Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-07-04

'Aoo nicn cdnnOu 90 Tor the poor Here
comes group Of little barefoot chill.
dren to the door Of the Dorcas society.
they need to be clothed and provided
Tor. Which of these directors of banks
would know how many yards 1t would
take to make the little girl dress?
winch OF these masculine hands could
Mt hat to that little girls head?
Which Of the wise men would know
how to tie on that new pair of shoesq
Man sometimes gives his charity in a
rough way, and it falls like the fruit
OF tree in the east, which fruit
comes down so heavily that it breaks
the skull of the man who is trying to
gather it. But woman glides SO softly
into the house of restitution, and finds
out all the sorrows of the place. and
puts 70 quietly tho donation ON the
table that all the family come out on
The front steps as she departs, expect
ing that from under her shawl she will
thrust out two wings and 60 right up
toward heaven, from whence she seems
to have come down. o, Christian
young woman! if you would make
yourself happy and win the blessing Of
Christ, go 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 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 she?
Amt she beautifully" 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 Chris
tiAn woman, going down among the
haunts of iniquity on a Christian err
rand, never meets with any indignity?
l 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 fear
full surroundings of that place: ''Do
you come here nights to hold service?n
20, yes" she said Can it be possible
that you never meet with an insult
while performing this Christian err
rand?' Never" she said-''never."
That young woman who has her father
by her side walking down the street,
au armed policeman at each corner of
the street, is not so well defended as
that Christian who goes forth on Cos
pei work into the haunts of iniquity,
carrying the Bibles and bread. God,
with the right arm of his wrath omnipo-
tent, would tear to pieces. anyone who
should offer indignity. He would smite
him with lightnings, and drown him
with floods, and swallow him with
earthquakes, and damn him with eter-
nal indignations. 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 an
other man, II am afraid, too" Said the
first: II am afraid they will use vile
language before they leave the place
sAh," said the other man, II 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 Om-
impotence, and it is always safe to go
where God tells you to go. 1t seems as
if the Lord has ordained 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 ward
robes in which there is no clothes,
woman is Irresistible; passing on her
errand, 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-tisted, but she
gets it. She could not help but get it,
il 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 deed OF your
saving 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 num-
Der of the check, fill up the blank, sign
YOUR name and hand it to her. There
Is no need Of wasting time. Those
noor children on the back street have
been hungry long enough. That sick
man must have some farina. That
must have something to
ease his cough. meet this delegate OF
a relief society coming out OF the store
Of such a hard-fsted man, AID say,
s.Did you get the money!? "of
CURSE" she says; ST got The money;
,hat,s what went for. The Lord told
me to 90 in and get it, and He never
sends me on FOOLS errar.d.
Again: have to tell you that IT is
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
tbe crisis comes she is better prepared
than man to meet the emergency
How often you have .eena woman VINO