Milford chronicle., 1895-06-28

tie ones around the room will whisper
"WhO is sheg Amt she beautiful" and il
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 60 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 a Christian errand, never meets
with any indignity? l stood in the chapel
Of Helen Chalmers, the daughter Of the
celebrated DR.. Chalmers in the most aban-
doned part of the city Of Edinburgh, and
said to her as looked around upon the
fearful Surroundings of that place, "Do
{ you como here nights to hold seryicos'
"Oh, yes, - she said. ''Can it be possible
j that you never meet with an insult while
/ performing this Christian errand."
"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, is not so well defended as that
/ Christian who goes forth ON gospel work
into the haunts 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 indig-
nifty. He would smite him with light
nings, 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 these bad boys
in the mission school. l am afraid to have
her instruct them. - $50, " said another
man, Il am afraid too" Said the first,
Il am afraid they will use vile language
before they leave the place" "Ah, " said
the other man, 81 am not afraid Of that.
What am afraid of is that If any of those
boys should use bad word in that pres
ence the other boys would tear him to
pieces and kill him on the spot. That
woman is the best sheltered who is shell
tered by omnipotenco and it is always
safe to go where God tells you to go. 1t
seems as if the Lord had 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 wardrobes in which |
there are no clothes, woman is irresisti- /
BILE. 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 listed, but |
she gets it. She could not help but get it,
It is decreed from eternity she should get
1t. 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 children on the back street have been
hungry long enough. That sick man must
nave some farina. That consumptive must
nave something TO ease his cough. meet
his delegate of "a relief society coming out
If the store of such hard listed man, and !
say, Did you get the money!" cor {
curse, " she says, g got the money; that's {
What I went for. The Lord told me to 60 I
n and get it, and he never sends me on a {
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