The Yale expositor., 1895-06-28

that little girl dress? Which of these
masculine hands could fit hat TO that
little girls head? Which OF the wise
lien would know how TO tie on that
new pair of shoes? Man sometimes
gives his charity in a rough way. and
II falls like the fruit of a tree in the
East. which fruit comes down so heavily
that 1t breaks the skull of the man who
is trying to gather it. But woman
glldes so softly into the house OF desti-
tuition, and finds out all the sorrows
of the place. and puts so quietly the do
nation on the table, that all the family
come out on the front steps as she de-
parts. expecting that from under her
shawl she will thrust out two wings
and go right up toward heaven from
whence she seems to have come down.
oh, Christian young woman! If you
would make yourself happy and win the
blessing of Christ go out among the
destitute. A loaf of bread or bundle
of socks may make a homely load to
carry; but the angels of God will come
out to watch, and the Lord Almighty
will give his messenger hosts a charge,
saying: Look after that woman. Can
opy her with your wings and shelter
her from all HARM" and while you are
seated in the house of restitution and
suffering, the little ones around the
room will whisper: "Who Is she? Amt
she beautiful" and If you listen right
sharply you will hear dripping down
the leaky roof. and rolling over the
rotten stairs, the angel chant that
shook Bethlehem: GLORY to God In the
highest, and on earth peace, good will
to men," Can you tell me why Chris
tan woman, going down among the
haunts of iniquity on a Christian err
rand, never meets with any indignity?
stood in the chapel of Helen Chalmers,
the daughter Of the celebrated DR.. Chal-
mers in the most abandoned part Of the
city Of Edinburgh; and / said to her as
1 looked around upon the fearful sur
roundlngs Of that place do you come
here nights to hold service?" ooh, yes"
she said. Can ii be possible that you
never meet with an insult while per-
forming this Christian errand?"
Never" she said never" That
young woman who has her father by
her side walking down the street. an
armed policeman at each corner Of the
street, is not so we'll defended as that
Christian who goes forth on Gospel
work into the haunts of inlquity, carry
ing the Bibles and bread. God, with the
right arm OF his wrath omnpotent.
would tear to pieces anyone who should
offer indignity. He would smite him
with lightnlngs, and drown him with
floods, and swallow him with earth
quakes, and damn him with eternal in
dignations. Someone said: II dislike
very much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
school. 1 am afraid to have her in
struct them" 80" said another man,
II am afraid, too" Said the first: II
an afraid they will use vile language
before they leave the place" All"
said the other man, II am not afraid
of that. What / am afraid of is. that
If any of those boys should use a
bad word in that presence, the
other boys would tear him TO pieces
and kill him on the spot" That woman
is the best sheltered who is sheltered
by Omnipotence, and it is always safe
to go where God tells you to go. 1t
seems as IL the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the
solicitation of charities. Backed up by
barrels in which there is no -four. and
by stoves in which there is no fire, and
wardrobes in which there are no
clothes, a woman is irresistible; pass
ing on her errand. God says to her:
you go into that bank. or store, or
shop, and get the money" She goes
in and gets ii. The man is hard-lsted.
but she gets it. She could not help but
get It. 1t is decreed from eternity she
should get 1t. No need of your turning
your back and pretending you don't
hear; you do hear. There is no need
of your saying you are begged TO death.
There is no need Of your wasting your
time, and you might as well submit
first as last. You had better right away
take down your check-book, mark the
number of the check. fill up the blank,
sign your name and hand ii TO her.
There is no need Of wasting time. Those
poor children on the back street have
been hungry long enough. That sick
man must have some farina. That con-
sumptive must have something to ease
his cough. 1 meet this delegate of a
relief society coming out of the store
of such a hard-fisted man, and / say,
Did you get the money!" "Of course"
she says; II got the money; that's
what 1 went for. The Lord told me TO
go in and get 1t, and he never sends
me on a fools Grand
Again: 1 have to tell you that 1t is
woman's specific right to comfort under
the stress of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel; but all profane as
well as sacred history attests that when
the crisis comes she is better prepared
than man to meet the emergency. How
often you have seen a woman who
seemed to be a disciple of frivolity and
Incidence, who, under one stroke of
calamity, changed to a heroine. oh,
what a great mistake those business
men make who never tell their business
troubles 10 their wives. There comes
some great loss to their store, or 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 natter" but he believes IL 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 II. She, perhaps, might not
have disentangled your finances. or ex-
tended your credit, but she would have
helped you to bear misfortune You
have no right to carry on one shoulder