Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-23
WOMAN'S WORLD.
Her Sphere and Her Possibilities: What
JEFF NJ. Jenkins Has to Say on the
subjebt: A Merry Christmas to All.
Fremont. N. c., Dec. 20, '97,

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Fremont, N. c., Dec. 20, '97.
DEAR ARGUs:-On the 18Th
inst the remains OF Hon. Frank
M. Aycock, and five children,
were disintered and moved from
their former resting place to the
town cemetery.
Christmas is nearly here.
Would that we all could enjoy it
properly, with gladness and
thanksgiving to the great Giver
of every good and perfect gift
How thankful rs individuals and
as a nation we should be. Heav-
ems benedictions have rested on
US. Il is measurely our fault, and
ours only for the condition we
are in. Sad and pitiable in a great
many instances, with no sunlight
to cheer US and no rays of hope
to gild our pathway through life.
To others there is a silver lining
to every cloud; peace. JOY and
happiness seem to lead them
along life's pathway, while poth-
ing apparently mars their pleas
ure. But as a girl once said to
yourhumble writer"a smiling face
often carries an aching heart"
that may be true. How many Of
us can look back on a life spent
as it should have been2 How
many sacrifices have we made in
the interest of others. How many
cheering words spoken7 How
many lifted from dependency
and a life of shame. and hidden
Godspeed? How many saddened
faces have we made glad? How
many haye we helped along
through life and made them feel
we we're their true friends? Have
we done our duty towards our
fellow man, our country, and our
God? If not, may we be inclined
on the first Of 1898 to turn over
a new leaf, and do our duty one
toward another. thereby making
glad the children of e on earth
and make the year 1893 one of
rejoicing, and a year of jubilee as
NEAR as we can. For the consum-
[Ration Of this grand work, we
| ask Woman for her influence and
aid. There are great moral re-
| forms that her subtle and deli
cate genius msy best guide.
There are churches she may help
with her presence, her means
and her labor, There IS a world
to be saved, and what better
missionary to lead it Heavenward
than woman. Mighteous preach
err of truth is she; fairest apostle
of love on earth; treasury of viz
tue, fountain of Affection ex-
quisitely fitted to point out and
tread the road to Heaven. Wo-
mans mission on earth, if she
be Cody, is nearest akin to that
of Christ. How her soul should
glow and thrill with ecstacy at SC
grand and glorious a mission
that of eievating and lettering
the world and leading it to Christ.
But if she is not Cody, ano
leaves the world worse for hel
living, beggared and helpless
her soul reaches eternity, and
stands a stranger at the gate o.
a city, where nc friends Or kim
dred in spirit are dwelling, where
!, none know the comer's name
" here DO surety has been be-
spoken, no advocate retained tt
3 plead her cause, no Treasure
sent before, no mansion pre-
pared. The glorious accounts o
that far off country are all IN
known to her. Nothing SO thor
I oughly unsexes a woman, 81
i eradicates her finest qualities
! and destroys her claim to bein;
;. respected as ungodliness. Thos
women who have truly elevate'
t womanhood, who have helped t
L bring woman back to that moral
spiritual equality which Go
gave her in the beginning hav
}, been Cody women. 4 woma
q owes it to herself, to her sex
= to the age in which she lives t
. be religious. In proportion a
she is Cody. she does her PAL
= toward solving that knotty prot
lem of the day, that is, her pc
sition and what her work is.
:, And now, Mr.. Editor, ma
4; you and all belonging to tn
= ARGUS, with it's many reader
!, enjoy a bountiful and merr
II Christmas, and when the yea
% 1897 ends with all it's tragedies
n may the New Year 1898 brin
d prosperity and blessings to all.
is JEFF M. JENKINS.