The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-22
| For the Dallas Herald.
"a Light OF Duty snines on Every DHy
| For All"


For the Dallas Herald.
"a Light Of Duty snines on Every Day
For alI.'
A lady sat at western window, looking
out upon the declining day. The sun was
setting, and as II gradually sank TO rost radi-
ant clouds gathered in giltering array in
tho west,
"With crimson banner aud golden pan,
Like host to their cheiitgin'S iunerhl'
Sho had great appreciation Of the beauti
full in nature and in art, and sat gazing in
admiration upon tho flush of departing day
until tho clouds became tintloss, tho brow Of
twuisht lsrkened, and the solemn stars
looked ior.h irom their casements. IL WAS
the holy Sabbath day, and the lady
hat to-day boon .Gceived into the church, and
| had for the first time partaien Of the sscrs
ment of tho Lords Supper. She al this
| twilight hour thought over the scenes Of the
day, and feeling Of happiness, peace new
| and strange, filled her heart rs she reflected
| upon the solemn truths and sweet promises
which God had given in the Holy Book for
all his followers A feeling of gratitude
arose, too, for all the temporal blessings
| which she day by day received from Coda
comfortable home and the loved ones of the
family circle enjoyed in christian land. In
her burat of gratitude for these many bess.
ngs sho felt yearning desire to do some.
| thing for her MaIter--something to repay
the debt Of love she owed. ooh that ]
might 90 10 some distant, heather land" she
exclaimed in dreamy, half audible tones,
"sud teach the bonighted people
| Al. Al e Al.
whom have found so pre-
oious!" Then relapaing into silence
she fixed hor eyes In musng meditation
upon the duslSy armament above her, when
suddenly "a still, small voice" seemed speak
ing to her very soul, "Awsko thou lido
dreamer; see what your Father wodld have
you do for His cause here, in your immcdi-
alto surrounding without tho necessity Of
7 crossing the ocean TO reach the heather in
foreign landsl You may not feel called to
leave the duties Of homg,ties which bind you
here, but can you not give portion of your
time to aid tho noble work OF sending others
who can 10 and toach those ignorant ones of
healhon lands the way 10 eternal life. Can
you not give. too, OF your means with which
God has blessed you, to aid in sending out
those messengers of salvation TO the nations
sitting in darkness?" The lady started up as
though some ono had indeed spoken TO her,
and the words of a littlo poem she had road
in Sunday school paper required to her.
| "lf You cannot give your thousands
| You can give the Widows mite;
And whate'or sou give for Jesus,
VIII he precious In his sight
And she mentally resolved that before an
other week should have passed, she would
give hOr name and influence TO aid the little
band of earnes. workers in the missionary
society of the church, with which che had
to-day united herself, This mental resolu.
ton caused her at once TO think, too, how
much sho could do in tho town in which she
lived TO bring the sweet influences of chris
tianty into many families whom sho know
families, some Of whom were too poor to
| furnish suitable clothing for their children to
wear TO sabbath school, while others were
too careless OF their duty to eend their chill
dron to tho house Of God for instruction, but
allowed them 10 roam At will through the
hours of the blessed day.
Il can soc now TINT there ia much | can
do for tho cause ofmy Maker, near my home"
sho said, "Hnd how Appropriate tho remain
dor of those lit,lo lines;
''lf you cannot crosl the ocean,
And the hcathou world explore,
You can find the heather nearer;
You can help them NJ your door,
As she mcditated now upon tho condition
of those poor little children of tho town, The
resolution was fixed in her heart to visit u
many of these poor families rs she coul(
, reach, and try to awaken in them an interes
, in the spiritual welfare Of their children, tina
thoy might make some effort to provide 70
them TO become members of tho Sab bat
school, and for those who were too poor (
provide for their children suitable clothing
, she resolved to ask assistance from ho
friends that these poor onos might DO pro
vided for.
1 With these resolutions came renewo,
Q emotions of peace and joy to her awakened
q heart, and claspinc her hands together, Will
4 tho shadows of holy twilight fell around her
, she determined, with tho light Of anothe
/ day, TO begin tho good work, TO max
0 Almonds for past omissions of duty fully real
a izng tho truth OF the words:
4 "Wo while horo arc ON y mission
a God hath given ~ to fulill. y
4 FLORENCE.