Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-02
D0RCAS THE DISCIPLE.
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the curtains ~ ire enClepr tabernacle; II
cushioned the chsrio.s OF King Solomon;
it provided the robes OF Qleen Elizabeth;
and in high places ard in low
places, By the fire Of the pic
neer's back log and nudsr the dtsh
of tie ohsndeaeF, everywhere, it has
clothed nskCd0t5s, it has preached the
Gospel, j. has overcome hOets Of psnury
and want with the war cry Of Stitch,
stitch, stitch" The operatives have
found a livelihood ~ 1t, and through 1t
the mansions Of the employer have been
constructed. Amidst the creates. ri
umphs IN Eli sges aud lands, 1 eel down
g. he cOrQussis If he reedie. / admit lis
crimes; 1 admit Ia oruelnes. i has had
more martyrs than he are; it has pune
tured the eye; it mss pierced the side; ID
has struck weakness Into the luogs; II has
sent ms3rsss INFO the brair; II has hlec
the petler's field; It has pitched whole
armies Of the suffering into crime and
wretchedness aud woe. Bat now shat 1
am talking Of Dorcas and her ministries T.
the poor, shall speak only Of tie caarI-
tee Of the needle.
This woman was q representative OF 81
thosa women who make garments for the
destitute, who knit socks for the bare
footed, who prepare bandsgss for the LACE
stsd, ehO FIX up boxes Of clothing for mis-
siOnsriss, who 90 into the asglums OF the
suffering and destitute bearing that Gospel
which is sight for the blind, and hearing
lor The deaf, aad which makes the lame
nan leap ike . hart, AID brings the dead
TO life, immortal health bounding in their
pulse. What a contrast between the
PRACTICAL BENEvOLENCE
of this woman aud great deal Of the
charity of this day! Tins woman did not
spend hlr time idly planning low the
poor Of your city of JOppa were 10 be re-
lievsd she took her needle aud relieved
them. She was not like those persons
who syupathizs with imaginary sorroWa,
and 90 oat il the street and
laugh et the boy who has upset his
basket Of cold vioiuals, CT like that
CHARITY which makes a rousirg speech on
the benevolent platform, and goes cut 10
kick the bsggar from the step, crying:
Hush your miserable howlingW The
sufferers of the world want not so much
as practice; not so much tears a5
dollars; not 30 much kind wishes IS lOavss
of bread: not so much smiles as SHOES; not
80 much "GOd bless ycus?" a. jackets and
rocks I will pnt enc earnest Christian
man, hard working, against i've Thousand
mere theorists On the subject Of charity.
There are a great many who have fire ideas
about church architecture who never 10
their life helped 20 build church There
are men who car give you the history OF
Buddhism AID MOhamm danism, who
never sent isrthing for their evargsl n.
ton. There are women who talk beau,,-
fully about the suffering Of the world, who
never had the courage like D1rcas to take
the needle and assault IT,
am glad that there Is not a page CT the
worlds history which is not record Of is'
male bsnev0lenCe God says 10 all landu
and people, Come row and hear the widow g
mite rattle down into the poor box. l.
there man or woman who has ever heard
of the civil war in America who has Lot
heard Of the women of the Sanitary and
Christian commissions, or the fact tbai,
before tire smoke rad gone up from Getiys
bury aud South Mountain, tae women Of
the North met the women Of the South On
he battlefield, forgetting all their auimos-
tiles while th-y hound up the Wounded
and closed the eyes Of tue slain? D5rcas
iho beneiactress.
I speak 90 yOu OF
DGRCAs The REsURRECrED.
The apostle enme TO where she vas sud
sale. 'Arisr; ana she sat upW Ia what
O. sfort comta "a the great writer put that
-"Shs sat up" o., what time there
mus. bsvs been around tins town, wheo
the apostle brought her cut among her
old fr,eadsl How the tears Of JOY must
have started Wbat clapPiug OF hands
there muet have been What singing!
What laughter Sound it til through that
lanel Shout !, dOEn thst dark alley.
Let sll Joppa hesritl Dorcas is rssur-
racted
You and 1 have seen the same thing
many time; not dead body resusci-
lated. but the deceased coming mp again
after death in the good accomplished 1t
a man libOrs up 20 fifty years Of az,
serving GOD, aad then dies, we sre sps to
think that hii earthly work is done
No. His Influence o. earth Will
continue till the world ceases.
Services rendered for Christ never
stop. A Christian woman tolls
TOR the upbuildirg Of church through
many anxieties, through many self denials,
with prayers and tears, and then she dies.
IL Is fifteen years since she went away.
Now the spirit Of God descends upon that
church; hundreds Of souls stand up and
confsss the isith Of Christ Has that
Christian woman, who went avBy fifteen
yesrs ago, nothing to DO with these things?
I see the hlweriug out of her noble heart.
I hear the echo Of her footsteps in all the
songs over sins forgiven, in all the pros
perity of the church. The good that
seemed 70 be buried has come up again.
Dlrcas is resurrectsd.
After while sll thess wOnaniy friends
Of Christ will put down their needle for
ever. After making garments for others,
some one will make
4 GARMENT FOR THEM;
the last robe we ever wear-the robe Tor
the grave. Yoa will have heard the last
cry of pain. You viii hsye witnessed the
orphanage. You will have come in worn
out from Your last round of mercy. DO
not know where you will sleep, nor what
your epitaph will be; but there will ba
lamp burning ct that tomb and an angel Of
God guarding It, ard through all the long
niphs DO rude foot will disturb the dust
Sleep on, sleep on! Soft bed, pleasant
shadows, undistuIbsd repose! Sleep on!
Asleep I'm Jesus, Blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake 10 weep.
Then one dav there will be a sky rending,