The Iola register., 1895-11-22

SPl1-0enlai. OF the 1aIlgOeN. anu eOou
sense and prayers which those mothers
go through who navigate "a family ut
girls from the edge of the cradle to the
schoOlhOuse door. and from the schools
house door up To the marriage altar.
That is an achievement which the eter-
nal God cele brates high up in the heav-
ems. though for it human hands seldom
clap the faintest applause. II is while
she is living. but never while she is
dead, that some girls call their mother
maternal ancestor" or ''the old wOm-
an
And if you have grief already land
some of the lIeenest sorrows of
woman's life come earlyl roll it over
on Christ and vou will find him more
sympathetic than was Queen Victoria
who, when her children. the princes
and princess. came ont of the school
room after the morning lesson had
been given mp by the governess, and
told how her voice had trembled in the
morning prayer because it was the an
niversary of her mothers death, and
that she had put her head down
on the desk and sobbed ''MOther!"
Mother" the qCeen went in
and said TO the @OverneSS. My
poor child / am sorry the children
disturbed vou this morning. | will
hear their lessons to-day. and tn show
you that have not forgotten the sad
anniversary, | bring you this gift,
and the queen clasped on the girls
wrist mourning bracelet with lock
of her mothers hair. All you young
women the world around who mourn
like sorrow. and sometimes in Your
loneliness and sorrow and loss burst
ont crying, Mother. mother" put on
your wrist this golden clasp of Divine
sympathy: ''As one whom his mother
comforteth SO will comfort Won.
Advice the fourth: Allow no time to
pass without Frightening some ones
life Within five minutes walk of YOU
there is some one in a tragedy com
pared with which Shakespeare King
Lear or Victor lIugo's lean VAL
jean" has no power. TO out and
brighten somebody's life with a cheer
! ing word or smile, or a flower. Take
a good book and read achapter to that
blind man. TO up that dark alley and
make that invalid woman laugh with
some good story. For Gods sake
make some one happy for ten
minutes, if for no longer a time. A
young woman bound on such a mis-
sion, what might she not accomplish? /?
Oh, there are thousands of these
manufacturers of sunshine. They are
Kings Daughters whether inside or
outside that delightful organiza ton.
They do more good before they are
20 years of age than selfish women who
live,90, and they are so happy just be-
cause they make others happy. Com
pare such n young woman who feels
she has such mission with one who
lives a round of vanities. card case in
hand, calling on peOpie for whom she
does not care. except for some social
advantage, and insutferably bored
when the call is returned, and trying
to look young after they are old. and
living life of insinceritv and hollow
ness, and dramatiZatiOn and sham.
Young woman! live to make others
happy and you will be happy. Live
for yourself and Won will be miserable.
the rule. There never will be an ex-
ceptiOn.
Advice the fifth: Plan out your life
on big scale. whether YOU are a
farmers daughter. or a shepherdess
among the hills. or the fattered pet of
a drawingroom filled with statuarv,
and pictures, and bric-a-brac. Stop
where You are and make plan for
vour lifetime. You cannot be satisfied
with life of frivOlity, and giggle, and
/ indirectiOn. Trust the world and it
/ will cheat You, if it does not destroy
| Won. The Redoubta BILE" was the name
of an enemy's ship that Lord Nelson
! spared twice from demolition. but that
same ship afterwards sent the ball
! that killed him. and the world on which
/ YOU smile may aim at YOU its deadIiest
weapons. BE a God woman.
\ thousand questions of Your COM
| inc life Vou cannot settle now. but
| there is one question YOU can settle in
/ dependent of man. woman. angel and
/ devil and that is, that Won will be a
/ Gods woman now. henceforth and for
/ ever. Clasp hands with the Almighty.
Look out for opportunities of cheer
/ ing. inspiring, rescuin" and saving all
! the people yOH can. Make a league
/ with the Eternities. / seek your pres
ent and everlasting safety. The world
wonders at the charge of the Light
! Brigade. immortaljzed bv TennvSon.
! Only a few of the 600 got back
/ from the charge under Lord
/ Cardigan. Of the Nluseoyite guns, and
| all the havoc was done in twenty-five
minutes. The charge, beginning at
! l1:1O o'clock and closing at 1885. and
/ yet nothing left on the field but dying
and dead men. dying and dead horses.
/ But a smaller proportion of the men
and women who go into the battle of
| life come out unwounded. The Slaugh-
ter has been and will be terrific. and we
| all need God. and we need Him now
and we need Him all the time. And
| let me say there is a new woman, as
! here is new man. and that is the re-
/ generated woman made such by the
rausackinr transforming. upbuilding,
triumphant power of the Spirit who is
sosuperiOr To all other spirits that he
/ has been called for ages the Holy
! Spirit. Quicker than wheel ever turned
on its axis: quicker than feetest hoof
| ever StrrrcL- fha navarnenf. ouioIyer