The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-06-22

arm in arm down l:fe's pathway: some
times TO the ThanIscrinc banquet. soTne-
times to the grave, hut always together
soothing your petty grisfs, correcting
your childish waywardness. joining IN
your infantile sports. listening to your even
ing PRAYERS. toilins for yon with needle or
at the spinning wheel, and on cold nlgnts
wrapping You up snug and warnp. Ana men
at last ol that day when she lay IN the nack
room dying. and you saw her take those thin
hands with which she had toiled Tor you Sc
long, aDd put them together in dying
prayer that commended YOU to the God
whom she hal Taught vo;l 10 trnst-oh, sue
was the queen. Tie cbariots OF God came
down TO fetch her. and rs she went in ali
heaven rose VI. You cannot think OF her
now without rush Of tenderness that stirs
the deep foundations of your soul, and you
feel as much child again AZ ven Tou crled
on her lap. ana if you could bring her haos
again to speak Just once more yc;lr name as
tenderlv az she used to speak ii You would lie
willing to throw yourself oa the ground ana
Kiss the sod that covers her. crying,
"Motherl mother All. sne was the queen
she was the queen. Now. can You
tell me how many thousand miles
woman like that would have to
travel down before she got to the
ballot box? Compared with. thls
work of training kings and queens for God
and eternity. how insignificant seems all
this work of voting for aldermen and COM
mon councilmen and sherifrs and constables
and mayors and presidents! To make one
such grand woman as have described how
many thousands would you want OF those
people who go in the round Of fashion and
dissipation. going as far toward disSraceful
apparel as they dare 20, SO as not to be
arrested by the police-their behavior sor-
row to the good and a caricature of the
vicious and an insult to that God "ho made
them women and NOT gorGons, and tramping
on, down through frivolous and dissipatei
life, to temporal aud eternal daInnation.
Owoman. with the lightning OF your soul.
strike dead at your feet all these allureneats
todissipation aud to fashion! Your immor-
tai soul cannot be fed upon such garbage.
God callsyou up to empire and dominion.
Will YOU have il? Oh, give to God your
heart: give to God all your best energies;
give to God all your culture: giveto God all
YOUR refinement: give yourself to Him. Tor
this world aud the next. Soon all these
bright eyes will be quenched ard these voices
will be hushed. For the last time you will
look upon this fair earth Fathers hand.
mothers hand, sisters hand. child's nand
will no more be in yours. It will be night.
and there will come up cold wind from the
Jordan and you must start Will it be Lone
woman on a trackless moor? All, no! Jesus
will come up in that hour and offer His
hand, and He will say. ''You stood by Me
when you we're we'll; now I will not desert
you when you are Sick" One wave Of HIS
hand and the storm will drop, and another
wave Of His hand and midnight shall break
into midnoon, and another wave OF His hand
-. .Io aofI II Twill No1a n
from the treasure houses Of heaven With
robes lustrous, blood washed and heaven
slinted. in which you will array yourself for
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And then
with Miriam, who struck the timbel OF the
Red Sea, and with Deborah, who led the
Lords host into the fight, and with Hannah,
who gave her Samuel to the Lord, and with
Mary, who rocked Jesus to sleep While there
were angels singing II the air, and with
sisters of charity. who bound up the battle
wounds Of the Crimea, you will. from the
chalice Of God, drink to the souls eternal
rescue.
Your dominion is home, o woman! What
a brave fight for home the women OF Ohio
made some ten OF fifteen years aGo, when
they banded together and in many OF the
towns and cities OF that State, marched in
procession, and by prayer and Christian
songs shut upmore places OF dissipation tnan
were ever counted! Were they opened
again? Oh, yes. But is it not Z good thing
to shut up the gates of hell for two or three
months? It seemed that men engaged in the
business of destroying others did not know
how to cone with this kind of warfare. They
knew how to fight the Maine liquor law, and
they knew how to fight the National Temper
ance Society, and they knew how to fight the
Sons of Temperance and Good Sanar-
itans. but when Deborah appeared upon
the scene Sisera took to his feet and
got to the mountains. It seems that
they did not know how to contend against
s'Coronation'' and "Old Hundred and
s'Brattle Street. and Bethany they were
so very intangible. These men found hat
they could not accomplish much against
that kind of warfare, and IN one OF the cities
a regiment was brought out all armed to
disperse the women. They came down in
battle array, but, oh. what poor success! fer
that regiment was made up of gentlemen.
and gentlemen 90 not like to shoot women
with hymnbooks in their hands. On. they
found that cunning for female prayer meet
ing was very poor business. NO real
damage was done. although there was threat
of violence after threat Of violence all over
the land. I really think if the women
of the East had as much faith in God as thell
sisters of the West had and the same reck-
lessness Of human criticism, | really peheve
that in one month three-fourtns OF inc
crogshops of our cities would be closed, ano
there would be running through the gutter:
Of the streets Burgundy and cognae. and
Heidsick and old port and Schledan
schnapps and lager beer, and you Woult
save your fathers and you; husoanos an?
your sons first from drunkard's grave ane
naonndlv from 6rDn Sa r0'S hell. 10 Inls
battle for home let all women rouse them
selves Thank God for our early home.
Thank God for our present home. Thank
God for the coming home in heaven.
One twilight. after had been playing with
the children for some time I lay down on
the lounge to rest The children said play
more Children always want to play more
And, half asleep and half awake. / seemed to
dream this dream; 1t seemed to me that l
was in far distant land-not Persia. a.
though more than Oriental luxuriance
crowned the cities; nor the tropics. although
more than tropical fruitfulness. filled the
gardens: nor Italy, although more than
Italian softness filled the air. And wan
6ered around looking for thorns and nettles.
but found none Of them grew there. And
walked forth. and saw the sun rise. and
/ said, "When will it set again and the
sun sank not. And saw all the people IN
holiday apparel. anil 1 said, 'When dc
they put on workingmans garb again
and delve in the mine and swelter at the
forge?" But neither the garments nor the
robes did they put off. And I wandered in
the suburbs, and said. Where do they
bury the dead of this great city, And 1
looked along by the hills where it would be
most beautiful for the dead to sleep. and
saw castles and towns and battlements, but
not mansoleum nor monument nor white
slab could see. And went into the great
chapel OF the town. and l said: Where do
the poor worship? Where are the benches
on which they si:!' And = voice answered,
I'VE have no Door il this creat city.
And l wandered out. soaking t. find ths
place where were the novels OF the destitute.
and found mansions Of amber aui ivory
and gold. but no tear did see OF sigh near
I was bewildered and sat under the shadow
Of a great tree and said. What an l anu
whence comes all this?,' And atthat moment
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