The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-06
VEIL OF MODESTY.
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oh, the women and the men OF sacrifice
cue going to take the brightest coronals OF
heaven This woman Of the text gave pa
Iatial residence, gave up all for what she
considered right. Sacrificed Is there any
Ching more sublime7 A steamer, called
the HPrarie Belle" burning on the Mis-.
sis,ippi river, Bludso, the engineer, de-
ciarcd he would keep the bow OF the boat
10 the shore till all were of, and he kept
bis promise. At his post, scorched and
hIackened, he persisted, but he saved all
tho passengers. Two verses Of pathetic
poetry describe the scene; but the verses
are little rough, and 80 changed word
or two:
"Through the hot black breath Of the burning
jim lindsos voice was heard,
And they all had trust In his stubbornness,
And knew he would keep his word.
Aud sures you're born they all got of
Ainre the smoke stacks fell
And Bludsof ghost went up above,
In the smoke Of tho Prairie Belle
"Hc weren't no saint but at Judgment
I'D run my chance with jim
Longsde OF Eomo piOus gentlemen
That wouldn't shake hands with him.
He'd seen his duty, dead sure thing,
And went for Il there and them,
And Christ " not going 10 be too hard
On man that died for men,"
Once more: want you TO look at Vashu
clio silent. You 10 not hear any cutlery
from this woman as she goes forth from
the palace gate. From the very dignity OF
her nature you know there win be no yo-
alteration. Sometimes in life it is neces-
sary to make retort; sometimes in lie IT
Is necessary 10 resist but there are crises
when the most triumphant thing TO do Is
b. keep silence. The philosopher, conf
dent in his newly-discovered principle,
waited for the coming of more intelligent
generations, willing that men should laugh
at the lightning rod and cotton gin and
steamboat waiting for long years
through the soothing of philosoph-
ical schools, in grand and magnificent
silence. Calico, condemned by mathe-
maticans, and monks, and cardinals, carl
caturcd everywhere, yet waiting and
watching with his telescope, TO SEQ the
coming up OF stellar reiniorcements, when
the stars in their courses would fight for
the Copcrnican system; then sitting down
in complete blindness and deafness 10 wait
for the coming on Of the generations who
would build his monument and bow NJ his
grave. The reformer, execrated by his
contemporaries, fastened TO pillory, the
slow fires OF public contempt burning un-
dor him, ground under the cylinders OF
the printing press, yet calmly waiting for
9he day when purity OF soul and hcroism
OF character will get the sanction OF earth
and the plaudits Of heaven. Affection.
enduring without any complaint the sharp
ness OF the pang, and the violence Of the
storm, and the heit OF the chain, and the
darkness Of the night--waiting until di-
vine hand shall he put forth 10 soothe the
pang, and hush the storm, and release the
captive. vito abused, prosecuted. and
perpetual exile from every earthly COM
fort waiting, waiting until the Lord shall
gather up his dear children in n heavenly
home, and no poor Vashd will ever be
thrust out from the palace gate. Jesus, in
silence, and answering not word drink
ing the gall, bearing the cross, in prospect
Of tie mpturous contamination when
Auecls thronrcdhls chariot wheel
And hort him 20 hls throne;
Thru swept their golden harps and suag
The slufious work u done.
An Arctic explorer found ship floating
hclplessy about among the icebergs, and
going on board he found that the captain
was ifo0cn at his g-book, and the helms.
man was frozen at the wheel, and the men
on the ookoat were frozen In their places.
That was awful but magnificent All the
Arctic blasts and all the icchcrgs could not
drive them from their duty. Their silence
was louder than thunder. And this old
ship OF n world has many at their posts In
the awful chill Of neglect, and frozen OF the
worlds sc0rn, and their silence shall be
The eulogy Of the skies, and be rewarded
long after this weather beaten craft OF q
planet shall have made its last voyage.
I thank God that the mightiest innu.
enccs are the most silent. Tho fires in q
furnace Of factory, or Of a steamship,
roar, though they only move a few shut
Ties or few thousand tons, but tho sun
that warns world rises and sets without
n cracklc, OF faintest sound. Travellers
visiting Mount Etna, having heard OF the
ciories oi sunrise ON that peak, went up q
epend The night there. and see tho sur
rise next morning, but when Il came up Il
was 10 far behind their anticipations theJ
actually Kissed II. The mighiiest inilu
cnccs ioday are like the planetary system
completely silent Don't hiss the sun.
oh, woman, does not this story o
Nasht the queen, Vashti the vciled
Nashii the sacrifice, vashti tho silent
move your soul7 Ny sermon converw-
into the one absorbing hope that none o
YOU may be- shut out oi the palace gate o
heaven You can endure tho hardship
and the privations and the crueliies ant
the misiortuncs 81 this life II you can only
gain admission there. Through the bloot
Of the everlasting covenant you 90 througi
those gates or never 80 at all.
When Rome was bcsicgcd, the daughte
al lis ruler saw the golden bracelets ON Tia
left arms Of the enemy, and she sent wOrt
90 them that sbe would bctray her city an'
surrender II 10 them u they would onl
give her those bracelets on their left arms
They accepted the prefer, and by nigh
this daughter Of the rulerof the cityo pcne'
one Of the yates. The army entered, and
Keeping their promise, threw upon he
their bracelets, and also their shields, nm
oil, under their weight, she died. Ala.
that all through the ages the same foil
has been repeated, and for the trinkei
aud gliitcnng treasures Of this world me-
and women swing open the porialsof thci
Immortal soul for an everlasting surrender
and die under the shining submergemen'
Through the rich grace Of our Lord Jesu
Christ may you be- enabled 10 initiate IA
example 81 Rachel, and Hannah, and Alb
gail, and Deborah, aud Mary, and WASN'T
Amen!