The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

indignity. He would smite him with light
nings and drown him with floods and swal-
low him with earthquakes and damn him
with eternal indignation. Some one said;
~ dislike very much to see that Christian
woman teaching those bad boys in the mis-
sion school. / an afraid TO have her instruct
them" $780," said another man, III am
afraid. too" Said the first, 81 am afraid
they will use vile LANGUAGE before they leave
the place" "Ah," said the other man, "I
am not afraid OF that What am afraid OF
il that. II any OF those boys should use n bad
word in that presence, the other boys would
tear him TO pieces and kill him on the spot"
That woman Is best sheltered who L. shell
tered by omnipotence, and II is always safe
to go whore God tells you to go. 1t seems
as IL the Lord had ordained woman for an
especial work In the solicitation OF charities.
Backed up by barrels in which there IA no
flour. andby stoves In which there il no FIRE,
and wardrobes In which there are no cloth -
Il woman Is Irresistible. Passing on hcr
errand, God says to her, "You go
into that bank or store or shop
and get the money" She goes in and gets
1t. The man is hard listed, but she gets Il.
She could not help but get It. II Is decreed
from eternity she should get Il. No need OF
your turning your back and pretending you
don't hear. You do hear. There Il no need
ot your saying you are begged 10 death.
There Is no need OF your wasting your time.
ana you filRnt a. wen SUBMIT IESt "a lA4t.
You had better right away take down your
checkbook. mark the number of the cheek,
fill up the blank, sign your name and hand
II to her. There IL 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, I
meet this delegate Of n relief society coming
out of the store OF such a hard listed man,
and / say, "Did you get tho money!" "0t
course" she says, ~ got the money. That's
what l went for. The Lord told mo to go
in and get IL. and He never sends me on n
FOOLS errand.'
Again. have 10 tell you that Il Is woman's
specific right to comfort under the stress OF
dire disaster. She il called the weaker ves-
sci, but all profane as we'll as sacred history
a.tests that when the crisis comes she IL bet
ter prepared than man TO meet the emer-
gency. How often you have seen n woman
who seemed to be n disciple Of friyolity and
Incidence, who, under one stroke of calam-
ity, changed to heroinel Oh, what great
mistake those business men make who never
tell their business troubles to their wlves
There comes some great loss TO their store or
some OF their companions In business play
them q sad trick, and they carry the burden
all alone. He Is asked In the household
again and again, what IL the mattcrp" 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 wifo
all about II. She perhaps might not have
disentanglei your finances or extended
your credit. but she would have helped
you to bear misfortune. You have no right
10 carry on ono shoulder that which Is In
tended for two. There are business men who
know what mean. There comes u crisis In
your aifals. You struggle bravely and long,
but after awhile there comes n day when
YOU say, "Hera l shall have to stop" and
You call In your partners, and you call In
the most prominent men in your employ,
and you say. 1--WE have 70 stop" You leave
the store suddenly. You can scarcely make
mp your mind 10 pass through the street and
over on bridge G: on tho ferryboat. You
feel everybody will be looking at y0u and
blaming you, and denouncing you. You
hasten home. You tell your wife all about
the affairs. What does she sayH Does she
play the butterfly? Does she talk about the
silks. and the ribbons, and the fashions2 No.
She comes up 20 the emergency. She quRils
not under the stroke. She helps you 60 be-
gin to plan right away. She offers to 60 out
of the comfortable house into smaller one
and wear the old cloak another winter. She
is one who understands your affairs without
blaming Won. You look upon what YOU
thought was thin, weak woman's arm
holding you up. but while you look at TINT
arm there comes into the feeble muscles Of
1t the strength OF the eternal God. No ctid-
ing. No fretting. No telling you about tho
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. am glad | have got from
under my burden. My wife don't cara-I
don't care" Az tho moment you were ut
terly exhausted God sent Deborah 10 meet
the host Of the Amulekites aud scatter them
like chat over the plain. d
There are sometimes women who sit road
ing sentimental novels. and who wish that
they had some grand field in which TO dis
play their Christian powers. Oh. what grand
and glorious things they could do IL they
| only had an opportunity! My sister, you
need not wait Tor any such time. A crisis
will come in your affairs. There will be n
| ThermopylW in your own household, where
God will tell you to stand. There are hun
dreds OF ofhOusehodsw whore as muchcourage Is
| demanded OF woman ~ was exhibited by
Grace Darling or Marie Antoinette or Joan
OF Are. :.
Lastly. one CT the specific rights OF woman
IL, through the grace Of Christ, finally to
| reach heaven. Oh, what multitude of
women in heavenl Mary, Christ's mother,
in heaven; Elizabeth Fry In heaven, Char
lotte Elizabeth in heaven, the mother of
Augustine in heaven the Countess OF Hunt
ingdon, who sold her splendid Jewels 10 build
| chapels, in heaven, while great many others
| who have never been heard OF on earth or
known but little have gone 10 the rest and
peace OF heaven. What 4 rest! What n
change it was from the small room. with no
! fire and one window, the glass broken out,
aud the aching side and wornout eyes, to the
'house of many mansions!" No more stitch
ing until ~ o'clock ut night, no more thrust
ing OF the thumb by the employer through
| the work to show that IL WAS not done quito
right. Plenty of bread at last. Heaven for
aching heads. Heaven for broken hearts.
Heaven for anguish bitten frames. No more
sitting up until midnight for the coming of
staggering steps. No more rough blows
across the temples. No more sharp, keen,
bitter curses.
Some OF you will have no rest in this
world. IL will be toll and struggle and suf-
iering all tho way up. You will have to
stand ut your door lighting back the wolf
with your own hand, rel with carnage.
But God has crown Tor you. 1 want
you 10 realize that Ho is now making
IL, and whenever you weep u tesr lie
! sets another gem IA that crown; wnen-
ever you have pang OF body or
soul He puts another gem into that crown,
until, after awhile, IN all the tiara ther, will