The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-17

girls head? Which of the wise men
would know how to tie on that new
pair Of shoes? Man sometimes gives
his charity in 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 glldes
so softly into the house OF destitution,
and finds out all the sorrows OF the
place, aud puts SO quietly the dora.
ton on the table that all the family
come out on the front steps as she de-
parts, expecting that from under her
shawl she will thrust out two wings
and go right up to Heaven, from
whence she seems to have come down.
oh, Christian young woman! If you
would make yourself happy and win
the blessings of Christ. go ont among
the destitute. A loaf of bread or u
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;n
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 beautiful"
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 Christian woman.
going down among the haunts Of ini-
guilty on Christian errand, never
meets with any indignity? stood in
the chapel of Helen Chalmers, the
daughter of the celebrated Dr. Chai-
Iners. in the most abandoned part of
the city of Edinburgh, and l said to
her as | looked around upon the fear
full surroundings of that place: do
you come here nights to hold service?"
''Oh, yes" she said Can it be posi-
bic that you never meet with insult
while performing this Christian err
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, 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 rightarm 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 etern-
al indignations. Some one said: II
dislike very much to see that Chris
tian woman teaching those bad boys
in the mission school. l am afraid to
have her instruct them" 80" said
another man, II am afraid, too. "
Said the first II am afraid
they will use vile language before
they leave the place" 'Ab," 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 OF the
spot" That woman is the best shell
tered who is sheltered by Omnipo-
tence, and it is always safe to go where
God tells you to go. 1t seems as if the
Lord had ordained woman for an espe-
ciai work in the solicitation of chart
ties. 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 are no
clothes, woman is irresistible;
passing on her errand, God says
to her: "You go into that bank, or
store. 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. 1t is decreed from
eternity she should get it. Nc
| need of your turning your back
| and pretending you don't hear;
you do hear. There is no need of your
saying on 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 checkbools, mark the mum
Der of the check, fill up the blank,
sign your name. and hand it to her.
There is noneed 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 dele
gate coming out of the store of such a
| hard-fisted man, and say: Ibid you
get the money!" ''Of course" she
says, II got the money; that's what
went for. The Lord told me to go in
| and get it. and He never sends me on a
| FOOLS errand."
Again: have to tell you that it is
woman's specific right to comfort I'M
| der the stress of dire disaster. She is
called the weaker vessel; but all pro
| fame as well as sacred history attests
! that when the crisis comes she is bet
| ter prepared than man to meet the
emergency. How often you have seer
a woman who seemed to be disciple
of frivolity and Incidence, who, under
one stroke of calamity. changed to q
heroine. Oh. what great mistake
| those business men make who never tel
their business troubles to their wives
There comes some great loss to theil
store, Of some of their companions IL
business play them sad trick, ant
they carry the burden all alone. HI
| is asked in the household again ans
again: What is the matter? but h
believes it a sort of Christian duty to
keep all that trouble within his OWL
soul. Oh, siri your first duty was t.
tell your wife all about it. She, per
haps, might not have disentanglet