The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-06-28

earth peace, good will to men," Can you
tell me why Christian woman, going
down among the haunts of iniquity on
a Christian errand never meets with
any indignity? 1 stood in the chapel of
Helen Chalmers. the daughter of the
celebrated Dr. Chalmers. in the most
abandoned part of the city of Edin-
burgh; and 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 be possible that you
have never met with an insult while
performing this Christian 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 defended as that
Christian who goes forth on gospel
work into the haunts of iniquity, carry
ing the Bibles and bread. God, with
the right arm of his wrath omnipotent.
would tear to pieces anyone who
should offer indignity.
He would smite him with lightnings,
and drown him with floods, and swal-
low him with earthquakes, and damn
him with eternal indignations Some
one said: ~ dislike very much to see
that Christian woman teaching those
bad boys in the mission school. am
afraid they will use vile language be-
fore they leave the place" 'Ah," said
the other man, II am not afraid of
that. What am afraid of is, that il
any of those boys should use bad
word in that presence the other boys
would tear him to pieces and kill him
on the spot" That woman is the best
sheltered who is sheltered by Omnipo-
tence, and it is always safe to go where
God tells you to go. 1t seems as If
the Lord had ordained woman for an
especial work in the solicitation of
charities. Backed up by barrels in
which there is no -four, and by stoves
in which there is no fire, and ward
robes in which there are no clothes, a
woman is irresistible; passing on her
errand, God says to her: "You go into
that bank, or store, or shop, and get
the money" She goes in and gets it.
The man is hard-fisted, but she gets it.
She could not help but get it. 1t is
decreed from eternity she should get
it. No need of you turning your back
and pretending you don't hear; you do
hear. There is no need of your saying
that you are begged to death. There
is no need of your wasting your
time, and you might as we'll submit
first as last. You had better right
away take down your check book,
mark the number of the check, fill up
the blank, sign your name and hand it
to her. There is no need of wasting
time. Those Door children on the back
street have been hungry long enough.
That sick man must have some farina-
That consumptive must have some
thing to ease his cough. l meet this
delegate of a relief society coming out
of the store of such a hard-6sted man,
and say: did you get the money!
"Of course, she says, 81 got the money;
that's what went for. The Lord told
me to go in and get it, and He never
sends me on a FOOLS errand."
Again: 1 have to tell you that it is
woman's specific right to comfort un-
der the stress of dire disaster. She is
called the weaker vessel; but all 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
a woman who seemed to be a disciple
of frivolity and Incidence, who under
one stroke OF calamity, changed to a
heroine. Oh, what a 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 in the
household again and again: What is
the matter?" but he believes it sort
of Christian duty to keep all that trou-
bic 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 extended
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 l mean.
There comes a crisis in your affairs.
You struggle bravely and long, but
after awhile there comes a day when
you say: Here 1 shall have to stop"
and you call in your partners, and you
call in the most prominent men
in your employ, and you say: I'VE
have to stop" You leave the store
suddenly. You can scarcely make up
and over on the bridge or on the ferry
boat. You feel everybody will be
looking at you, and blaming you, and
denouncing you. You hasten home.
You tell your wife all about the affair.
What doeSshe say? Does she play the
butterfly? Does she talk about the
silks. and the ribbons, and the fash
ions? No. She comes up to the emer-
gency. She quails not under the stroke.
She helps you to begin to plan right
away. She offers to go out of the
comfortable house into a smaller
one, and wear the old cloak another
winteE She is one who understands
your affairs without blaming you.
You look upon what you thought was
a thin, weak woman's arm holding you
up; but while you look at that arm
there comes into the feeble muscles of
it the strength of the eternal God.
No Gliding, 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. My wife don't care
Il don't care" At the moment Won