Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-10-06

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rents beat feebly in their pulses and
their work will so0n be done aud the
Master will call. A few short days
may separate them, but, not far apart
in time Of departure, they join each
other on the other side the food.
Side by side let Jacob and Rachel he
buried. Let one willow overarch their
graves. Let their tombstones stand
alike marked with the same Scripture.
Children and grandchildren will come
in the spring time TO bring flowers,
The ~patriarchS of the town will come
and drop "A tear over departed worth.
Side by side at the marriage altar.
Side by side in the long journey. Side
by side in their graves, After lilc's
iitful fever they slept well.
SOME HISTORIC CASES.
But there are. as my subject sug.
gests, domestic scenes not 50 tranquil.
What u curse To job and POtiplar
were their companions, 10 Alab was
JeZebcl. TO Ichoam was Athaliah, To
John Wesley was Mrs. Wesley. To
Samson was Delilah. While the most
excellent aud triumphant exhibitions
of character we find among the wo-
men Of history, and the world thrills
with the names of Marie Antoinctte
and josephine, and Joan Of Arc aud
Maria Theresa and hundredsof others,
who have rated in The brightest homes
and sung the sweetest cantos. and en-.
chantcd the nations with their urt
and swavcd the migh,ieSt Of scepters,
on tie other hand the names of Mary
the First Of England, Margaret Of
France, Julia oi Rome and Elizabeth
Pctrowna OF Russia have scorchcd the
eye OF history with their abomina-
tons, and their names. like hanishcd
spirits. have gone slirirtiug aud ours
ing through the world Ia female
biography we liGa the two extremes
of excellence and crime. Woman
sNnds nearest the gate of heaven or
nearest tue door OF hell. When
adorned by grace she reaches Il point
of Christian elevation which man
cannot attain, aud when blasted of
crime she sinks deeper than mar can
plunge. Yet ! am glad that the in-
stances in which wQsaan makes utter
shipwreck Of character are compare.
lively rare.
But, says some cynical spirit,
what do YOU do with those words in
EcclesiaStcs where Solomon says: be
hold. this have | found, saith the
preacher. counting one by une to find
out the account; which yet my soul
seeketh, but | find not: one man
among a thousand have ! found: but
a woman among all those nave | nos
loundi' My answer is that if Solo
mon mad behaved himself with com
mon deceucy and kept QUITO infamous
circles he would not have had somuch
difficulty in finding integrity of char
actcr among women and never would
have uttered such a TRADE. Eycrs since
my childhood | have heard speakers
admiring Diogenes. the cynical phil.
osOphcr who lived in a tub, for going
through the streets OF Athens in broad
daylight with a lantern. and when
asked what he did that for. said: II
am looking foran honest man" Now
| warrant that that philosopher who
had such hard work TO find am honest
man was himself dishonest. | think
lIe stole both the lantern and the tub.
So, when | hear a man expatiating on
the weaknesses Of women. ! immedi.
ately suspect him and say there is an.
other Solomon with Solomon'S wisdom
left out. Still, / would not have the
illustrations | have given of Transcend.
ing eXcellency in female biography
lead you TO suppose hat there are no
perils in woman's pathway. Gods
grace alone can make an Isabella
Graham, or a Christina Alsop, or a
Fidelia Fiske, or u Catherine of Siena.
Temptations Turk about the brightest
domestic circle. IL was no unmeaning
thing when God sc up amidst the
splendors of his word the character of
infamous Delilah.
HOW THEY LOSE THEIR STRENGTH.
Again, this strange story of the text
leads me 10 consider some OF the ways
in which strong men get their locks
shorn. God. for some reason best
known TO himself, made the strength
of Samson 10 depend on the length of
his hair; when the shears clipped il
his strength was gone. The strength
of men is variously distributed. Some
times it lies in physical development,
sometimes in intellectual attainment,
sometimes in heart force, sometimes
in social position, sometimes in linas.
cial accumulation and there is always
a sharp shears ready 10 destroy il.
Every day there are Samsons ungiant
ed. saw IA young man start in life
under the most cheering advantages.
His acute mind was at home in all
scientific dominions. He reached not
only all rugged attainments, but by
delicate appreciation he could catch
the tinge Of the cloud and the sparkle
of the wave and the diapason Of the
thunder. He walked forth in life
head aud shoulders above others in
mental stature. He could wrestle
with giants IN opposing systems Of
philosophy and carry of the gates Of
opposing schools and smite the enc.
mies Of truth hipand thigh with great
slaughter. But lie began 10 tamper
with brilliant free thinking. Modern
theories Of the soul threw over him
their Establishments. S~kepticism was
the Delilah that shore his locks off,
aud all the Philistines Of doubt and
darkness and despair were upon him.
He died in a very prison Of unbclief.
his eyes out.
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