Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-03
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN.
INNS. NJ. n, WALTON.

Who knows
What earth needs from earth's lowest
creature7
No life
Can be pure in its purpose and strong
In its strife.
And all life not be purer and stronger
thereby!
The spirits of just men made perfect
on high
The army Of martyrs who stand by
the throne.
And gaze into the face that makes
glorious their own
I Know this, surely at lastl Honest
love. honest sorrow.
Honest work for the day. honest hope
for the morrow.
! Are these worth nothing more than
the hand they make weary
| The heart thew have saddend the life
! they leave dreary?
Huehl the sevenfold heavens to the
voice OF the Spirit
Echo; He that o'ercometh shall all
things inherit" Lucille.
Influence and responsibility are two
words In the language that are full OF
deep Significance. and when applied
TO one'a own personality furnish ma
tcrial for serious thought Often when
standing on the edge OF some placid
lake. through sheer idleness, q pebble
Is cast into the quiet water and In
stantly there is ripple. The little
dimple IN the water IL but the begin.
ming. Ring after ring. widening as they
grow, soon agitate the surface and
while We idly watch the slight wave
thus created has touched the further
shore. So Is II IN life: light word.
! or 1t may be only shrug and the
! smooth surface of life is moved, and
| as the motion widena who shah say
| that tho influence does not extend 10
the farther shore OF time and Is felt
| throughout eternity? Then comes the
thought OF responsibility; are we In
truth a brothers keeper. and will we
be held accountable for the Idle, the
cruel and the vicious uttersnce? The
| thought is enough 20 make
towards of us and to tempt us to seek
/ the secluslon Of recuse. and so liv-
Ing at least avoid sins of commission
| Not here do influence and RESPONSE
| hillty find surcease. on. on they go.
| pressing harder and harder as we
| ripen In years and knowledge, until, II
we look no higher than our own paltry
! powers, we are weighed down and
/ oppressed by what should be our hap
plness. There Is not reason for dis
enlargement provided we use our one
| talent wisely and put forth the power
OF love in an effort to discharge duty
and TO help others. There IS exercise
for both Of these even in guiding the
tender feet Of the smallest child, and
/ there are no more efficient aids when
our responsibility requires us TO lift
up the ahame-bowed head Of some vet
eran In wrong-doing
IT'S love that moves the soul Of
man. unblinds his eye and makes his
| look"
There are so many beautiful ways In
which, in u quiet, womanly manner,
sunshine may be brought into the lives
OF the sad and afflicted. Once there
was In this city II beautiful young
woman whose voice seemed to have
caught heavens melody. and on whose
sweet notes amid gay scenes hundreds
listened. entranced This singer held
her power to bring forth music so
pleasing MS a divine gift trust she
was to use. Daily she went her rounds
teaching others to sing, but I'm the
midst OF work and pleasure she re-
membered poor dying woman who
Jay Tor months awaiting the sure com
0 80 - NV hAhAh NlHiAbls me poor IN
valld's days We're lonely ana her nights
sleepless; she remembered the sweet
singer and expressed "A wish to hear
her sing again 50 It came about that
each week at certain hour on a day
when she could spare time from les
sons she went into this abode of sor.
row aud cheered the long days OF III
ness with song. nor did she cease her
visits until the King came and claimed
the sufferer. Think you not. that
whom they bore from the saddened
home the mother. there was not n
warmer glow In the purple Units OF
that evening sky and that these We're
reflections from the royal robing OF
heavens own? Did not the singers
heart glow more warmly than
when stirred by the applause If
listening multitudes2 She did whit
she could, are we doing as much?
on the pavement Of street
In this city In silence and in dark
ness sits blind girl, Patiently she
weaves the little bead trinkets that are
not artistlcally beautiful, but ii ia
work, an1 Ia doing this for sale she
Is not pegg.c In passing her mnny
persons stop and drop a nickel In her
cup, but how many stop to speak that
lltue word NJ kindness which serves To
iliumine dark life. Think OF II. We
children Of the sunshine and pause
long enough to bid her Good Morn.
ing and parting say God be WIN
YOU which has been abbreviated into
Good by"
Walter Bessnt has of late been writ.
ing some plGuant articles on the
woman Qvestion." and among other
caustic things says that the women
who rush IN are those who seek IN
do mems work /" Without discussing
the Issue he makes. what Is the literal
meaning OF women who rush inP''
Pleading guilty, ask Is not this rush.
Ing all habit and disagreeable one2
Why should we live in hurry, eat In
a hurry, read In q hurry. and strain
every nerve 10 do certain prescribed
tasks within certain limited tlmep
II we 30 TO see friend. IL We walk
for our health. II we drive or attempt
anything. the habit OF rushing asserts
itself, Repose OF manner was once
thought to be the acme of good braed-
ing, but how many OF the best hred
women OF our daY possess IT. Yes, MIR
Besant women rush In and pay for n
IN nervousness and irritabllity.
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