Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20

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Laura hathaway, 4t Cnse2go, vho h&s
been "A earnest cearca worker fos 49,
enty years. Mis- hasaaway hss haa
wsds erpenenes- panng the waT sac
w2s Ia las hosp..2. sersioe Ana h<fore
Sic sagag.sd Ia the psFllous worS u
rsseonx laxuYe slaves. In tact, heE
whole lie nAs been devoted u rsfofln
movements. Bes.ds AL th.s she j. the
author q = bock entitled "Womsn's :
Life Work" Despite her years heT Or
atory : Gear sDd hsE faculties uE-ln-
paired.
She began ~ saying; "lou are not
here % look Upon The face of youth aad
beauty. uut 10 lls.eu - : fcw earnest
a0Fas from one who las fol.oNe1 ~
+ the FOOTSTEPS of the Lord. Faith i the
evidence of ih.hgs unseen. NhF, 50,
F A., 50, Yes. - vars ago, / nfst bec4fas
F acQua4Qfed w.sh ny SAVIOUR. had
f been preladl lcsd against a certain class,
+ the lush. IL Was AT nay childhood
home. Tney frequently passed my
+ fathers house drunk, sad ] sAs fright
ened oi them. The fear hnsly More
away. and one day | saw = man lying
I Ia tie gutter / administered 10 him,
and after ne became sufficiently sober
/ l endeayared 70 reason with him, but
Z there seemed 10 he no reason ia hlm.
I After left hlm stood fog = moment
/ IN revere of thought and Inally
cried out, Is there No God 10 save thls
/ sin-stncken world@ | thought then
that every soul was equally as precious
I IN the ewes OF the Lord, and Il came TO
me As II by inldlt.on that Jesus WAS
above. ! had been sent Oh al errand
and as / started fTom my royerle met
/ one Of our nelghbOrs VINO said, II seems
as If you looked different My grand
/ father also ASKED me what was the
matter With me. Ny uncle Who was
/ eight years older than myself and who
had experienced religion about year
previously, noticed the change. lt was
a. that time that commenced 10 seek
my God.
Mrs. Hathaway told Of assisting fu-
gltlvc slaves TO escape, and the anger
of the shareholders when they learned
of what she was doing. Friends advised
her 10 flee 10 Canada for protection,
but she told them she was not IN the
least frightened, because she was dong
only what was right, and she knew that
God watched over her. Before that
she had seen but few negroes, but sue
knew that every soul, no matter how
humble IS owner, was just as precious
IN tho eyes of Heaven.
There are many different ways in
which we may labor, there are many
channels" she continued. "When you
see your children manifest will that
8 hard TO bend deal gently with those
tender ones, deal kindly with those err
ing ones. If the teacher is a Christian
he has a wonderful moulding IN
fiuence.
Every church OF every creed should
have a circle of Christian Endeayor.
My brother once told me that Christian
Endeavor societies only dotracted from
other church duties. | said no, that IL
would only encourage church duties
! and found IL so. | have known of a
great many confessions through the IN
| huence of Christian Endeayor societies"
! The speaker told OF young man who
was dying OF consumption, and who
scotfed at religion. His parents were
| grieved and troubled, as be was on the
! brink of the grave. Mrs. Hathaway
| heard of the case, and she went 10 him.
| She lsbored with him, and she read TO
| him from the testament. He told her
| he would like 10 hear her pray and she
| did. On the third morning ne sent for
her ana SAID he had tried to pray 10
| God, but il was useless. She labored
with him again, and the following
morning he sent for her and told her
that the light had burst into his soul at
| the break Of day. That same afternoon
he was called to the great beyond, and
| lust before the last he said: Mother, |
see my SIS er Mary with two angels AZ
either side " Mr-. Hathaway also told
many 9th interesting "reminiscences OF
gaod worh tlat she had done during
her lifetime.