the street and over on the Ferry y
)oat. You felt everybody would be u
ooking at you, and blaming and de. q
you. You hastened home. IL
1ou told your wife all about the affair. D'
What did she sayP Did she play the 70
,utterfy2 Did she talk about the silks OF
md the ribbons and the fashions? No. e
The came up to the emergency. She "
Iuailed not under the stroke. She helped VI
Iou to begin to plan right away. She W
tfered to go ont of the comfortable house &c
nto smaller one, and wear the old N
loak another winter. She was one who 81
your affairs without blaming ~ ~
ou. You looked upon what you thought pl
7as thin, weak woman's arm holding n'
on up; but while you looked at that 10
Tm there came into the feeble muscles 10
1t the strength of the Eternal God. Dl
10 Chiding No frettingl No telling "a
ou about the beautiful house of her IN IN
'ther, from which you brought her ten, % "a
venty or thirty years agoI You said 70
Well, this is the hsppiest day of my .n
fe. l am glad l have got from under my IN
urden. My wife don't care-I don't ns
are" At the moment you we're utterly tn
God sent Deborah to meet ca
ae host Of the Amalekites and scatter \
lem like chaff over the plain. There nc
70 sometimes women who sit reading
'ntimental novels, and who wish that un
icy had some grand field in which to WI
Isplay their Christian powers. Oh an
hat grand and glorious things they cr.
'uId do, If they only had an opportu- W.
ty. My sister, you need not wait for ne
~ such time. A crisis will come in an
'ur affairs. There will be Ther- al
opylse in your own household, where 81