Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-01-07

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Lazarus would be ashamed to be going 1
In and out of either of them.
God Is Taking Care.
There are many housekeepers who
could get along with their tolls If il
were not for sickness and trouble. The
fact is, one-half of the women CT thsi
land are more or less inyalids. The
mountain lass, who has never had ank
ache or a pain, may consider household.
toll inconsiderable, and toward EVENING"
she may skip away miles to the fields
and drive home the cattle, and she may
until 10 o'clock at night FIJI the house
with laughing racket; but, oh, to do
the work Of life with wornout constitu-
tion, when whooping cough has been
raging for six weeks in the household,
making the night as sleepless as tho
day-that is not so easy! Perhaps this
comes after the nerves have been shat !
tered by some bereavement that has left |
desolation in every room Of the house
and set the crib in the garret because
the occupant has been hushed into 8
slumber which needs no mothers lula
by. Oh, she could provide for the whole
group great deal better than she can
for part Of the group now the rest arei
gonel Though you may tell her God is
taking care of those who are gone, It Isl
motherlike to brood both focks, and one
wing she puts over the flock in the
house, the other wing she puts over the |
flock in the grave.
There is nothing but the old fashioned
religion of Jesus Christ that will take al
woman happily through the trials Of
home life. At first there may be ro-
nance or a novelty that will do for al
substitute. The marriage hour has just !
passed, and the perplexities Of the houses
hold are more than atoned by the Joy Of ,
being together and by the fact that when,
it is late they do not have to discuss the,
question as to whether it is time to go.
The mishaps Of the household, instead |
Of being a matter Of anxiety and Terre- /
hension, are a matter Of merriment-9
the loaf Of bread turned into geologic I
al specimen, the slushy custards, the
jaundiced or measly biscuits 1t is a 1;
very bright sunlight that falls on the. {.
cutlery and the mantel ornaments Of a
new home.
"Bettsr Is Dinner Of Herbs
But after awhile the romance is all
gone, and then there is something to be
prepared for the table that the book
called Cookery Taught In Twelve Les
sons" will not teach. The recipe for
making it is not a handful Of this, q
cup Of that and a spoonful Of something
else 1t is not somethiag sweetened with
ordinary condiments or favored with
ordinary favOrs or baked in ordinary
ovens. It is the loaf Of domestic happi-
ness, and all the ingredients come
down from heaven, and the fruits are
plucked from the tree Of life, and 1t is
sweetened with the new wine Of the
kingdom, and it is baked in the oven OF
home trial. Solomon wrote out OF his
own experience. He had wretched
home A man cannot be happy with two
wives, much less 800, and he says, writ
ing out Of his own experience, Better
u dinner Of herbs where love Is than
. stalled OK and hatred Herewith. "
How great are the responsibilities Of
housskeepers Sometimes an indigest-
ible article Of food, by its effect upon .
king, hae overthrown an empire. A dig
tinguished statistician says Of 1000 un-
married men there are 9S criminals and
of /, 900 married men only lS are GRIM
inals. What a suggestion Of home inhu-
encesl Let the most be made Of them
Housekeepers by the food they provide,
by the couches they spread, by the books
they introduce, by the influences they
bring around their home, are deciding
the physical, intellectual, moral, eternal
destiny Of the race. You say your life
is one Of sacrifice know it. But, my
sisters, that is the only life worth liv-
ing. That was Florence Nightingale's
life; that was Payson's life; that was
| Christ's life. We admire it In Others
but how very hard It is for us to exes-
else 1t ourselves When, In Brooklyn.
young DR.. Hutchinson, having spent
whole night in a diphtheritic room fc,
the relief of a patient, became saturated
with the poison and died, we all felt as
If we would like to put garlands ON his
grave. Everybody appreciates that
When. in the burning hotel at St Louis
young man on the fifth story broke
open the door of the room where his
mother was sleeping and plunged In
amid smoke and fire, crying, Mother.
where are you?" and never came out
our hearts applauded that young man
Lack of ChrIstlike Spirit.
But how few of us have the Christ
like spirit--a willingness to suffer for
others. A rough teacher in a school
called upon a poor half starved lad who
had offended against the laws Of the
school and said, Take off your coat d.
rectly, sir. " The boy refused TO take it
of, whereupon the teacher said again,
"Take off your coat. sir, as be swung
the whip through the air. The boy re-
fused. II was not because be was afraid
Of the lash-he was used to that at
homs-but it was from shame-he had
10 updergarment-and as at the third
command be pulled slowly OF his coat
there went q sob through the school.
They saw then why he did not want to
remove his coat, and they saw the
shoulder blades had almost cut through
the skin, and stout, healthy boy rose
mp and went to the teacher Of the school
and said: "Oh, sir, please don't hurt
this poor fellow. Whip me. See, he's
nothing but a poor chap Don't hurt
him; he's poor. Whip me. well,
said the teacher, "it's going TO be Sc
we're whipping. l am willing to take
you as substitute " well, " said the
boy, 81 don't care You whip me, II
you will let this poor fellow go. " The
stout, healthy boy took the scourging
without an outcry. bravo, says ev-
cry man. "Bravol" How many Of us
are willing to take the scourging. and
the suffering and the toll, and the anx-
iety for other people. Beautiful things
to admire. but how little we have OF
that spirit God give us that self deny