The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-06-28

toward heaven, from whence she seems
to have come down. o Christian
young woman, if you would make your
self happy and win the blessing of
Christ, 60 out among the destitute. A
loaf of bread or bundle Of socks may
make homely load to carry, but the
angels of God will come out to watch,
and the Lord Almighty viii give his
messenger hosts a charge, saying: "Look
after that woman, Canopy her with
your wings and shelter her from all
harm," and whilo you are seated in the
house of restitution and suffering the
little ones around the room will whis-
per: "Who is she? Ain she beautiful?"
and if you listen right sharply, you will
hear dripping down the leaky roof and
rolling over the rotten stairs the angel
chant that shook Bethlehem, "Glory to
God in the highest, and ON earth peace,
good will to men," Can you tell me
why Christian woman, going down
among the haunts of iniquity on Chris
tian errand, never meets with any in
dignity? stood in the chapel oSHelen
Chalmers, the daughter of the celebrated
DR.. Chalmers, in the most abandoned
part of the city of Edinburgh, and I
said to her as l looked around upon the
fearful surroundings of that place, "Do
you come here nights to hold service?"
| ooh, yes, she said. "Can it be posi-
BILE that you never meet with an insult
while performing this Christian er-
randi" 'Never," she said. Never.
That young woman who has her ia
ther by her side walking down the
street, an armed policeman at each cor
ner of the street, is not so well defended
as that Christian who goes forth on gos
pei work into the haunts of iniquity,
carrying the Bibles and bread God,
with the right arm Of his wrath omnip-
otent would tear to pieces any one who
should offer indignity. He would smite
him with hghtnings and drown him
with floods and swallow him with earth
quakes and damn him with eternal in
dignations. Some one said: II dislike
very much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
school, am afraid to have her instruct
them." 49," said another man, Il
am afraid too" Said the first II am
afraid they will use vile language before
they leave the place " "Ah," said the
other man, ~ am not afraid Of that !
What am afraid Of is that, if any of
those boys should use bad word in
that presence, the other boys would tear
him to pieces and kill him on the spot.
That woman is the best sheltered who
is sheltered by omnipotence, and it is
always safe to go where God tells you
to go, 1t seems as if the Lord had Or
dained woman for an especial work in
the solicitation Of charities. Backed up
by barrels in which there is no -four,
and by stoves in which there is no fire,
and wardrobes in which there are no
clothes, woman is irresistible Pass
ing on her errand, God says to her,
"YCu go into that bank or store or shop
and get the money" She goes in and
gets it, The man is hard fisted but
she gets it. She could not help but get
it. 1t is decreod from eternity she should
get it. No need Of your turning your
back and pretending you don't hear.
You do hear There is no need of your
saying You are begged to death. There
is no need Of your wasting your time,
and you might as we'll submit first as
last You had better right away take
down your checkbook, mark the number
of the check, fill up the blank, sign your
name and hand it to her. There is no
need of wasting time. Those poor chill
dren on the back street have been hun
CRY long enough. That sick man must
have some farina. That consumptive
must have something to ease his cough
l meet this delegate of a relief society
coming out of the store of such hard
listed man, and I say, odd yop get the
money!" "Of course" she saya, II got
the money. That's what I went for.
The Lord told me to go in and get it,
and he never sends me on a FOOLS err
rand.
Womans Right to Comfort.
Again, have to tell you that it is
woman's specific right to comfort under
the stress of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel, but all profane as
well as sacred history attests that when
the crisis comes she is better prepared
than man to meet the emergency. How
often you have seen 81 woman who seem
ed to be a disciple Of frivolity and ihd5
lence, who, under one stroke Of calamity,
changed to heroine! Oh, what great
mistake those business men make who
never tell their business troubles to theil
wives! There comes some great loss tC
their store or some of their companions
in business play them sad trick, an6
they carry the burden all alone. He il
asked in the household again and again
"What is the matter?" but he believes
it a sort of Christian duty to keep al
that trouble within his own soul. Oh
, sir, your first duty was to tell your wife
all about it. She perhaps might not have
disentangled your finances or extended
, your credit, hut she would have helped
you to bear misfortune. You have Il
!: right to carry ON one shoulder tina
which is intended for two. There ar
business men who know what / NEAR
, There comes a crisis in your affairs
You struggle bravely and long, but aft
er awhile there comes a day when 20
3 say, "Here l shall have to stop" an
| you call in your partners, and you ca
r in the most prominent men in your en-
3 ploy, and you say, eve have to stop.
You leave the store suddenly. You ca
scarcely make up your mind to pa'
r through the street and over on bridge {
l on the ferryboat. You feel everybod
will be looking at you, and blamin
r you, and denouncing you. You haste
home. You tell your wife all about I'll
Q affairs. What does she say? Does 81
t play the butterfly Does she talk aboI
e the silks, and the ribbons, and the fasl
t ions? No. She comes up to the enc
i gency. She quails not under the strok,
t She helps you to begin to plan rigl
: away She offers to go out of the con
3 Portable house into smaller one al
$ wear the old cloak another winter. 81
Q is one who understands your affai
Q without blaming you. You look upc
70 what you thought was thin, weak VI
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