Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-24

Again, woman mas Sup0fIdGlV0 right
| to take care of the poor. There are hun
dreds and thousands of them in all our
cities. There is a kind of work that men
cannot do for the poor. Here comes a
group of little barefoot cAildren to the
door of the Dorcas society. They need
to be clothed and provided for. Which
of these directors Of banks would know
how many yards it would take to make
| that little girl dress? Which of these
i masculine hands could fit hat to that
little girls head? Which of the wise
men would know how to tie on that
new pair of shoes? Man sometimes gives
/ his charity in rough way, and.;t falls
! like the fruit Of tree in the casts switch
fruit comes down SO heavily that it
breaks the skull Of the man who is try
ing to gather it. But woman glides SO
softly into the house Of restitution, and
finds out all the sorrows of the place,
and puts so quietly the donation on the
table, that all the family come out on
the front steps as she departs, expecting
that from under her shawl she will
thrust out two wings and go right up
toward heaven, from whence she seems
to have come down. 0 Christian
self happy and win the blessing of
Christ, go out among the destitute A
loaf Of bread or bundle Of socks may
make a homely load to carry, but the
angels of God will come out to watch,
and the Lord Almighty will give his
messenger hosts a charge, saying: "Look
after that woman. Canopy her with
your wings and shelter her from all
| harm, and while you are seated in the
house of restitution and suffering the
little ones around the room will whis-
per: "Who is she? Ain she beautiful"
and if you listen right sharply, you will
hear dripping down the leaky roof and
rolling over the rotten stairs the angel
chant that shook Bethlehem, "G1ory to
God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will to men. - Can you tell me
why a Christian woman, going down
among the haunts of iniquity on Chris
tian GRAND, never meets with any in
dignity? [ stood in the chapel of Helen
Chalmers, tee daughter Of the celebrated
DR.. Chalmers, in the most abandoned
part of the city Of Edinburgh, and I
said to her as [ looked around upon the
fearful surroundings of that place, ''Do
y
"Oh, yes,'' she said. "Can it be posi-
BILE that you never meet with an insult
while performing this Christian er-
randi" 'ENCger," she said. "Never. -
That young woman who has her ia
Their by her side walking down the
street, an armed policeman at each cor
ner of the street, is not so we'll defended
as that Christian who goes forth on Cos
pei work into the haunts of iniquity,
carrying the Bibles and bread. God,
with the right arm of his wrath Omnip-
otent, would tear to pieces any one who
should offer indignity. He would smite
him with Gghtnings and drown him
with floods and swallow him with earth
Qualzes and damn him with eternal in
dignatiOns. Some one said: II dislike
very much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
school I am afraid to have her instruct
them. - $780," said another man, 81
am afraid too. Said the first, II am
afraid they will use vile language before
they leave the place" "Ah," said the
other man, 81 am not afraid Of that
What am afraid of is that, if any Of
those boys should use q bad word III
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 OmnipOtence, and it is
always safe to go where God tells you
to go. 1t seems as if the Lord had or
dained woman for an especial work in
the solicitation of charities. Backed up
by barrels in which there is no flour,
and by stoves in which there is no fire,
and wardrobes i'll which there are no
clothes, woman is irresistible. Pass
ing 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 listed, but
she gets it. She could not help but get
it. 1t is decreed from eternity she should
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. There
is no need Of your wasting your time,
and you might as well submit first as
last. You had better right away take
down your checkbook, 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 poor chill
dren on the back street have been hun
CRY long enough. That sick man must
have some farina. That consumptive
must have something to ease his cough.
I meet this delegate of relief society
coming out of the store of such a hard
listed man, and I say, ''Did you get the
money!" "Of course" she says, st got
the money. That's what I went for
The Lord told me to go in and get it,
and he never sends me on FOOLS err
rand
Woman's Right to Comfort.
Again, I have to tell you that it is
woman's specific right to comfort under