Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-06-28

wear the old cloak another winter. She
is one who understands your affairs
without blaming you. You look upon
what you thought was thin, weak wo-
mans arm holding you mp, but while
you look at that arm there comes into
the feeble muscles Of it the strength Of
the eternal God. No chiding. No fret
ting No telling you about the beautiful
house Of her father, from which you
brought her, 10, 20 or 80 years ago.
You say "Well, this is the happiest
day Of my life. I am glad l have got
from under my burden. My wife don't
care-I dom care " At the moment you
were utterly exhausted God sent De-
borah to meet the host Of the Amalekites
and scatter them like chaff over the
plain.
Another Specific Right.
There are sometimes women who sit
reading sentimental novels, and who
wish that they had some grand field III
which TO display their Christian powers.
Oh, what grand and glorious things
they could do il they only had an op-
portunity Ny sister, you need not wait
for any such time A crisis will come
in your affairs. There will be Their
mopyle in your own household, where
God will tell you TO stand. There are
hundreds Of households where as much
courage is demanded Of woman as was
exhibited by Grace Darling or Marie
Antoinette or Joan Of Arc.
Woman is further endowed TO bring
us into the kingdom Of heaven. 1t is
easier for woman to be a Christian
than for a man. Why? You say she is
weaker. No Her heart is more respon-
sive to the pleadings Of divine love. The
fact that she can more easily become
Christian prove by the statement that
three -fourths Of the members Of the
churches in all Christendom are wom-
en-. So God appoints them TO be the
chief agencies for bringing this world
back to God The greatest sermons are
not preached on celebrated platforms.
They are preached with an audience OF
two or three and in private home life.
A patient, loving, Christian demeanor
in the presence Of transgression, in the
presence of hardness, in the presence Of
obduracy and crime, is an argument
from the force Of which no man can es-
cape
A Glorious Right.
Lastly, one Of the specific rights OF
woman is, through the grace Of Christ,
finally 10 reach heaven. Oh, what a
multitude Of women in heaven Mary,
Christs mother, in heaven; Elizabeth
Fry in heaven, Charlotte Elizabeth in
heaven, the mother Of Augustine in
heaven, the Countess Of Huntingdon,
who sold her splendid jewels to build
chapels, in heaven, while a great many
others who have never been heard Of on
earth or known but little have gone TO
the rest and peace Of heaven. What a
resti What a change it was from the
small room, with no fire and one win
dow, the glass broken out, and the ach-
ing side and wornout eyes, TO the house
Of many mansions !" No more stitching
until l2 o'clock at night, no more
thrusting Of the thumb by the employer
through the work to show that it was
not done quite 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. It will be toll and struggle and
suffering all the way up You will have
TO stand at your door fighting back the
wolf with your own hand, red with car
mage. But God has crown for you l
want YOU to realize that he is now max
ing it, and whenever you weep a tear
he sets another gem III that crown; {;
whenever you have pang Of body or
soul he puts another gem in that crown,
until, after awhile, in all the ara there
will be no room for another splendor,
and God will say to his angel, 1.-The
crown is done; let her up that she may
wear it," And as the Lord Of righteous
ness puts the crown upon your brow an
gel will cry to angel, "Who is she!'
and Christ will say Il will tell you
who she is. She is the one that came up
out Of great tribulation and had her
robe washed and made white in the
blood of the lamb. And then God will
spread q banquet, and he will invite all
the principalities Of heaven to sit at the
feast, and the tables will blush with
the best clusters from the vineyards OF
God. and crimson with the II manner
of fruits from the tree Of life, and wa
ters from the fountain Of the rock VIII
fash from the golden tankards, and the
old harpers Of heaven will sit there,
making music with their harpS, and
Christ will point you out amid the ce-
lebrities Of heaven, saying She suffered
with me on earth. Now we are going to
be glorified together And the banquet
ers. no longer able to hold their peace,
will break forth with congratulation
"Haill Hailr' And there will be hand
writings ON the wall-nOt such as struck
the Persian noblemen with horror, but
with fire tipped fingers, writing in blaz-
ing capitals Of light and love and veto
~, God has wiped away all tears fsom
all faces.
Jim and Judy.