The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-06-29

nuuu Will no uOrc DO yours ~ WhA
be night, and there will come upa cold
wind from the Jordan, and you must
start win It be a lone woman on o
trachless moor? Ali no. Jesus will
come up In that hour and offer His
hand, and He will say; "You stood by
me when you were well; now will not
desert you while you are sick One wave
of His hand and the storm will dropi
another wave of His hand, and mid
night shall break into mid-noon; and
another wave of His hand, and the
chamberlains of God will come down
from the treasure houses Of Heaven,
with robes lustrous, blood-washed and
Thoroughbred, in which you will ar
ray yourself for the marriage supper OF
the Lamb.
Your dominion Is home, o womani
What a brave fight for home the wom-
en- of Ohio made some ten or 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 Christion songs shut up
more palaces of dissipation than was
over counted. We're they opened
good thing to shut up the gates
OF hell for two or three months?
1t seemed that men engaged in
the business of destroying others did
not know how to cope with this kind
of warfare. They knew how to fight
the Maine liquor law, and they knew
how to fight the National temperance
society, and they knew how to fight
Sons of Temperance and Good Samar-
itans; but when Deborah appeared
upon the scene, Sisera took to his feet
and got to the mountains. 1t seems
that they did not know how to con-
tend against Coronation" and "Old
Hundred" and "Brattle Street," and
Bethany" they were SO very intangi-
bic. These men found that they could
not accomplish much against that kind
of warfare, and in one of the cities
a regiment was brought out all armed
to dispense the women. They came
down in battle array; but, oh! what
poor success, for that regiment was
made up of gentlemen, and gentlemen
do not like to shoot women with
hymn-boolSs in their hands. Oh, they
found that cunning for female prayer
meeting was as very poor business! No
real damage was done, although there
was threat of violence after threat of
violence all over the land, really
think if the women of the east has as
much faith in God as their sisters of
the west had, and the same reckless
ness of human criticism. ! really be-
lieve that in one month three-fourths
of the grog shops of our cities would be
closed, and there would be running
through the cutters of the streets Bur.
gundy, and cognac, and Heidsick,
and old port, and Schiedam schnapps,
and lager beer. and you would save
your fathers, and your husbands. and
your sons, first. from n drunkards
grave, and, secondly, from drunk
ards HE'LL To this battle for home let
all women rouse themselves. Thank
God for our early home. Thank God
for our present home. Thank God tor
the coming home in Heaven.
One twilight, after had been play
ing with the children for some time, I
lay down on the lounge to rest. The
children said, play more. Children al
ways want to play more And, half
asleep and half awake, seemed to
dream this dream: 1t seemed to me
that ] was in far-distant land
not Persia, although 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 filed the air.
And l wandered around, looking for
thorns and nettles, but found none of
them grew there. And I walked
forth and saw the sun rise,
and said: "When will it set
again?' And the sun sank not.
And l saw all the people in holiday
apparel, and l said when do they
put on workingman's garb again, and
delve in the mine, and swelter at the
forge?" but neither the garments nor
the robes did they put off. And
wandered in the suburbs, and I said:
"WhGre do they bury the dead of this
great city?" and looked along by the
hills where 1t would be most
beautiful for the dead to sleep,
and ! saw castles, and towns, and
b.ttlements; but not a mausoleum.
nor monument, nor white slab could
zee. And l went into the great chapel
of the town, and said: Where do
the poor worship? where are the
benches on which they sit?" and a
voice answered: eve have no poor in
this great city" And I wandered out,
seeking to find the place where were
the novels of the destitute; and
found mansions of amber and
ivory and gold, but no tear
did I see or sigh hear. was
bewildered; and sat under the shad-
ow of a great tree, and l said: "What
am /, and whence comes all this?"
And at that moment there came from
among the leaves, skipping up tho
flowery path and across the sparkling
waters, a very bright and sparkling
group; and when I saw their step Ikncw
it, and when I heard their voices I
thought knew them; but their apparel
was so different from anything had
ever seen, bowed a stranger TO stran-
gers. But after awhile, when they
clapped their hands and shouted:
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