Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-23

ar L. Dc'Vi''
sad from his Western trip, occupied
p '.,,it of tho Brooklyn Tabernacle for
'1iverv of his thirteenth discourse Of
"varriage Ring" series, the subject of
sos "The Trials of Housekeeping"
the text:
-, dost Thou not care that my sister
p' ~. mo to serve alone? Bid her, there
/" .n.t abe help me.-Luke x, 40.
,Jsr is n beautiful village homestead.
nan of the house is dead, and his
aw is taking care of the premises.
". the widow Martha of Bethany.
will show you also the pet of the
,.bold. This is Mary, the younger sis
lin n book under her arm. and her
having no appearance of anxiety and
mrhation. Company has come. Christ
,as. outside the door, and, of course,
=. is n good deal of excitement inside
ioor. The disarranged furniture is
[H1r mt aside, and the hair is brushed
/. and the dresses are adjusted as wei
!, 80 shor. a time Mary and Martha can
avid to these matters. They did not
y Christ standing at the door until they
RI newly %appareled or until they had
horatelv arranged their tresses, then
,;ra out with their affected surprise
though they had not heard the
or three previous knock
saving: "Why, is that you?"
They were ladies, and were always
l,enta5le, although they may not have
Favs had on their best, for none of us
tays have on our best; if we did, our
|, would not be worth having on. They
ow open the door and greet Christ.
ey say: "Good-morning. Master; come
and he seated" Christ did not come
ne; He had a group of friends with
In, and such an influx of city visitors
mid throw any country home into
tturbation. / suppose also the walk from
city had been a good appetizer. The
chen department that day was a very
nortant department, and l suppose
\ Martha had no sooner greeted the
ests than she fled to that room. Mary
no anxiety about household affairs.
had full confidence that Martha could
up the best dinner in Bethany. She
med to say: "Now let us have a di-
ion o flabor. Martha, you cook, and Ill
down and be good" So you have often
ma great difference between two sisters.
ereis Martha, Woodworking, painstak-
a good manager, ever inventive of
be new pastry, or discovering some
be- in the art of cooking and housekeep-
There is Mary, also, fond of CONVEX
Jon, literary, so engaged in deep ques-
knOt ethics she has no time to attend to
q~aestions of household welfare. 1t is
b. Mary is in the parlor with Christ.
rita ia in the kitchen. It would have
Fn better if thoy had divided the work,
then they could have divided the op-
Ftunity Of listening to Jesus; but Mary
mpoll2es Christ while Martha swelters
The fire. 1t was a very important thing
i they should have a good dinner that
Christ was hungry, and he did not
Fn have a luxurious entertainment.
Is, me! if the duty had devolved upon
Fy, what a repast that would have
N. But something went wrong iii the
chen. Perhaps the fire would not burn.
fhe bread would not bake, or Martha
!aed her hand, Oh something was burned
ok that ought to have been made brown;
Martha lost her patience, and for
Fing the proprieties of the occasion,
n besweated brow, and, perhaps, with
fher in one hand and tongs in
other, she rushes out of the
hen into the presence of Christ,
'ns' Lord, dost thou not care
my sister hath left me to serve
Pc" Christ scolded not a word. If it
e scolding, should rather have his
oins than anybody else's blessing.
re was nothing acerb. He knew Martha
almost worked herself to death to get
something to eat, and so he throws a
III OF tenderness into his information as
GEMS to say: "My dear woman, do not
ny; let the dinner go; sit down on this
man beside Mary, your younger sister.
tha' Martha, thou art careful and trou-
ABOUT many things, but one thing is
iul'' AS Martha throws open that
'eh uoor, look in and see q great
y household ~perplexities and ankle
's,, there is the trial Of non-apprecia-
mat Is what made Martha SO mad
Mary. The younger sister had no
"a'e OF her older 81 ster's fatigues. AS
: men bothered with the anxieties of
P'vre' n Office, and shop, or coming
VIC otock Exchange, they say when
set home: ooh, you ought to be in
factory a little while; you ought to
~ manage eight, or ten, or twenty
Inmates, and then you would know
trouble and anxiety are" Oh, sir
ne the mother has to conduct at
an'e Time a university, a clothing es-
snment, a restaurant, u laundry, a
~ "hlle she is health officer, police
president of her realm. She
10 . thousand things, and do
WE'LL in order to keep things
"a"''hly; and so her brain
T." nerves are taxed to the utmost.
there are housekeepers who
'oitunate that they can sit in an
IAN IN the library, or lie on the be-
pn'o", and throw off all the care
su'oSoinates who, having large
,"ha great experience, can attend to
VIC affairs of the household. Those
exception. l am speaking this
rs VI the great mass of housekeep-
"omen to whom life is a struggle,
no, ae thirty years of age, look as
sIey were forty, and at forty look
"an 'ney were fifty, and at fifty look
,ash they were sixty. The fallen at