The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-07-04


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
it would take to make that little girl
a. dress? Which Of these masculine
hauds could fit a hat to that little girl
head? Which Of the wise men would
know how to tie on that new pair Of
shoes? Man sometimes gives his char
ity in rough way, and it falls like the
fruit Of a tree in the East, which fruit
comes down so heavily that it breaks
the skull Of the man who is trying 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, expect
ing that from under her shawl she will
thrust out two wings and go right up
to heaven from whence she seems to
have come down. Oh, Christian young
woman! if you would make yourself
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
Lord Almighty will give his messenger
hosts 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 whisper,
'Who is she? Amt 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, GLORY to
God in the highest, and on 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? I stood in the
| chapel if Helen Chalmers, the daugh-
ter 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 sur.
roundings of that place, do you come
here nights to hold service?" "Oh
yes" she said. Can it be possible
that you never meet with insult while
performing this Christian GRAND?
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, car
rying the Bibles and bread. God, with
the right arm of his wrath omnipotent
would tear to pieces any one who
should offer indignity. He would smite
him with lightnings, and drown him
with floods, and swallow him with
earthquakes, and damn him with eter
nal indignations. Some one said, 81
dislike very much to see that Chris
tan woman teaching those bad BOYS
in the mission school, I am afraid t.
have her instruct them'' 80" sale
another man, 81 am afraid. too.'' Sait
the first. Il am afraid they will use
vile language before they leave the
place." 'Ah," said the other man, 81
am not afraid of that. What l an
afraid of is that if any of those bows
should use bad word in her presence
the other boys would tear him tt
pieces and kill him on the SPOT Tha,
woman is the best sheltered who i.
sheltered by the Omnipotence, and i
is always safe to go where God tells
| y
ordained woman for an especial worl
in the solicitation of charities. Back
ed up by barrels in which there is NJ
flour, and by stoves in which there il
no fire, and wardrobes in which there
are no clothes, a woman is Irresistible
passing on her GRAND, God saws tt
her, ''You go into that bank or store
and get the money" She goes in an(
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she gets 1t. She could not help bu
get it. 1t is decreed from eternity sh,
should get it. No need of your turnins
your back and pretending you DOM
hear; you do hear. There is no neea
of your saying you are begged tt
death. There is no need of you vast
ing your time, and you might as wei
submit first as last. You had better
right away take down your check
book, mark the number of the check
I'LL up the blank, sign your name anl
hand it to her. There is no need o.
wasting time. Those poor children OF
the back street have been hungry Ions
enough. That sick man must have
some farina. That consumptive mus
have something to ease his cough. .
meet this delegate of relief society
| NoAAAho oOI VI luC oLO1C VI SuTM /
hard-fisted man, and I say, Ibid yu1
get the money! "Of course sht
says, II got the money; that's what .
went for The Lord told me to 20 in
and get it, and he never sends me OF
a FOOLS Grand"
Again: have to tell you that it il
woman's specific right to comfort I'M.
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 q
heroine. Oh, what great mistake
those business men make who never
i tell their business troubles to their
wives! There comes some great loss to
their store, or some Of their compan.
ions in business play them a sad trial
and they carry the burden all alone.
He is asked in the household again
! and again: 'What is the matter?" but
he believes i'm "a sort of Christian duty
to keep all tElat 'trouble within his own
soul. Oh sir! your first duty was to
tell yuor wife all about it. She, per-
haps, might not have disentangled