Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-27

wife, whether thou shalt save thy nus |
bsnG?" And if you cannot save him yoa
can help in the grsnder, m!shter entef
prise of helping save the world. Odt OF
the awful mistake of your marriage rise
into the sublinest life OF self-sacTinGe
for God and suffering humanity. instead
of settling down to nope over your
domestic woes, enlist your energies Ior
the worlds redemption.
Some parts Of Holland keep out the
ocean only by dykes or walls OF stout
masonry. The engineer having these
dykes in charge was soon to be msrrled
to mliden living In one
of the villages, the existence
of which depended on the strength
of these dykes. And there wss to be q
great feast in one of the villages that ap-
preaching evening in honor Of the coming
bridegroom. That day great storm
threatened the destruction OF the dykes
and hence the destruction OF thousands
of lives in the villages sheltered by that
stone wall. The ocean was IN full Wrsth,
| beating against the dykes and the tides
and the terror were still rising. "Shall
90 to the feast" says the engineer, scr
shall / 60 and help ny worsmen tske
care of the dykes?" "Take care of the
dykes,n he said to himself, 81 must and
will" As lie appeared on the wsil the
men working there were exhausted and
shouted: "Here comes the engineer
Thank God! Thank Cod" The wall
was giving way, stone by stone, ana the
ergineer had rope fastened around his
body and some Of the workmen had ropes
fastened around their bodies and were
let down amid the wild surges that best
the wall. Everything was giving way
.sMore stones" cried the men. "More
mortsr!" But the answer came: "Tbere
IS no more!" "Then," cried the engt'
neer, stake Of your clothes and with
them stop the holes in the wall" Ano
so, in the chill and darkness and sRrf' II
wss done and with the Workmen's ap
psrel the openings in the wall were par
tally filed. But still the Tide rose anC
still the ocean reared itself Tor more awtu
. stroke and for the overwhelming O.
thousands of lives in the villages. NOV
we have done 81 we cGp," said the engi'
neer, "down on your knee, my mer, aoc
pray to God. for help" And on tht
> trembling and parting DYKES they prayed
! till the wind changed snd
THE SEA SUBSIDIZED,
and the villages below, which, knowing
a nothing of the peril, were full OF ROM
. and dance and bilsrity, were glorioPsE
} saved.
Now, what we want in this work
: wslling back the oceans OF power
! ~ and drunkenness and lmpuflt
n and sin Is the help CT more ,s"om2nly ant
o manly hands. On how the TIDE come
in! Atlantic surge Of sorroWafter Atlantl
surge of sorrow, and the tempesis OF nu
b. man hate and satanic fury are IN luil CRY
q. woman of many troubles. Whist are al
, the ieasts Of worldly delight, II they Wef
ofTared Won, compared with the opportu
+ nifty Of helping build ana support oal
= riers which sometime seem giving wa
thronoh mans treachery aud the world
- assault? @ woman, TO the dykes! Brin
. nr.ver. bring tears, bring clearing words
Heipi Helm And having done all, knee
= win MS ON the 1uaking wall until the Go
4 a. the wind ana the ses shall hush the on
|" ,.nd silence the other. To the dykes
q Sisters, mothers, wives, daughters
America, to the dykest The mighties
c.thoiicon for all the wounds and wrong
- of woman or man is complete absorptlo
o in the work to rescue others. SaVe sem
g msn, some woman, some chllo!
% IN that e5ort YOU will forget to b
- helped to bear yoar own trials, and in
" little while God will take you up our
r. your disturbed and bsrrOwipg cor)asi
"A relation of earth into s heaven al Il
; happier because OF preceding dietres
when Queen ELI ,beth Of England "!
: expiring it WAS arranged that the exs
D. moment of her death should De sigma ie
If to the people by the dropping Ct SAL
n phlre ring from window into the han'
70 of an officer, who carried il st the top
his speed I'd King James Of Scotlan
But your departure from the scene
"a your earthly woes, il you are ready to
e. win not be tint dropping OF q sapphire
D, the ground bal the setting OF fewer N
ne Kings coronet. Blessed be HIS giofio'
O name forever!