The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-02-23


scattered through tho house for tho
preservation of order; but in my
home there has always lcen one
voice to ny: "Go ahead and diverGc
no. al inch from the straight line. Who
cares If only God is on our side?" And
though sometimes it seemed as if was
gcinS out against 600 iron chariots, l
went al.cad, cl,ecrcd by The domestic
voice: Up! for this is the day III which
Inc Lord Lati: delivered Sisera into thine
names"
A nan is TO better than lis vito viii
let !.inl hc. Oh, wives Of America, swing
rcur ccc:,.ers CT wisely influence for God
and gcoi lo-nc5i Do rot urge your hea-
,;aHds % annex Naboth's vineyard TO
your lla!"co CT SUCCESS, whether right or
wrong. lest the dogs that come out TO de-
,iroy Nabc:th come out also to dcvor:r
vou Righteousness will pay best i'll l:fo,
viii rav best il death, will lay best ii
The judgment, will pay best through ell
';CrIlity.
II Our effort to have tho mother Of
very Household appreciate her influence
| 5vcr ilcr children, we arc apt to forget
| 20 wifc's influence over the husband.
al many Households TIC influence upon
&c L,!stG,n<, i the only homo influence.
i y great r:;li;itudc OF the best and most
:.,12crt;l!:t and most talented families Of
| = t:.r.t,. fhcrc have bccn no descend
arts. There Is not chili or a grand
| inStcn or Charles Sumner or Shakes
pears or Edmund Burke or Pitt or
Lord Nelson or Cowper or Pope CT Addi-
T<,f,~
tan or Isaac Newton or Goldsmith or
Swift or Locke or Gibbon or Walpole or
Canning or Dryden or More or Chaucer
or Lord Byron or Walter Scott or Oliver
Cromwell OF Garricl> or uogarth or
Joshua Revnclds or Spencer or Lord Ba-
cen or Macaulay. Multitudes of tho
Eu,~t families Of the earth arc extinct.
AS though they had done enough for the
world by their genius or wit OR patriot
ism or invention or conservation, God
withdrew them. In mIltitudcs Of cases
al woman 5 opportunity for usefulness
is with her contemporaries. How inn
poltant that it be- an improved opportu-
nifty!
While the French warriors, on their
way to Rheims, had about concluded to
give up attacking the castle at Troyes, be-
cause it Was so heavily garrisoncd. Joan
Of Arc entered the room and told them
they would be inside tho castle in three
days. 1--WE would willingly wait six
days" said one Of the leaders. ''Sizl''
shc cried out. ''you shall be in it to-Inor-
row." and under her leadership on the
morrow they entered. On smaller
scale every man has garrisons to suldue
and obstacles to level, and every wife
; may be an inspired Joan Of Arc to her
husband.
What = noble, wifely ambition, the de-
termination, God helping. to accompany
Ler companion acres, the stormy sea OF
, this life and together gain the wharf OF
the Celestial City! Coax him along with
you! You cannot drive kim there. You
cannot nag lin there; but you can coax
him tLc;'c. That is Gods plan. He
coaxes us ell the way-coaxes us out OF
our sins, coaxcs us to accept pardon,
coaxeS US to heaven If wo roach that
! blessed place it will be through q pro
logged and Gi:ine coaxing. BY tho
) same process take your companion. and
then YOU will Get there as well, ard al
sour household. Do just the opposite
to your neishbo-. Her wifcly ambition
, is AL for this world Fand disappointed
3 and veSed and unhappy creature she vii
t he all the wa. Her residence may bt
: better than yours for the fcw years q
c-rthly stay. but she will move out of il
] rs 70 her body into house about fivt
and q Ealf feet long and about three fec
: wide and two feet high, and conccr:Iin:
her souls destiny you can make youl
l own proSnostication. Her husband ant
her sons and daughters. who all, like her
live for this world, will have about tht
{ same destiny for the body and the soul
: You having had earc.ificd and tiivincl,
r cnnoblcd wifciy ambition. will pass u
r into palaces, and what becomes [
e your body is OF no importance
: for it is only scaGoldinG
! pulled down now that your temple j
r done You will stand in the everlasii1,
u rest and see your husband come in. ant
. SEQ Your children come in, Ii they hav
!. not preceded YOU. Glorifed Christ ial
: wife! pic, up any CROWN you cnoose from
r Off tho kings footstool and wear it;
C was promised You long ago, and with
d co-er up all the scars Of your cart..l
q conflict.
9 Sixteen miles from Petersburg. Eussis
It WIS one of the rorel palaces, and thcr
/, orc night Catherine, the empress, enter
e taincd Prince Henry. 1t was sever
@ winter and deep snow, and the empires
Y ard the prince rode in 4 nagniiccncc Q
It sleigh and robe and canopy never SUI
s passed. followed by two thousand sleigh
n laden with the i!xst people of Russia, til
9 whole length of tho distance illulnined b.
@ lamps and dazzling temples built for tha
n one night, and limitations of niosTlc
i and Egyptian pyramids: and people c
G all nations, in all styles of Costume
d standing on platforms along the way ~:
y watching the blaze of the pyrOtcchnics
: At the palace the luxuries Of kingdom
g were gathered. and spread. and 1t tn
:, tatlc the guests had but to touch III
q center of plate. and by magical ma
< chincry it dropped and another plat
|, came up loaded with still richer viands
But all that scene of the long ago slia
e be eclirscd by the greater splendors tha
= will be gathered at the banquet made b
@ tae Heavenly King for those consccrate
r women who come in out Of the wiutc
u and snowy chill Of their earthl
I existence into tho warm and il
/ lumined palace OF heaven. With n
1 King himself and al the potentates
h yourself robed and crowned, you will 81
!. at 4 table compared wiz which ali th
!. fcas;s q kcniiworsh, and ST. C!oud an
2 tie Alhambra were a beggars crusi
h And the platter of one royal satisfactio
4 touched at the center shall disappear oni
tc Es1Ee room for 4 beGgar's crust, an
i the golden Plate CT one royal satisfaction