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In supplcation moveless, mute,
They keep their attitude of prayer.
john Vance Cheney, IN The Century.
wOMAN'S WORK FOR WOMAN.
MRS. ATKINS.
If the object of this work be
worthy one, it will bear scrutiny; 81
we ask the question, for achom and fo
,ohat do we work? Not for vail
delusion, an idle dream, or passing
fancy; not for cold, thorny or al
intangible mysticism, but for acoman
and how much is implied in that on'
word! Our sisters, who by nature
are capable of the same feelings that
cheer or sadden our lives, but who
alas! have experience in the sorrow
only; have drunk so deep of the bitter
cup, that we can only understand
their sad condition by the contrast
they present to ourselves, and when
we see them so dwarfed and disfg-
ured, we fail to realize their true re.
lationship, and ask, are they really
our sisters? The Lord hath spoken;
"of one blood created. He all the
nations of the Earth" and can we, a
favored few, deny them a place in
their Fathers house? Long neglect
ed and forgotten, but our sisters
still, degraded, some of them beyond
our conception, but the great fact
remains.
Tis said, zone touch of nature
makes the world akin" and I have
thought Stanley's experience in the
heart of Africa a good illustration of
this. Standing in the midst of these
creatures in whom the Divine image
seemed almost o5literated, especially
in the women, who were most degra-
ded, he said he could not bring him
self to acknowledge brotherhood with
such repulsive looking beings. And
while these thoughts were passing
through his mind, a child who had
climbed upon something SO as to get
a better view, fell and was hurt, and
Immediately the women gathered
around, making gestures and utter
ing exclamations SO plainly express
i've of womanly sympathy and love,
that as if by magic his heart was
touched, and even in these poor crea-
lures he recognized the link which
binds us all to one common Father.
Our distance from hem and our
natural antipathy to some distasteful
features in their lives, make it hard
for us to realize this fact. If we did,
would it destroy the ifeless formali-
ty which hinders us, and would we
work with warmer hearts and greater
earnestness? The more we know of
them, the more we discern their ma
tive good qualities and capabilities.
And when we realize their hopeless
condition, we shall also acknowledge
that this woman's work for woman is
one in which the angels would gladly
stoop to engage. Let us get nearer
the fountain head of all love, our
Lord and Savior, and when the
brightness of His image is reflected
in our hearts, the command from HIS
lips, "Go ye," will be but music in our
ears, and with JOY we shall bring these
children Of His to sit at His feet
The picture we have Of these our
sisters is not altogether repulsive.
The killing women, natives of South
India, are described as being beauh-
ful in form, and graceful in motion,
wonderful artistic talent
in the manner in which they clOthe
themselves with a straight piece Of
white muslin, eight or ten yards long,
wound about and draped so as to
cover the body. leaving the left arm
bare. with this one hand thew lightly
touch the pitcher of water on Their
beads. and as they glide along the
street the poetry Of motion, tBeir
European sisters suffer in the. c0In-
paris0B. JOseph Cook ssys The "a
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