Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-09

have more consideratiesssnown ber,'1pt
because through her Sber nstu1al taatt
sud more grace OF maUner aad quicker
perception and more delicate touch anC
more educated adroitness she will in Ger
tsin callings bt TO Der employer worth 1C
per cent. more Or 20 per CsDt. mere t1ar
the other sex She will Dot get il by ask
ing for it, but by earning i, AID it shall
De hers by lGWtui conquest.
Now, men Of America, be far ard give
the w2men chance! AYE you afrSid
that they will do some Of your work snd
heDca harm your pr0speNties? RameTn-
Der inst there ara scores Of thousands OF
men doing women's work. Do not be
afraid! Cd knows the end from the
bsginring and He knows how msny
people this world can feed
and shelter, and when 1t gets
to- full He wi end the world and if need
be start another. God viii halt the in-
vanfive faculty, which by producing r
machine that will DO the work OF ten CIR
twenty or hundred men and women,
will leave that number Of people without
work. hope t1at there Will not be in
vented another sewing machine or reap
ing machine or Germ thrrsher or any other
new machine for the next SOC years. We
want no more wooden hands and ir0 Il
hands and steel hands and electric bsnds
substituted for men SUI woman who
would otherwise do the work and get the
pay and earn the livelihood.
But G d will &rTaGge all, ard all we
have TO do is 60 do our best and trust
him for the rest. Lei NE cheer ali women
fl ahtiog he battle # life alone, with the
tact that thousands OF women have II
that way won the day. SsMary Lyon,
founder Of Mount HoIyOake female
seminary, fought the bsttle alone;
Adel:id-- Newton, the tract distributor,
alone; Fidelis Fisk, the coDsecrated mis-
sionary. alone; Dorothea Dix, the sngel
II the insane asylum, alone; Caroline
Rerschel, the Indispensable reinforce ment
Of her brother, alone; Maria Takrz 4wsk2
the heroine of the Berlin hospital, oloue
HELEN Chalmers, pstr0n OF sewing
schools FIR the poor of Edinburgh, alone.
And Thousands and teIs Of Thousands OF
women of whose
BRAVERY AND SELF SACRIFICE
ard glory of cnarsc er the world has
made no record, bua whose deeds are in
the heavenly archives CT martyrs who
fought he battle alone and, though IN
recognized for the snort thirty or fifty or
eighty years If tneir earthly existence,
Shall, through the qlintiilion ages Of
the higher world, be p tinted out With the
a6mirlng cry, "Tbese are they who came
out Of great trihulstiOn and had their
robes wAsbel snd made white IN the
blood OF the Lamb"
Let me also say for the encouragement
of ell women fighting the battle OF life
aloue, that their conflict will soon end.
There is one word written over the faces
OF many Of them, and that word is de-
spair My sister, you need appeal
to that Christ who comforted
the sisters Ct Bethany in their
domestic trouble, and who in his lsst
hours forgot all the pargs Of his own
hands snd feet sad heart ss he looked
into the fsce OF maternal anguish and
called friends attention TO i, In SUB
stauce saying: "John, [ cannot take
care Of her shy longer. Do for her IS l
would have done il I had lived Behold
thy mother" IL under the pressure OF
unrewarded and unsppre cisted work your
hair is whitening ard the wrinkles come,
II Dice that you are nearing the hour OF
escape from your very last fstigue, and
may your departure be as PLEASANT as
that of Isabella Graham, who closed her
life with smile and the word, "Pesce! !"
The daughter of q regiment in aDy army is
surrounded by bayonets of defense, sud
in the battle, whoever falls, she is kept
safe. And you are the daughter of tue
regiment commanded by the Lord OF
Hosts. After all, you are not lighting
the battle of life alone. All heaven is on
your side. You will be wise to appropri'