Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-25

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would hive agreed that she was beautiful;
and il any rough man in all that ward had
insulted her, some wounded soldier would
; have leaped from his couch, on his best foot,
and struck him dead with a crrtch.
/. Again: Iadviso You not to depend for hap
pincss upon tile batteries of mon 1t is o
poor compliment to your sox that SO many
mon feel obliged in your presence to offer un-
meaning compliments Men capable of ele-
CANT and elaborate conversation elsewhere
/, sometimes feel calledupon at tho door of tho
drawing room to drop their common sense
and to dole out sckenng 1atterles. Th.y
sny things about your dress, and about yol.r
appearance, that You know, and they know,
snrn false. They say you ere an angel.
You know you Gro not Determined
Z to tell tho truth in office and STORE
and shop, they consider it honorable
to lilo to i woman. Tho same thing that
they told you on this sitls OF tho drawing
room rhreo minutes ago they said to some
! one on the. other side OF tho. drawing room.
On let no ono trampls onlyUur solf respect.
The nicancst thing ON which woman can
: build her happiness IS the batteries of men.
Again: charge You not TO depend for hap
pinessupon tho d.sciplcsbip OF worldliness. /
have seen mon as vain Of rhoir cid fashioned
aud their eccentric liat us your brninloss fop
Is proud ofShis dlngling fooierics. Fashion
sometimes makes ;. reasonable demand Of US,
and then we ought to yield it Tho daisies
of the field have their fashion Of color and
leaf; the honcyGuck,e:. have their fashion of
ear drop, and Tho snowliakes flung OUT of the
winter heaven; haze their fashion Of exqui-
siteness After Tia summer shower the sky
weds the Garth with ring Of rainbow. and
do not think We havo right to ,dcspiso the
elcgancicS and fashions Of this world, espe-
cially if they make reasonable demands upon
us; but the disciplcship and worship of fash
ion is death to thu body md death to tho
soul. am glad this world is improving
Look ut the fashion plates Of tho Seventeenth
and Eighteenth centuries, and you will find
thut the world is rot so cHtraragant and OK
traordinary now as it was then, and NIL tho
marvellous things that The granddaughter
will do will never equal that dono by the
grandmother Go still farther hack, to the
Bblo times, and you find that i'll those
times fashion welded II moro terrible
sccpter You hay, QUIZ 10 turn to the third
chapter Of Isaiah, portion of tho Scriptures
from which once preached To YOU sermon,
to read: Because III, daughters If Zion arc
naughty, and walk with stretched forth necks
md wanton eyes, walking and mincing as
they go, and making tinkling with their
feet: In that dag ths Lord will take away
the bravery OF their tnliling ornaments about
their feet, and their cauls, and their round
tires like tho moon. tho chains and the brace
lets, and tho mufl!ers, the bonncss, and the
head bands, and tho tablets, and the car
rings, tho rings. and tho nose jewels, the
changeablc suits Of apparel, and tho mantlcs,
and tho wilnpics, and tho crisping pins, the
glasses, md the flno linen, and tho hoods, and
tho wells" Only think Of woman having
all that OH! / am glad that tho world is
getting better, and that fashion, which has
dominated in the world so ruinouslY in other
days, has for little time, for q little degree
at any ratio, relaxed its energies All the
splcndors and the extravaganza OF this world
dyed into your robe and flung over your
shoulder cannot wrap peacc around your
heart for single moment. Tho gaycst ward
robc will. utter no voice of coincidence in
tho day Of trouble and darkness. That
woman is grandly dressed, and only she,
who is wrapped i'll tho robe of
Sayiours Righteousness. The homo may
DO very humble, the hat may be very plain,
tho frock may DO very coarse; but tho halo
OF heaven settles in tho room when she wears
it, and the faintcst touch of the resurrection
angel Will change that garment into raiment
exceeding white, SO as no fuller on earth
could Written it. I como to you, young
women. today, to say that this world cannot
make you happy. / know it is bright
world, with glorious sunshine, and golden
rivers, and fir, worked sunset, and bird
orchestra, aud tn" darkest cave has its crys-
tails and the wrathiest wave its foam wreath,
and the coolest midnight its flaming
aurora; but God will put out ell these
lights with the blast OF his own nostrils,
and the glories OF this worl,l will perish in
the final con1agration. You will never
DO happy until you get your sins forgiven
and allow Christ Jesus to take full possession
OF Your soul. He will DO your friend in
every pcrplexity. He will DO your comfort
in every trial He will be your defender in
every strait. do not ask you to bring, like
Mary, the spices to the sepulchcr of dead
Christ, but to bring your all to tho feet of
living Jesus His word is peace. His look
is love. His hand is help. His touch is life.
Els sulilo is heaven. Oh, come, thon, in
focks and groups Como like tho south wind
over banks of myrrh. Come like tho
morning light tripping over tho mountain.
Wrcatho oil your affections OH Christ's brow,
set all your gems in Christ's coronet, pour all
your voices into Christ5's song, and let this
Sabbath air rustic with tho wings of rojoic-
Ing angels, and the towers Of God ring out
the news Of souls saved
This world lis rancIcd pearl may crave,
IT'S not tho pearl for me;
Twill dim its luster in tho grave,
Twill perish in the sen.
Bit there's @ pearl Of price untold,
Which never can be bought with gold;
Oh, that's the pearl for me-
The snow was very deep, and it was still
falling rapidly, When, in tho first year Of my
ministry, FASTENED to SEQ young woman
die It was very humble home. She was
an Orphan; her father had been shipwreckcd
on the banks of Newfoundland. Shp had
earned her own living. As entered the
room saw nothing attractive. No pictures.
No tapestry Not even cushioned chair.
The snow OH the window easement was
not whittier than the cheek of that
dying girl. 1t was q face never to
be forgotten. Sweetness and majesty of
soul, and faith in God, had given her
matches beauty, and the sculptor who could
have caught tho outlines of those features,
and frozen them into stone, would have
made himself immortal. With her large,
brown eyes shc looked calmly into tho great
eternity. / sat down by her bedside and
said: Nov tell mo all your troubles and
sorrows, and struggles and doubts" She re-
plied ~ have 10 doubts or struggles 1t is
all plain to me- Jesus has smoothed the way
for my feet. wish when you GO to your
pulpit next Sunday you would tell the young
people that religion will make them happy
oh, death where is thy stingp Mr.. Tai
mage, 1 wonder If this is not the bliss Of
dying?" I said, Eyes, | think it must be-"