The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-14


tales OF the women OF Shunen that looked
alter the LORDS messenger
Again. this woman in the text was great IN
her behavior under trouble.
Her only son had died on her lap. Avery
bright light went out il that household. The
| sacred writer puts il very tersely when he
| says, lie sat on her knees until noon. and
| then he died" Xettfe writer goes on TO say
that she exclaimed. 1t is we'll" Great in
prosperity. this woman was great in trouble.
Who're are the feet that have not been blis-
tered on the hot sands OF this great SaharaE
Where are the Shoulders that have not been
bent under the burden OF grief? Where is
the ship sailing over classy sea that has not
after awhile been caught il a cyclone? Where
| is the garden Of earthly comfort but trouble
| hath hitched up its fiery and painting team
ana gone throush il 9Th burning plowshare
| 81 disaster? Under tne peltin; Of Gyes Of
| suffering the great heart OF the world h.s
burst with woe.
Nevisato.s tel! rs ABOUT the rivers. and the
Amazon and the Danube and the Mississippi
aava been explored, but who can tell the
| depth or length OF the great river OF sorrow
made up Of tears and blood rolling through
| all lands and Ill ages, bearing the wreck OF
| .GmilcS and OF communities and Of empires
-:oarinc, writing. boiling with the agon-
| rs Of 6000 years? Etnq aud Cotopaxi and
| Fesuvius have been described, but who has
ever sketched the volcano OF suffering reach.
ngup from its depths the lava and the scoria
md pouring them down the sides to whelm
he nations? Oh, if could gather all the
leartstrincs, the broken. heartstrings, into
harp ] would play on it d!rge such rs was
| never sounded.
NythoioS;sts tell US Of Gorcon and Cen
:aur and Titan. and geo!os;s;s tell Us OF ex-
| ;nct species OF monsters, but greater than
| Gordon or nlegatherium. and not belonging
| o the realm OF fable. and not OF an extinct
| species. is q monster with iron jaw and iron
| looEs walking across the nations, and his
| ory and poetry and sculpture in their ut
empt to sketch it and describe it, have
seemed to sweat great drops OF blood.
But, thank God. there are those who can
| conquer rs this woman o! the text conquered
and say: IT is we'll! Though my property
oe gone, though my children be gone, though
| ny home be broken up, though my health
% sacrificed, it is we'll, it is Well - There is
| 40 storm OF the sea but Christ is ready to
:ise in the hinder part Of the ship and hush
t. There is no darkness bat the constela-
! ions Of Gods eternal love can illumine it,
and though the winter comes out Of the
aorthern sky you have sometimes seen the
northern sky all ablaze with auroras that
seem to say: ''CoGe up this way. Up this
way are thrones o; light. and seas Of sap
2hire, and the splendor of an eternal heaven.
Come uD this way"
We may, like the ships, by tempest he tossed
On peril us depths, but cannot I've lost.
Though satan tnrage the wind and tee tide,
Tee promise assures us the Lord viii provide.
I heard an echo OF my text in a very darI;
hour, when my father lay dying, and the old
country minister said to him, "Mr. Talmage
how 90 you feel now as you are about TO pass
The jordan Of deatn?" He replied-and il
was the last thing he ever said-"I feel well
feel very well ; all is WE'LL" lifting his hand
in benediction, q speechless benedictiop,
which pray God may go down through all
The generations. It IS well OF course it
was well.
Again this woman :? my text was great
in her application to domestic duties. Every
picture is q homo picture. whether she is
entertaining an Ell: -'-2r whether she Is CIV
ing careful attent+1::o her sick boy, OF
whether she is apt alins Cor the restoration
of her propertS>-eve-y p!ti"rn In LEI case j7
! home picture. Those who are not disc.-
pies of this Shunemite woman who, going
out to attend to outside charities, neg glect the
duty of hone-the duty of wife, Of mother,
Of daughter. No faithfulness in public ben
siaction can ever atone for domestic negli-
yencc.
q
iefatigable toll has reared a large family OF
children, equipping them for the duties Of
life with good manners and large intelli-
yence 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.
+ remember when Kossuth Tes in this
country there were some ladies who got
regulations by presenting him very grace
fully 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 the cause
If universal liberty a Kossuth? Yes. this
woman OF my text was great in her simplicity.
When the prophet wanted to reward her
or her hospitality by asking some prefer
nent from the king, what did she say? She
declined it. She said II dwell among my
OWN people," as much as to say: Il am
satisfied with my lot.
How many there are who want to get great
architecture and homes furnished with all
art. all painting, AL st&tuary, who have not
enough taste TO distinguish between gothic
and byzantine, and who could not tell
lgure In plaster Of Paris from Palmer,s
White Ca tive. and would not know boys
oenciling from Bierstadt's Yosemite men
ouyinc these Libraries when they have hardly
enough education to pick out the day OF the
almdnac. Oh, how many there are striving
10 have things as we'll as their neichbors, or
better than their neighbors. and in the strug-
gle vast fortunes are exhausted and business
firms thrown into bankruptcy, and men OF
reruted honesty rush into astounding for
Series.
OF course say nothing against refinement
or culture. Splendor OF abode, sumptuous-
ness Of diet. layishl"ss IN art, neatness in ap-
parrl--thcre is nothing against them i'll the
bible or out OF the Bible. God does not
want Us to prefer mud hoTel to English cot
tacc, or untanned shenpSkin to French
broaLc!oth. or hrsks to pineapple or tho
clurnsines5 of boor to tho manners o.
gentleman. God. vino strung the beach with
tinted she'll and the grass o! tho field with
tie dews Of the night and hath eXquisitely
timed ;uoruing cloud anl robin red breast.
wants Us to keep ou7 eye open to all beautl-
;ul sights, ana ou- c;r open to ell beautiful!
ca,!rnces an our hoirt open to ali ci"vltlu~
sentiment. Bat what want to impress upon
YOU is that yoa ought not to inventory the
Injuries OF life n among the indlsi'"nS.blcs.
and YOU ou-::t not to denTs2iate this woman
Of the text. Who. when o!;'rcl kin-iy prefer
,acnt. responded, Il dwell &-29ns my oTH
pcDp!".
Yes. this woman Of the text Wis great in
her p!ctv, faith in God. anl shn wax I'd;
ashamed 10 talk about it before i!oIa.ers. All.
woman will never appreciate what she owes
TO Christianity until she know, and secs the
DEGRADATION o. her SEX under paSanlsc anc
MlhomnedaniSm. Her ve-T birth considered
a misic7tune Sold like cattle in the sham.
hios. Slave 0: all work. aal al last Ter body
fu" for the funeral PR" 0: her husoand.
Above the sarcS OF the iire wcr=hip.cs il
India and above the rumbl!ns OF the iu,s:r-
nauts I hear the million Toiced graan Of
wr0ncsi, ipsultea. broken hcartc.;. down
troldcn woman. 1:cr tcHCs have faii"l in the
Nile aud Ticrs anl the l.: Plat! AMI on tn"
stepoes OF Tart nv She HIS been dishon-
orcI in Turkish car.!cu aN'l P,r2:an palace
aud Spanish Alhambra. Her iil,i" one- h:T"
been sac-,.ica,l in the Gan ;es. Tn:rt is cot
q cro2n. or q dungeon. or IN is!ani, or Il
mountain. Or 2 riyrr rr So; bit coIid tel
q story Of tie ouir2:es ae1?cd upon hcr.
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