Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-21


stranger tarried in the room and the
old hunter took hold of the horns of the
altar aud brought down the blessing OF
God upon his household and upon the
stranger within their gates. Rude, but
glorious Christian hospitality!
Again, this woman in. my text was
great In her kindness toward Gods
messenger. Elisha may have been
stranger 10 that household, but as she
found out he had come on divine mis-
sion, he was cordially welcomed. we
have great many books in our day
about the hardshjps OF ministers and
the trials OF Christian ministers.
wish somebody would write book
about the joys Of the Christian minis
ter, about the Sympathies Of all around
him, about the kindnesses, about the
genial considerations Of him. Does sor-
row come TO our home and is there
shadow on the cradle, there are nun
dreds Of eyes TO help, and many who
weary not through the long night
watching, and hundreds Of prayers GO
Ing up that God will restore the sick.
Is there a burning, Drumming cup OF
calamity placed on the pastors table,
are there not many 10 help him drink
OF that cup and who will not be COM
forted because he is stricken? Oh, Tor
somebody 70 write a book about the re-
wards of the Christian ministry about
his surroundings Of Christian sympathy.
THIS WOMAN OF THE TENT
was only type Of thousands of men
and women who come down from the
mansion and from the cot to do kind
ness to the Lords servants. l suppose
the men Of Shunem had TO pay the bills
but it was the large-hearted Christian
sympathies of the women OF Shunem
that looked after the Lords messenger.
Again, this woman in the text was
great in her behavior under trouble.
Her only son had died on her lap. A
very bright light went out in that house
hold. The sacred writer puts it very
tersely when be says: ale sat on her
knees until noon, and men he died.
Yet the writer goes on {. ay that she
exclaimed: at is we'll" Great IN pros
Uerity, this woman was great in trouble.
Where are the feet that have not been
blistered on tho hot sands OF this great
Sahara? 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 a while
been caught in cyclone? Where IS
the garden Of earthly comfort but
trouble hath hitched up its fiery aud
painting team and gone through II with
burning ploughshare Of disaster? Under
the pelting of ages of suffering, the
great heart OF the world has burst with
woe.
Again, this woman OF my text was
great In her application to domestic du-
ties. Every picture is home picture,
whether she is entertaining an Elisha,
or whether she is giving careful atten-
tion TO her sick boy, or whether she is
appealing for the restoration Of her
property-every picture in her case is a
home picture Those are not disciples
of this Shunemite woman, who, going
out to attend to outside charities, neg
lecJ the duty OF hOme-the duty of wife,
of mother, Of daughter. No faithful
ness In public benefaction can ever
atone
FOR DOMESTIC NEGLIGENCE.
There has been many a mother who
by interchangeable toll has reared a large
family OF children, equipping them for
the duties OF life with good manners and
large Intelligence and Christian prin-
ciple, starting them ont, who has done
more for the world than many another
woman whose name has sounded
through all the lands and through all
centuries.
remember when Kossuth was in this
country there were some ladies who got
honorable reputation, by
presenting him very gracefully with
bouquets Of flowers on public occasions;
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 Kos
suth? Yes, this woman OF my text was
great In her simplicity.
When this prophet wanted ito reward
her for her hospitality by asking some
prefermeut from the king, what did
she say? She declined II. She said:
Il dwell among my own people" as
much as to say, Il I'm satisfied with my
lot; all want is my family and my
friends around me. dwell among my
own people," Oh, what rebuke TO
the strife for precedence in all ages.
Yea, this woman of the text was
great in her piety. Faith in God, and
She was not ashamed to talk about 1t
before idolaters. Alb, woman will never
what she owes to Christian
ity until she knows and sees the degra-
datiOn Of her sex under PaganiSm and
Her very birth con-
sidered a misfortune. Sold like cattle
in the shambIes. Slave OF all work, and
at last. her body fuel for the funeral
pyre OF her husband. Above the shrek
OF the fire worshipperS In India and
above the rumbling Of the juggernauts,
l hear the million-yoiced groan Of
wronged, insulted, brOken-hearted,
woman. Her tears have
fallen In the Nile and TigriS aud the La
Plata and on the steppes Of Tartary.
She has been diShonored in Turkish
garden and Persian palace and Spanish
Her little ones have been
sacrificed in the Gauges. There is not
4 groan, or a dungeon, or an island, or
4 mountain, or river, or lake, or
sea but could tell story OF the outrage
neaped upon her.
BUT THANKS TO GOD
lis glorious Christianity comes forth,
md all the chains Of this vsssalage are
snapped, and she rises up from ign ON
ny to exalted sphere, and becomes the
.ffectionate daughter, the gentle wife,
he honOred mother, the useful Chris
ian. Oh. II Christianity has done so
much for women, surely women will
become its most ardent advocate and
Is Subllmest exemplitication.
When / come to speak OF womanly