The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-01-26


but YOU will eventually got no mere
compensation than you can make yo'lr-
self worth.
Let ne say to all women who havo
already entered upon the battles CT life
that the time is coming when women
shall net cnly get as much salary and
wages as lnen get, but for certain styles
of employment women will have higher
salary and more wages, for the reason
that for some styles of work they have
more adaptation. But this justice VIII
come to woman rot through ANY seEt!-
ment Cf gallantry, not because woman
is physically weaker than man, ard
therefore ought to have mere consider
atiCn shown her, Gut because through
her finer natural taste, and more grace
CT manner. and quicker perception, and
more delicate touch, and more educated
adroitncss, she will in certain calllrSs
te to her employer worth 10 per ceIt
more Or 20 per cent more than tie 9TH
er SEX She will not get 1t by asking Tor
it, but by earning it, and it shall lie
hers by laWlUl conquest.
Now, men CT America, be fair and
give the women chance. Are you
afraid that they will do some CT your
work, and hence harm your prosrerltles:
Remember that there are scores OF
thousands CT men doing womeI's work.
Do not be afraid. Cod knows the end
from the beginning, and he knows how
many people this world can feed and
shelter and when it gets too full lie will
end the world and if need be start an
other. GCd will halt the inventive fac
ulty which, by producing machine
that will do the work Of 10 or 20 CT
100 men and women, will leave that
number of people without work. hope
that there will not be invented another
sewing machine, or reapiEg machine,
or corn thrashcr, or any ether new ma
chine for the next 500 years. We want
no moro wooden hands, and iron hands,
aud steel hands, and electric hands sub
stituted for men and women, who would
otherwise do the work and get the pay
and earn the livelihood.
Trust In God.
But God will arrange all, ard all We
have to do is to do our best and trust
him fer the rest. Let Inc cheer all Wo-
men fighting the battle of life alcne
with the fact CT thousands Of women
who have won tho day. Mary Lyon,
founder of Mount Holyoke Female SEMI
mary, fought the battle alone; Adelaide
Newton, the tract distributor, alcne;
| Fidelia Fisk, the consecrated mission
arv, alone; Dorotbea Dix, the angel CT
tie insane asylums, alone; Caroline
Herschel, the Indispensable re-cntorce-
ment of her brother, alone; Maria
Takrzewska. the heroine Of the Berlin
! hospital, alone; Helen Chalmers, pa
tron Of the sewing schools for the poor
of Edinburgh, alcne, and thousands
and tens of thousands CT women, Ct
| whose bravery and self sacrifice and
| glory of character the world has made
no record, but whose deeds are in tie
heavenly archives of martyrs who fought
the battle alone, and, though unrecog-
nized for the short 80 or 90 or so years
of their earthly existence, shall through
the quintillion ages of the higher world
be pointed cut with the admiriLg cry,
"These are they who came out of great
tribulation and had their robes washed
and made white in the GloCd of the
Lamb"
Let me also say for the encourage
ment of I'll women fighting the battle
of life alone that their conflict will soon
end. There is one word written over the
faces of many of them. and that word
is despair. My sister, you need ap,
peal to Christ, who comforted the sisters
of Bethany in their domestic trouble
and who in his last hours forgot all the
pargs of his own hands and feet and
heart as he looked into the face Of ma
ternal anguish and called friends at,
tention to it, in substance saying:
"John, | cannot take care Of her any
longer. Do for her as would have
done if l had lived. Behold thy moth
er!" If under the pressure Of unreward
ed and unappreciated work your hair i
whitening and the wrinkles come, re-
joice that you are nearing the hour Of
escape from your very last fatigue ano
may your departure be as pleasant as
that of Isabella Graham, who closed hel
life with smile and the word "peace.
The daughter of regiment in any
army is all surrounded by bayonets Of
defense, and in the battle, whoever falls,
she is kept safe. And you are tie daug b.
ter of the regiment commanded by the
Lord of Hosts After all, you are nc1
fighting the battle of life alone. Al.
heaven is on your side. You will le
wise to appropriate to yourself the
words of sacred rhythm:
One who has known in storms TO sail
have on board.
Above the roaring of the gale
hear my Lord.
he holds me. Wien the billows smite.
| shall not fall.
II short It's sharp: If lorg. It's light
he telnperS all.