Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-24
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; REV. DIR. TALMAGE. 5
His Sermon at Beatrice, Neb. Yesterday, on His
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the baunts Of iniquity on a Christian
erraud, never meets with any indig-
nifty? I stood in the chapel Of Helen
Chalmers. the daughter OF the celebra-
ted Or. Chalmers. in the most aban-
doned part of the City OF Edinburgh,
and I said to her as l looked around
upon the fearful surroundings Of that
place: DO yOu'cOme here nights to hold
service?' oh, yes she said. can
it De possible that you never meet with
on insult while performing this Chris
tian 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 well de-
Tended as that Christian who goes forth
on Gospel work into the haunts of in
EQUITY. carrying the Bibles and bread.
God. with the right arm Of his wrath
omnipotent. would tear TO pieces any
one who should cffer indignity He
would sm.te him with lightnings, and
drown him with foods, and swallow
him with earthquakes, and damn him
with eternal indignations. Some one
said: Il dislike very much to see that
Christian woman teaching those bad
boys in the mission school. am
afraid 10 have her instruct them. SO, -
said another man. 81 am afraid, too. "
Said the FIRST: "I am afraid they will use
bad language before they leave the
place" All" said the other man, 4
am not afraid of that. What l am
afraid Of is. that if any Of those bays
should use O. bad word i'm that presence
the other boys would tear him TO piecea
and kin 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 60. It
seems as if the Lord had ordained VIC
man FOR an especial work in the solicit
tation of charities. Backed up by bar
rels in which there is no flour, and by
stoves in which there is no fire, and
wardrobes in which there are no
clothes, q woman is irresistible; pass
ing ON her erraud, God says TO her:
You so into that bank or store, or
shop, and get the money" She goes
ia and gets IT, She could not help but
get it. 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. Those
poor children on the back street have
been hungry long enough. That sick
man must have some f3riua That
consumptive must have something to
ease his cough. 1 meet this delegate OF
a relief society coming out OF the store
of such hard-fsted 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 so in and get It, and he never
sends me on q FOOLS errand.
Again: ! have to tell you that it is
woman's specific right TO comfort I'm
der the stress of dire dlsater. She Is
called the weaker vessel: but al pro-
fame as well as sacred history attests
that when the crisis comes she IS bet
ter prepared than man to meet the
emergency How often you have seen
@ woman who seemed to be a disciple
of frivolity and Incidence. who. under
one stroke of calamity, changed to
heroine Oh. what a great mistake
those business men make who never
tell their
BUSINESS TROUBLES
to their wives There comes some
great loss 10 their store. OF some Of
their companions in business play them
a sad trick, and they carry the burden
all alone. He is asked in the house
hold again and again: What IS the
matter?' but he believes ii 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 it. She, perhaps, might not have
disentangled your finances, or extend
ed your credit. but she would have
helped YOU to bear misfortune. You
have no right to carry on one shoulder
that which is intended for two. There
are business men who know what
mean.
There are sometimes women who sit
reading sentimental novels, and who
wish that they had some grand field In
which to display their Christian pow
ers. Oh, what grand and glorious
things they 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 Thermopylae in your own house
hold, where God will tell You to stand.
There are hundreds Of households
where as much courage is demanded
of women as was exhibited by Grace
Darling, or Marie Antoinette, or Joan
of Arc
Woman Is further endowed to bring
rs into the kingdom of heaven. II Is
easier for q woman to be a Christian
than for q man Why? You say she
is weaker. No. Her heart is more
responsive to the pleadings of divine
love. The fact that she can more
easily
BECOME A CHRISTIAN,
I prove by the statement that three
f0urths of the 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 of
two or three and In private home-life.
A patient loving, Christian demeanOr
in the presence OF transgression, in the
presence Of hardness. in the presence
of obduracy and crime, is an argument
from the force Of which no man can
escape.
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