The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-11
DAILY REPUBLICAN, Wilmington, DELAwAKE MONDAY. SEP

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ten STAIRS ~ ANGEL chast ahat shook
BethieAkn, e~0iory TO God In the high.
EFT, and On earth peace, good VII to
men"
Caa you tell me why Q Christian wo.
mas going down among the hauats Of
lniqnity on Q Christian errand never
meets with any indignityf stood In
the chapel Of Halen Chalmers, the dAugh.
ter Of the celebrated DIR. Chalmers, In the
r.oet abandoned part Of the city Of Edin.
bwgh, and I said to her a. looked
around upon the fearful surroundings
Of that place, DO YOU come here nights
to hold a service?" "Oh, yes" she said.
"Can 1t be possible that you never meet
with an insult while performing this
Christian erTandT 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 90 well defended as that Christian
woman who goes forth on gospel work
into the haunts Of iniquity carrying the
Biblss and bread. God. with the red
right arm Of his wrath omnipotent, would
tear to pieces any one who should offer
indisnity to her. He would smite him with
| Iightnings and drown him with foods and
| swallow him with earthquakes and damn
him with eternal indisnations.
Some one sxid; II dislike very much to
| see that Christian woman teaching those
| bad boys In tho. mission school. l am
! afraid to have her instruct them" 49,"
said another man, II am afraid too"
Said the first. II am afraid they will use
vile language before they leave the place."
"Ah," said the other man, II am not
afraid of that. What l am afraid of Is,
that If any Of those boys should use u
bad word in her presence the other boys
would tear him to pieces and kill him on
the spot" That woman Is the best
God Almighty, and you need never fear
going anywhere where God tells you to
60.
No Fools rrrand.
It seems as II the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the solicit
tation of charities. Backed up by barrels
In which there Is no flour, and by stoves
In which there Is no fire, and by ward.
robes in which there are no clothes,
woman Is irresistible. Passing on her
errand, God says to her, "You 80 into
that bank or store or shop and get the
money" She goes in and gets 1t. The
man is hard listed, but she gets 1t. She
could not help but get it. 1t Is decreed
from eternity she should get It, No need
of your turning your back and pretending
you don't hear; you do hear There is no
need Of your saying you are begged to
te ut
your time, and you might as well submit
Grst as last. You had better right away
take down your checkbook, mark the
number of the check, fill up the blank,
sign your name and hand 1t to her. There
Is no need of wasting time. Thor cor
children on the back street have l.esn
hungry long enough. That sick man must
have some farina. That consumptive
must have something to ease his cough.
l meet this delegate Of relief society
coming out of the store Of such hard
listed man, and l say, ibid you get the
money!" "Of course" she says, 81 got
the money that's what l went in for
The Lord told me to go in and get 1t, and
he never sends me on fools errand.'
+ Again, | have to tell you that 1t Is
woman's specific right to comfort under
, the stress Of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel, but all profane as well
. as sacred history attests that when the
| crisis comes she is better prepared than
man to meet the emergency. How often
you have seen woman, who seemed to
| be a disciple Of frivolity and Incidence,
who, under one stroke Of calamity,
changed to heroine. Oh, what great
| l,.s Al
never tell their business troubles to their
wives! There comes some great loss TO
their store, or some of their companions
In business play them sad trick, and
they carry the burden all alone. lie is
asked in the household again and again,
what Is the matter?' But he believes
1t sort Of Christian duty to keep all
that trouble within his own soul. On,
sir, your first duty was to tell your wife
all about i'll She perhaps might not
have dsentangled your finances or ex-
tended your credit, but she would have
helped you to bear misfortune. You
have no right to carry on one shoulder
that which is intended for two. Bust
ness men know what | mean. There
came crisis in your affairs. You str'lg-
gled bravely and long. but after awhile
there came day When You said, Here
l shall have to STOP and you called in
your partners, and you called in the most
prominent men in your employ, and you
said, 1--WE have got to stop You LEFT
the store suddenly. You could hardly
make I'D 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?
The Strength of the Eternal God.
No. She came up to the emergency.
She unailsd not under the stroke. She
offered to go ont Of the comfortable
house into a smaller one and wear the
old cloak another winter. She was the
one who understood your affairs without
blaming you. You looked'upon what you
thought was thin, weak woman's arm
holding you up; but while you looked at
that arm there came into the feeble
muscles Of it the strength Of the eternal
God. No Gliding. No frettins. No tell.
ing you about the beautiful house OF
her father from which you brought her
10, 20 or 80 years ago. IOu said: We'll,
this is the happiest day OF my life.
I'm glad have got from under my bur
den. Ny wife don't cars-l don't care"
At the moment you were exhausted God
sent a Deborah to meet the host OF
Amalekitcs and scatter them like chan
over the plain. There are sometimes wo-
men who sit reading sentimental novels
and who wish that they had some grand
field in which to display their Christian
powers. What grand and glorious things
they could do II they only had an oppor-
tunity! My sister, you need not walt
for any such time. A crisis will come in
your affairs. There will be Thermopy-
lac in your own household where God
will tell you to stand. There are scores
and hundreds Of households today where
as much bravery and courage are de-
handed Of women as was exhibited by
Grace Darling or Marie Antoinette or
Joan Of Arc.
Again, l remark it is woman's right
to bring to us the kingdom Of heaven. II
Is easier for woman to be Christian
than for a man. Why? You say she is
weaker. No. Her heart Is more respon-
sive to the pleadinss OF divine love. She
is In vast majority. The fact that she
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