The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-04

Philistinss and they shout: Hal hal
We've got him" Those who have the
kindest and most ~ mpathstic natures are
the most in danger.
Again, this narrative teaches US the
power OF an il-disposed womau In the
portrait gallery Of Bible Queens wa find
Abigail and Ruth and Miriam and Vashti
and Deborah, but in the rogues' gallery
OF police station you find the pictures OF
women a. well a. men. Deiilah's picture
belongs to the rogue's gallery, bu; she
q more power than all Philistia srmed
with sword and spear. She could carry
on the iron gates of Samson's resolution
a. easily as he shtu!dered the gates OF
GAIA.
How deplorable III, influence Of such in
contrast with Rebecca aud Phoebe and
Hulda and TryphOna and Jeptha's daugh-
Ter n Mary. the mother OF J. sls. While
the latter glitter in the armament of Gods
world Ike COZ S citations with steady,
cheerful. holy light. the former shoot like
oa:efu! meteOrs across the terrific heavens.
ominous Of W al disaster and death. II
there s a divine power in the cool mo-
th'r, her fac, bright with purity. and un.
selfish love leaning from her eye. a
genileness that by papS, and sufferings
and holy anNieties has been mellOwing and
softening for many a year. ut,ering itself in
every syllable a dignity Ina can not be
dethroned. united with tbs playfulness
that will not he checked, her hand the
charm that will instantly take pain out Of
the child's worst wound, her presence a per.
petual benedict;on. her name our defense
when we ere tempted, her memory an out.
gushing we'll of tears and cO~ngra'uiation
and thanksgiving. her heaven q palm wav.
ing and q cOrOnal; then there is ju t as
crsat an influence in the o, posite direc.
ton in the tad mother. her brow IecIoudei
with ulgOverned passion, her ewes flash.
ingiwiih unSanctified fire, her lips the fount.
ain OF fretfu!ness and DE- pravity, her ex.
ample a mildew and a blasting. her name
a disgrace to coming generations, her
memory a signal for bitterest anathema,
her eternity II whirlwind and a suffoca-
ton and a darkness. One wrong headed
wrong hearted mother may ruin one child.
and that N Child, CROWN up, may d. s.roy
a hundred people and the hundred bias q
thousand, ard the thousand a million.
The wife's sphere is a realm of honor
and power almost unlimited. What a
blessing was Sarah to Abraham. was De-
borah to Lapidoth. was Zipporah to
Moses. was Huldah to Stadium. There are
mult!tudes of men in the marts Of trade
whose fortunes have been the result of a
wife's frucality. Four hands have been
achieving that estate, two at the store,
two at the honie The burdens Of life are
comparatively light when there are other
bonA. II ho1~ me ira ~-- 0I------.
difficulties have often skunk away because
there were four eyes to look them out of
countenance. What care you for hard
knocks in the world as long as you have a
bright domestic circle for harbor! One
cheerful word in the evening tide as you
come in has silanced the clamor of unpaid
notes and the disappointment Of poor in
vestmensS
Now and then a grandchild comes and
they look at him with aff Election untold and
come well nigh sroiling him with kiad-
moss. The life currents beat feebly in
their pulses and their work will soon be
done and the Master will call. A few
short days may serarate them, but, not
far apart in the time Of departure. they
join each other on the other side the food.
by side let Jacob and Rachael be
u ried. 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 brin. 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 grave
After life's fitful fever they slept we'll
But there are. as my subject suggests,
domestic scenes NOT SO tranquil. What q
curse to Job and Potiphar we're their com.
panions. to Ahab was Jezsbel, to Jehoram
was Athaliab. to John Wesley wa Mrs.
Wesley, to Samson was Delilah. While
the most excellent and triumphant ex.
hibition Of character we find among the
women Of history and the world thrills
with the names of Marie Antoinette AMI
Josephine. and Joan OF Arc and Maria
Theresa n hundreds of others, who have
ruled in the brightest homes and sung the
sweetest cantOs. enchanted the nations
with their art and swayed the migLtiest
Of scepters, On the other hand the names
Of Mary l., Of Ergland; Margaret, of
France; Julia, of Rome. and Elizabeth
Petrowna, OF Russia, nav scorched the
eyes of history with their denominations,
and their names. like banished spirits,
have gone shrieking and cuIsing through
the world. In female biography We ind
the two extremes of excellence and crime.
Woman stands nearer the gate Of HEAVIER
or nearer the gate of hell. When adorned
by grace she reaches q point of Christian
elevation which man can not attain, and
when blasted Of crime she sinks deeper
than man can plunge. Yet ! am glad
tina the instances i'm which woman makes
utter shipwreck of character are compare.
lively small.
But, says some cynical spirit, what do
you do with those words in Ecclesiastes
where Solomon says: Behold. this hav
I found, saith the preacher. counting one
by one to find out ths account; which yet
my soul seeketh, but ! find moi; one man
among q thausand hav l found; but a
woman among all hose ave not found?"
Nv answer is that il solomon had behaved
himself with common decency and kept
out of the infamous circles he would not
have had so much d ficulty in finding in.
iegrity OF character among women and
never would have uttered such . TRADE.
Ever since my childhood l have heard
speakers admir;ng D~iogenes. the cynical
philosopher who lived in a tub, for going
through the streets of Athens in broad
daylight with . lantern, and when asked
what he did that for. said: II am look
;,~ To-. q m houosf man No~ warrant