Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

tnur ana Iuan. anu geOtOgtsts tell US OF eN-
tinct species OF monsters, but greater than
Gordon or megatherium. and not belonging
to the realm OF fable, AM not OF IN extinct
species. is n monster with iron jaw and iron
hoofs walking across the nations, AMI his
tory and poetry and sculpture, in their at
tempt TO sketch il and describe II, have
seemed 10 sweat great drops of blood.
But, thank God. there are those who can
conquer rs this woman Of the text conquered
and say SIT is well. Though my property
be gone, though my children be gone, though
my homo be broken up, though my health
be sacrificed. Il is we'll. II Is well = There is
no storm on the sea but Christ Is ready to
rise In the hinder part OF the ship and hush
Il. 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 20 say. Come up this way. Up this
way ara thrones OF light. and seas OF sap
phire, and the splendor OF an eternal heaven.
Come up this way"
We may like the ships. by tempest be tos 'ci
On perilous depths. but cannot I've lost
Though satan snraye the wind aud the tide.
+. c promise us the Lord will provide.
heard an echo OF my tex, in n very dark
hour, when my father lay dying, and the old
country minister said 20 him, "Mr Talmage
how do you feel now as you are about To pass
the Jordan OF deathy' He replied and IL
was the last thing he ever said-''I feel well
feel verv well all is we'll. lifting his hand
in a beneiictton. a speechless benediction.
which pray God may so down through all
the generations. It is well OF course it
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
-A.ak r.. - f..
OF her property-eyery picture in her case is
home picture. Those who are not disc;
pies of this Shunemite woman who. going
out to attend TO outside charities. neglect the
duty Of home-the duty OF wife, of mother,
OF daughter. No faithfulness in public hen
efaction can ever atone for domestic negli-
gence.
There has been many n mother who by in
defatigable toll has reared n large family OF
children, equippiny them for the duties of
life with good manners and large intelii-
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 lanis and all tho
centuries.
I remember when Kossath was In this
country there were some ladies' who got
regulations by presenting him very grace
fully with bouquets Of flowers on public oc-
cas:ons, hut what was all that compared with
the work OF the plain Hungarian mother vino
gave to truth and civilization and the cause
OF universal liberty kossuths Yes. this
woman OF my text was great in her simplicity.
When the prophet wanted to rewarl her
for her hospitality by asking sons prsier-
ment from the king. what did she say? She
declined IT, She said III dwell among my
own people," as much as to say II am
satisfied with my lot. All want is my
family and my friends around me. dwell
mn my mamie - nh Nraaf a ralattt...
TO the strife for precedence in all ages
How many there are vino want to get great
architecture and homes furnished with all
art, all painting, all statuary. vino have not
enough taste 10 distinguish between gothic
and byzantine. AMI who could not tell
figure In plaster Of Paris from Palmer.s
"White CAP tive. and would not know a 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 strivin:
TO have things as well as their ncighbors, or
better than their neighbors. and in the strug
gle vast fortunes are exhausted ani business
firms thrown into bankruptcy. AMI men OF
reputed honesty rush into astounding for
geries.
OF course l say nothing against refinement
or culture. Splendor of abode. sump,uoas.
ness Of diet, lavishness in art, II eatness in ap
parel-there IL nothing against them in the
Bible or out OF the Bible. Col does not
want Us to prefer mui hovel to English CO.,
tage, or untanned sheepsSin TO French
broadcloth, or husks TO pineapple. or the
clumsiness OF a boor 10 the manners of a
gentleman. God, who strung ths beach with
tinted she'll and thu grass OF ths field with
the dews of the night AMI hath exquisitcly
tinged morning clol an robin rel bre ist.
wants Us TO keep our eye opea to all beluti-
fsst afspi.ea nnl my In all h..a fsI
cadcnces, and our heart open TO all elcvItin :
sentiment. But WANT | want to impress UPON
You is that you ought not to inventory ths
luxuries OF life rs among the indispensIbles.
and you ought not to depreciate this woman
OF the text. VINO. when offered kingy prefer
ment. responded. Il dwell among my own
people"
Yes, this woman OF the text was great in
her piety. faith in Col, and she was not
ashamed TO talk about il before iiolaters. All,
woman will never appreciate what she owes
to Christianity antil sae knows ani s.cs the
degradation OF her sex under paganis II and
Mahommedanism. Her very birth considered
a misfortune. Sold like cattle in the shan.
bles. Slave OF all work, and at last her bo ly
fuel for the funeral pyre of her husband.
Above the shrick of the fire worshipers in
India and above the ri umbling of the jugger-
nauts I hear the million voicei groan of
wrongei. insultei, broken hearted, down
oiden woman. Her tears have fallen in tho
Nile and Tigrls and the La Plata AMI on the
steppes OF Tart1ry. She has been dishon-
ored 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, or n
mountain, or u river, or a SEA but could tell
story OF the outrages neaped upon her.
But. thanks to Col, this glorious Chris
tianity comes forth, and all the chains of
mlmsw .uI at. -sa
from ignominy to exalted sphere and be-
comes the affectionate daughter, the gentle
wife, the honored mother the useful Chris
tian. oh, II Christianity has done so much
for woman, surely woman will become lis
most ardent advocate and its sublimest
exemplincation
When come 10 speak OF womaniy infiu.
ence, my mind always wanders of to ona
model-the aged one who. % years ago, we
put away for the resurrection. About 81
years ago. and just before their marriay,
day. my father and mother stood up in the
old meeting house at Somervile. \. j.. ani
took upon them lne vows OF the Christian.
Through long life of vicisSitude 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 on,
in sorrow came to her but was comforted.
No one asked her the way to he save.i but she
pointed him TO the cross. When the angel
VI iHc came 10 uclgnDOrS uWcltlng. Snc
was there TO reioice Mt the starting of an-
other immortal spirit. When the angel OF
death came TO a neighhors 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, 80 Lord. ! ask not for my children
wealth or honor. but do ask that they all
may bethe 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 srd, 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
rom aiar and found only the house from
which the soul had fed forever. She looked
very natural. the hands very much as when
tney were employed in Kindness for her
children: Whatever else We forget, we never
FORGET the lOne n