Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-06-29
FULL OF GOOD WORKS
REV. OR. TALMAeE's SERMON AT
BEATRICE. NEe.
Tie Chooses For Ills subject "si-ters OF
Charity" and Disoourses EioaucntIy Upon
the Glorious Rights vouch-afed TO We
men aud the Way They Pursue Them.

men and the Way They Pursue Them.
BEATRICE. Ncb.. June 23.-In his ser
mon for today Rev DIR. Talmagc. who Is
NOW on his summer western tour, has
chosen subject that must awaken the
sympathics Of all lovers ~ humanity-vlz,
sisters Of Charity" The text selected
was Acts TX, 80. This woman was full Of
good works and almsdecsls which she did. ."
starting now where left Oft last Sab
hath in reciting wOman's opportunities, l
have 60 say that woman has the special
and speculative right ~ blessing and com
forting the sick. What land. what street.
what house has not felt the smitinRs 81
discascf Tens Of thousands 81 slckbedsi
What shall we do with thcms Shall man.
with his rough hand and heavy foot and
impatient hearing ministcrs No. He
cannot soothc the pain. He cannot quiet
the nerves He knows not where 10 set
the light. His hand f. not steady enough
to pour ont the drops. lie Is not wakeful
enough TO b. watcher The Lord God
sent Miss Dix into the Virginia hospitals,
and the Maid 81 Saragossa 10 appcasc the
wounds Of the battlefield. and has equipped
wife, mother and daughter for this deli
cate Int tremendous mission. You have
known men who have dcSpiscd woman,
but tho moment disease fell upon them they
did not send for their friends nj the hank,
or their part aer In business, or their worldly
associates. Their first cry was, Take me
20 my wife" The dissipaied young man
at the college SCOTS at the idea Of being
under home influences. but at the first blast
81 the typhoid fever ON his check he says.
"Mhcre Is mothcry" Walter Scott wrote
partly In satire and partly in compliment
when he said:
o woman. In our hour % ease.
Uncertain. coy and hard 20 please.
When pain and anguish wiring the brow
A ininistering angel thou!
The Mothers In Sickness.
think the most pathetic passage In all
the Bible Is the description of the lad who
went out 20 the harvest field Of Shuncm and
got misunderstanding his hands on his
temples and crying out, "Oh. my head. my
hcadi' and they said, Garry him 20 his
mother" And then the record Is He sat
ON her knees till noon and then died" Il
Is an awful thing TO he i'll away from home
I'm a strange hotel once I'm awhile men
coming To look at You, holding their hand
over their mouth for fear that they will
catch the contagion. How roughly they
turn you In bed How loudly they talk I
How you long for the ministries OF home.
l knew one such who went away from one
Of the brightest Of homes for several weeks
business absence nt the west A telegram
came at midnight that he was on his
dcathbed, far away from home. By ex-
press train the wife and daughters went
westward, but they went too late. He
feared not TO die but he was In an agony
90 live until his family got there. He tried
60 bribc the doctor To make him live n lit
tie while longer. He said, ~ am willing
20 die, but not alone But the pulses
iluttercd, the eyes closed and the heart
stopped. The express. trains met In the
midnight-wifea and daughters going west
ward-lifelcss remains Of husband and IA
Their coming eastward. Oh, IL was sad
pitiful, overwhelming spectacle. When
we are sick, we want Ia be sick at home
When the time comes for us 20 die, we
want TO die at home. The room may be
very humble and the faces that look into
ours may be very plain. but who cares for
thats Loving hands 10 battle the temples
Loving voices 90 speak good cheer. Loving
lips TO read the comforting promises OF
Jesus
cannon, men fashioned the muskciry. men
cried to the hosts: Forward! Marchr'
men hurled their battalions on the sharp
edges Of the enemy, crying: Charged
Chargcv' but woman scrapcd the lint,
woman administered the cordialS, woman
watched by the dying couch, woman wrote
the last message To the home circle, wom-
an wept at the solitary burial attended by
I..,--..lf
greeted the general home with brass bands
and triumphal arches and wild huzzas,
but the story Is too good to be written
anywhere, save in the chronicles Of heav-
en-, Of Mrs. Brady. who came down among
the sick In the swamps of the Chickahom-
my; Of Annie Ross, In the cooper shop
hospital; Of Margaret Breckinridge, who
came 20 men who had been for weeks with
their wounds undresscd, some Of them
frozen 10 the ground, and when she turned
them over those that had an arm left
waved IL and filed the air with their Hur-
rah.' Of Mrs Hodge, who came from Chi
cago with blankets and with pillows until
the men shouted: Three cheers for the
Christian commission, God bless the
women at homcn' then. sitting down 10
take the last message: Tell my wife not
TO fret about me, but 10 meet me in heay-
en-. Tell her 10 train mp the boys whom
we have loved so well; tell her we shall
meet again In the good land; tell her 20
bear my loss like the Christian wife of q
Christian soldier" and of Mrs. shelton,
into whose face the convalcsccnt soldier
looked and said, Your grapes and cologne
cured me-" Men did their work with shot
and shell and carbinc and howitzer; wom-
en- did their work with socks and slippers
and bandages and warm drinks and Scrip
ture texts and gentle stockings Of the hot
temples and stories Of that land where. they
never have any pain. Men knelt down
over the wounded and said, ION which
side did You fightf" Women knclt down
over the wounded and said: Where arc
you hurt! What nice thing can make
for you 10 eats What makes you cry!'
Tonight while we men are sound asleep
In our beds there will be light In yondcr
loft, there will bc groaning In that dark
alley, there will De cries OF distress in that
cellar. Men will sleep and women will
watch
Women In Charity.
Again, woman has a supcrlative right
90 take care Of the poor. There are hun
dreds and thousands 81 them In all our
cities. There Is "a kind Of work that men
cannot do for tho poor. Here comes a
group of little barefoot children 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 II would take 10 make that
little girl dress! Which Of these mascu-
line hands could fit "a hat to that little
girls heady Which Of the wise men would
know how to tie ON that new pair Of shoess
Man sometimes gives his charity In a
rough way, and IL falls like the fruit Of a
tree in the cusi, which fruit comes down
80 heavily thai IL br,aks the skull Of the
man who Is trying Ia gather a. But wom-
an glidcs 50 softly into the house u dcsti-
tuition, and finds out all the sorrOws Of the
place, and puts 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 90 right up toward
heaven, from whence she seems 10 have
come down. o Christian young woman.
II you would make yourself happy and
win the blessing of Christ. 90 out among
the destitute. \ loaf II bread or bundle
Of socks may make homcly load 10 carry,
but the angels 81 God will come out TO
watch, and the Lord Almighty will give
his messenger hosts q charge, saying:
Look after that woman. Canopy her
with your wings and shelter her from all
harm, - and while You are seated I'm the
house 81 restitution and suffering the lit
ilc ones around the room will whisper:
"WhO + shcs Amt sho lcautifuls' and IL
you listen right sharply you will hear
dripping down the lcaky roof and rolling