Telegram-herald., 1888-08-20


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tal1 49, sQ4ss Ezs col-e -.oa 49, mn
tEoss who rrQfess % - CEr.sra-s
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eppcIe1Es- l1sa Ll1s-l IL s1ateFsI s4zce ga
please toasted. ~ lrie,s. 80 La4sa. ~ s-s~eis
G. bs-.sd ~ tas1ec rleg als nothing has
s4ss A. ~ ll.el4as 4 IA slllsca ~
Aarsia LElAsE coald dom - s1ch scur-
r1ty. wL4t nay yea not e1pect from
less s-4gstsd cFFQ1eussf Non, -
world sollet-nazs takes z1tsr t1ela,
tes ns~spapers take after them p1bl-c ollil-
lal taass after tlsll. sud re ultofluna-S
MAJ q. iiac about uEtll az TIE llcfion2rF n
B-iagsgsce IS exhausted on b.ra. 4ol often
a. q man whom yon kno~ - 10 sooo. 1ld
pare. ADJ louest. 81 h pol ~ tAe world, al
.aa.ed ~ whole communities, WNlls VICIOUS
uel take on = ,lqerclIl1.-s CIR "a coldelllz-
tiou q him as though Lord Je1reys shoud
wrlts en- essay % gelt.euess. or hsary III
tax about purity, or HsEOd t4ks 70 blessing
Lrtls chlldrcn
Nov, . csrtain amount Il persecution
rouss a mars defiance, stlrs Ills blood for
magnificent battle ard makes HIM city
tines m0rs man than he woIid have been
without tas persecution. 81 ~ was with the
great reforme- when be said. II VII not 10
pa. down l will - heard" And 80 10 was
with Millard, tie preacher, Ia the time q
Louis XL When LOUIS n seat word 10 him
. H.N -. a
style he wonh throw him into toe river, he
replied. Tell the king that l viii reach
heaven sooner by water than ne viii reach It
b. last horses" A certain amount Of perso-
cGtion Is tonic and Inspiration. bat too
much Of II, and too long continued, be
comes the rock BozeE, throwing a dark
shadow over mans life. What Is hs u do
tAosl Go home. YOU say. Good advice,
that That IL just the place for a man q 80
when the world abuses him. Go home.
blessed he God for our quiet and sympathetic
homes But there Is many man who has
tho reputation al having a hons when he has
none. Through unthinkingness or pr~cipita-
ton. there are many matches made that
ought mover 10 have been made. An Ofici-
atIng priest cannot alone unite IA couple. Tho
Lord Almighty must proclaim banns. There
Is many home II which there Is no SYM
patty, and no happiness. and no good cheer.
The ciaIsor Of the battle may not have been
heard outside, but God knows, notwitastsnd-
ing all the playing OF tbs "W edding MARCH,"
ard all the odor Of the orange blossoms, and
the benediction OF the officiating pastor, there
has been DO marriage.
Sometimes men have awakened TO find on
one side OF them the rock OF persecution and
on the other side the rock Of domestic inielic-
ity. What shall such one doi Do as
Jonathan dd-climb. Get UP the heights OF
Gods consolation, from which we may look
down in triumph upon outside persecution
and homo trouble. While good and great
John Wesley was being silenced by the
magistrates, and having hts name written on
the board fences Of London in doggerel, 1T
that very tino has wife WAS making him as
miserabls she could-acting as though
she were possessed with the devil, as
! suppose she was; never doing him a
kindness until the day she ran away, 50
that he wrote IL bis diary these words:
Il did not forsake ho-: | have not dis
missed her; will not recall her" Planting
one foot, John Wesley did, upon outside
persecution, and the other foot uDon homo
trouble, no climbed up into tho heights OF
Christian Joy, and after preaching forty
4
and seventy thousand miles, reached the
heights Of heaven, though in this world he
had IL hard enough sharp rock on the
one side, and sharp rock on the other"
Again, that woman stands IN the crisis Of
the text, who has bereavement and struggle
fer livelihood at the same time. Without
Mentioning names, Ispesk from observation
All, it ls a hard thing for a woman TO make
az honest living. even when her heart is net
troubled, and she has a fair cheek and the
r7aGnctisia Of an c1quisite presence. But
now tas husband or the father, Is dead. The
expenses 81 tho obsequies have absorbed all
that was left in the savings bank; and wan
and wasted with weeping ard watching, she
goes fOrth-a grave, a hearse, q coffin,
behind her-to contend for her existence
and the existence OF her children. When |
500 such a battle az that open l shut my ewes
at the ghastErcs5 ot the spectacle. Men sit
with embroidered slippers and write heart
less ESSAYS about wonels wages. but that
question Is made Up Of tears and blood, and
there is more blood than tears. Oh, give
women free access 20 all tho realms where
SIZE can get a livelihood, from the telegraph
Office 10 the pulpit. Let mems wage be cut
down before hers are cut down Men have
iro1 in their souls and can stand it. Mako
TIRE way free 90 her % the broken heart.
May God put into my hand the cold, bitter
cup II priTati0n and give me nothing but a
vindowless hat for shelter for many years
rather than that after / am dead there should
g out from my home INTO tbs pidless world
a vTollan's ara % fight the Gettysburg, tae
Austsriitz, tho Waterloo * lie for bread.
And yet how many women there are seated
between tho Tuck of Bereavement on tae one
side and tho rock % destltution on ths other.
Bo-ss and Seneh interlockius their shadow
and dropping them uDon hsr miserable way.
There Is a sharp rock on the one side. and
sharp rocS On the other Sida7 What ars
Sch 70 dol Somehow. let them climb I'D
into tie heights Of toe glorious promise:
"Laove thy fatheriess children. I viii pre-
serve them alive, and let thy widows trust IN
nae Or gst up inso TIE heights u taas
other glorious promise. The Lord preserv-
etb the stranger and rclisve.h the widow ard
tie fatherl-s." o. 80 sewing woman On
s.arvsnz WAGES o. y widows turned
OF FROM toe oucs beautiful home.
o. "a ss-usls tsac8ers. kept on niz-
g,rdly stipenL O. 20 desysiriDg woman.
seeking IL vain f0r work. wandering along
the docks, and thinking % throw yourself
into tie r4vsr last night o. - women p
weaS nerves and aching sides. snd short
breath arc broken b.art. ~Cu need soratbl0z
more tlsn human sympathy. yea need the
s~niua.hv q God Clinb I'd iato bis a~-as.
10 knows IS sil. s1d - iovss ron more than
father. - ro-nsr O. husssnr rvrr cou,f ~
svsr did al instesi p sf-ting down.
wrinxinz your hsnds IN Despair. Tcu had
better b-xin % Climb Thsre ara heights =
consolation f1r 20 though ro~ "th~-s il