Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-08

leeturlng and preaching in sixteen citic.
and speaking at the Missouri university
and Central college, DR.. T. De witt Tai
mage, D. D., preached to-day in tn,
Brooklyn tabernacle the thirteenth Of the
series Of sermons on "The Mafrlag,
King entitled "The Trials Of House
keeplng" The hymn sung wasi
Glory to GOD on high,
~ heaven ana earth rejoice.
After expounding an appropriate chap
Ter of scripture the preacher took for his
text Luke X, 40: "Lord, dost Thou not
care that my sister hath lett me 10 serve
alonef Bid her, therefore, that she help
me-" Following Is the sermon in falls
londerisa beautiful village homestead.
The sSan Of the house Is dead, ami his
Nidow Is taking charge Of the premises
ms Is the widow Martha VI Bethany.
YES, ! VIII show you also the pet OF the
aonsdhcld This Is Mary, the younger
sister, with q cook under her arm, and
her face having no appearance Of anxiety
or perturbation. Company has come.
Christ stands outside the door, and, OF
course, there Is good deal Of excitement
inside the door. The disarranged furn.
ture Is hastily put aside, and the hair Is
brushed back, and the dresses are ad-
lusted as well as, IN so short time,
Mary and Martina can attend to these
matters. They did not keep Christ stand
ing AZ the door until they were newly ap-
parelled, orNuntil they had elabop;ely ar
ranged their tresses, then coming out
with their affected surprise as though
they had not heard the two or three pre-
ylous kuocKings, saying "Why, II that
yonl' No, They were Indies, and were
always prosentaole, although they may
not have always had on their best, for
none Of Us always have on our besI; II
we did, our best would not be worth
having on, They throw open the door
and greet Christ. They says 'Good-
morning, Masters come IN ana be seated"
Christ did not come alone; lie had
group Of friends with Him, and such an
influx ~ city visitors wouIa throw any
country home into perturbation. I sup
pose also the walk from the city had been
a good appetizer, The kitchen depart
ment that day was a very important de-
9artineut, and ! suppose that Martha had
10 soonergreeted the guests than she ded
70 that room. Mary had no anxiety about
household affairs She. had full comb
fence that Martha could get up the beat
iinner Ia Bethany. She seems to say
Now let us have a division OF labor
Martha, you cook, and I'll sit down and
be good SO you have often seen
great difference between two sisters
There Is Martha, hard working, pains
taking, a good manager, ever inventive OF
some new pastry, OF discovering some
thing In the art of cooking and house
keeping There is Mary, also, fond OF
conversation, literary, so engaged in deem
questions OF ethics she has no time 20 at |
tend 70 the questions OF household vel |
fare. II Is noon. Mary Is in the parlor I
with Christ, Marthais IN the kitchen. 10 |
would have been better iithey had divided /
the work, and then they could have 4
divided the opportunity Of listening 10 |
Jesus bat Mary monOpolizes Christ while |
Martha swelters Of the fire, IL was very |
important thing that they should have a .
good dinner thst day Christ was hungry,
and he did not often have a luxurious en-
tertainment. Alas, me- II the duty had /
dcyolyed upon Mary, what repast that |
would have been, But something went
wrong IN the kitchen. Perhaps the fire
would not burn, or the bread would not
bake, or Martha scalded her hand, or
something was burned black that ought
only TO nave been made brown; aud Mar
tina lost her patience, and forgetting the
prophecies OF the OCCASION with be.
sweated brow, aud, perhaps with pitcher
IN one hand and tongs In the other, she
rushes out of the kitchen into the pres
euce Of Christ, saying lord, dost Thou
not care that my sister hath left me TO
serve alone?p Christ seoidod not word.
II Il We're scolding, should rather have
His Seeding than anybody olseis bless.
ing. There was nothing acerb. lie knew
Martha had almost, worked herself to
ueHtn 70 get Hun solnethingto eat, ana SO /
ne lnreAfs q woilu OF tenderness into His
lhtonat'ois Us ne seems 20 say MY dear |
woman, 40 NOT Worry let the dinner goi |
sit Gown on lnls OTTOMAN beside Mary, |
your younger sister Martna, Martha, |
thou arr caielni ana lfouoied about many |
tninEs, Any one Wlns Is needinl" AS
Marine throws open lhet kltcnen door, |
LOOK III apu see great many household |
perpleXiLes anu anNleles'
First, there Is the trial Of non.appre.
citation That is what made Martha SO
mad with Mary, The younger sister
had no estimate OF her older sisters IA.
tigues As now, men bothered with the
anxieties Of the store, and Office, and
shop, or coming from the Stock Ex-
change, they say when thoY get home
t'Oh, you ought TO DO ia our factory III.
tlo while you ought 10 have 20 manage
ettht. OF ten or twenty suhordlnates, aud
then SOU would know what trouble and
anxiety arelu oh, sir the wife and the
mother has to copduct at the same time
university, a clothing establishment,
restaurant, laundry, library,
while she is health-onlcer, police,
ana oresIdent OF her realm. She must
do athonsand things, and DO them well, In
order y Keen things going smoothly, and
~ ber brain and her nerves are taxed to