St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-03-18

lost, or favorite chalice Be broken.
or the roof leak, or the plumbing fall
or any one OF \ thousand things oc-
cur? No matter. Everything must be
ready. The spring is coming, and there
must be revolution in the family ward
robe. or the autumn is at hand, and you
must shut out the northern blast. But
how il the moth has preceded you to
the chest? How if the garments Of the
las, year do not lit the children now?
What if all the fashions have changed?
The house must be an extempol lied
apothecary's shop or dispcnsary. There
must be relief for all styles OF ailments
something TO loosen the ere up, some
thing TO cool the burn. som ething to
poultice the Inflammation, something
to silence the jumping tooth, some
thing to soothe the earache. U man OF
business. if you had as many cares as
that YOU would be a fit candidate for
an insane asylum! Ii Martha make I'M
der such circumstances an impatient
rush on the library or the drawing
room, be patient, be lenient. Oh. my
sister, though my words may not
arouse in many souls any appreciation
of YOUR toll. let me assure you from the
kindness with which Jesus Christ met
Martha that he appreciates all your
trials from garrett to cellar. and the God
of Deborah and Miriam and Abigail is
the God Of the housekeepers! Christ
neve.. married, that He might be the
especial friend and confidant of whole
world of troubled womanhood. blum
dered. Christ was married. The Bible
saws the church is 1.-THE Bride, the
Lambs wife," and that makes me know
that a woman has right to go to
Christ with all her annoyances and per-
plexities and fatigues, for by his oath
of conjugal fidelity He hath sworn to
sympathize. George Herbert put the
thought in three or four verses. quaint
and peculiar, but strong, and in one
verse saying:
Thy servant by this clause makes drudgery
divine:
Who sweeps a room as for thy laws makes
this and the action ffne.
\ young woman Of brilliant educa-
ton and prosperous surroundings was
called downstairs to help in the alb
scnce OF the servant. and there was
ring at the bell and she went TO the
door. and an admirer entered. He said:
81 thought heard music in the house.
Was it on the piano or the harp?" She
said: Neither; it was frying pan
accompaniment 10 a gridiron! In
other words, / was called downstairs
20 help. suppose some time l shall
have 10 learn. and ] have begun now"
When will the world learn that every
kind Of work that is right is honor
able?
As Martha opens the door look in,
and also see the trial OF severe econ
omy. Nine hundred and ninety-nine
households out Of thousand are sub
jected to it either under the greater or
less stress Of circumstances. 1t is es-
pecially SO when a man smokes expen-
sive cigars and dimes at costly restau-
rants. He will be very apt to enjoin Sc
we're economy at home. That is what
kills thousands of women-the attempt
to make five dollars do the work of
seven dollars. II is amazing how some
men dole out money to the household.
If you have not got the money. say SO.
If you have. be cheerful in the expendi-
ture. Your wife will be reasonable.
How long does the honeymoon last?"
said young woman about to enter the
married state to her mother. The
mother answered.: THE honeymoon
lasts until you ask your husband for
money" How much do you want?"
"A dollar" "A dollar! Can't you get
along with 20 cents? You are always
wanting a dollar" This 30 years
war against high prices. this everlast-
ing attempt to bring the outgo within
the income. has exhausted multitudes
of housekeepers. Let me say to such
it is a part Of the Divine discipline. II
it were best for you. all you would have
to do would be just to open the front
windows, and the ravens would fly in
with food. and after you had baked 50
times from the barrel in the pantry,
Ike the barrel of Zarephath. the bar
rel would be full. and the children's
shoes would last rs long as the shoes Of
the Jsraelites in the wilderness-aO
years.
Oh. my friends, all these trials and
fa,igues of home life are to prepare you
for Heaven, for they will make that the
brighter in the contrast! A dying sol
der was asked by friend: Have you
any message to send to your father?"
YES" said he. Tell him have gone
home" "Well," said the friend. "have
you any message TO send to your wife -
Yes. Tell her have gone home"
'.You have other friends. Would you
like to send a message to them" Eyes.
Give them the same message: they will
all understand it. Tell them l have
gone home" And that heavenly home
will compensate, ~ill fully atone for
all the hardships and the trial and the
annoyances and the vexations of the
earthly home. In that land they never
hunger. and consequently there will
be no nuisance Of catering for appetite
In that land of the white robes they have
TO mendirg 10 do. and the air of that
billy country makes them all well. No
rent to pay there; every man owns his
own house. and a mansion at that. 1t
will not be so great a change to step
into the chariot of the skies if on earth
yon rode. 1t will not be so great a
change il on earth you had all the lux
uries and sat:sfactions. 1t will not be
so great change for you to sit down
on the banks of the river CT life il on
earth you had a country seat.
But. on, the joy for the weary feet
wheE they step into the celestial equip
age, and. oh. the JOY of those to whom
home w:s marty rdom on earth when
they 60 into that home where they will
never have to do anything that they do
not want to do! What change from
the time she put down the rolling pin
to the time she took up the scepter!
II Chatsworth park and the Vanderbilt
mansion were lifted into the Celestial
City. they would be looked at as unin-
habitable rookeries, and Lazarus him
self would be ashamed to be seen going
in or out OF them. 50 great are the PAL
aces awaiting all Gods dear children,
and SO much erander the Heavenly
architecture thau the earthly 1t is