The Brookhaven leader., 1886-02-04

The Lord grant you that we NAV fud rest
each OF you, in the house o. herhdsJand.
DR.. Talma8e said:
This was the prayer of the pious Naomi
for Ruth and Orpah, and is an appropriate
prayer now in behalf of unmarried wOm-
anhood. Naomi, the good old soul, knew
that the devil would take their cases in
hand if God did not, Sc she prays: THE
Lord grant you that We may find rest,
ca of you, in the house Of her hu band"
In this series OF sermons on THE Mar.
riage Ring" last Sabbath gave PRAYER
full and Christian advice to men in regard
to the selection of a wife, and to-day give
the same prayerful and Christian advice
to women in regard to the selection of a
husband, but in all these sermons saying
much that hope will be appropriate for
ell ages and all classes
applaud the celibacy of multitude OF
women who, rather than make unfit selec-
tion, have made none at all. 1t has not been
lack of opportunity for martial contract
on their part, but their own culture and re-
inement and their exalted idea rs 70 what
q husband ought to be, have caused their
declinature. They have seen so many
women marry imbeciles, OF rutiaus, or in
cipient sots, or life long incapablss, or
magnificent nothingS, or men VINO
b.. ore marriage were angelic and
aIterward diabolc, that they have
been alarmed and stood back. They saw
so many boats go into the maelstrom
that they steered into other waters.
Better for woman to live alone, thous h
che live n thousand years, than to be
annexed to one of these msScllin. fail
urcs with which society is surIeited.
The patron saint of almost every fam.
ilv circle is some such unmarried woman,
and among all the families of cousins she
moves around, and her coming in each
house is the morAing, and nar going away
is the night.
In my large circle of kindred, perhaps
twenty families in all. it was an Aunt
Phoebe. Paul give letter OF intro luc-
ton to one whom he calls "Phuhe, our
sister," as she went up from Cen urea
to Rome, commenting her for her kind
ness ana Christian service, aal inDlOr-
in, for her all cUIrtasies. | think Aunt
Pnpbo was named after her. Was there a
sickness in any OF the hOuS holds, she
was there ready TO sit up and coInt
out the drops of medicine. Was there
a marriage, she helped deci. the bride Tor
the altar. Was there a new soul incar-
mated, she was there to rejoice at the
nativity. Was there a sore bereavement,
: ~ was there to console The children
rushed out at her first Appearance CRYING,
"Here CONS Aunt Pnpbe," all bat Tor
ri ,,,t, > Il
pulled her down with their cares, :, for
she was not very strong, and many severe
Illnesses had given her enough = moses of
the next world to make her heavenly
minded Her table was loaded up with
Bakers Saints Rest" D3ddriIge's
"Rise and PROGRESS" aud Jaws informing
and Evening Exercises and John Bun
vans "Pilgriu's Pro gress, land like books,
which have fitted out whole generations
for the heaven upon which they have
already entered.
"De Witt" she said TO me one dav.
"twice in NV life | haze been so over
whelmed with the love of God that |
tainted awtv and could hardly be re.
suscitotcd. Don't tell me there is no
heaven. have seen il t,yice,u II Won
would know how her presence would
sooths an anxiety. or lift n burden. or
cheer q sorrow, or leave blessing on
every room in the house. ask anv OF the
Telmages. She had tarried at her early
home. taking care of an invalid father.
until the bloom of life had somewhat
faded. hut she could interest the younr
folks with some three or four fender pas
sages in her own history. so that we all
kna,v il ,-,spot tb,ourh acl, oF onnorfun-
itI tbot she vas not the uuaan ,f one honsa-
hold instead of heing n henadiction on 8
whole circle Of households. At about
saran+v rears og 400 sbe nada her last
visit TO NV house. and when she sat
i, NV phiioIsI,,bi, Ch,u,b 7 vas mora
embarrassed If her ,resanoa than Inv all
tha on6icpco hauausa feIt that in raIiaion
7 ind got no frrtba. imam the a h . whila
she had Iaarnad tha ,vho,a a1rbahat and
for many ,-aars had foi.had tba y and p
When She went ONT Of tn, life into the
next. what a shout there mnst have been
in Heaven. from the front dooi. clear 10 the
back seat in the highe t gallery, | saw the
other day in the village cemetery of Soner-
yiun. n, j.. her regiin., Mace, the tomb
stone having on il the words which. thirty
years ago, she told me she would like ia
have inscribed there, namely: The
Morning Comeyh.D
Had she mission in The world? Ger
tainlv. AS much as Caroline Hcrs.heL
first amanuensis for her illustrious brother
and then his assistant in astronomical cal
culations. and then discovering worlds for
herself, diving at ninety-eicht wears OF
age. still! busy with the stars till she sped
beyond them; as much as had Florence
Nightingale. the nurse of the Crimea: or
Grace Darling, the oarswoman of the
Long Stone Iipht.house. or Mary LYON