The Princeton union., 1895-06-27

and the characteristics Of God will come
4, down from the treasure houses OF
heaven, with robes lustroIls, blood
| washed and heayen-glinted, in which
you will array yourself for the mar
! riage supper of TIE Lamb. And then
i with Miriam, VINO struck the tiInbrel
! Of the Red Sea; and with Deborah,
/ who led the Lords host into the fight;
and with Hannah, who gave her Sam
uel to the Lord; and with Mary, who
rocked Jesus to sleep white there were
angels singing in the air; and with
sisters Of charity, who. bound up the
| battle-wounds Of the Crimea. you viii,
from the chalice Of God, drink to the.
souls eternal rescue:
Your dominion is home,. O. Womanl
! What brave fight for home the wom-
en- OF Ohio made some ten or fifteen
! years ago, when they banded together
and In many Of tile towns and cities
! OF that state marched in procession.
and by prayer and Christian songs
smut up the palaces; of dissipa ton than
were ever counted. Were they opened
! again! On, yes. But is it not a good
thing to shut up the gates Of hell for
/ TWO or three monthsH It seemed that
! men engaged in the business of des-
i troy1ns others did not know how to-
! cope with this kind Of warfare. They
knew how to fight the Maine liquor
law. and they knew how to fight the,
Natlohal Temperance Society, and they
knew how to fight the Sons of Tenn
perance and Good Samaritans; but
When Deborah appeared upon the.
scene, Sisera took to his feet and cot
TO the mountains. It seems that. ti3ey
did not know how to contend: against
Corona tion;' and "Oid Hundred."
and "Brattle Street. and "Bethanyv
they were so very intangible. These
men found that they could not accom-
pllsh much against that kind of. war
1afe, and in one Of the cities a regi
ment was brought out all armed TO dis
perse the women They came down in
battle array; but oh! what Door suc-
cess, for that regiment was made IN
OF gentlemen, and gentlemen do not
ike TO shoot women with hymn books
III their hands. Oh, they found that
cunning for female prayer meetings
was a very poor business! No real
| uamage was done, although there was
threat OF violence after threat of yio-
renee all over the land. I really think
II the women of the east had as much
latin IN God as their sisters in the
west had, and the same recklessness
oi human CRITICISM, I really believe
that IN one month three-fourths of the
sroS shops Of our cities would be clos
| ed, and there would be running
through the cutters of the streets Bur
gundV, and cOgnac, and Heidsick. and
Ola port, and Schiedam schnapps. and
lager beer, and you would save YOUR
fathers, and your husbanCS, and YOUR
sons, first, from a drunkard's grave.
ana, secondly, from a drunkard's heIIt
| 10 this battle for home let all women
rouse themselves. Thank God for our
early home. Thank God for our pres
ent home. Thank God for the coming
home in heaven.
one twilight, after I had been play
ing with the children for some tine, I
! lay down on the lounge to rest. The.
/ chlldren SAID, play hrore. Children al
| ways want to play more. And. half
asleep and half awake. I seemed TO
| dream this dream: 1t seemed to- me.
that l was in a far-distant land-not
Persia, although more than oriental
| luXuliance crowned the cities; nor the.
| tropicS-although more than tropical
frultfulnesS filled the gardens: nor
ltaly-although more than Italian soft
ness filled the air. And I wandered
around. looking for th )rns and nettles,
i but | found none of them grew there.
and walked forth and I saw the sun
rise, and l said: "When will it set
again. and the sun sank not And
saw all the people in holiday apparel.
; and l said: "When do they put on
workingman's garb again, and: deIve
in the mine, and SWelter at the forge:"
but neither the garments nor the robes
did they put off. And I wandered in
the suburbs, and said: "Wrhere do
they bury the dead of this great city::"
and l looked along by the hills where
1T would be most beautiful for the
dead to sleep, and 7 saw, castles. and
towns, and battlements; but not a.
mauSoleum nor mOrument. nor white
slab could see. And I went into the
great chapel of the town. and said:
Where do the poor worship? where
are the benches on which they sit?'
ana voice answered.: I'VE have no
, poor IN this great city" And l wan
dered out, seeking to find the place
where We're the novels Of the destitute:
! and l found mansions Of amber and
ivory and gold. but no tear did see
or sigh hear. was bewiIdered: and
sat under the shadow of great tree.
and I said: what am I, and whence
comes all this?' And at that moment
there came from among the leaves,
skipping up the tfowery path and
| across the sparkling waters, very
bright and sparkling group; and when
heard their voices thought I knew
them; but their apparel was so differ
ent from anything had ever seen. I
bowed a stranger, to strangers. But
after awhile, when they clapped their
h'nds, and shouted, "Welcome! vel
come!' the mystery was solved, and I
saw that time had passed, and that
eternity had come, and that God had
gathered us up into a higher home:
and said: care we all here?" and the
voices of innumerable generations an
swered: "All here;" and while tears of
gladness We're raining down our
cheeks, and the branches of Lebanon
cedars were clapping their hands. and
the towers of the great city were chin
ing their welcome, we began to laugh
and sing, and leap and shout: "Home!
home! homer
Then felt childs hand on my face,
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