The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-15

and con6dant OF whole world of troubled
Womanhoed, | blunderj Christ was mar
Red. The Bible says that the church Ia
the lambs wife, and that makes me know
that all Christian women have right 60
to Christ and tell Him OF their annoyances
and troubles, since by His oath OF conjugal
fidelity He Is sworn 10 sympathize. George
Herbert, the Christian poet, wrote two or
three verses on this subject;
Tho servant by this clause
Makes drudgory diyinei
Who sweopa room, aa for Thy laws,
Makes this and tho action hne
Again, there is the trial Of severe econ
omy. Nine.hundred and ninety nine house,
holds out Of the thousand are subjected TO
it--some under more, and some under less
stress Of circumstances. Especially II
man smoke very expensive cigars, and take
very costly dinners ut the restaurants, no
will be severe In demanding domestic econ
omies. This what kills tens Of thousands
OF attempting TO make So do the
work Of g. How the bills come in The
woman Ia the banker Of the household;
she Ia the president, the cashier, the teller, !
tho discount clerk, and there Ia panic
every few weeks. This thirty years war
against high prices, this perpetual study Of
economies, this lifelong attempt to keep
the outgoes less thnn the income, eXhauss
millions Of housekeepers. Oh, my sister,
this is part OF the divine discipline, II II
were best for you, all you would have TO do
wonld be TO open the front windows and
TIE ravens would fly In with food; aud after
you hOd baked fifty times from the barrel
In the pantry, the barrel, like the one Of
Larepath, would be full, and the shoes OF
the children would last as long ~ the shoes
OF the Isrneltes In the wilderness forty
years. Besides that, this IL going TO make
heaven the more attractive In tie contrast,
They never hunger there, ana consequently
there will be none Of the nuisanccs Of
catering for Nppetitcs, And In the land Of
the white robes they never have 20 mend
anything, and the mir In that hill country
makes everybody we'll, There are no rents
! 10 pay; every man owns his own house, and
mansion ut that. II will not be 40
great o change for You TO have
chariot IN heaven II you have
been IN the habit Of riding In this world, II
will not be 30 great change for you 10 ait
down on the banks Of the river Of life " In
this world you had q country seat; but n
you have walked with tired feet In this
world, what glorious change 10 mount
celestial equipNgo; and II your life on
earth was domestic maTtyrdom, oh, the
| Joy Of mn eternity In which you shall have
nothing 10 do except what you choose to
dol Martha has had no drudgory FOR
eighteen centuriesl l quarrel with tho
theologiang who want TO distribute MI tho
thrones Of heaven among the John Knoyes,
and tho Hugh Latimers, and the Theban
Legion, Some OF the brightest thrones OF
heaven will DO kept for Christian house
, keepers. Oh, what change from here 10
thoro-from tho time when they put down
the rolling. pin 10 when they take up tho
sceptor. II ChOtsworth park and the Van
! derbilt mansion on Fifth avenue were 10 b.
! lifted into tho celestial city they would DO
considered uninhabitablo rookericg, and
J gloriAod Lazarus would DO ashamed 10 DO
, going In and out Of either Of them,
There are many housokeepcrs who
could get along with their tolls u u were
not for the sickness and trouble. Tho fact
IL, onc.hOlf Of the women Of the land uro
moro or less inyOlids The mountain lass,
who has never had an ache or pain, may
consider household toll uncomfortable,
and toward evening she may skip away
miles TO the fields ard drive homo tho
| cattle, and sho may until ~ o'clock NJ ight
| I'll the house with laughing racket, hut oh,
| to do the work Of life with worn. out con.
| stitution, when whooping. cough has been
| raging for ak weeks In the household,
| making the night Os sceploss IN the day
that " not no easy, Perhaps this oomos
! after tho nerves have bocn shattered by
some bereavement that has loft dosolOtion
In every room In the house, and eot tho
| crib In the garret because the occupant has
| been hushod into q glumbor which nCOda
no mothers lullaby. Oh, she could pro.
| vide for the whole group great deal bcttor
than she can for part Of the group now
tho rest are gono. Though you may tell
her God is taking caro- OF those who OrO
gone, II IL mothor-liko 10 brood dboth ilocke,
and one wing sho puts over tho flock In tho
house, the other wing sho puts over tho
, flock In tho grave.
Thoro Ia nothing but tho old.fashioncd
/ religion Of jesus Christ that will take q wo-
/ man through the trials Of homo life, Al
first, there may DO romance or q novelty
that will do for substitute, The mar
riOgo hour has just passed, and tho por-
ploNtos Of the household aro moro than
atoncd by tho Joy Of being together, and by
the fact that whom II ia lNto thoy do not
have TO discuga tho question no 10 whether
1 II IL time TO gol The miahnpa Of tho
household, instond Of being matter Of
| anxiety and apprehension, Oro matter OF
, morrlmcnt-tho loaf OF bread turned into u
geological spocimoni tho slushy euatOrda,
the jNundiCcd or moasly biscuits, II iaa
very bright sunlight that falls on the cut
lory aud the mAnlol ornaments Of u now
homo,
But oftor a whilo tho romancos Ia MI gono,
and then there Ia something TO be prepared
for the table that the book called dCookory
Taught IN Twelve Lessons will not teach.
Tho recipe for making Il X not q handful
OF this, a cup of that aud n spoonful Of
something else, II ~ not something awoot.
onod with ordinary condiments, or Favored
with ordinary iayora or baked In ordinary
oyona, II N tho loaf OF domestic happi.
moss, and all the ingredients come down
from heaven, and the fruits are plucked
from tho troo Of life, and II IA swootcned
with the now wine Of the kingdom, aud Il
N baked In the oven Of homo trial, Solo.
mon wrote out Of his own experience Ito
had wretchcd home A man cannot DO
happy with two wives, much less 00O aud
hu enya, writing out OF his own experiences
aBotler 10 dinner Of herbs whore love IL
than n stalled OK and hatred thorowith,"
How great are the responsibilities Of
housokoepers Sometimes an indigoetiblo
article Of food, by its effect upon com.
mandor or king, has defeated on army or
oyerlhrown an empire Housekeopors by
the food they provide, by the oouohoe they
spread, by the books they introduce, by tho
Influence they bring around their home, are
decidedly the phyeIcal, intellectual, moral,
eternal destiny OF Tho race You eay your
life IL one Of eacrihco, | know II. but,
my sisters, that In the only life worth living.
That was Florence Nightingale'e life, tina,
was Payson'e life, that was Chrial'e life.
We admit II In others, but how very hard II
Il to cultivate II In ourselves, When, IN
this, this ,ciiy, Young DR., llu!Gh,inson, having