The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-30

THE VISION OF CHRIST.
ASermonefte from q W0man's Pulp

ASermonette from a wOman's Pulpit.
80, Christ, dear Master. if could but
see Thee face to face, and feel the reality
of Thy blessed life!" l prayed.
But at that moment my servant came to
me with a broken cup, much priced, ard
now useless; and after coldly remarking
that she ought to have had more care, |
bade her go away and net disturb me; so
she went away. unhappy and unforgiven.
40 Christ, dear Master, if I could but
hear Thy blessed tones speaking to met"
l Prayed yet again.
But a little disturbing voice cried loudly
and sadly at my door for a broken doll,
and | bade the baby goaway and not break
in upon my quiet hour.
80 Christ, dear Master, if | could but
have a token of Thy personal love for mel
| prayed yet a third time.
Blu. no voice or vision came to me, so |
rose from ny praying, and went about the
house. My servant sang not as usual over
her work, nor did she greet me as | passed;
and there, in a corner, asleep with the
recent tears on the little pale cheek, lay
the child and her broken doll, and her first
great grief,
And here III my heart a voice
spoke out clear, so that I could not choose
but hear: "For ever, and for ever, ], the
| Christ. am that which asks for love and
compassion. These asked for both from
thee, and thou gavedst not. Thou shouldst
have looked for Me in them. and they
would then nave found Me in thee. Thou
canst not find Me until thou art able to
lose thy self il love and compassion. If
thou wouldst know Me, thou must be Ne"
So | picked up the baby and her broken
doll, and spoke words of tender good cheer
to my servant. and led them both out into
the sweet garden. and the afternoon SUM-
shine, to gather flowers and fruit; till, by
and by. the air was full of laughter, and
smiles were on all our faces.
Oh, then | new thai behind our smiles
was the face of Christ, aud in our happy
tones His voice.
For Christ is the love that redeems, and
the compassion that heals, and the un-
s%eltishness that brings joy, and makes man
happy even as God is happy.-L. 0rmiston
Chant, in Woman's Herald.
Many years ago, when woman suffrage
was more unpopular than it is now a friend
of Gilbert Haven's expressed surprise at
hearing that he had spoken at a suffrage
convention. YES" said the bishop, II
don't propose to fall in at the real of this
reform; | mean to march with the process
sion!''-words that have been often quoted
since.
Twenty-one states have law against the
sale of tobacco to minors. These have
largely been secured by the exertions of
the Woman's Christian Temperance union.
Twelve of the seventeen newspaper
unions in this country use temperance
matter prepared by the white ribbon press
department.
Comments On our Eighth Anniversary.
There is nothing like good water for a
steady drink. Here is the Woodstown
MoNIToK-a cold water Journal just enter
ing npon it's eighth y~earjnthe full vigor Of
young boyhood. The MONITOR is a good
paper and deserves the success it is achiev-
ing without the aid of those stimulants
thought TO be necessary in some occupa-
tons to give them spirit.-W. j. Press.
With its last issue the Woodstown MoNI-
TOR entered upon the eighth year ofitsput-
LEGATION. The MONITOR differs from most
of its Prohibition contemporaries in that i.
isn't run on a single idea issue. 1t is a
good local newspaper and is edited with
more than ordinary ability. If the pas:
seven years are to be taken as indicating
the future of the paper, the people of
Woodstown may congratulate themselves
in the premises camden Courier.
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