Telegram-herald., 1888-02-20

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again scs ksr ~ " IAt pSty Il lssn Aud
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your nae. her AID cornfors yeaf Aud be
looks1 Up ard seid Yes. IN ug to lhink
giies here Please - write . ioag istler "a
lsr zn1 tel 1er a. sbaut il. ana sela her a
.ock Of nav hAir xAd comfort her Bat
woald hike - have yea tell her how much
suffered yes, 1 woalld Ike gOa - do that,
for she would feel 80 for ns. Hold EIy hama
whiie / die. There may have been no clsssAe
elegance m her festnres. bat all the hospitals
~ HaFri>sns Landing ana FORTRESS Monroe
woald have sgreed thzt she ~ss beaUGfui.
aiid il Sns rough man ia al that ward had
insullei her sonle wounded soldier would
have leapea iroia his couch. Oh hls best foot,
and struck him dead with a cratch
Again. .dyise You not 10 depend for hap
piness upon the BATTERIES of men. Il is
poor compliment 10 your sex that 20 many
men feel obliged IN your presence 20 offer an
msaniI compliments. Men capable Of ele-
can't and elaborate conversation else here
sometimes feel called upon al the door of the
drawing room % drop their common sense
and % cole cot sickening batteries They
say things about your dress, and about ssUr
appearance, that you know. and they know
are false. They say you arc an angel
You kne- YOU are no: Determined
10 tell the truth in Office and store
and shop, they consider II honorable
20 lie 10 = woman. The same thing taat
they told you on this side of the drawing
room three minutes ago they said - some
one on the other side of the drawing room.
on, let no one trample on your self respect
Tho meanest thing on which a woman can
build her happiness As the batteries Of men.
Again. charge you not 10 depend fer hap
piness upon the discip.eship Of worldlinesS. /
have seen men IS vain of their Old fashioned
and their eccentric hat as your braiaiess fop
Is proud Of his dangling fooieries Fashion
sometimes makes a reasonable demand Of Us,
and then we ought 10 yield TO l. The daisies
of the field have their fashion OF color and
leaf: the honeysuck,cs have their fashion Of
ear drop and the snowflakes flung cut Il the
winter heavens have their fashion OF exqui-
siteness After the summer shower the sky
weds the earth with ring Of rainbow. and /
do not think We have right 10 despise the
elegancies and fashions Of this world, espe-
ciaily il they make reasonable demands upon
US, but ths disciplesbip and worship of fash
ION is death TO the body end death TO the
soul. / am glad the world Is improving.
Look at the fashion plates Of the Seventeenth
and Eighteenth centuries, and YOU will find
that the world Is not so extravagant and ex-
traordinary now as it was then. and all the
marvellous things that the granddaughter
viii do viii never equal that done by the
grandmother. Go still farther back. 20 the
Bible times, and Won find that in those
times fashion wislded more terrible
scepter. You have oaly 20 turn 70 the third
chapter OF Isaiah. portion Of the Scriptures
from which once preached 70 YOU sermon,
10 read: Because the daughters Of Zion are
naughty, and walk with stretched forth necks
and wanton eyes walking and mincing as
they go, and making a t.nkling with their
feet: In that day the Lord viii take away
the bravery of their tinlzling ornaments about
their feet, and their csuls, and their round
tires like the moon, the chains and the brace
lets, and tho muiIiers, the bonnets, and the
head bands, ana ths tablets, and the ear
rings, the rings. and the nose jewels, the
changeable suits Of apparel, and the mantleS,
and the wimples. and the crisping pins. the
glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and
the wells. Only think Of a woman having
ali that on! am glad that the world is
getting better, and that fashion, which has
dominated in the world 50 ruinously in other
days, has for a little time, for little degree
at any rate, relaxed It's energies. All the
splendors and the extravaganza OF this world
dyed into your robe and flung over your
chr ~ ~
heart for single moment. The gayest ward
robe viii utter no voice OF coincidence in
tho day OF trouble and darkness That
woman is grandly dressed. and only she,
VINO is wrapped in the robe OF
a Saviours righteousness. The home NAV
he very humble, the hat may be very plain.
the frock may be very coarse; but the halo
Of heaven settles IN the room when she wears
it, and the faintest touch Of tho resurrection
angel will change that garment into raiment
exceeding white, SO as no fuller on earth
could whiten IT, / como TO you, young
women. today, 70 say that this world cannot
make You happy / know il is bright
world, with glorious sunshine, and golden
rivers, and FIRE worked sunset. and bird
orchestra and the darkest cave has its crys-
tails, and the wT5thiost wave It's foam wreath,
and the coolest midnight its flaming
aurora; but God will put out al these
lights with the blast of his own nostrils,
and the glories Of this world will perish in
the final confsgration. You will never
be happy until YOU get your sins forgiven
and allow Christ Jesus 70 take full possession
II your soul he viii be your friend IN
every perplexity. Ho win be your comfort
in every trial He viii 10 your defender in
every strait do not ask > or % bring. like
Mary, the spices 10 the sepulcber Of g dead
Christ, but TO bring your oil 70 the feet II q
living Jesus his word is pesce His look
is love His hand is help His touch is life
His smile is heaven. Oh. come. then, IN
focls and groups Come like tie south wind
over banks u myrrh Come bike the
morning light tripping over the mountain.
Wreathe AL vour affections on Chrisfs brow.
81 al Tour gems IN Christ's coronet. pour ali
vour voices into Chris,s song. and iot this
sabbath air rustic vith TIE wings q rejoic-
ing angels and the towers 81 God rlng cut
the news of soals saved
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Tis ~. tis pearl for me,
'TpiH fi-H -e ilsi+r in Ire grave.
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falling rapidly nhs>. - fhs first faar cf ms
ministry Z tssfened g. see 3 fsunR woman
die. It vas very hHni.e ieHla sas vas
an orphsn hs father had i~ra 81 ipr reesno
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earrsd hrr Germ hfiag A. / entered tbs
room saw attractive 70 pictures
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