The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-24

Oh. Christian young woman, II you would
make yourself happy and win the blessing
Of Christ go out among the destitute. A
loaf OF bread or a bundle Of socks may
make homely load 10 carry; but the an
gels 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 the house Of restitution and
suffering, the little ones around the room
will whisper: who Is she2 Amt she beau
tiful?' 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 10
God in the highest. and on earth peace.
good VIII to men" Can you tell me why
a Christian woman, going down among
the haunts OF iniquity on a Christian err
rand never meets with any indignity? I
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 I looked
around upon the fearful surroundings OF
that place: do you come here nights TO
hold service" "Oh. yes" she said. can
II be possible that you never meet with an
insult while performing this Christian er-
randi" Never" she said-"never" That
young woman who has her father by her
side walking down the street, an armed
policeman at each corner Of the street. IL
not so well defended as that Christian
who goes forth on gospel work into the
haunt Of iniQuity. carrying the Bibles and
bread. God, with the right arm of his
wrath omnipotent, would tear to pieces
any one who should offer indignity.
He would smite him with lightnings and
drown him with floods, and swallow him
with earthquakes and damn him with
eternal indignations. Some one said: Il
dislike very much to see that Christian
woman teaching those bad boys in the
mission school, / am afriad to have her
instruct Them." 80" said another man.
Il am afraid. too" Said the first: Il
am afraid they will use vile language be-
Tore they leave the place" All" said
the other man, Il am not afraid Of that
What am afraid of is. that IL any OF
those boys should use a 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 1t is always safe to
go where God tells you TO go. 1t seems as
II the Lord had ordained woman for an es-
pecial work. in the solicitation of charities
Backed up by barrels In which there is no
-FOUR and by stoves i'm which there is no
nre, and wardrobes in which there are no
clothes, a woman is Irresistible; passing
on her errand, God says to her: you go
INTO that bank, or store. or shop, and get
II.
man Is hard-hsted, but she gets IL. She
could not help but get it. II is decreed from
eternity she should get II. No need of your
turning your back and pretending YOU
don't hear; you do hear. There is no need
or 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 check-book, 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 children on the
back street have been hungry long enough.
That sick man must have some farina
That consumptive must have something to
ease his cough. 1 meet this delegate of a
relief society coming out of the store of
such hard-fisted man, and ! say. did
you get the money!? "Of course" she
says; II got the money; that's what l
went for. The Lord told me to go IN and
get 1t, and he never sends me on a FOOLS
errand."
Again: / have to tell you that it is wo-
mans 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 a woman who seemed to be a
deciple of frivolity and Incidence, who, un-
der one stroke of calamity changed to a
heroine. Oh, what a great mistake those
business men make who never tell their
business troubles TO their wives! There
comes some great loss to their store, or
some of their companions In business play
them sad trick and they carry the bur
den all alone. He is asked into the house
hold again and again: what is the mat
teri" but he believes II a 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 1t. She, perhaps,
might not have disentangled your finances.
or extended your credit, but she would
have helped you to bear misfortune. You
have no right TO carry on one shoulder that
which is intended for two. There are bus
mess men who know what l mean There
comes crisis in your affairs. You strug-
gle bravely and long: but after a while
there comes day when you say: Here
I'shall have to STOP" and you call in your
partners, and you call in the most prom
inent men in your employ. and you say:
I'VE have to stop" You leave the store
suddenly. You can scarcely make up your
mind to pass through the street and over
on bridge or on the ferry-boat You feel
everybody VIII be looking at YOU and
blaming you, and denouncing you. You
hasten home. You tell your wife all about
the affair. What does she say? Does she
play the butterfly? Does she talk about
the silks, and the ribbons, and the fash
lois! NO. she comes up to the emer-
gency. She quails not under the stroke
She helps you to begin to plan right away.
She offers to go out of the comfortable
house into smaller one, and wear the
old cloak another winter. She is one who
understands your affairs without blaming
you. You look upon what you thought
was thin, weak woman's arm holding
you up; but while you look at that arm
there comes into the feeble muscles of IT
the strength of the eternal God No child
ing No fretting. No telling you about
the beautiful house of her father, from
which you brought her. ten, twenty or
thirty years ago. You say: well, this
is the happiest day of my life. 1 am glad
1 have got from under my burden. NV
wife don't care-I don't care" AT the
moment you were utterly exhausted. God
sent a Deborah to meet the host of the
Amalekites, and scatter them like chaff
over the plain.
There are sometimes women who sit
reading sentimental novels, and who wish
that they had some grand field in which
TO DISPLAY their Christian nourars or