The Greenville times., 1895-06-22

VIM from the J0fuans duu you must
start viii it be lone woman on a
traekless moor2 All no. Jesus will
come up in that hour and offer His
hand. aud He will say: You stood by
me when you were we'll: now l will not
desert you while you are sick. One wave
of His hand and the storm will drop;
another wave OF His hand, and mid
night shall break into mid-noon; and
another wave of His hand, and the
ehamberlains of God will come down
from the treasure houses of Heaven.
with-robes lustrous, blood-washed and
heaveh-glfated. in which you will ar
ray yourself for the marriage supper of
the Lamb.
Your dominion is home. o woman.
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 the towns and cities Of
that state marched in procession. and
by prayer and ohristion songs shut up
more palaces of dissipation than was
ever counted We're they opened
again? Oh, yes But it is not a
good thing to shut up the gates
of hell for two or three months?
1t seemed that men engaged in
the business of destroying 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 National temperance
society, and they knew how to fight
Sons of Temperance and Good Samar-
itans; but when Deborah appeared
upon the scene, Sisera took to his feet
and got to the mountains II seems
that they did not know how to con-
tend against Coronation" and "0ld
Hundred" and "Brattle Street." and
Bethany" they were so very intangi-
bic. These men found that they could
not accomplish much against that kind
of warfare, and in one OF the cities
regiment was brought out all armed
to disperse the women. They came
down in battle array; but, OH what
poor success, for that regiment was
made up OF gentlemen, and gentlemen
do not like to shoot women with
hymn-boolzs in their hands. Oh, they
found that cunning for female prayer
meeting was as very poor businessl No
real damage was done, although there
was threat OF violence after threat OF
violence all over the land, | really
think II the women OF the east has as
much faith In God as their sisters OF
the west had, and the same reckless
ness of human criticism. l really be-
lieve that in one month three-fourths
of the grog shops Of our cities would be
closed, and there would be running
through the cutters Of the streets Bur
gundy, and cognac, and Heidsick,
and old port, and Schiedam schnapps,
and lager beer. and you would save
your fathers. and your husbands. and
your sons. first, from a drunkard's
grave, and, secondly, from drunk
ards helll To this battle for home let
all women rouse themselves Thank
God for our early home. Thank God
for our present home. Thank God to-
the coming home in Heaven.
One twilight, after had been play
ing with the children for some time. I
lay down on the lounge to rest The
children said, play more. Children al
ways want to play more. And, half
asleep and half awake, seemed to
dream this dream: 1t seemed TO me
that | was in a far-distant land
not Persia, although more than
oriental luxuriance crowned the
cities; nor the tropics-although
more than tropical fruitfulness filed
the gardens; nor Italy-although more
than Italian softness filed the air.
And wandered around, looking for
thorns and nettles but found none OF
them grew there. And walked
forth aud saw the sun rise,
and said: when will IL set
again?" And the sun sank not.
And saw all the people in holiday
apparel, and ! said when do they
put on workingman's garb again, and
delve in the mine, and swelter at the
forge9" but neither the garments nor
the robes did they put off. And !
wandered in the suburbs, and I said
Where do they bury the dead Of this
great city?" and looked along by the
hills where It would be mos,
beautiful for the dead to sleep
and I saw castles, and towns, ant
| lx~t l.. bs,t
, nor monument, nor white slab could
see. And went into the great chape
: Of the town. and said: Where d,
| the poor worship? where are tn,
: benches on which they sit?" and /
( voice answered; I'VE have no poor II
' this great city" And wandered ont
} seeking to find the place where wer,
! the novels of the destitute; an,
9 found mansions OF amber an,
ivory and gold, but no tea
a did | see or sigh hear. wa
0 bewildered; and sat under the shad
c ow of great tree, and | said: "Wha
< am /, and whence comes all this7
d And at that moment there came fror
S among the leaves, skipping up tn
n fiowery path and across the sparklin
!, waters, very bright and sparklin
l. group; and when saw their step kne,
+ IL, and when | heard their voices
l. thought knew them; but their appare
e was so different from anything ha,
d ever seen, bowed stranger to strar
s. gers. But after awhile, when the
IS clapped their hands and shoute,
ir Welcome! welcome" the myster
a was solved, and l saw thi
1t time. had passed, and that etc
N nifty had come and that God ha
n. gathered us up into higher home, an
L. | said. .Are we all here2. and n