Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-30

plaster Of Paris from Palm~r's .'Whlts
captive" and would not know n boys
pcnciiing from Bierstadt's Yosemite"
Men who buy large libraries by the
square foot buying thess libraries
when they have hardly enough educ.-
tion 20 pick out the dayof the almanac
oh. how many there are striving @
have things as well As their nsighbors.
or better than their neiRhborH. aud IN
the struggle vast fortunes arc exhaust.
ell and business firms thrown ints
bankruptcy. and men 81 rcputef
honesty rush into astounding forgrr
Les
OF course. I any sothinR against 70
finemcnt cor culture. Splendor Of abode,
sumptuousness 81 diet. laviahneaa In
art, neatneas in apparrl--thero u moth
ing against them Ina the Bible or out 90
the hthlc. God does not want ua 70
prei-s mud hovcl 81 English cottage
or uetauned shecpslsin 20 French
brOadciotlN or huslss 70 pineapple
or the ciuuslncss 81 boor 20 the man
nera ~ gentleman God. who strung
the beach with she'll. and the grass 81
the field with the dsws 81 the night,
aud hath cxquibitely Hinged morning
Ia keep our eye 'open 20 all beautiful
sights, and our ear opau 40 ali bcRntk
ful cadcnces. and our heart rpcn 20 az
elcvatlng sentiments But what want
90 impress upon you "a that you ought
not 20 inventory the Injuries 81 iifs al
among the indispanraiiies and yox
ought not "a deprcciatc this woman o,
the text, who, when offered ltinRiy pro
my own people"
Aen. this woman OF the text was great
In her plcty Faith In God. and aha
wa not ashamed 20 talk about II 10
70 idoiatora Al, woman will never
Az ccinte what she owes % Christian
ity until she knows and sees the degrn,
dalton Of her sex under paganism and
Mohammcdanism. Her very birth con-
sidcred misfortune Sold like cattls
In the sharnble.. slave 81 all work. and
az last her body fuel Tor tho funeral
pyrc ~ her husband. Above the shrisk
~ the fire vornhipcrs 81 India and
obovv the rumblinR Of the juggsrnautA
hear the million-yoiccd groan Of
wrunFcd, iusulted, and broken hearted.
down-troddrn woman. Her tears havs
fallen Ina the Nile aud Tigria and the
La Plata aud on the steps OF Tartary.
She has been dishonored In Turkish
garden and Persian palace and Spanish
Alhambra Her little ones have been
sacrificed Iva the Danges There IL not
a grOan, or a dungeon. or an island OF
mountain, or a river. or lake. or
sea bat could toll story Of ths out
ruWcs heapcd upon hor.
Hut. thanks 20 God. this glorious
Christianity comes forth. and all the
chains Of this vasselnge arc snapped.
and she rises up from ignominy 20 on.
allied sphere, and becomes the afFeo
Tomato daughter tho gentle wife, the
houorcd mother. tho useful Christian.
OH. II Christianity has done A. much
for woman, surely woman will becoue
its most ardent advocate and its sub
limest eNcmplihcatiou.
When I como 81 speak % pvOinanly
influence. ms mind always wnndera on
20 one model the aged one who. TWEEN.
ty-acvcn years ago, we pat away for
the resurrection. About chhty-aeseu
years ago. and just before their mar.
riagc day my father and mother stood
up iu the old meeting house ~ sofBrr.
Vile, ). j.. and took upon them ths
vows ~ the Christian. Through = long
Tie ~ vicissitudes she lived harrulessly
end usefuliy and came 20 her end IL
peace
no child ~ want ever came 90 her
door and was turned empty away So
one iu sorrow came % her but syas CON,
fprtcd. No ono asked her the way %
be saved bat sho pointed him 20 ths
cross When the angel 81 life came 70
rss.ar Z. u. a.
rejoice az tho starting 81 another i'm.
mortal spirit When the angel 81 death
came ~ a r.s9Shbor's dwelling she Wa
there 81 robe the departed for ths
burial
We bad often heard her. when lead
ing family prayers iu she absence q mn
father say "O. Lord SAX not for mp
children wealth or honor. bat do asA
that they al may b. the subjects "a
Thy comforting gnles:" Her clever
children brought into tbs kingdom q
God, She bad but one more wish. aud
that was that she might sre her long.
absent missionary sop. and when tbs
ship from China anchored in Now Yogs
harbOr. add the ionr-a bssut one passed
over the threshold - his paternas
home She said. wow. Lord. isttess
thou Thy servant depsrt in peace. Zoe
mine eyes have seen s1y salvation o.
The prayer was soon answered
Again. this woman - MY teat va
great in her appiiesta5s - domestic
duties. EVER plctars q a home PIE
ture. whether she IS Btertaiuiug an
81 cha. ~ whether shs sf giving care
fui attention Zoe hsf ack by. o.
whether she a. aptsfIng Tor The
reatoutt.on ~ her & ipertr-- every
pIcture in hcr ctsc b come p'rtare.
Those are not disciples - thGs sannc-
mite woman. who going 0ut - atteuf
90 oufslde charities neglect she t1t'ss
~ borne che duty of wife. ~ mother.
~ daughter SO aithfninsss in pnbie
heneiart.gn can ever atone Tor fosieatis
negl Tence
Faster was Grst a heaI.an hai.ias
on which theg w9rshiped grest rof.
dese The Jews eeiebrased 10 On fhs
same day fheF celebrated their Fas4.
over EariY Christians aoiaiaz ihaf
that eas the day on ebIeb rsriss died
later more Importance haa iasn at.
tached to tha resurrection tsF uhirt
uts th- sunday foI.ua rv sr.l fnrisfef
that Easter ahgrIl o. caIefra go Isl. s-s
Sunday which fn.io.rea sac f.rrsa "a .
40 tnr mnan ~ March ua Ieasl.h cas-
erasr being in Lamar moths Thr