Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-02-18

o'clock at night may nh the cabin with
laughing racket. but. on. TO do the hard
work az the household with a shattered
ccaStitution-after six weeks wkoop-
ing cough has ragged In the household,
making the nights as sleeplcss as the
DAYS. then II Is not so easy. Aud thea
this work Of the house has often 20 be
undertaken when the nerves are shat
tered with scme bereavement that has
put Gcsoiation in every room OF the
house and sent the crib into the Earret
because its occupant has been hushed
iuto a slumber that needs no mothers
lullaby. oh. II was great deal easier
FOR her TO brood the whole flock than
20 brood a part Ct them. now that the
rest have gore You may tell her that
her departed children are IN the bosom
Of loving God. hut. motherlike. she
win brood both flccks. putting ons
wing Of care over the flock in the house.
putting she other wing Of care over
the ioyk in the grave. Nothing but the
old-fa hioned religion Of Jesus Christ
can take woman happily through
home trials. All these modern rel.
vions amount 10 nothing. They do not
help They DO not comfort when there
/ is a deed babe ia the house. Away
with them and give us the old-fsshioned
religion OF Jesus Christ. that has conf
/ forted so many In the dals % sorrow
/ and trouble.
Homance ard novelty may for little
while seem 10 be n substitute. The
l marriSgc day has ouly gone by just
I gone ly. and al hCus ckoid cares are
atorcd for hy the joy cf bcing together
and by the fact that when IL il late AZ
night IL is not necessary 20 discuss
whether IL is time 10 90. III the mis-
haps of the newly-mnriied couple iu the
way of household affairs are not mat
ters % anxiety CT apprehension. but
! merriment The leaf OF bread turned
into geological specimen. the slushy
custard ard jaundiccd and measly bis
cults. Oh. IL is a very bright sunlight
hat fails upon the cutlery and mantei
/ lrnamsnts Of new home. komarcc
aud novelty viii GO for little while.
but after awhile the romance j. all
gone. and there is n loaf 20 be made. =
loaf that cannot be sweetened 10y any
earthly condiments and cannot Be
favored with any earthly havors. and
cannot be baked in any ordinary oven
Il is the loaf Of domestic happiness
al the ingredients from Heaven. Fruit
rom tho tree OF life and swectenet
With the new wine cf the kingdom ans
baked ia the oven of home trial. Gos
! oniy can make that loaf. You can ca'
81. bur 81 taLc- God 90 rsaai1c "a.
Solomon wrote out Of his own misera
. -i1ir r,sl5erienceZhe had wretehes
, home; no man. can be happy with TIVE
, wives. much less with TOO, and out o
; his wretched experience he wrote
~Rettcr is a dinner Of herbs where lov
, Is than a stalled OK and hatred there
with" Oh. the responsibilities O
= housekeepersl Kings by their indiges
: tion have lost empires. and general
!, through Indigestion have lost battles
: One OF the great statisticians SAYS tina
, out OF 1000 unmarried men 90 wer
criminals, and cut of ! 600 married me
\ only Is were criminals, showing tn
/, power OF home. And. on, the respor
/, sibility resting upon housekeepersi B
q the food they provide, BY the couc
I. they spread. by the books they iutr,
duce. boy the influence they brln
!. around the home. they are helping
a decide the physical, the intellectua
- the moral. the eternal. welfare Of a
n human race. Oh. the responsibility
r That woman sits in The house of Go
h to-day perhaps entirely nnappreciate
o She is the banker OF her home the pres
,e dent, the cashier. the teller. the al
n count clerk. and ever and anon there
10 a panic. God knows the anNieties al
the care. and lie knows that this is n
-v a useless sermon. but that there a
multitudes of hearts waiting for Il
80 distillation OF the Divine mercy al
solace in their hour OF trials and the
a. home duties and their own fatigu,
AZ The world hears nothing about thel
b They never speak about them. "
q could not with the agonies OF an
le quisition bring the truth cut Of the
d; They keep il still. They say nothir
Ie. They endure and viii until God and I
ne Judgment right their wrongs. "Ol
an says some sister, "are you not trying
In show that all woman's life at home
rs one OF self-sacrifce Yes my siss
AL and that is the only kind OF life wor
=" living That has been the life of FL
~ ence Nightingale; that was the Efe
'r- Edward Payson; that was the life
the Lord Jesus Christ: that il the 1
,es Of every man or woman that is happy
Ip- a life OF self-sacri6ce. Those peol
IN living for themSelves-are they happ
en- Find me one will give you all the