The Benton weekly record., 1882-11-30
MEMS SILENT PARTNERS.

MEMS SILENT PARTNERS.
Pictures OF Feminine Patience and
Long suffering.
''You see hundreds Of men who are sue
cessful only because there is reason at
home why they are successful" said DIR.
Talmage yesterday morning. eta man
marrying good honest soul he makes his
fortune; If he marry a fool, the Lord help
him. The wife may be silent partner in
the firm. There may be only masculine
voices down on the Exchange, but there
often comes from the home circle poten-
tial and elevating influence. The woman
of Shumen, at whose house the prophet
Elisha stopped, was a great woman and
the superior to her husband. He, as far
as can understand was what we often
find in our day, man Of large fortune
and only rnodicum of brains, intensely
quiet, sitting long time in the same place
without1noving hand or foot; if you say
yes responding yes if yon say mo- res
ponding mo ;'inane; eyes half shut; mouth
wide open maintaining his place in society
only because he has a large patrimony.
His wife belonged to that class of people
who need no name to distinguish them,
no title Of princess or queen. Long after
the brilliant women Of the court afz'1ouis
XIV. and of the court of Spain, and those
who sat on the throne Of Russia, have been
forgotten, some grandfather will put on
his spectacles and holding the book the
other side Of the light, will read to his
grandchildren the story of this great wonl-
an of Shumen who was SO kind, and cour-
teous, and Christian to the great prophet.
<'She was great in her hospitality.
Jupiter was the surname OF 'sThe' Hos
pitable, and he was said to avenge the
wrongs of strangers. Homer extoled hos
pitality in his verse. The Arabs were
Dunctilious about it. Of course / do not
mean to defend that Vagrant class who 60
about fron place to their whole lifetime,
under the auspices Of some benevolent or
philanthropic society, quartering them
selves on some Christian family with great
piles of trunks in the hall and carpet bags
portentous of tarrying.
Meat beautiful is this grace Of hospitali-
ty when shown in the house Of God. lam
thankful that lam pastor Of church
where strangers are always welcome.
But have entered churches where there
was NO hospitality. A stranger would
stand in the vestibule for a while: then
make pilgrimage up the long aisle. NO
door would be opened to him. Flushed,
excited, embarrassed, he would start back
again, come to some halt-filled pew and
enter it. The occupant wonld glare on
/ him with look that seemed to say Well
If must must. Away with such indie
cent lack Of hospitality from the house OF
God.
ssShe was great in her kindness toWaro
Gods messenger. We have many books
in our day about the trials and hardships
of Christian ministers. [ wish somebody
would write book about the joys Of tht
Christian minister, the sympathy, ant
kindness, and genial consideration that h
receives. I could tell you something tina
you would think almost romance. :
young man graduated from New Bruins
wick Theological Seminary, and called t
q village church, had not the means T
furnish parsonage. After three or fou
weeks preaching the committee OF tn
officers Of the church insisted on his tax
J, ing vacation of a few days. When h
came hack am old elder handed him th
key Of the parsonage, and said: we hay
been cleaning it out; you had better g
up and look at it, And, lo the house wa
fully furnished, the table was set, the flle
, was ready in the stove, and all the youn
, minister had to do was TO start housekeel
ing was to strikesa match and light a fire
You tell me that was apocryphal? Oh
no! That was /.
Again, she was great in her behaVio
!. under trouble. When her only child die
!, she exclaimed, 1T is Well.o Navigator
! tell sls about the great rivers OF the Ann
zon, the Danube, and the Mississippi ths
: have been explored; but who can tell th
Il depth or the length Of the great river
: sorrows It is made up Of tears OF bloc
! running through all lands in all age
/ bearing the cargo Of family woes and Ii
j woes Of communities and empires; foam
r ing and writhing and boiling with the al
) onies Of s 900 years. Etna and Vesuyiu
! have been described, but who has ev,
i sketched the volcano Of suffering, retoI
sling up from its depths the lava and scori
and pouring them down its sides to Whel
{ the nations: Oh, if I could gather Z
/ 1.-THE broken heart-strings into harp
& would play on it 4 dirge such as vas nev
i senndefl. Mythologists tell " Of &C