The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-06-29

LooA, Gkhlo WINK oNSt IN VISA
the angel chant that shook Bethlehem:
"Glory 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
q Christian errand never meets with
any %indignity? I stood in the chapel Of
Helen Chalmers, the daughter of the
celebrated DIR. Chalmers, in the most
abandoned part of the city Of Edin-
burgh; and l 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 net 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 we'll 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: II dislike very much to see
that Christian woman teaching those
bad boys in the mission school. l Am
afraid they will use vile language be-
fore they leave the place" "Ah," said
H. 49, 81 49, ~~A fra1 ~
that. What I am afraid of Is, that if
any Of those boys should use a 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 1t Is always safe to go where
God tells you to go, 1t seems as If
the Lord had ordained 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,4a
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 1t. 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, all up
the blank, sign your name and hand it
to her. There Is no need Of wasting
time. Those poor 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. I meet this
delegate Of q relief society coming out
| of the store Of such q hard-isted man,
and I say: ibid you get the money!"
'.Of course" she says, II got the money;
that's what l went for. The Lord told
me to go in and get it, and He never
sends me on q FOOLS errand."
Again: l have to tell you that II 10
womsp's specific right to comfort IN.
der the stress of dire disaster. She Is
called the weaker vessel; but all pro-
fame as well as sacred history sttesta
that when the crisis m she tasbet.
ter prepared than man. to meet tke
emergency. How often you have seed
Q woman who seemed to be a disciple
OF ~frivolity and Incidence. who under
ono 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 to their store, OF some OF
thsir companions in business play
them . sad trick, and they carry ths
burden all alone. He is asked in the
household again and again: "What II
the matter9" but he believes it q sort
of Christisn duty to keep all that trou'
BILE within his W soul. oh, siri your
frat duty was to tell your wife all
about 1t. She. perhaps, might not have
d~isentangled your finances, Oh extended
your credit, but she would have helped
you to bear misfortune. You have nc
right to carry on n shoulder that
WHICH Is intended for two. There arr
business men who know what mean,
There comes Q crisis in your AFFAIRS,
You struggle bravely aud long, but
after awhile there comes q day when
you say: Here ] shall have TO STOP
and You call in your partners, and you
call in the most prominent mer
In your employ, and you say: I'VE
have to stop" You leave the store
suddenly, You a scarcely make NJ
your miA4 to pass through the stree
and I've on the bridge &c on the ferry
boat You feel everybody will be
looking ct you, and blaming you, and
depqunoing you. You hasten home
You tell your wife all ABOUT the affair
What does she say? Does she play til,
butterfly? Docs she talk about thu
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 RICH
away. She offers to 60 out of thu
comfortable house into a smalle
one. and wear the old cloak anothe.
winter. She Is ~ who understand
your affairs without blaming YOU
You look upon what you thought wa
. thin, weak woman's arm holding yol
up; but while you look at that arr
there comes into the feeble muscles o
1t the strength Of the eternal God
No Gliding, no fretting. No telling
you about the beautiful house of he
father, from which you brought heI
ten, twenty, or thirty years ago. Yo
say; well, this is the happiest day g
my life. ! am glad l have got fror
under my burden. My wife don't car
II don't care" At the moment yo'
were utterly. exhausted. God sent
Deborah 70 meet the hosts of tn
Amclekites, and scatter them lik
: chat " the plain.
r There are some women who sit reat
ing sentimental novels, and who wis
that they had some grand field /
which to display their Christian pow
. ers. Oh, what grand and glorior
things they could do If they only ha
an opportunity! My sister, you nee
not wait for any such time. A cris
will come in your affairs. There wi
be Q Thermopyl@ In your own hous'
hold, where God will tell you TO stapt
There are hundreds of household
!. where as much courage is demande
! of women as was exhibited by Graz
. Darling, or Marie Antoinette, or Joa
Of Arc.
Woman is further endowed to brin
as into the kingdom Of Heaven. 1t
? easier for q woman to be q Christia
than for q man. Why? You say sf