Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

tory anu poetry ana sculpture, in their at
tempt to sketch it and describe 1t, have
seemed to sweat great drops OF blood.
But, thank God, there are those who can
conquer as this woman OF the text conquered
and say 1T is we'll Though my property
be gone, though my children be gone though
my home be broken up, though my health
be sacrificed, it is WELL II is well Rs There is
no storm on the sea but Christ is ready to
rise in the hinder part Of the ship and hush
II. There is no darkness but the constella.
tions OF Gods eternal love can illumine IL.
and though the winter comes out Of the
northern sky you have sometimes seen the
northern sky all ablaze with auroras that
seem to say "Come ,ip this way. Up this
way are THRONES Of light and seas Of sap
phire, and the splendor Of an eternal heaven.
Come up this way"
We may, Ike the ships, by tempest be tossed
on perilous depths, but cannot I've lost
Though satan enrage the wind and the tde
TIE promise assures us the Lord viii provide.
heard an echo OF my text in a very DARK
hour, when my father lay dying, and the old
country minister said to him. "Mr Talmage.
how do you feel now rs you are about to pass
the Jordan Of death2' He repied-and It
was the last thing he ever said-"I feel we'll !;
feel very we'll all is WELL lifting his hand
IN benediction, speeches. benedction.
which l pray God may go down through all
the generations. It is we'll OF course Il
was well.
Again. this woman Of my text was great
In her application to domestic duties Every
picture Is home picture. whether she is
entertaining an Elisha, or whether she is Civ
ing careful attention to her sick boy. or
whether she is appealing for the restoration
Of her property picture in her case is
a home picture. Those who are not disc.-
Piles OF this Shunemite woman who. going
out to attend 10 outside charities, neglect the
duty Of home-the duty Of wife, Of mother,
Of daughter No faithfulness In public ben
efactioh can ever atone for domestic 1egli'
gence.
There has been many mother who by in
defatigabe toll has reared large family Of
children, equipping them for the duties OF
life with good manners and large intelli-
gence and Christian principle, starting them
out. who has done more for the world than
many another woman whose name has
sounded through all The lands and all the
centuries.
l remember when Kossuth was in this
country there were some ladies who got
regulations by presenting him very grace
fully With bouquets Of flowers on public oc4
casions. but what was all that compared with
the work Of the plain Hungarian mother who
gave to truth and civilization and the cause
OF universal liberty a KOssuth2 Yes. this
woman 81 my tent was great In her simplicity.
When The prophet wanted 70 reward her
for her hospitality by asking some prefer
ment from the king. what did she sayy She
declined IT, She said Il dwell among my
own people as much as TO say Il am
satisfied with my lot. All l want is my
family and my ffiends around me. dwell
among my own people Oh. what arebuke
to the strife for precedence in all ages
How many there are who want to get great
architecture and homes furnished with all
art, all painting, all statusry, who have not
enough taste to distinguish between gothic
and byzantine, and who could not tell a
figure in plaster of Paris from Palmer's
white Cal tive and would not know boys
penciling from Bierstadt's Yosemite men
who buy large Libraries by the square foot,
buying these libraries when they have hardly
enough education to pick out the day OF the
almanac Oh, how many there are striving
10 have things as well az their nelghbors, or
better than their neighbors. and In the strug-
gle vast fortunes ara exhausted and business
firms thrown into bankruptcy, and men OF
reputed honesty rush into astounding for
series.
or course / say nothing against refinement
br culture Splendor Of abode, sumptuou5'
ness OF diet. layishness in art, neatness in ap.
parel-there is nothing against them in tho
Bible or out Of the Bible. Col does not
want US to prefer mud howell to English cot
tage, or untannsd sheepsSin to Fren n
bfoadcloth, or husks TO pineapple, or tbs
clumsiness OF a bOor 10 the manners o, 4
gentleman. Col. who strung the beach with
tinted she'll and the grass OF the field with
. H., lor - IN pftrhf an ! hath pYuliGIfnlE
inged morning clou m robin rel breist.
wants Us to keep our eye opsa to all beautl-
full sights AMI our ear open to all beautiful
cadences. and our heart Opento all eleyatlng
sentiment. But want want 10 impress upon
YOU is that YOU ought not % inventory th)
iuxuries OF life as among the indispen5loles,
and YOU ought not to depreclate this woman
of the tex. wlo. wlen Ofsrs kinyly prefer
ment. responded, Il dwell among my own
people
Yes. this woman Of the text was great in
her petv. faith in God, AMI she WAS not
ashamed to talk about it before ilolatsrs. Al
woman will never appreciate what she owes
to Christianity until she knows au1 sees IN ,
degradation OF her sex under plSauis Il an1
Mahommedanism. Her very birth considered
misfortune. Sold like cattle In the shan
bles. Slave OF all WORK, AMI at last ner 0oly
fuel for the funeral pyre OF her nus laul
Above the shrek OF the fire worshipers IN
india and above tho rumbling OF the jugser-
nauts | hear the million vOicei groan Of
wronged. insultei, broken hearte |, down
troiden woman. Her tears have fallen In ths
Nile and Tigrls an the Ia Plata an on the
steppes Of Tartary. Sne has been dis1on-
ored in Turkish garden aud Persian palace
and Spanish Alhambra. Her little ones nave
been sacrificed in the Ganges. There is not
a groan. or a dungeon, or an islani. o. a
mountain. or a river, or SEA but could tell
a story OF the outrages neaped upon her.
But. thanks to Col, this glorious CHRIS
tianity comes forth. AMI all tine chains o.
this vassalage are snapped. AMI sac RS up
from ignominy to exalted sphere am De
comes the affectionate daughter, the gen'l)
wife. the hOnored mother, the useiul cars
tian. Oh ii Christianity has done so mu n
for woman. surely woman Will beecn' us
most ardent advocate AMI its sIbllmes'
exempiicatioa
When 1 come to speak OF womGniy inAu-
fnce nv mind always wanders of to one
model-the aged one who, q years ago we
put away for the resurrection. About 81
years ago. and Just before their marriage
day. my father and mother stood up IN th9
old meeting house at Somerville n. j.. AMI
took upon them the VOWS Of the Christian.
Through a long life OF vlcissitude she lived
harmlessly and usefully and came TO her end
In peace. No child OF want ever came to her
door and was turned empty away. No ono
In sorrow came to her but was comforted.
No one asked her the way to be saved but she
pointed him to the cross. When the angel
OF life came TO a neighbor's dwelling, sho
was there 10 rejoice at the starting OF an
other immortal spirit. When the angel OF
death came to q neighbors dwelling. she
was there to robe the departed for the burial.
We had often heard her, when leading
family prayers in the absence Of my father,
say. 30 Lord. I ask not for my children
wealth or honor, but do ask that they all
may be the subjects OF Thy comforting grace -
Her II children brought into the kingdom OF
God. she had but one more Wish. and that
was that she might see her long absent mis-
sionary son, and when the ship from China
anchored in New York harbor and the long
absent one passed over the threshold Of his
paternal home she said. Now, Lord lettest
Thou Thy servant depart In peace. for mine
eyes have seen the salvation. The prayer
was soon answered.
II was an autumnal day when We gathered
from afar and found only the house from
which the soul had fed forever. She looked
very natural. the hands very much rs when
they were employed in kindness for her
children. Whatever else we forget, we never
forget the look OF mothers hands. As we
stood there by the easket We could not help
but say, "Don't she look beautifully It was
a cloudless day when, with heavy hearts,
SEQ carried her ont 10 the last resting