The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-23
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
HOUSEHOLD CARES" LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
~LeEd, Dost thou Not Care That Ny
Sister Has Left sic 20 serve Alonss-
--Lahei Chapter A.. Verse 40

Wonder Il a beautiful village home
stead. The man Of the house IL dead,
and bis widow IL taking charge OF the
premises. This IL the widow. Martha
OF Bethany. Yes, will show you also
the pet Of the household. This IL
Mary, the younger sister. with a book
under her arm. and her face having no
appearance Of anxiety OF care. Com
pany has come Christ stands outside
the door. and. OF course. there 10
good deal Of excitement inside the
door. The dlsarranged furniture u
hastily put aside. and the hair Is
brushed back. and the dresses are adj
iusted as well az, IN 70 short a time,
Mary and Martha can attend 20 these
matters. They did not keep Christ
standing Al the door until they were
newly apparelled. or until they had
eiaborately arranged their tresaes, then
coming out with their affected sur
prise a. though they had not heard the
Two or three previous knoekings. say
ING; why. Is that your No. They
were ladies. and were always presenta-
bie. although they may not have al
ways had on their best. for none OF US
always has on our best: II We did. our
best would not be worth having on.
fhey throw open the door. and greet
Christ They say. "Good-morning'
Master; come IN and be seated" Christ
ald not come alone; lie had a group OF
friends with him. and such an influx
o. city visitors would throw any ooun-
Try home into perturbation. suppose
also the walk from the city had been
good appetizer. The kitchen depart
ment that day was a very important
department. and I suppose that Mar
saaa h4d 10 sooner greeted the guests
than she ied % that room. Mary had
40 worriment about household Affairs.
She had full confidence that Martha
could get up the best dinner ID Beth
any. She seems 10 say; Nov let ua
have q division OF labor. Martha, you
cook. and III sit down and be good.
10 you have often seen a great dill
Terence between two sisters.
There Il Martha. hard-worklng.
painataking. a good manager. ever In
ventive Of some new pastry. or dlseoy-
erinE something In the art Of cookery
ana housekeeping. There Is Mary. al
10 fond Of conversation. literary. 20
engaged In deep questions Of ethics
nhn hnn NJ fffn. - ast..a a.. a.. ouna-
lions OF household welfare II IL noon.
Mary Il In the parlor with Christ.
Martha Il In the kitchen. Il would
have been better n they had divided
The work. and then they could have
divided ne opportunity Of listening to
se.a.; 11SMary mUnapal.zea chriSi,
uhiIo Martha swelters at the IRE. Il
vas a very important thing that they
should have a good dinner that day
christ vas hungry. and he did not
often have a luxurious entertainment
Alas met n the duty bad dsvolyed upon
Mary. what a repaat that would have
beenl but something went wrong In
the Kitchen. Perhaps the ere would
not burn. or the bread would not bake.
or Martha scalded her hand. or some
thing was burned black that ought 10
have been made brown: and Martha
Lost her patience. and forgetting the
proprieties Of the occasion. with be-
aHeaied brow. and perhaps with
-Ifichsr In one hand and tongs In the
other. ahe rushes out OF the kitchen In
% the presence OF Christ saying:
Lord. dost Thou not cara that my ais
Ger hath left me 10 serve alone?'
Christ acolded not a word. n Il were
scolding. I should rather have his
ncoldlng than anybody else'a blessing.
There was nothing acerb lie knew
Martha had almost worked herself 10
death 10 set him something 10 eat. and
90 he throws a world OF tenderness In
90 his information az he seems TO say:
NY dear woman. DO not worry; let the
dlnner 90; sit down on this ottoman
beside Mary, your younger sister.
Martha. Martha. thou art careful and
troubled about many things. but one
thing Il needful." A. Martha throwl
open that kitchen door look In and
rec a great many household perplexl.
lies and anxieties.
First there is the trial OF non-ap.
probation. That Il what made Martha
90 mad with Mary. The younger sister
had no estimate Of her older sisters
fatiEuoa A. nov. men bothered with
the anxieties Of the store. and once
and shop. or coming from the stockEx.
change. say when they get home: ~Oh
you ought 10 be In our factory a little
while. you ought 10 have 20 manaE,
clEht. or ten. or twenty subOrdlnates
and then you would know what troubl,
and anxiety arcT on. tlr the VIII,
nnd the mother has TO conduct AZ IN,
same time a university. a clothing cs.
ta1liahmcnt. a rcs' ,urant. a laundry
q library. while she a health officer
police. and president OF her realml 81,
must DO a thousand things. and dc
them well. IN order 20 keep thlne.
COINS smoothly. and 90 her brain and
her nerves are taxed 10 the utmost
I know there are housekceners who
are 70 fortunate that they can slt IN 40
armchair In thte library, or ne on On,
beiatcd pillow. and throw on an On,
care upon auhordinatoa who. having
larro wages and great experience, car
attend 90 an the Affairs OF the house
hold. Those are the exceptions. an
speaking now OF the great mass Of
luusekccptra-thc women % whom
llfe o. q siruggle. and who. 40 lhlry
years % ago. look as though they wcr,
forty and 40 fory look as though
they were atty aud az ATTY look a.
though they were sixty. Tho fallen
nt Chalons. and Ausiorl.tr. and Get.
tyahurE. and Waterloo are small
humber compared with the slain IN the
great ArmaEoddon 90 the Kitchen. You
60 out 20 the cemetery and you Will