The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-13
HOSPITALITY.
CONTINUED FROM THE FIRST PAGE.
lor of an eternal heaven. Come up this

dor of an eternal heaven. Come up this
way:
1--WE may. like the ships by tempest be tossed
On perilOus deeps. but can not be LOST
Though Satan enrage the wind and the tide.
The promise assures US the Lord will provide"
Again, this woman of my text was
great in her application to domestic du-
ties. Every picture is home picture,
whether she entertains an Elisha, or ls
giving careful attention to her sick boy,
or whether she is appealing for the res
tOratiOn of her property. Every picture
in her case is home picture. Those are
not disciples of this Shumenite woman,
who, going out to attend to outside char
tiles, neglect the duty of hOme-the duty
of wife, of mother, of daughter. No
faithfulness in public benefactiOn can
ever atone for domestic negligence.
There has been many a mother who, by
indefatigable toll, has reared large
family of children, equippiag them for
large intelligence and Christian princi
pie, starting them out. who mas done
more for the world than many woman
whose name has sounded through all
land and all the centuries. | remember
when KOssuth was in this country there
were some ladies who got honorable
regulations by presenting him grace
occasions; but what was all that com
pared with the work of the plain Hun
garian mother, who gave to truth and
civilization and the cause of universal
liberty a KOssuth? Yes, this woman in
my text was great in her simplicity.
When this prophet wanted to reward
her for her hospitality, by asking some
pTeferment from the king, what did shs
say? She declined it. She said, 81 dwell
ad 90 In
say, II am satisfied with my lot; all |
want is my family and friends around
me; l dwell among my own people"
Oh, what rebuke to the strife for prec
edenee in all ages. How many there are
who want to get great architecture and
homes furnished with all art, painting
and statuary, who have not got enough
taste to distinguish between Gothic and
Byzantine, and who could not tell fig
ure in plaster of Paris from PalmeT's
white Captive" and would not know a
bOI's penciling from Bierstadt's "YO Sc
mite" Men who buy large libraries by
the foot, buying these libraries when
they have hardly enough education to
pick out the day of the month in the al
manacl Oh, how many there are striy-
ing to have things as we'll as their neigh
bors; and in the struggle vast fortunes
are exhausted and business firms suffer
.
ty rush into astounding fOrgeTiesl OF
course, l say nothing against refinement
or culture. SplendOr of abode, Sumptu-
BUSINESS, of diet, laVishness in art, neat
ness of apparel-there is nothing against
them in the Bible or out Of the Bible.
God does not want us to prefer mud
hoVel to English cottage, or untanned
sheepskin to French brOadclOth, or husks
to pineapple, or the clumsinesS Of a
bOOr to the manners of gentleman.
God, who strung the peach with tinted
sheel, and the grass of the field with the
dews of the night, and hath eXquisitely
tinged morning cloud, and robin red
breast wants US to keep our eye open to
all beautiful cadences, and our heart
open to all elevating sentiments. But
what | want to impress upon you my
hearers is that you ought not to inYen-
tory the luXuries of life among the in
dispensables, and you ought not to de-
preciate this woman of the text. who,
when offered kingly preferment, replied
II will dwell among my own people,
Yes, this woman was great in piety.
Just read the chapter after you go home.
Faith in God, and she was not ashamed
to talk about it before idOlatOrs. All, wO-
man will never appreciate what she
owes to Christianity until she knows
and sees the degradation of her sex un
der Paganlsm and MOhammedanism
HOT very birth considered misfortune.
Sold like cattle on the shambles. Slave
of all work, and at last her body fuel for
the funeral pyre of her husband. Above
the shrek of the fire wOTshipers in India
and above the Tumbling of the jugger-
nauts, | hear the milliOn-vOiced gTOan
of wTOnged, insulted, broken hearted,
down. trOdden woman. Her tears have
fallen in the Nile and Tigris, the La
Plata and on the steppes of Tartary. She
has been dishOnOred in Turkish garden
and Persian palace and Spanish Alham-
bra. Her little ones have been sacrificed
in ihe Indies and Ganges.
There is not grove, or dungeon, or
an island, or a mountain, or river, or a
lake, or sea, but could tell a story of
the Outrag9s heaped upon her. But
thanks to God, this glorious Christianity
comes forth, and all the chains of this
vassalage are snapped, and she rises
from ignOminy to exalted sphere, and
becomes the affectiOnate daughter, the
gentle, wife, the hOnOTed mother, the
useful Christian. Oil if Christianity
has done so much for woman, surely
woman will become its most ardent ad-
vOcate and it's sublimest eXemplifica-
tiOn.