St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-10-14


table that all the family come out on
the front steps as she departs, expect
ing that from under her shawl she will
thrust out two wings and go right up
toward Heaven. from whence she seems
to have come down. D.
o Christian young woman. if You
would make yourself happy and win the
blessing of Christ, 60 out among the
destitute. A loaf of bread or a bundle
of socks may make homely load to
carry, but the angels of God will come
out to watch and the Lord Almighty will
give His messenger hosts charge. say
ing: Look out for that woman; cam
opy her with your wings and shelter her
from all HARM" and while you are seat
ed in the house of destitution and suf-
fering the little ones around the room
will whisper: who is she? Ant she
beautiful: And il Won viii listen right
sharply you will hear dripping down
through the leaky roof and rolling over
the rotten stairs the angel chant that
shook Bethlehem: GLORY to God in
the highest. and on earth peace, good
will to men,.
Can you tell me why Christian wom-
an going Down among the haunts of
iniquity ON Christian errand never
meets with any indignity: stood in
the chapel Of Helen Chalmers. the
daughter of the celebrated DIR. Chal-
mers, in the most abandoned part of the
city Of Edinburgh, and / said to her as
l looked around upon the fearful sur
roundings Of that place: do you
come here nights to hold service?'
''Oh, yes" she said. Can it be possible
that you nc. er meet with an insult
while performing this Christian err
RANDI" Never" she said. never"
That young woman who has her father
by her side walking down the street,
armed police at each corner. is not SO
well defended as that Christian woman
who goes forth on Gospel work into The
haunts of iniquity carrying the Bibles
and bread. God, with the red right arm
of His wrath omnirotent, would tear
to pieces anyone who should offer indig-
nifty to her. lie would smite him with
lightnings and drown him with floods
and swallow him with earthquakes and
damn him with eternal indignations.
Some one said: Il dislike very much
to see that Christian woman teaching
those bad boys in the mission school. l
am afraid to have her instruct them
49," said another man, Il am afraid
too" Said the first: Il am afraid they
will use vile language before they leave
the place" "Ah," said the other man,
Il am not afraid Of that. What am
afraid OF is, that if any of those boys
should use bad word in her presence
the other boys would tear him to pieces
and kill him on the spot" That woman
is the best sheltered who is sheltered by
the Lord God Almighty, and you Iced
never fear going anywhere where God
tells you to so.
: 1t seems as If the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the So
licitation of charities. Backed up by
barrels in which there is no -four, and
by stoves in which there is no fire, and
by wardrobes in which there are no
clothes, woman is irresistible. Pass
ing on her errand. God says to her:
You 60 into that bank or store or shop
and get the money" She goes in and
gets it. The man is hard listed, but she
gets it. She could not help but get it.
No need OF Your turning your back and
pretending you don hear; youdo hear.
Thercis no need of your saying you are
begged to death. There is no need of
your wasting your time, and you might
as well submit first as last. You had
betterright away take down your check
book, mark the number of the check,
fill up the blank, sign your name and
hand it to Ter. There is no need Of
wasting time. Those poor children on
the back street have been hungry long
enough. That sick man must have Sore
farina. That consumptive must have
something to ease his cough. l meet
this delegate of a relief society coming
out of the store of such Manifested
man, and 1 say: did you get the
money!" ''Of course" she says, II got
the money; that's what / went in for.
The Lord told me to 60 in and get it,
ard He never sends me on fools err
rand" Itks~
Again, | have to tell you that it is a
woman's specific right to comfort I'M
der the stress of dire disorder. She is
called the weaker vessel, but all pro-
fame rs well as sacred history attests
that when the crisis comes she is better
prepared than man to meet the emer-
gency. How often you have seen a
woman, who seemed to be disciple Of
frivolity and incidence, who. under one
stroke of calamity, changed to hero
inc. Oh, what great mistake those
business men make who never tell their
business troubles to their wives! There
comes some great loss to their store,
or some OF their companions in bust
ness play them sad trick, and they
carry the burden all alone. He is asked
in the household again and again:
what is the mattcr?' But he be
lieves it a sort of Christian duty to
keep all that trouble within his own
soul. Oh. sir, your first duty was to
tell your wife all about it! She perhaps
might not have disentangled your
finances or extended your credit, but
she would have helped you to bear mis-
fortune. You have no right to carry
on one shoulder that which is intended
for two. business men know what !
mean. There came a crisis in your af-
fairs. You struggled bravely and
long. but after awhile there came a
day when you said: Here I shall have
to STOP" and you called in your part
ners. and you called in the most promi-
nent men in your employ, and you said:
I'VE have got TO stop" You left the
store suddenly. You could hardly
make ur your mind to pass through the
street and over on the ferryboat. You
felt everybody would be looking at you
and blaming you and denouncing you.
You fastened home. You told your
wife all about the affair What did
she say? Did she play the butterfly
Did she talk about the silks, and the
ribbons, and the fashions?
No. She came up 10 the emergency.