Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-14

creeds of times agone, but they are being
educated up to it quite fast.
At little meeting in the interest of or
ganizing White Ribbon Club, Southern
lady with tremendous claims to ancestry
told us that she had never in her life before
heard a woman speak or pray in any
meeting before, and To-, before the meeting
ended, being invited she was betrayed into
relating some personal experiences, and was
greatly surprised when she found that she
had made quite a speech herself, although
without the formality of rising to her feet.
Perhaps those present were not greatly
amused. We know we had a little laugh
away down low. Her remarks went far
to justify somebody's wise saying that the
way to speak In public is to speak right
out, and if any eloquence be in you, it will
flow.
This lady had never heard a woman's
speech until that day, and yet like pent-
up ril4 she fell over the rocks, and went
singing to the sea in speech that for native
eloquence and touching pathos that struck
home we never heard surpassed by finished
speaker. She had evidently been keeping
all these matters in her heart, and a touch
of opportunity sent her off. What a won
derful power is this
GREAT GIFT OF ELoQUENCE.
This ability to reach the heart and wake
the soul of the multitude. Men study for it,
waste the midnight oil for it, tax
their time and powers and learning
to the utmost stretch tor it, and never
succeed in becoming more than intolerable
bores, who do more to injure the cause they
advocate with labored arguments and ac-
quired logic, while they with magnetic
force of native eloquence can reach the
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carry all before them, although they have
never studied elocution, or know not rule
of oratory, or are wholly ignorant of a
climax, or the acquired rhetoric that is the
"quackery of eloquence." Many women
are gifted with this native force that more
and more as prejudice dies out will find
power of expression.
This lady we speak of never found her
voice, but she presented a powerful contrast
to another earnest sister engaged in the
missionary cause, and who was presenting
the shocking cases of the women of India,
and the efforts of missionaries in the cause
of reaching the Zenanas in such tiresome
style that many people left the meeting be-
fore the collection was taken up for her
benefit and that of the cause she advocated,
and yet the collection was after all
the objective point. She had a
reminded one of nothing so much
as one of the prosy. old-fashioned
sermons that are nowhere tolerated in these
days save in small villages away back in
the woods. 1t was intolerable, and we felt
like announcing that women as well as men
who had not ''the gift of the CAB" should
keep their heads shut and exercise some
other talent.
TIvTNc nv FAITH
Two ladies are here in charge of two
young Hindoo girls, who are being educated
for the medical profession. 1t is hoped
fession in their own country they
will be enabled to do missionary
work in quarters that cannot be reached
in the ordinary style of missions. One of
the odd things is that these ladies and their
charges, like the Reverend Muller, of En-
gland, live by faith, and it works well.
One of the ladies told us that DR.. Agnew
had sent them South for the benefit of the
Hindoo girls health. With not much more
than enough to pay their fare they started.
Two weeks ago they were reduced in their
finances to two cents. But they had faith,
though with fear and trembling. Not
knowing how they were TO procure an honest,
paid-for breakfast, they had resort to
SelecLlnS IeAI OF scripture WIFI eyes smut,
or some other like random method. The
text thus pointed out was so encouraging
and comforting they wrote it out and
pinned it up to the mantel where all could
see it. Shortly afterward note came en-
closing 81, happy beginning to the sums
poured in which in few days amounted to
$40. This true story furnishes food for
thought, and suggestion that may be
valuable to anti-poverty societies ! and
persons under stress of prlvation. 1t also
falls in with the principles OF the new
school of Christian science, which can
furnish succor and help to the afflicted
without either doctors or medicine, or
climate, or food.
We hear of storms of snow and wind in
far off Pittsburg, while here the lilacs are
in bloom, the Wisteria hangs with NAM
moth purple clusters, the climbing roses are
brilliant with blossoms, and asparagus
tempts the appetite with its tender heads.
The streets are thronged with people intent
only on health or pleasure. What a con-
trast to workadaY Pittsburg. And yet,
strange as it may be, all this bloom and
blush of the beauty of June only make the
exile more homesick and more heartily sure
that after all-the world over-the roses of
the soul bloom only at home.
BESSIE BRAMBLE.