The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-04-01

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as honorable as She man who makes
the constitution There is a woman
who was made to fashion a robe, and
yonder is one intended to be q queen
and wear it. It seems to me that in
the one case as in the other. God APP
points the sphere, and the needle is Just
as respectable in His sight as the seep
ter. do not know but that the world
would long ago have been saved II
some Of the men ont Of the ministry
were ia Il, and some Of those who are
in it were out of il. 1 really
think that one-half OF the world may
be divided into two quarters those who
have not found their sphere and those
who. having found il, are not willing
to stay there. How many are strug-
CLING for a position a little higher than
that for which God intended them.
The boudswoman wants to be mistress.
Hagar keeps croWding Sarah The
small wheel OF a watch which beauti-
fully went treading its golden pathway
wants to be the balance wheel, and the
sparrow, with ehagrin drops into the
brook because ID can not, like the
egle put a circle under the sun.
Ia the Lords army we all want to be
brigadier generals! The sloop says:
More mast. more tonnage, more can
vas. Oh. that I were n topsail schooner,
or a full-rigged brig, or a Cuuard
steamerl' Aud 50 the world is filed
with cries of discomfort because we are
not willing to stay in the place where
God put US and intended us to be. My
friends, be net too proud to do any
thing God tells you to do; for the lack
Of a right disposition in this respect the
world is strewn with wandering
Hagars and Ismaels. God has given
each one of ms a work to do. You
carry a scuttle Of coal up that dark
alley. You distribute that Christian
tract. You give $4,000 to the mission
airy cause. You for 10 wears sit with
chronic rheumatism. displaying the
beauty of Christian submission.
Whatever God calls you to whether
it win kissing or huzza;
whether to walk under triumphal
arch or lift the sot ont Of the ditch;
whether it is to preach on a Pentecost
or tell some wanderer of the street of
the mercy of the Christ of Mary Magda-
leUe; whether it be to weave "a garland
for a laughing child on a spring morn
ing and call her a May queen, or to
comb out the tangled locks of a waif
Of the street, and cut up one of your
old dresses to fit her out for the sane
tuary-do it, and do it right away.
Whether it be a crown or a yoke, do
not fdget. Everlasting honors upon
those who do their work, and do their
whole work, and are ]contented in the
sphere in which God has put them
while there is wandering, and exile,
and desolation, and wilderness for dis
eonteuted Hagar and IshmaeL.
Again, / find in this oriental scene
a lesson of sympathy with a woman
when She goes forth trudging in the
desert. What a great change it was
for this Hagarl There was the tent,
and all the surroundings of Abraham
house, beautiful and luxurious, no
doubt. Now she is going out into the
cbanya IL vasr And IN ann dav we
ofsa1 IN ma yvbaeI a. fortune Inn
Hare i son,a one Who IVA II fbe yarv
brirbt boma ~ her father w. bad
everything possible to administer to
her happiness-plenty at the table,
music in the drawing-room, well
come All the door She is led
fortb into life bv some ono vino cnn NOT
apnreciate her. A dissfnated s6pl
Games and t,lras her ont in tbe dessert
Crnelties blot ont all the 1iobts Of that
home circle Harsh words wear amt
bar s~ni,fts me biph home tbat sbone
o7t aver tba narriaTe aftar ,ybiIa tbe
ring was being set and M vows given
and fine b-apadjcfioo nrnnobnce5 have
ali faded ygitb me- 6ranga bIoseona
ana thare she ID TODAY broken hearted
tbirking III nagt lows ana nrasant daeo.
~lation Ara c6ming anopish Uagar IN
tbe wildernessl
Here is a beautiful home. You can
not think Of ANYTHING that can be
added To il. For wears there has not
been the suggestion of single trouble.
Bright and happy children fiji the
house with laughter and song. Books
to read Pictures to,Iook at. Lounges
to rest on. CUP Of domestic iov full
and rnnninp over. Dark niuht drops
pillow bot. Pulses 1utter Ewes close
And Tia foot whose wsll.knoyp stems
on fine door-stll brought fine whole
bouseboId ont nj eveptide CRYING
"Fatber's comi,gre win never sopnd
IN the door-siu again. A long. deem
gricf Moved tbropgb All tbat bright-
ness If domestic life Paradise lost
W-idowbood Harar n ne wildernasa
How often IS il we Zee the veal, arm
Of woman conscripted for this battle
wien the ro,gb world Wbo h she