Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-09


moro attractive in the eyes of the
world. Here your jewels and your
velvets and your silks do not hide the
black heart that they cover. The little
pink tongue that shows between those
deceitful lips has liar written upon
1t, and the white hands are marked
. dishonest, for instead of using your
beauty for some great purpose, you
made fools of men with it, You stole
away their brains, and made them
miause the talents that came to them
from heaven And az she went away,
something awesome came about, Under
her beautiful clothes could be seen her
body, and on it burned in letters OF
fire the sins Of which she had been
rightfully accused.
All at once everybody disappeared.
But whore men and women had been
saw troops and troops Of little children
hurrying as fast as they could, the
tiniest ones tumbling over each other
in their eagerneas TO get ahead. And
| stopped one and asked her what it all
meant; and in the voice of child
that / knew, of child who had gone
to sleep long ago, she answered, 1--WE
are the little children going to plead
for our mothers - And the Voice said,
"There are women wicked enough to
kill their unborn babes, and yet these
children are, SO many times, their
salvation.
MAGIC OF BABY HANDS.
Baby hands have led many woman
in the way she should go, and to a
woman whose heart is loving, even
| dead baby means much, for it is one
who kneels at the throne and never
ceases to pray"
Then | gained courage and asked:
Twill there always be prayerY"
And the answer came, Forever and
forever. And whether you kneel down
to say your prayer or whether you
think it out with great intensity in
your own heart, be sure that it is
| pleasing to Him who can grant you
what you wish. What is the matter
with the world that it prayH so littleY
| Prayers go mp from the churches, but
| many OF them are meaningless. Men
and women should never be afraid 10
pray No matter how slight thing
that which you lcng for may seem,
ask God for it. III sorrow comes and
you need sympathy, and the words die
on your lips, these words asking for
help, remember there is One who can
read the heart as an open page, and
answer without the spoken question.
What is the matter with the worldY II
is beautiful world. The sun shines
over it, and the skies, in their many
colorings, picture the sky which hangs
over the Eternal City. But men look
down and grove rather than stand
erect Wickedness if it be richly
gowned, and lust, if it be framed in
gold, and thievery with gems set about
it, and unbelief in a clatter OF tongues
are all thought much of by these who
look down and who are blind. And
yet, there are pure souls, great souls
and loving souls in this old world of
yours. There are men and women who
deny themselves for the sake of some
one else, men and women to whom
truth is known and men and women
who are rich in goodness and loving
| kindness.
THE HYPoCRITE's DOOM.
Interrupting l asked: "When my
time comes, will you go with me?''
And the Voice answered "No. You
must stand before God alone. If you
have any support, it will come from
any good that you have done. and il
you are afraid and ashamed, be sure
that that will not be counted against
you, because what God most hates Is
hypocrisy and His judgment is more
severe on that sinner who, even before
Him pretends to believe his life was
free from sin. "
Then | asked again: "What are tho
small faults?" And the Voice explained
"There are none. That which would
seem small fault in ono life becomes
crime in another, is not fault in
another, since consideration is given
to temptation, and TO the heart of the
sinner. As He looks down from
heaven, God sees two of His children.
One bred of love and honor, taught to
live life of virtue, surrounded by in
nocent pleasure and given all the sym
| pathy and love it may ask. 1t never
knows hunger or cold, or physical
is bred only of passion. 1t almost
never taught the difference between
right and wrong. 1t is hungry and it
steals. 1t is cold, and it fails to see
| why the rich man should have warmth,
and it suffer. SO it commits murder.
Love and consideration are unknown
to it. 1t is Ishmael. When these two
stand before God, how shall He Judge?
So | tell you there are no small faults.
The sin of one differs from another,
but a sin is always a sin. Yet, as
mercy is triumphant, each sin is
weighed in the balance before the
verdict is passed, and with God in
justice is unknown. "
There was sound of chimes and l
started. The clock was striking twelve,
the fire had burned out. and was alone.
The church bells were Just beginning to
ring and ] listened, waiting to be led
to judgment, for l could not believe
that the lifetime | had lived among
the dead had been in dream and in
only one hour. But bent forward, and
with little care made the fire blaze
again. Then, with wide open eyes, l
read: "For since by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of
the dead. " And the bells rang on joy
fully, and l knew that the Eastertide
was with u.s. But l wondered how
could meet those people whom i saw in
my dream, until beside me there stood
little child who had been awakened
by the bells, and who took my hand,
and standing beside me sang her
Easter hymn. Then it all came TO me.
and realized that if we wish to be
happy here and hereafter you and L
and our neighbors must be in heart
like unto little Children. We must
cease to know that which is wicked,
and we must be eager, with the eager
ness of child, to give help unto those
who need it. 1t means, does this
Easter. tho opportunity to rise again
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