Telegram-herald., 1889-12-02


izso crifas and sre1enedBess ana ne. Bul
ministries C. Ibs PoeE. ! sazL sEeas ouiy x
tAs charities 4 tLe nee1ls.
ragE CEAElrx
Tns ~olnAa sas = repEssaat4t{ve @ a.
t1ass xo1usa vr9 MAKE garments for tie
asst4s1ss. 49, kzlt s9cAs fof tas 1srsloots1,
No prepare tanlssas Tor lae iaeefaIel. wae
* - oozss ~ 9-1lag flr missionaries. WAC
4. i159 tas lsy ~ ~ 81 Las al.les * ala aes.
tLzls bearing l--s gesre- w-leE Is "a IL f3r
ne tllad al kesEi1g fer t1s 4eef sa1
WHICH ulzzes the -@lls aSn zap liAe = hart.
Gu3 brinss ras dstd u LIE, Immortal health
t.oan6i-g IA Ihe-F pulses = lzt contrast
betseea Ihs pr2eglrl bsasyeleacs OF this
Wolnzn All great cesl OF tbs CHARITY u
tAls tayl Ths ~onaa dli not snead ter
time illy planning Lon l4e gosr " 10lr CIV
JopBa wee . - Iellevei, So took ler nas-
de au1 relieved tasm Sic was not Ike
tAoss persons sl3 synpaIhlzs with imsgl
nary s.rFoss. and - 01r Ia tue street Snd
i21gn zt L1e c3y nAJ lzs upss1 Lis s-s,rL ~
cold F.ctlals or like that charity e .le1 llSa.ss
a ro1slug sDsech "a Ias benevolent plat
forn, and goes out u klck the bsggar from
tie step. cEy ying. Hash y0ar Ialssrao howl-
lug" The sufferers o. ths world wait uot
- much theory a. practice, not 81 mGc1
tears as dollars, not Sd much kiLd les *
lo2yes OF bread, nOg 80 much sll.les ~ shoes,
not - nuch ''O04 bless yo4s.' as )ac- s,s and
frocks. / wlll put one earnest Christian
man. hard worEing, against hss thousand
mere theorists on tie subject OF charity
2 acre are great many 1Go have ina ideas
about church architecture who never 4 thel!
lie ped L. 0ui-a a church There are
men wuo can give you the aistory OF Buid-
hlsfn and AobamnedanIsln, who never sent
= farthing for taeir eyangslizaIion. There
are women who talk beautifully about The
suffering ~ the world who never had tie
courage lac Dorc.s 70 take the needle aud
assault il.
WOMANS kESkEOLENCE
am glad that there is not "a page Of the
worlds history which i not a record u f.
male benevolence. Gcl saws u al lands az
people. come now anu hear the widows mite
rattle down into the poor box The princess
Of Cont sold al her jewels that ahe might
help the famine stricken. Queen Dleuche.
the wife Of Louis VIII Of France. hearing
that there were some persops unjustg incar-
cerated in the prisons, went out amidst the
rabble and took a stick and struck the door
as signal that they might all strike il, and
down went the prison door, and out came the
prisoners Queen Maud, the wife Of Henry
/, went down amidst tho poor and washed
their sores, and administered to them cor
dialS Mrs. RetSon, ct MatagorGa, appeared
on the battle field while the missiles Of death
were flying around, and cared for the wound
ed. Is there man or woman who has ever
heard Of the civil war in America who has
not heard OF the women Of the Sanitary and
Christian commissions, or the fact that, be
fore the smoke had gone up from Gettysburg
aud South Mountain, the women OF the north
met the women Of the south on the battle
field, forgetting all their animosities while
they bound up the wounded, and closed the
eyes Of the slaini Dorcas the benefacress!
DoRcAs THE LAaEyTED.
| come now to speak of Dorcas the la
mented When death struck down that good
woman, oh, how much sorrow there was in
this town of Joppal / suppose there were
women here with larger fortunes; women,
perhaps, with Eandsomer faces; but there
was no grief at their departure like this al
the death OF Dorcas. There was not more
turmoil and upturning in the Mediterranean
sea, dashing against the wharves of this sea
port, than there were surgings TO and fro Of
grief because Dorcas was dead. There are a
great many who go out Of life and are un-
missed. There may be q very large funeral
there may be great many carriages and q
plumed hearse; there may be high sounding
eulogiums; the bell may toll at the cemetery
gate; there may be very fine marble shalt
reared over the resting place; but the whole
thing may be falsshoOd and sham. The
church Of God has lost nothing; the world
has lost nothing. 1t is only a nuisance
abated; it Is only grumbler ceaSing 10 find
fault; it is only an idler stopped yawuing; 1t
is only diSsipated fashionable parted from
his wine cellar; while, on the other hand, DO
useful Christian leaves this world without
being missed. The church Of God cries out
like the prophet: Howl, fir tree, for the
cedar has fallen" Widowhood comes and
shows the garments which the departed had
made. Orphans are lifted up to look into
the calm face Of the sleeping benefactress
Reclaimed vagrancy comes and kisses the cold
brow of her who charmed it away from sin.
and all through the streets of JOppa there Is
mourning mourning because Dorcas is
dead.
When josephine Of France was carried out
to her grave there were great many men
and women OF pomp and pride and position
that went out after her; but am most affect
ed by the story Of history that on that day
there were ten thousand OF the poor Of France
| who followed nor coffin, weeping and wailing
1 until the air rang again, because when the F.,
| lost Josephine they lost their last earthly
/ friend Oh, who would not rather have
such obsequies than all the tears that were
| ever poured in the iachrymals that have
been exhuned from ancient cities. There
| NAV be no mass for the dead; there NAV bc
no costly sarcophagus. there may be no elab-
| crate rnausCleum. but in the damp cellars O..
the city and through the lonely huts u tbs
mountain glen there Will be mourning
/ mourning, mourning, because Dorcas l.
| dead Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord they rest from their labors, and their
works do follow them"
DORCAs TIE REsURREcTED.
speak 10 you OF Dorcas the resurrected.
| The apostle came 70 whore she was, and said
"Ariss and she sat up" Ia what a short
/ compass the great writer put that: "She sai
/ upr' Oh. what a time there must have been
around this town when the apostle brough.
her out among Der old friends. How tha
tears OF Joy must have started WHAT clap,
/ ping of hands there must have been What
| singing! what laughteri Sound Il a.
through that lansi Shout il down that dsrs
aueyl Let al Joppa hear III Dorcas Is res
! urrectedi
You and have seen tne same thing many
8 time: not dead body rssuscitated. Dot
the deceased coming UD again after DEAN in
the good accomplished II = man lsbors az
D. - Years Of age, serving God. and ther
dies. re are apt % think that bis earthly
. vork Il done Nol Els influence On earth
viii contnus tll tee word ceases Services
+ rendered fa- Christ never stop A Christian
woman tolls for TIE Epbui ding of a church