The Penn's Grove record., 1895-06-28
NUMBER 40

Inc place.. An, Salu Ilt Ot0eT man, Il
am not afraid OF thatI What / am afraid OF
j. that, II any of those boys should use a bal
word In that presence, the other boys would
tear him to pieces and kill him on the spot.'i
That woman IS best sheltered who IS shell
tered by omnipotence, and IT Is always safe
70 go where God tells you to go. It seems
Is II the Lord had ordained woman for IN
Backed up by barrels In which there is no
-four, andy stoves in which there Is no fire,
and wardrobes in which there are no clothes
a M Is irresistible. Passing on her
errand, God says to her, "You go
Into that bank or store or shop
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. No need Of
your turning your back and pretending you
don't hear. You dc hear- There is no need
Of your saying you are begged 10 deH.h.
There is no need OF your wasting your time,
and you might as well submit hrst e5 last.
You had better right away take down your
checkbook. mark the number OF the check,
fill up the blank, sign your name and hand
Il to her, There is no need OF wasting time.
Those poor children on the back street have
been hungry long enough. hat sick man
must have some farlna. That c~onsumptive
must have something to ease his cough. l
meet this delegate Of a relief society coming
out Of the store Of such a hard listed man.,
and 1 say, "Did you get the money! "oi
coprse," che says, 81 got the money. That's
what 1 went for. The Lord told me to go
In and get It. and He never sends me on a
FOOLS Grand"
Again, I have to tell you that 1t is woman's
peciic right to comfort under the stress OF
lire disaster. She Is called the weaker -Yes-
Iel, but all proiane as wei as sacred history
Attests that when the crisis comes she is bet
ter prepared than man to meet the emer-
gency. How often you have seen a woman
who seemed to be q disciple Of frivOlity and
Incidence, who, under one stroke Of calam-
lty, changed to q heroine! Oh, what n great
mistake those business men make who never
iell their business troubles to their wives!
There comes some great loss to their store or
some OF their companions in business play
them a sad trick, and they carry the burden
all alone. he is asked In the household
again and again, "What is the natter" hit
he believes 1t a sort OF Christian duty to keep
all that trouble within his own soul. Oh,
Ir, your first duty was TO tell your wife
all about 1t. She perhaps might not have
iisentangled your finances or extended
your credit. but she would have helped
YOU to bear misfortune. You have no right
10 carry on one shoulder that which Is In
tended for two. There are business men who
know what 1 mean. There comes a crisis In
your affairs. You struggle braveiy and long,
but after awhile there m q day when
you say, "Here I shall have to stop" and
you call In your partners, and you call in
the most prominent men in your employ,
and you say, 1--WE have to stop" You leave
the store suddenly. You can scarcely make
np your mind to pass through the street and
pver on bridge or on the ferryboat. You
feel everybody will be looking at you, and
planning you, and ~denounctng you. You
hasten home. You tell your wife all about
the affairs. What does she say2 Does she
play the butterfly Does she talk about the
silks, and the ribbons, and the fashionsp No.
She comes upt to the emergency. She quatls
not under the stroke. She helps you to be-
gin to plan right away. She offers TO go out
Of the comfortable house into a smaller one
and wear the old cloak another winter. She
8 one who understands your affairs without
blaming you. You look upon what you
thought was a thin, weak woman's arm
holding you up, but while you look at that
arm there comes into the feeble muscles OF
/ the strength Of the eternal God. No child
ing. No fretttng. No telling You about the
beautiful house OF her father, from which
you brought her, ten, twenty or thirty years
igo. You sayt hWell, this is the happiest
lay of my life. / am glad l have got from
lnder my burden. My wife don't care-L
aon't care" At the moment you were ut
,erly exhausted God sent q Deborah to meet
The host of the Amalekites and scatter them
ike chat over the plain.
There are sometimes women who sit reads
hg sentimental novels. and who wish that
they had some grand Geld In which to dis
play their Christian powers. Oh, what grand
and glorious things they could do II they
pnly had an opportunity My sister, you
need not wait for any such time. 4 crisis
Fhermopyle In your own household, where
God will tell you to stand. There are n
ireds ~ofhouseholds where as mucheourage ia
demanded OF woman as was exhibited by
Grace Darling or Marie Antoinette or Joan
Of Arc.
Lastly, one OF the specific rights Of woman
4, through the grace Of Christ, finally to
reach heaven. oh, what q multitude OF
women in heavenl Mary, Chrlst's mother,
In heaven, Elizabeth Fry in heaven, Char
lotte Elizabeth in heaven, the mother OF
Augustine in heaven, the Countess OF Hunt.
ingdon, who sold her splendid Jewels to build
cbapels, in heaven, while a great many others
known but little have gone to the rest and
peace Of heaven. What a restl What a
change it was from the small room, with no
fire and one window, the glass broken out,
and the aehing side and wornout eyes, to the
"house Of many anstonsF' NO more stitch-
ing until IA o'clock at night, no more thrust
Ing Of the thumb by the employer through
the work to show that 1t was not done quite
right. Plenty Of bread at last. Heaven fot
aching heads. Heaven for broken hearts.
Heaven for anguish bitten frames. No mora
sitting up until midnight for the coming OF
staggering steps. No moro rough blows
across the temples. No more sharp, keen,
bitter curses.
Some Of you will have no rest IN THU
world. 1t will be toll and struggle and sut-
lering all the way up. You will have to
stand at your door fighting back the wolf
with your own hand, red with carnage.
But God has o crown for you. I want
SOW. 60 naali1a that Ia IA nntV nnEth0
Il. and whenever you weep o tear He
sets another gem in that crowns when'
ever you have a pang of body or
soul He puts another gem into that crown,
until, after awhile, in all the tiara there will
be no room for another %splendor, and God
will say to His angel, ''The crown Is doneI
let her up that she may wear it." And as
the Lord of righteousness puts the crown
upon your brow angel will cry to angel,
"Who is she?" and Christ will say ~ will
tell you who she Is. She is the n that came
up out OF great t%ribulation 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 ~princlpalities OF
heaven to sit Mt the feast, and the tables will
blush with the best clusters from the vine
yards of God, and crimson with the twelve
manner of fruits from the tree OF lie, and
waters from the fountain OF the rock Will
fash from HI golden tankards, and the old
harpers OF heaven will eft there, making
music with their harps, aud Christ will point
you out amid the celebrities OF heaven, say
Ing. "She suffered with Me on earth. Now
we are going to be gloriaed together" And
the banqueters, no longer able to hold theii
peace, will break forth with eongratulation
HALT Hailln And there will DO hand
writings on the wall-not such a. struck the
Peratan nobleman with horror, but with fire
tipped fingers, writing in blazing capitals o
light ard love and victory, "God has wiped
away all tears from all faces" !
Georgia's fruit crop this year Is estimatet
TO be worth 5000, 200.