Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-06-22

lathered flanks. are not swift enough to
run to the outpost Of that realm. They
say that the sun never sets upon the Eng
lish empire but | have 10 tell you that ON
this realm Of woman's influence eternity
never marks ANY bound. isabella fled from
she Spanish throne, pursued by the ma
tons anathcma. but she who Is queen in
a home Will never lose her throne and
death itself will only hc the annexation OF
heavenly municipalities
The Grandest Woman.
When you want to get your grandest
idea u a queen. you do not think Of Cath
crime of Russia, or Of Anne OF England, or
Marie Theresa OF Germany, but when You
want To get your grand,st idea 81 "A queen
you think Of the plain woman who sat op-
posite your father at the table or walked
with him arm In arm down LIES pathway;
sometimes To the Thanksgiving banquet,
sometimes To the grave, but always to-
geiher-soothing your petty gricfs, cor
rccting yonr childish waywartlncSs, join
ing I'm your infantile sports. listening to
your evening prayers, toiling for you with
needle or at the spinning wheel and ON
cold nights wrapping you up snug and
warm. And then ut last on that day
when she lay in the back room dying,
and you saw her take those thin hands
with which she had toilcd for you so long,
and put them together in "a dying prayer
that commended you to the God whom she
had taught you TO trust-oh, she was the
quecnl The chariots Of God came down
To fetch her. and as she went In all heaven
rose mp. You cannot think Of her now
without rush Of tenderness that stirs
the deep foundations OF your soul, and
YOU feel ms much child ngain as when
you cried on her lap. and IL you could
bring her back again to speak just once
more your name as tcndcrly rs she used
TO speak IL, you would be willing Ia throw
yourself on the ground and kiss tho sod
that covers her, crying: "Mothcrl Moth
err" All. she was the queen She was
the quccnl Now, can you tell mo how
many thousand miles woman like that
would have TO travel down before she got
to the ballot box. Compared with this
work OF training kings and queens for
God and eternity, how insignificant seems
all this work OF voting for aldermen and
common councilmcn and sherifTs and con
stables and mayors and presidents! To
make one such grand woman as have
described, how many thousands would
you want Of those people who go In the
far toward disgraccful apparel as they
dare go, 40 as not 10 bc arrested by tho po-
lice-thcir behavior n sorrow 10 the good
and n caricature Of the vicious and an
insult to that God who made them women
and not gorgons and tramping ON down
through frivolous and dissipatcd life TO
temporal and eternal damnationg
o woman, with the lightning Of your
soul, strike dead at your feet all these al
lurcments to dissipation and To fashionl
Your immortal soul cannot be fed upon
such garbage. God calls you up TO empire
and dominion. VIII you have ity oh,
give TO God your heart; give 20 God all
your best energies; give 10 God all your
culture; give to God all your rc1nement;
give yourself to him, for this world and
the next. Soon all these bright eyes will
be qucnchcd and these voices will be
hushcd. For the last time you will look
upon this fair earth Father hand, moth
cr's hand, sisters hand, child's hand,
will no more be In yours. II will be
night, and there will come mp cold wind
from the Jordan, and you must start.
VIII il be lone woman on a trackloss
moorg All, mol Jesus will come up in that
hour and offer his hand, and he will say,
You stood by me when you were we'll;
now | will not desert you when you are
sick. " One wave of his hand and the
storm will drop, and another wave Of his
hand, and midnight shall break into mid
noon, and another wave of his hand, and
the chambcrlains Of God will como down
from the treasure houses Of heaven, with
robes lustrous, blood washed and heaven
glintcd, in which you will array yourself
for the marriage supper Of the Lamb. And
Al. TT
Of the Red sea, and with Deborah, who
led the Lords host into the fight, and with
Hannah who gave her Samuel 10 the
Lord, and with Mary, who rocked Jesus TO
sleep while there were angels singing in
the air, and with sisters of charity, who
bound up the battle wounds Of the CriInca,
you will, from the chalicc Of God. drink
20 the souls eternal rescue
woman's Dominion.
Your dominion is home woman!
What IA brave fight for home the women Of
Ohio made some 10 or 10 years ago, when
they handed together and in many of the
t,svns and cities Of that state marched In
procession and by prayer and Christian
songs shut up more places 81 dissipation
than were ever counted. We're they opened
agains oh, yes But is it not ;ytod THING
to shut up the gates Of he'll for TWO or this.
monthss il seemed that men engaged in
the business Of destroying others did not
know how to cope with this kind of war
fare. They knew how to fight the Maine
liquor law, and they knew how 20 fight the
National Temperance society, and they
knew how TO fight the Sons Of Temperance
and Good Semaritans, but when Deborah
appeared upon the scene Siscra took To his
feet and got TO the mountains. l. seems
that they did not know how 20 Contend
against Coronation" and "Old Hundred"
and "Brattle Street" and Bethany
they were SO very intangible. These men
found that they could not accomplish much
against that kind OF warfare and in one ~
the cities n regiment was brought out all
armed TO dispense the women. They came
down In battle array, but, oh, what poor
success! For that regiment was made up
Of gentlemen, and gentlemen do not like
to shoot women with hymnbooks in their
hands. Oh, they found that cunning for
female prayer meetings was very poor
business! No real damage WIS DONE al
though there was threat of violence after
threat OF violence all over the land. real
ly think II the women Of the east had ms
much faith In God as their sisters OF the
Mtrt lAlt&. INT Sstiit OL 1t-
man criticism, really believe that in one
month thrce-fourths OF tho grogshops Of
our cities would be closed, and there would
be running through the cutters of the
streets burgundy and cognac and hcidsick
and old port and schicdam schnapps and
lager beer, and you would save your IA
theirs, and your husbands, and your sons,
first, from n drunkard's grave and, Sec
ondly, from drunkard's hell, To this
battle for home let all women rouse them
selves Thank God for our early home
Thank God for our present home. Thank
God for the coming home In heaven.
The Home Eternal.
One twilight, after had been playing
with the children for some time, lay
down on the lounge To rest. The children
said play more. Children always want TO
play more And, half asleep and half
awake | seemed TO dream this dream: IL
seemed to me that was In a far distant
land-not Persia, although more than orr
entail luxuriancc crowned the cities; nor
the tropics although more than tropical
fruitfulncss filed the gardens; nor Italy,
although more than Italian softness filled
the air-and | wandered around. looking
for thorns and ncttlcs, but | found none
OF them grew there, and l walked forth,
and | saw the sun rise, and said when
Wilt SIT again:" and the sun sank not
And saw all the people in holiday appar-