The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-07-12

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Christian erlnd. never meeH with auY |
lndiw.tW ] stood ln che chapel OF Helen
Chalmers. the daughter 90 the celebrated hr.
Chalmers. iu tho most abandoned pad OI Che
city oi Edinburgh and 4 said Co hU ns /
looked around upon the fearful surround
lnEH Of thaf place "p8 YOU come bore nights
90 hold sDrvIerf' ooh. yoa she nid.
"Cau 10 he possible thatYou never meet WITH
un Insult while performing This Christian ere
ruudf' "Neyor hhe aId "Aeyer'
That young woman who has her father by
her side walking down Che street, an armed
policeman 90 each corner OF the street, Is not
80 woll defended a. tha, Christian who goes
forth on gospel w0rs into Che haunls oi inl-
guilty, carrying the BIblo and bread. God.
with the right arm Of Hia wrath 0mnipOtcnt,
would tear 90 pieces anyone who should offer
indignity. Tie would smite him with light.
nings and drown him with floods and swal-
low him with earthquakes and damn him
with eternal Indignation. Some one aidi
Il dislike very much 90 scc that Christian
woman teaching those bad boys in the mis-
sion school. ! nm afraid to have her instruct
them $50, said another man, 81 avn
afraid. too. Said the nrst. ~ am afraid
thoy viii use vile language before they leave
the place. "Ah." said the Othar man. 81
am not afraid OF that What / am afraid of
Is that, ~ any OF those boys should use q ba1
word in that presence, the other boys would
tear him % pieces and kill him on the spot"
That woman is best sheltered who i shell
tered by omnipotcnee, and e Is always safe
10 go whore God tells you 30 90. Il seems
as n the Lord had ordained woman Tor an
especial work On the solicitation OF charities.
Backed up by barrels in which there Is no
-four and by stoves IN which there Is no fire.
and warlr0hes In which there are no clothes
woman Is Irresistible Passing on her
Grand God says 90 her, "lOu 90
into that bank or store or shop
and get tho money She goes I'm and gets
e. The man is hard llsted but she gets It.
She could not help but get t. II Is decreed
from eternity she should get II. 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 10 death.
There Is no need OF your wasting your time,
and you might as well submit FIRST rs last.
You had better right away take down your
checkbook. mark the number OF the check.
an up the blank, sign your name and hand
Il 10 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 consumptiye
must have something 10 case his cough. !
meet this delegate OF a relief society coming
out OF the store of such q hard listed man,
and / say "Did you get the money! cot
course" She says, II got the money. That's
what 1 went for. The Lord told me to 90
In and get it. and He never sends me on a
FOOLS errand."
Again, have to tell you that tits woman's
specific right to comfort under the stress OF
dire disaster. She is called the weaker YES
sci, but all proiane as we'll as sacred history
Lott hot Tho aRfaia Ia hat
ter prepared than man to meet the emer-
gency. How often you have seen a woman
who seemed to be n disciple OF frivolity and
Incidence, who, under one stroke of calam-
| ity, changed to O heroinel Oh, what q great
mistake those business men make who never
| tell 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 matter2" but
! he believes il a 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 1t. She perhaps 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 in
| tended for two. There are business men who
know what l mean. There comes a crisis in
your affairs. You struggle brayely and long,
but after awhile there comes q day when
you say. "Here l 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
up your mind to pass through the street anC
over on bridge or on the ferryboat. You
feel everybody will be looking at you, anC
blaming you, and denouncing you. YOl
hasten home. You tell your wife all abou
the affairs. What does she say? Does slit
play the butterfly? Does she talk about tn
silks and the ribbons, and the fashions2 No
She comes upt the emergency. She quail
not under the stroke. She helps you to be
gin to plan right away. She offers to go GU
of the comfortable house into a smaller on
and wear the old cloak another winter. Sh,
is one who understands your affairs withou
blaming you. You look upon what yo
thought was a thin, weak woman's arr
holding you up, but while you look at tina
arm there comes into the feeble muscles G
1t the strength Of the eternal God. No child
ing. No fretting. No telling you about tn
beautiful house of her father, from whic
you brought her, ten, twenty or thirty year
ago. You say; "Well, this is the happies
day of my life. am glad have got froI
under my burden. My wife don't care
don't care" At the moment you were Ut
terly exhausted God sent Deborah to NEE
the host of the Amalekttes and scatter thel
like chaff over the plain.
There are sometimes women who sit reaC
ing sentimental novels and who wish thj
they had some grand field in which to di
play their Christian powers. Oh, what gran
and glorious things they could do if the
only had an opportunity My sister, yo
need not wait for any such time. A cris
J will come in your affairs. There will be
Thermopyl@ in your own household, whe
, God will tell you to stand There are hui
, dreds ofhousehoids where as much courage
! demanded of woman as was exhibited
: Grace Darling or Marie Antoinette or JoG
{ | of Are.
I Woman is further endowed to bring
l into the kingdom of heaven. 1t is easier f
} a woman to be Christian than for a ma
} Why? You say she is weaker. No. H