Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-22

adroitness, she will In certain cattlngs
be to her employer worth, 10-per:cens
more CT 30 per cent more than the 9th
er sex. She will not get it by asking foT
1t, but by earning it,.and it ahall be
hers by lawful conquest.
Now, men OF America. be- fair and
give the women chance. Are you
afraid that they will do some OF your
work, and hence harm your prosperitiess
Remember that there are scores OF
thousands of men doing women % work.
Do not be afraid. God knows the end
from the beginning, and he knows how
many people this world can feed and
shelter, and when it gets too full he will
end the world and If need DO start an
other. God will halt the inventive aao-
ulty which, by producing machine
that will do the work Of 10orlS0 or
100 men and women, will leave thai
number Of people without work. hope
that there will not be invented another
sewing machine, or reaping machine.
or corn thrasher, or any other new ma
chine for the next 500 years. We want
no more wooden; banda, and iron hands,
and 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, and all we
have to do is to do our best and trust
him for the rest. Let me cheer all wo-
men fighting the battle Of life alone
with the fact of thousands Of women
who have won the day. Mary Lyon,
founder of Mount Holyoke Female SEM
mary, fought the battle alone; Adelaide
Newton, the tract distributor, alone;
Fidelia Fisk, the consecrated mission
airy. alone; Dorothea Dix, the angel OF
the insane asylums, alone;a Caroline
Herschel, the Indispensable re-enforce-
ment of her brother, alone; Maria
Takrzewska, the heroine Of the Be=lin
hospital, alone; Helen Chalmers, pa
tron Of the sewing schools for the poor
of Edinburgh, alone, and Thousands
and. tens OF thousands Of women, OF
whose bravery and self sacrifice and
glory Of character the world has made
no record, but whose deeds ere In tho
heavenly archives Of martyrs who fought
the battle alone, and, though unrecog-
nized for the short 80 or 81 or 80 years
of Their earthly existence; shall through
the quintillion ages Of the higher world
be pointed out with the admiring cry,
"These are they who came out Of great
tribulation and had their robes washed
and made white in the blood Of tho
Lamb.
Let me also say for the encourage
ment Of all 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 al the
pangs Of his own hands and feet and
heart as he looked into the face Of ma
ternal anguish and called q friend 81 at
tention to it, in substance saying:
"John, cannot take care OF her any
longer. Do for her as would have
done if had lived. Behold thy moth
er !" II under the pressure OF unrewaEd.
ed and unappreciated work your hair is
whitening and the wrinkles Gomez 70.
joice that you are nearing the hour OF
escape from your very last fatigue and
may your departure be as pleasant as
that Of Isabella Graham, who closed her
life with smile and the word peace"
The daughter Of o regiment in any
army is all surrounded BY bayoncts Of
defense, and in the battle, whoever falls,
she is kept safe. And you are the daugh-
ter of the regiment commanded by the
Lord of Hosts. After all. you are not
fighting the battle of life. alone. All
heaven is Oh your. side. You will be
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
Ihear my Lord.
He holds me- When the pillows smite,
| shall not fall.
II short. It's sharp; II long. 'tio light.
He teInpers all.