Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-09-06

prosperity, this woman was great In troub,.
mere are the feet that have NOT heen Mia.
WI w on the not sands OF this great Saharaf
Dent under the burden of orie;S Wba., -
the snip sailing over CLASSY sea that ha. NOT
.? - :. a"hiie been caught In a cyclone? whe.e
Is me garden of earthly comfort but trors,ls
u.Nh ntched up its fiery and painting ee-,vn
,li9 as gone through 1t with burning plowshare
oI 2lsasterE Under the peltiny OF eyes ~
suffering the great heart of the vn,Id r.
burst with woe "1 nAss
NaFlsators tell US about the rivers. ssS- z:s,
amazon and the Danube and the MIsstsa,s,,,:
nave nave oeen explored, but who can tell "a
uupsn r,lI OF IehSth OF the great river of sorrow
maize W OF tears and blood rolling throp<rh
al lands and all ages, bearing the wreck a.
uaihlies and OF communities and of arnnIres
-ioaalng, writhin2, boiling With tha SOW.
tes OF 6OOO years2 Etna and Cotop6u and
Nesuvius nave been described. but who has
sSer sHetched the volcano Of suffering reach-
ing up from Its depths the lava and the scoris
ana pouring them down the sides to whelnn
the nations? oh, II could gather all the
heartstrtngs, the broken heartstrings. into a
harp would play on 1t a dirge such as was
never sounded
aytholosists tell Us of Gorgon and Cen
taur and Titan, and geoloSists tell US of ex-
Iinct species CT monsters, but greater than
noruon or megathertun, and not belonging
10 the realm OF fable, and not OF an extinct
specles, Is monster with iron Jaw and iron
noois walking across the nations, aad his
.ory and poetry and sculpture, In their at
tempt TO sketch II and describe il. haye
seemed TO sweat Rreat drops Of blood
But, thank God, there are those who can
conquer as this woman Of the text conquered
and say: "It ia we'll Though nv property
be gone, though my children be gone, though
my home be broken up. though my health
be sacrificed, IL Is we'll, il L. well - There Is
no storm on the sea but Christ Is ready to
rise in the hinder part sf the ship and hush
It. There Is no darkness but the constella-
tons OF Gods eternal love can nlumine it,
and though the winter comes out OF the
northern sky you hsve sometimes seen the
northern sky all ablaze with auroras that
seem to say: "Corne up this way. Up this
way are thrones of light, and seas Of sap
phire, and the splendor OF an eternal heaven.
Como up this way"
We msN like the ships. by tempest be tossed
On perinus depths, but cannot he lost.
Thooghsaian enrase the wind and the tids
Tne promise assures US the Lord win providA
heard an echo OF my text In . very DARK
hour, when my father lay dying, and the old
.ounrry minister said to him, "Nfr. Talmage,
now do you feel now a. you arc about to pass
the Jordan OF deathT' He replied-snd it
was the last thing he ever said-'I feel well
I feel very well all is we'll" lifting his hand
n a benedictiou, a speechiess benediction.
which pray God may go down through all
the generations. 1t Is well! OF course 1t
was woll.
Again. this woman Of my text waf 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
| u her property-every picture In her case Is
\ home picture. Those who are not disci-
Dles OF this Shunemite woman who, going
1ut to attend TO outside charities, neglect the
Iuty OF home-the duty OF wife, OF mother,
0f daughter. No faithtulness in public ben
9faction can ever atone foc domestic negli-
yence.
There has been many a mother who py In
| iefatigable 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.
| I remember when Kossuth was in this
| country there were some ladies who got
regulations by presenting him very grace
| hllly with bouquets Of flowers on public oc-
.asions, but what was all that compared with
| the work OF the plain Hungarian mother who
gave to truth and civilization and tho cause
| Of universal liberty a Kossuth2 Yes. this
| woman OF my text was great in her simplicity.
| When the prophet wanted to reward her
for her hospitality by asking some prefer
ment from the king, what did she sayH She
declined It, She said II dwell among my
own people," as much ns to say 81 an
| satisfied with my lot All l want ts my
family and my friends around me- dwell
among my own people" Oh, what rebuke
| TO the strife for precedence in all ages
Row many there are who want to get great
architecture and homes furnished with all
art, all painting, all statuary, who have not
enough taste to distinguish between gothic
and byzantine, and who could not tell a
agure in plaster OF Paris from Painers
penciling from Bierstadt's yosemite e"-men
who buy large libraries by the square foot,
lbuyins these libraries when they have hardly
enough education TO pick out the day OF the
almanacl Oh, how many there are ytrivin
to have things as well az their neighbors, OF
better than their netghoors. and In the strug.
gle vast fortunes are exhausted and business
Arm. thrown into bankruptcy, and men o.
reputed honesty rush into astounding for
gertes.
or course soy nothing against refinement
or culture Splendor OF abode, sumptsous'
ness Of diet, lsvishness In art neatness in ap
psrel-there Is nothing against them In th'
bible or out OF the Bible. God does moi
want us to prefer mud hovel to English cot
tase, or untanned sheepskin to Frenct
brosdclosh, or husks TO plneappie, OK th'
clum.iness of . boor TO the manners OF |
gentleman. God, who strung the beach VIII
ssIn+sG shsli and the grass OF the field witt
| the dews OF the night and hath eIquisttel!
tinged morning cloud and robin red breast
wants us TO keep our eye open TO all peautl-
mi sights, and our ear open to all beautiful
cadenoes and our heart open to all elevstins
sentiment. But what want TO impress upor
vo,, ia that YOU ought not to Inventory TN
irYuries OF life as among the indispensables
and YOU ought not to depreciate this Womal
OF the text, who, when offered kingly prefer
| Irua
ment, responded, Il owen "~ohS tS' ""
+ Yes this woman OF the text was great Il
bor nietv faith in God, and she vss no
| ashamed to talk about II before idoIaten. An
woman will never appreciate what sne oWe
to Christianity until she Knows anu 80 VI
E Jegradntion OF her sex under pasanism an
J Mshommedsnism. Her very birth considere
,nt,Sortuns. Sold like cattle In the sharn
! SIca slave OF all work, and at last her pou
! I'M, for the funeral pyre OF her husband. q,
/ Above the shrek OF the fire worsh1Pers
India and above the rumolinS OF tne !usse !
g naTts I hear the million voioed groan
rrTnred. insulted. broken hearted, GOVT
t-odSen woman. Her tears have fallen IN tn
( Niis and Tigrts and the La Plata and on th
I stannes of Tartary. She has oeen olsnoL oi
orsd In Turkish garden and fsIsnn f - ~
7 ard Spanish Alhambra- Her n,,le ones Ia
: Saan sacrtnosd in the Ganges. Thefe is NJ
loan. or dungeon, or an islsnd, OF
4 .onn,oin. or a river, or sea but codIo 'e
a a story OF the outrnges neaped upon neri
, But. thanks to God, this sorions or. os,ina GnrI
tianity comes forth, and and, ar an5 "a sbe ri.es
e 80 ignoTiny to exalted sphere anu ~
Il nN,nas the affectionate daughter, the GEM
d CONES com the T Tbonored mother, the useiul Chri
tian. oh, If Christianity ha, ,vii dpns become 30 m1
for woman, surely odyyosste wtan and W." its sublime
mplacation!
+ When come to speak OF wonnanly ~ mn y
l. ence, my mind always "a9s 97 xeops ago, !
MSde,wss' 1ns av,ss ,ot the re.urrection. A6ogt
put. pu, a~ aSs and just before their maria r. !,
gsn gsarS nv u father and mother stood up IN t,
old oay meeting house at some,vilhis HE Christi. II rs
took upon ae hss sss OF s0wS wTioisstude IS she v
y Issslp tnroTIsl and usefully and came to her e,
L ~ ~harnlie NJ. obiid Of want ever came TO o