Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-06-29

to take care Of the poor. There are hun
dreds and thousands Of them in all our
cities. Thercis a kind Of work that men
cannot do for the poor Here comes
group Of little barefoot children to the
door Of the Dorcas society. They need
to be clothed and provided for. Which
of these directors Of banks would know
how many yards it would take to make
that little girl dresss Which Of these
masculine hands could fit hat to that
little girls head? Which of the wise
men would know how to tie on that
new pair Of shoes? Man sometimes gives
his charity IN "a rough way, and it falls
like tho fruit Of tree in the east, which
fruit comes down so heavily that it
breaks the skull of the man who is try
ing to gather it, But oman glides so
softly into the house Of destitution, and
finds out all the sorrows of the place,
and puts so quietly the donation on the
table, that all the family come ont On
the front steps as she departs, expecting
that from under her shawl she will
thrust out two wings and go right up
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, go out among the destitute A
loaf Of bread or q bundle Of socks may
make a homely load to carry, but the
angels of God will come out to watch,
and the Lord Almighty will give his
messenger hosts charge, saying Look
after that woman. Canopy her with
your wings and shelter her from all
harm, and while you are seated in tho
house Of restitution and suffering tho
little ones around the room will whis-
per "Who is she? Ain IT she beautiful"
and if you listen right sharply, you W. II
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 a Christian woman, going down
among the haunts of iniquity on a Chris
tian errand, never meets with any in
dignity? stood in the chapel of Helen
Chalmers, the daughter of the celebrated
Dr.. Chalmers, in the most abandoned
part Of the city of Edinburgh, and
said to her as / looked around upon the
fearful surroundings Of that place, "Do
you come here nights to hold seryice?'
"Oh, yes, she said "Can it be posi-
bic that you never meet with an insult
While performing this Christian er-
randi" Never" she said Never"
That w ,r1,s l.,.. e.,
Their 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 l am afraid to have her instruct
them. $50, said another man, II
am afraid too" Said the first, 81 am
afraid they will use vile language before
they leave the place - "Ah," said the
other man, 81 am not afraid of that
What l 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 ommpotence 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 i'll 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 erTand, God says to her,
You go into that bank or store or shop
and get the money" She goes in and
gets it. The man is hard listed, but
she gets it. She could net help but get
it, 1t is decreed 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 well 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.
meet this delegate Of relief society
coming out of the store of such hard
listed man, and say, Ibid you get the
money!" "Of course," she says, Il got
the money. That's what / went for.
The Lord told me to go in and get it,
and he never sends me on FOOLS er-
rand.
Woman's 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
we'll as sacred history attests that when
the crisis comes she is better prepared
than man TO meet the emergency. How
often you have seen a woman who seem
ed to be 2 disciple Of frivolity and indo-
lence, who, under one stroke of calamity,
changed to a hcroinei Oh. what great
mistake those business men make who
never tell their business troubles to their
wives There GENES some great loss TO
their store or some Of their companions
in business play them a sad trick, and
they carry the barden all alone. He is
asked i'll the household again and again,
:" What is the matter:" but he believes
it sort Of Christian duty to keep all
that trouble within his own soul Oh,
sir, your first duty was to tell your wife
all about it. heperhaps might not have
disentmgled your finances CT extended
your credit, but she would have helped