Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-23


mors for ths wsrld tksn MANY .nothw
woman wkess name kss soaa1ssi thronsh
eli tbs lzads sa.i tkroogh al o<nszrsss-
Irsnsnbsr NAen Kossuth wss u tbs
country theye wers sons l.diss WA -
replsssle1. konzx.bls repatation. by pre-
ss1nag hin yey grse>faliy vita boa-
qusts Of hewers On pob.ie occasaons. bat
what vs. al tk.f compsrsd viii the
vork Il tie plain Han<Arsxs mothsr
Who gave 10 truth and eivilizstien and
tie cause q universal libsrty = kossuthi
fss. this woman u my tsat wAs grs@t ia
her simplicity.
HUMILITY.
When the prpphst wanted 20 reward her
for her hospitality By asking ssans pref
srfnens from the king. what did abe
sayf She declined n. She said; II dwell
AMONG my own people, - much "a 10
say; - Am sati-fisi with my l0t. Al
want Is usy family aad my friends AROUND
me. Idweli among my own people" On.
what rehrks 10 the strife for preoelsnos
IN al age,
How nanny there are who want 60 get
great architecture and homes furnished
with al art. al painting. al statuary.
who have notenough taste 10 distinguish
between gothic and byzantine. and who
could not tell figure IN plaster Of paris
from ralmsr's white Captive and
would not know boys p~nciling from
herstait's "Yosesnite"--me who buy
large libraries BY tho square foot. buying
these Libraries when they have hardly
enough education to pick out the day of
the alnlanaci Oh. how many there are
striving 10 have things as well as thcir
neighbors. or better than their neigh.
bors. and In the struggle vast fortunes
are exhausted and business firms thrown
into bankruptcy. and men az reputea
honesty rush into astounding forr'ries.
OF course say nothing against refine
ment or culture. Splendor Of abode.
sunptuousness OF diet. lavishness iii art.
neatness in apparel--there IA nothing
against them In the Bible or cut Of the
Bible God does not want us 10 prefer
mud howell 10 English cottage, or IN
tanned sheepskin 10 Frei,ch broadcloth,
or husks 10 pineapple. or the clunsiness
q boor % the manners Of gentleman.
Cd, no strung the beach with tinted
shell and the grass Of the field with the
dews Of tho night and hath exquisitely
singed moruing cioad aud robin red
breast. wants rs 10 keep our eye open 20
al beautiful sights. and our ear open to
ell beautiful csdences. and our heart
open to ell elcvzting sentiments- But
what I want 20 impress upon you 10 that
you ought not TO inventory the luxuries
of life a. snong the indispensablss. and
you ought not ~ depreciate this woman
Of the text. who. when offered k;ngiy
prefsrmeat, responded. 81 dwell among
my own people, 4
woxAx's DEBT TO CHRISTIANITY.
Yea, this woman Of the text was great
In her pis<y, f.ith in God, and shs was
not sshamsd to tall about 10 before idol
sters. All. woman WI newer appreciate
what she owes to CHtstisnity untfl abe
knows and ssss the degradation Of her
ser under pagsnisn and Mohammedan-
ISM Her very birth considered mis-
fortune. Sold IKE cattle In the sham
ble& Slave Of al work, and ut last her
body fuel for the funeral pyrsof her hus-
band.
Above the shrisk az ths IRE wurship-
szs In India and above ths Yumhling Of
the jnggsrnauts hear tho ruzilion
voiced groon Of wrongcd, insulted, bro
ken hearted, downtzodden woman. Her
tears have fallen In the Nile and HgTis
and the Ii Plata and on the steppes Of
Of Tartary. She has been dishonored In
Turkish garden and Persian palace and
Spanish Alhambra- Her little ones
have been sacrificed In the Ganges
There Is not groan. or dungeon, or an
island. OF . mountain. or Q river, or =
sea bat could tell . story Of tho outrages
heaped upon her.
But. thanks 70 God. this glorious Chris
tianity comes forth. and all the chains Of
this vsssalAgs are snapped. and she rises
mp from ienoniny 10 exalted sphere and
becomes tho afectionsts daughter. the
gentle wife. the honored mother, the
useful Christian Oh, II Christianity has
done % much for woman. surely woman
viii become its most srdeut advocate
and Its sublimest exempaidcationi
When I come TO speak Of womanly I'm
fuence. my mind always wandsrs of to
ons model-the aged ono who. ~ years
ago. we pot away for the resurrection.
About 81 years ago. and just before their
marriage day, my father aud mother
stood mp In the old meeting house at
Somerville, N. j.. and took upon them
the vows Of the Christian. Through
long life of vicissitude she lived harm
lessly and usefully and came to her end
In peace. No child Of want ever came
70 her door and was turned empty away.
No ono IN SORROW came 20 her but was
comforted. No one asked Der the way
10 he saved bat she pointed him 10 the
cross. When the anesi Of life came 10
peizhbor's dwelling, she Wa there 10 re-
joice at the starting Of another immortal
spirit. When the angel Of death came TO
a nsishbor's dwelling. she was. there TO
robe the Departed for the burial
We had often heard her, when leading
family prayers in the sh<snce q my IA
Their. say. 20 Lord. I AK not for my chill
dren wealth % honor. bat do AJAX that
they all may Be the subjects Of thy CON-
forting grscsf- Her II children brought
into tho kingdom Of God. she had but
one moro wish. and that was that she
might So her long abrnt missionary
son. and when the ship from China an
chorei IN New York hsrbcr and the long
absent ons passed over the threshold u
bis pa.ernd home she aid. Now. Lord.
lestest then thy servant depart IN peace.