Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-08-28

tears seem 10 relieve his brain and hs
spirits rise from ten below zero to eighty
in the shade, aul he comes ous OF the
crisis
About three years after. this young mer-
chant goes into the old merchants store AMI
saws: "Well, my oil frien was this
morning thinking over what you did Tor m,
three years ago. Nou helpe me OUT oil an
awful crisis in my commercial history. 1
learned wisdom, prosperity has come AMI
the pallor has gone out of my wife's cheeks,
and the roses that were there when c)urte1
her in her fathers house have booze lagain,
and my business Is splendid, an | thought
ought TO let you know that you saved a man +"
In a short time after, the old merchant,
who had been n good while shaky in his
limbs and who had poor spells, Is called to
leave the world, and one morning after he
had read the twenty.third Ps1im about
THE Lord is my shepherd he closes his
eyes on this world, and an angel who ha
been for many years appointed 10 watch
/ the old mans dwelling, cries upward the
| news that the patriarch's spirit is about as
cending and the twelve angels VINO keep the
twelve gates of heaven, unite in crying down
to this approaching spirit OF the ol 1 man,
"Come in and welcome for it has been told
all over these celestial lands that you saved
man."
There sometimes come exigencies in the
life of woman. One morning a few years
ago | saw in the newspaper that there was
/ young womani in New York whose pocket
/ book, containing thirty-seven dollars and
thirty-three cents. had been stolen, and shs
had been left without penny at the begin
ming of winter in n strange city, an NJ
work And althou IN she was stranger, !
did not allow the Q o'clock mail to lelvs the
lamppost on our corner without clrr7inS
l. the thirty-seven dollars an thirty-three
cents, and the case was proved genuine.
Now | have read all Shakespeare's TRACE.
dies, and all Victor Huyos tragedies, and
all Alexander Smiths tragedies, but |
never read tragedy more thrilling tnan
that case. and similar cases by the hun
dre1s and thousands in all our large cities.
Young women without money and with
out home AMI without work in the great
maelstroms of metropolitan life. When
such case comes under your observation,
how do YOU treat it? sect out of my way.
We have no room in our establishment for
any more hands. don't believe in women
anyway. They are n lazy, idle worthless
set. John, please show this person out OF
the door"
Or do you compliment her personal ap-
pearancs and say things to her which if any
man said to your sister or daughter you
would kill him on the spot? That is ole
wav. and it is tried every day in the large
cities and many of those who advertise
for female hands in factories and for
governesses in families have proyel them
selves unfit 10 be in any place outside OF
hell. But there is another way. and l saw
il one day i'm tho Methodist Book Concern
i'm New York, where n young woman APP
pliel for WORK, aud the gentleman in tone
and manner said in substance: My dau5h
know Of any vacant place in our depart
ment. You had better inquire at such and
such place, and hope you will be- success
full in getting something - do. Here Is my
name and tell than | sent you
The embarrassed and humiatel woman
seemed to give way b Christian confidence.
She started out with a hopeful lo)S that |
think must have won for her place IN
which to earn her bread. rather
think that cOnsiderlta AMI Christian gen
tleman saved a woman. New York AMI
Brooklyn ground up last yea about thirty
thousand young women and would like tn
grind no about aS many this year. Out OF
all that long procession ot women vino
march on with no nope for this world or the
next. battered AMI bruised anl scofe al,
and flung OF the precipice. not on but
might have been save TO- mons am O)I
and heaven But COOL mea an gooi w)m-
are not IN lutt htliA 81 buNiti'N'' fA'An
for that poor thing, Nothing but the threat
Of that sewing girls needle held her, ana
the thread broke.
have heard men tell in public discourse
what man is. but what is a woman: tntil
some one shall give a better definition, will
tell you what woman i. Direct from God
n sacred fn1 delicate gift. with affections 50
great that no measuring line short OF that
of the infinite God can tell their bodni.
Fashioned 10 refine and sOothe ana lit anl
irradiate home aud society and the wOrl !.
or such value that no one can appreciate II,
unless his mother lived long enough 10 let
him understand it, or who in some great
crisis Of life. when all else failed him, had
wife to re-enfo.cs him with faith in God
that nothing could disturb.
Sneak out. We cradles. AMI toll Of the feet
that rocked YOU and tn anIiol5 faces That
hovered over you Speak cut ye nurseries
of all Christcndom. and We homes. whether
dosolate or still in full bloom with the faces
Of wife. mother and daughter, and help me-
IN define what woman is. But rs geograph'
or. tell ns that the depths Of the sen CORE
spond with tho heights OF the mountains
have 10 tell YOU that good wonanhoot i''
not higher M than had wOmanhoo1 IS Zee
down. The Cran1er the palace the mot
awful the cOnilagratiOn that destroys
terrible her going down just oil the coast
Now | should not wonder it you trei
blel n little with n sense of responsible
when | say that there is hardly person
this house bu. may have an opp)rtunf
20 save a woman. IL may in your case
done by cool advice. or by financial he,
or by trying 10 bring 10 bear sOnq one oa
thousand Christian influences. H. forl-
stance, you in1 woman in tlnlnclal g,
tress AMI breaking down in health a.
spirits trying % support her cnlIureh' !"
that her husbln Is del ! or an lnVallu' u"s
that very important AMI honorable wor-
but which is little appreciated leepinga
boar ling house where all the guests, accsl-
ing a they pay small board. or proDe
without paying any board at all, t. de;1P'
are critical Of everything AMI harl 70 plep'
busy yourself in trying 10 get her nro
patrons. and tell her of divins sympathy
Yea IL Won 500 a woman fayore1 ot)r-
tune and with all kindly surrounding hnnS
in the hollow batteries Of the worl1 her dst
regalement, living for herself AMI for tina'
if there were no eternity, strive TO brinoer
into the kingdom OF God, MS did the otheiay '
a S1bbath-school teacher, who was the rans
OF the conversion Of the daughter OF n nm OF
immense wealth, anil the daughte re-
solved 10 join the church, and she wentome
and said, Father | am going TO loi me
church, and | want you to come" on,
no." he said, II never 20 to chch.'
well" said the daughter, IF | wereoing
to be married would you not SO to me
mnrriedY' Aud he said, "Oh, yes" 'ell'
said she, "this is Of more importanothan
that"
80 he went an has gone ever sine AMI s.
loves to 20. lido not know but that attn s.
ful Sabbath-school teacher not onlSaYel q
a woman, but saved man. Thereay ia a
in this audience, gathered from all RS OF
the world, there may be n man wse be- s,
havior toward womanhoOI has he per- p
ndious Repent, Stanl NJ, thou ester g
piece OF sin aud death, that | m1raarSs c
you! AS far as possible make reFatlon'
Do not boast that You have her your
power aud that shs cannot help erSet.
When that fine collar AMI crayat, 81 that q,
elegant suit of clothes comes OH a. yolr -
uncovered soul stanls before God. ia VIII II
be better Off il you save that WON,
There is another exploit You c1np AM
that's TO save child. A child rs not
seem to amount 10 much IL is hriy a
year old before it can walk az all. For the
first year and a half it cannot sp IA word.
For the first ten years it would stYe II u
had TO earn its own FOO .. For therst n
teen years its opinion on any subli Is aO-
so,utely valueless AMI then therar1 -
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