The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-05-01

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aoe mat she was to become m ~ n
~ ene Lord Jesus Christ. and OF res
u Aingoo1ns must look at thu 80. ao =, "a
| o.uei'5 with q thrill of unsne, - h'ti
/ al satisfaction So it is in 49, ans
NJ anu AZ mine, events that Won thu, .lis
| great $3.50 .aoce at all have been of w,
s. moment That casual conye.sa. very
sna! accidental 1neeting-you did ,ot s.sion
| .h ~ .'gain Tor long while. Rnt 49, -
seo an the phases of your life, u
AZ seemed 60 be of no imnorta.
uoai invented rude instrumen+s ~ tnas
'<ains them harp and organ, bnt III.
were the introduction of all the worlds
| minstrelsy, and as you hear the vibration
OF strlnged instrument, even after the
fingers have been taken away from it. 50
all music now of lutte and drum and cor
net is only the long continued strains OF
Jubals harp and Jubals organ. It seemed
to be q matter Of very little i,nportance
that Tubal Cain learned the uses OF copper
and iron, but that rude foundry of ancient
days has its echo in the rattle Of Bir1ring.
ham machinery and the roar and bare oi
factories on the Merrfmac
1t seemed to be q matter Of no impor-
lance that Luther found a Bible in u mon
0stery, but as he opened that Bible and the
brass bound lids fell back they Jared
everything, and the rustling of the wormed
leaves was the sound Of the wings of the
angel OF the reformation. 1t seemed to be
q matter OF no Importance that a woman
whose name has been forgotten dropped
tract In the way OF very bad man by the
name Of Richard Baxter. He picked up
the tract and read 1t, and 1t was the means
Of his salvation. In after days that man
wrote book called 1.-THE Gail to the Tn
converted, F" that was the means of bringing
multitude 30 God, among others Philip
IAn<AS -
called 1.-The Rise and Progress of Reli-
gion, which has brought thousands and
tens OF thousands into the kingdom of
God. and among others the great WILDER
force. Wilberforce wrote Il book called
:" A Practical View of Christianity, +" which
was the means of bringing great multi
tude to Christ, among others Leigh Rich
inond- Leigh Richmond wrote tract
called The Dairyman' Daughter, +" " hich
has been the means of the salvation of I'M
converted multitudes. And that tide of
influence started from The fact that one
Christian woman dropped a Christian
tract In the way of Richard Baxter, the
tide Of influence rolling on through Rich
ard Baxter, through Philip DodGridge.
through the great Wilberforce through
Leigh Richmond, on, on, on, forever, for
ever. So the Insignificant events of this
world seem, after all, to be most momen-
tous
Beauty OF Female Industry.
Again, see in my subject an illustra-
taon OF the beauty of female industry.
Behold Ruth toiling In the harvest field
under the hot SUD. or at noon taking plain
bread with the reapers, OK eating the
parched corn which Boax handed to her.
The customs Of society, of course, have
changed, and without the hardships and
exposure to which Ruth was subjected
every Intelligent woman will find some
thing to do.
I know there lie sickly sentimentality
on this subject In some families there
are persons OF no practical service to the
household or community, and though there
are so many woes all around about them
In the world, they spend their time Ian
gushing over new pattern, or bursting
into tears at midnight over the story Of
some lover who shot himself They would
not deigD to look at Ruth carrying back
the barley on her way home to her mother
in-law, Naomi All this fastidiousness
may seem to do very well while they are