Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-08-26

urHI NHH fHui down. I VIII iir heart Aud 80
ii was with Willard. the prra her. Ia the
tiu- 81 Louis VI When Louis VI. sent
word 90 him that unless he stopped preach
ins Ia that style he would throw him into
the river. he replied Tell the king that
will reach Heaven sooner by water than be
will reach II hv fast hor-es' A certain
amount 81 persecution l. a tonic aud In
-piration. tut too much Of il. and too long
continued, becomes the rock Rdgez throw
Ing dark shadow over a mans life. What
i hr O. 10 them Go home. YOU say. Good
advice that That Is Just the place for a
man o. 20 when the world abuses him
There are many homes in which there 4
uH SYMPATHY, and no happiness. aud no
good cheer. The riamOr Of the battle
NAV not have been heard outside: but
God knows. notwithstanding all tbe
rl1ving Of the Wedding March 80
aui all the oior ~ the orange hlos CONS
anil the hrneliction Of the officiating mas
tor. there has been no marriage. so
sometimes man have awakened To nnl ON
one side ~ them the rock 81 per .erutinn
aud nu the other side 1T them the rock nf
luEr~ti' inf"ltrity. What shall such "A ON.
ho9 noas Jonathan did-ciimh. Get mn
the heights of Gods consolation. from
which YOU NAV look down in triumph upnn
outside persecution aud home trouble
While good aud great John Wesley was h,.-
inr ~ilrncel hy the magistrates and hny-
iug his name written on the board
fences Of london in ducgerel at that
very time his wife was making him a. mis-
cradle a. she cuuld--acting as thouL.h she
were possessed hv the Devil. as | supposa
she was; never doing him kindness until
tn" tav she ran away. So that ne wrote in
his diary these words: II did not forsakc
her: have not dismissed her: will not re-.
call her Planting one foot up0n outside
persecution, and the other foot on home
H. I 4. H.. IA /
heights of Christian Joy, and after preach
ing forty thousand sermons. and travelling
two hundred aud seventy thousand miles
reached the heights Of Heaven. though ia
this world he had it hard enough-''a share
rock on the one side, and n sharp rock on
the other
Again, that woman stands In the crisis of
the text who has bereavement and a strug.
gle for n livelihood at the same time. With
ont mentioning names | speak from obsrr-
walton. All, it is u hard thing for woman
TO make an honest living. even when her
hrIrt is not troubled. and she has a fair
cheek, and the magnetism Of an exquisite
presence. But now the husband, or the
father. is dead. The EXPENSES of the ohs"-
uies have absorbed all that wa lelj in TIA"
savings bank: and, wan and wasted with
weeping aud Watching, she goes forth .
grave. hrars". a coffin hehinl her to
contend for her existence and the existence
Of hrr children. When ! see such Il battle
A. mat Omen, shudder at the cha~tlinrs-
"i tine spe'ihrIe. Men SIT with embroidered
Shpn"rs ana write heartless ESSAYS about
women wages nut that question Is made
uh oi tears ana blood ana there Is more
hl'oi thhh tears. On give woman Ire" a'-
rrs- to AL the realms where she can get a
nN"llh"ol' from the telegraph once To the
nuIpit. Let men wages he cut down he
TOY" hers are out down. Men nave iron in
th"lr souls, ana can stand II. MAX" The
way free to her OF the broken heart. May
G'd pnt int" my hand the cold, bitter cup
~ nrINation, and give me nothing but "a
WlndowlrNs hut Tor shelter FOR many years.
rather than that after | am dead there
should 90 ont from nay hon" int" the pitt
less world woman : arm to light tn" Get
Nsmrg, the AustcrlitH, tn" Waterloo OF life
Tor bread, And yet. how many women
th"r" ar" seated between the rock OF be
r"aN"ment on the on" side and the rock OF
restitution on the other! BoZcz aud Scuch
intrrl"'EnG their shadows and dropping
them upon their miserable way. There l.
u sharp rock ON the one side, and sharp
ro"E ON the other side.
What are such to do? Somehow, let
them climb up into the heights OF the
glorious promise: Leave the fRtheriess
1 rhitIrru, | will preserve them alive, and
| let thy widows trust in Me- Or get NJ
/ into the heights of that other glorious