Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1889-12-07
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thees peal of tile TRUMP etsw ere; onl ysthe
harmon non Of afla orch estra as thoughs
,tfle3 AVA d lzgoiic essoff the5sk b1t.aE
group of friend S bu rsting through J
gateway at mime With Laughter
and shoutin Dorcas tile, disclp pie! q, !:
Would God tha ary.:S and n 4
every Martha this; tay!sl down W Z!
at tile feet ofJ esus go -
s. THE Pr Fl A1sEs@ or, led ~
Further, We u; see Dor be shene facs.
tresss History has tol asstfie; story y.
the crown; the epic oct has snngsotss
the sword the past oral poet, with ms rs
syyesrrsses.f III Of the redo lence Of lover
IONS and a:rustle with the: silk of thess
corn l has sungsthe praise Of the 10y;
sT:stel L YOU the praises the necdle:s
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=eardeno eden othe lasts taken ol l
thegarment fortllep needle mas asls
wrought Wond ers. of kind nessa gener;ii
ssoc,sity 8 and benef actor IT, adornedss
the giirdle Of the priest; ash 81
toned tie curtains int eancl ent ta6er.i
5;TiTacle: ST cushioned the cliariots OF
I King IS solomon; lit: provided. the Tobes'
: Of Queen Elizabe th ;;,and in hi "a places,
sand [ in low places, BY the fire. Of tie
pioneers back clog and under the nS ;.sl
.of the cllandel ier eYerysy err, Ines
Clothed max dness iits has preac bed the I'd e
'sfsSspaI 1T ere me .llos s;otEp pen.
Jury aid want with tie war cry OF
tc.;. Ill Wi n, =
and through it the mansions of the
employer have been constructed:
Amidst the greatest tliumphs Ill all
ages and lands, l set down the con-
quests Of the needle. l admit its
crimes; admit its cruelties. 1t has
lad more martyrs than the fire; 1t has
punctured the eye; it has pierced the
side; it has struck weakness into the
lungs; it has sent madness into the
brain; it has filled the potter's field; it
has pitched whole armies of the suffer
ING into crime and wretchcdnesS and
woe. But now that l am talking of
Dorcas and her ministries to the poor,
I shall speak only of the charities OF
the needle.
This woman was q representative OF
all those women who make garments
for the destitute. who knit socks for
The barefooted, who prepare bandages
for the laccrated, who fix up boxes of
clothing for missionaries, who go
into the asylunls of the suffering and
destitute bearing that Gospel which is
sight for the blind, and hearing for the
deaf, and which makes the lame man
leap like hart, and brings the dead
to life, immortal health bounding In
their pulses. What contrast between
the practical benevolcnce of this
woman and a great deal of the charity
of this day This woman did not spend
her time idly planning how the poor
of your city Of Joppa were to be re-
lieved; she took her needle and re-
lieved them. She was not like those
persons who sympathize with imagi-
nary sorrows and go out i'll the street
and laugh at the boy who has upset
his basket of cold victuals, or like that
charity which makes rousing speech
Oh the benevolent platform, and goes
out to kick the beggar from the step,
crying: "Hush your miserable howl
ing!" The sufferers of the world want
not SO much theory as practice; not so
much tears as dollars; not SO much
kind wishes us loaves of bread; not SO
much smiles as shoes; not SO much
"God bless yous" as jackctsand frocks.
will put one earnest Christian man,
hard working, against five thousand
mere theorists OH the subject of char
ity. There are great many who have
fine IDEAS about church architecture
who meyer in their life helped to build
o church. There are men who can
give you the history of Buddhism and
Northumberland who never sent q
farthing for their evangelization.
There are women who talk beautifully
about the suffering of the world, who
never lad the courage like Dorcas to
take the needle and assault it.
DISCIPLES OF DoRCAs.
am glad that there is not q page of
the worlds history which is nota rec
ord of female benevolence. God says
to all Hands and people, Como HOW and
hear the widows mite rattle down into
the poor box. The princess of Cont
sold all her jewels that she might help
the famine stricken. Queen Blanche,
the wife of Louis VIII, Of France,
hearing that there were some persons
uniust[y incarceratcd in the prisons,
went out amidst the rabble and took a
stick and struck the door es q signal
that they might all strike it, and down
went the prison door and out came
the prisoners. Queen Maud, the wife
of Henry l, went down amidst the
poor and washed their sores and adj
ministered to them cordials. Mrs
Retson, at Matagorda, appeared ollthc
battlefield while the missiles OF death
we're flying around, and cared for the
wounded. Is there man or woman
who las ever heard of The civil war in
America who has not heard of the
women of the Sanitary and Chris
tan commissions, or the fact that
before the smoke had gone up
from Gettysburg and South Noun
tain, the women of the north
met the women of the south on the
battlefield, forgetting all their animos-
tiles while they bound up the wound
ed, aud closed the eyes OF the slaln2
Dorcas the benefactrcss.
1 come now to speak of Dorcas the
lamented. When death struck down
that good woman, oh, how much sor-
row there was in tits town of Joppa!
suppoasasi7F ~ 76;s,erc women here with
no grief at their :.
the death of Dorcas. There was not
more turmoil and upiurning in the
Mediterranean sea, dashfns against
the wharvcs Of this seaport, than there
were surgings to and fro of grief be-
cause Dorcas was dead. There arc
great many who go cut of life and are