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gate coming out Of the store OF such
hard-fisted man, and l say: ibid yol
get the money!" ''Of COURSE" she
says, II got the money; that's what
went for. The Lord told me to 20 IN
and get 1t. and He never sends me on .
FOOLS errand."
| Again: ! have to tell you that II Is
woman's specific right to comfort I'M
der the stress of dire disaster. She Ia
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 seen
a woman who seemed to be disciple
of frivolity and incidence, who. under
one stroke of calamity, changed to q
heroine. Oh, what a great mistake
those business men make who never tell
their business troubles to their wives!
There comes some great loss to their
store, of some of their companions in
business play them sad trick, and
they carry the burden all alone. He
is asked in the household again and
again: What is the matter?" 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 wife all about it. She, per-
haps, might not have disentangled
your finances. or extended your credit,
but she would have helped you to bear
misfortune. You have no right to
CARRY on one shoulder that which
is intended for two There are
business men who know what
mean. There comes crisis in your
affairs. You struggle bravely and
long, but after awhile there comes a
day when you say, "Here shall have
to STOP" and you call in your partners,
and you call in the most prominent
men in your employ, and you say:
I'VE have to stop" You leave the
store suddenly. You can scarcely
make up your mind to pass through
The street and over on bridge or on the
'erryboat. You feel everybody will
Dc looking at you and denouncing
you. You hasten home. You tell your
wife all about the affair. What does
he say? Does she play the
Does she talk about
he silks, and the ribbons, and
he fashions? No. She comes up
o the emergency. She quails not un-
er the stroke. She helps you to begin
o plan right away. She offers to 20
ut of the comfortable house into o
mailer one, and wear the old cloak
mother winter She is one who I'M
erstands your affairs without blam-
lg you. You look upon what you
bought was thin, weak woman's
rm holding you up; but while you
,ok at that arm there comes into the
,eble muscles % it the strength of the
ternal God. No childing. No fret
ng. No telling you about the beau
full house of her father. from which
gu brought her ten, twenty or thirty
ears ago. You say: 'Hyell. this is the
appiest day of my life. 1 am glad 1
have got from under my burden.
y wife don't care-I don't care" At
lie moment you were utterly exhaust
God sent Deborah to meet the
ost of Amalekites, and scatter them
ke chaff over the plain.
Lastly, one of the specific rights Of
oman is, through the grace of
lrist, finally to reach Heaven. Oh,
hat multitude of women in Heaven!
airy, Christ's mother, in Heaven;
izabeth Fry in Heaven; Charlotte
izabeth in Heaven; the mother OF t
Augustine in Heaven; the countess of q
sold her splendid
wells to build chapels-in Heaven; o
lille great many others who g
we never been heard of on earth, b
known but little, have gone h
the rest and peace of Heaven. What o
rest! What a change it was from the p
lall room, with no fire and one win 81
w, the glass broken out, and the G.
hing side and WORKOUT eyes, to the b
ouse of many mansions!" No more h
itching until twelve o'clock at night, 81
more thrusting of the thumb C;
the employer through the work q
show that it was not done IL
lite right. Plenty of bread at
It, Heaven for aching heads. d.
,aven for broken hearts. Heaven for
frames. Nomore sitting Il
until midnight for the coming OF
steps. No more rough blows
ross the temples. No more sharp,
en-, bitter curses, Some of you will
We no rest in this world. 1t will be
l and struggle and suffering all the
y up. You will have to stand
your door fighting back the
If with your own hand, red with
mage. But God has a crown for
u. Iwant you to realize that He u
W making it, and whenever you
ep tear He sets another gem in
1t crown; whenever you have pang
body or soul, He puts another gem
that crown, until, after awhile, in