The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-19

your skill with the indispenSablos OF lifs
The world will always want something 10
wear and something to eat and shelter and
fuel for the body, and knowledge for the
mind, and religion for the soul, Aud all
these things will continue to be the peces-
saries, and il You fasten your energies upon
Occupations and professions thus related the
world will he unable to do without you.
Remember that in proportion as you arc
skillful in anything your rivalries become
less For unskille1 toll, women by the mill
ion. But you may rise to where there are
only a thousand; and still higher till there
are only n hundred; and still higher till
there are only ten; and still higher In some
particular department till there Is only q
unit, and that yourself. For while you
may keep wages and a place through the
kindly smyp9th'es Of an employer, but you
will eventually not get more compensation
than you can make yourself worth.
Let me say to all women who have already
entered upon the b1ttle of life that the time
is nearing when woman shall not only get as
much salary and wages as men get, but for
certain styles of employment women will
have higher salary aud more wages for tn"
reason that for some styles of work they hnvo
more adaptation. But this justice will come
to woman, not through any sentiment of gal
lantry, not because woman is physically
weaker than man and therefore ought to
have more consideration shown her, but be-
cause through her finer natural taste and
more grace of manner and quicker percep-
tion and more delicate touch and more edu-
Gated adrotness, she will. in certain callings,
be to her employer worth 10 per cent more
or 20 per cent more than the other sex. She
will not get it by asking for it, but by earn
ing it, and it shall be hers by lawful con.
quest
Now, men Of America, be fair AMI give the
women chance! Are you afraid that they
will Il oc,, l.1,., L..
your prosperitiesi Remember that there are
scores OF thousands of men doing women's
work. Do not be afraid God knows the
end from the beginning and he knows how
many people this world can feed and shelter,
and when it gets too full he will end tho
world and if need be start another. God will
halt the inventive faculty which, by pro-
ducing n machine that will do the work of
ten or twenty or a hund red men and women,
will leave that number of people without
work. ] hope that there will not be invented
another sewing machine or reaping machine
or corn thrcSher or any other nsw machine
for tho next 500 years We want no more
wooden hands and iron hands and steel
hands and electric hands substituted for men
and women who would otherwise do the
work and get the pay and earn the liyeii
hood
But God will arrange all, and all we have
to do is to do our best and trust Him for the
rest. Let me cheer all women fighting the
battle OF life alone, with the fact that thou
sands of women have in that way won the
day. Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holy
oakc female seminary, fought the battle
alone; Adelaide Newton the tract distrib
utor, alone; Fidelia Fisk, the consecrated
missionary, alone; Dorothea Dix, the angel
of the lunatic asyums alone; Caroline Her
schel, the Indispensable re enforcement of her
brother, alone; Maria TakrzawsRa, the heroine
~f tL& 1s,, al IL IL -
mers, patron of sewing schools for the poor Of
Edinburgh, alone. And thousands and tens
of thousands of women whose bravery and
self sacrifice and glory of character the world
has made no record, but whose deeds are in
the heavenly archives of martyrs who fought
the battle alone, and, though unrecognized
for the short thirty or fifty or eighty years
of their earthly existence, shall, through the
quntilion ages of the higher world. be
pointed out with the admring cry: "These
are they who came out of great trihuiation
| and had their robes washed and made white
| by the blood of the Lamb"
| Let me also say for the encouragement OF
| all women fighting the battle of lite alone,
| that their conflict will sooA end. There is
one word written over tie faces of iisary of
| them, and that word is Despair. My sister,
| you need appeal to that Christ who com
i forted the sisters OF Bethany in their do
nestle trouble, and who in his last hours for
| got all the pangs Of his own hands and feet
| and heart as he looked into the face of mater
nal anguish and called a friends attention to
it. in substances, saying: John, | cannot
take care of her any longer. Do for her as
would have done if had lived. Behold
thy mother!n If under the pressure Of
unrewarded and unappreciateI work your
hair is whitening and the wrinkles come,
rejoice that you are nearing the hour of es-
cape from your very last fatigue, and may
your departure be as pleasant as that OF
Isabella Graham, who closed her life with q
smile and the word peace" The daughter
of regiment in any army is all surrounded
by bayonets of defense, and in the battle
whoever falls, she is kept safe. And you are
the daughter of the regiment commanded BY
the Lord Of Hosts. After all, you are moi
fighting the battle of life alone. All HEAVIER
is on your si,le Won will he wise TO appro
pirate to yourself the words Of sacred
rhythm:
One who has known In storms to vail
! have on board
| Above the roaring of the gale
| i hear my Lord.
He holds me- when the pillows smite
shall not fall
II short, It's sharp if long, 'tis Light;
/ He tpmneFs all.