Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-05


Il woman Il irresistible. Passing on her
errand, God SAYS to her. "YOu 20
into that bank or store or shop
and get the money" She goes In aud gets
IT, The man is hard nstei. but she pets il.
She could not help but get il. Il is decreei
. from eternity she should get IL. No need Of
your turning your bacs, and pretending Won
don't hear. You DO hear. There Is no ne.i
n your saying You ara begged o. death.
There Is no need Of your wasting your time,
aud You might ~ we'll submit first a. last.
You had better right away takc down YOUR
checkboOk. mark the number Of the check.
hll up the blank. sign your name and hand
il 20 her. There j. N need II wasting time
Those poor children gu the back street hay.
been hungry long enough. That sick man
must have some iar,na. That constructive
must have something To ease his cough.
meet this delegate OF relief society coming
out uf the store Of such a hard listed man.
and ] say. "Did you get the money" "Of
course" she says, Il got the money That's
what / went for The Lord told me 10 20
In and get il. AMI lie never sends me on a
fools GRAND
Again. have to tell You that it is woman's
specific right To comfort under the stress OF
dire disaster. She is called the weaker yes
sci. but all profane as well "a sacred history
a:teSts that when the crisis comes she IL bet
ter prepared than maa to meet the emer-
Cency. How often YOU have seen woman
who seemed to be a disciple Of irivOlity ami
Incidence, who, under one stroke of calam.
ity, changed to heroinel Oh. what 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 sad trick. and they carry the burden
all alone. He is asked ia the household
again and again. what is the matter?' but
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all that trouble within his own soul Oh,
sir. your first duty was TO tell your wife
all about it. She perhaps might not have
dsentangled 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 mean. There comes Il crisis ia
your affairs. You struggle brayely and long,
but after awhile there comes a cay when
you say. "Here shall haY0 to sop" AM
Won call in your partners, anu You call IN
the most prominent men in your employ,
and you say, ''We have to stop" You leave
the store suddenly. You can scarcely make
up your mind to pass through the street ami
over on bridge or on the ferryboat You
feel everybody will be looking at YOU, aud
blaming you. and denouncing you. You
hasten home. You tell your wife all about
the affairs. What does she say? Does she
play the butterfly? Does she talk about the
silks, and the ribbons, and the fashions? No
She comes uptO the emergency. She quRils
not under the stroke. She helps you to be-
gin to plan right away. She offers TO go out
OF the comfortable house into IL smaller one
and wear the old cloak another winter. She
is one who understands your affairS without
blaming Won. You look upon what you
thought was thin. weak woman's arm
holding you up, but while you look at that
arm there comes into tue feeble muscles OF
it the strength Of the eternal God. No child
ing No fretting. No telling You about the
beautiful house OF her father, from which
you brought her, ten. twenty or thirty years
ago. You say: "Well, this is the happiest
day OF my life. | am glad have got from
under my burden. NV wife don't care-I
don't care At the moment you were Ut
terly exhausted God sent Deborah 10 meet
the host OF the AmulekltyS and scatter them
like chaH over the plain.
There are sometimes women who sit read
ing sentimental novels. and who wish that
they had some grand field in which to dis |
play their Christian powers Oh. what grand
and glorious things the could do If they
only had an opportunity. My sister, you
need not wait for any such time. A crisis
will come in your affairs. There will be a
Ihermopyl@ in your own household, where |
God Will tell you TO stand. There are hum
dreds ofhouseholds where rs much courage is |
demanded Of woman A. was exhibited by
Grace Darling or Marie Antoinette or Joan
of Are
Woman is further endowed to bring us !
into the kingdom of heaven. Ii is easier for !
woman to he Christian than Tor n man.
why! You say she is weaker. No. Her /
heart is more responsive TO the peadings Of |
divine love. The fact that she can more |
easily become Christian l prove by the |
statement that three-fourths of tho members |
OF the churches in all Christendom are |
women. So God appoints them to be the .
chief agencies for bringing this world back |
to God. The greatest sermons are not |
preached On celebrated platforms They are
preached with an audience % two or three /
and in private home life. 4 patient, loving.
Christian dcmeanor in the presence OF trans. |
gressioI, in the presence of hardness. in the
presence Of obduraoY and crime, is an argu-
ment from the force Of which no man can
escape.
Lastly, one OF the specific rights Of woman
is, through the grace OF Christ, finally to
reach heaven. On, what Il multitude OF
women in heaven Mary, Christ's mother,
in heaven; Elizabeth Fry in heaven Char
lotte Elizabeth in heaven, the mother OF
Augustine in heaven. the Countess Of Hunt
in:don, who sold her splendid jewels to build
chapeIs, in heaven, nile a great many other.
who have never been heard Of On earth or
known but little have gone to the rest ana
peace Of heaven. What a rest! What
change it was from the small room. with nc
nre and one window. the glass broken out,
and the aching side and wornout eyes. to the
"hOuse of many mansions!" Nom0re stitch
ing until ~ o'clock Mt night, no more thrust
ing OF the thumb by the employer through
the work to show that it was not done quite
right. Plenty of bread at last. HeaY n for
achlnS heads. Heaven for broken hearts
Heaven for anguish bitten frames. Nomora
sitting up until midnight for the coming of
staggering steps. No more rough blows
across the temples. No more sharp, keeE,
bitter curses
Some Of you will have no rest in this
world. 1t will be toll and struggle and suf-
lering all the way up. You will have to
stand at your door fighting back the wolf
with your own hand, red with carna ye
But God has a crown for you. | want
You to realize that He is now making
IT, and whenever you weep tear He
sets another gem in that CROWN when
ever you have 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 sptendor, and Col
Will say to His angel The crown is done.
let her up that she may wear it," And a.
the Lord OF righteousness puts the crown
upon your brow angel will cry to angel.
who Is sheI" and Christ will say: II will
tell you who she is. She is the one that came
up out of great tribuation and had her robe
washed and made white in the blood OF the
Lamb. And then God will spread BANQUET.
and He will invite all the prlncipalitles of
heaven to sit at 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 life, and
waters from the fountain of the rock will
flash from the golden tankarls. and the old
harpers of heaven will sit there, making
music with their harps, and Christ will point
you out amid the celebrities of heaven, say
Ing: she suffered with Me on earth. Now
we are going to be glorined togetherN And