Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-18
HOUSEHOLD TRIALS.
REV. DR.. TALMAeE SPEAKS TO WIVES
AND MOTHERS.

NNO WI FlGhO-
FntiEues and tnnoynnces of Home
Life Are Preparatory steps TO High
Reward-Lessons Drawn From the
story Of Mary aud Martha.
copyright. 1893 by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. I2-This discourse
~ DIR. Talmage seems 10 open all the doors
of home life and rouscs appreciation of
work not ordinarily recognized: text,
Luke Y. 40: Lord, dost thou not care
that my sister hath left me TO serve alones
Bid her therefore that she help me-
Yondcr Is beautiful village home
stead The man Of the house is dead and
his widow has charge Of the premises II
is Widow Martha of Bethany Yes, will
show you also the pet Of the household
II is Mary, the younger sister, with a
book under her arm. and in her faces no
sign Of care or anxiety about anything
Company has come Christ appearing at
the outside Of the door makes some excite
ment inside the door The sisters set back
the disarranged furniture. arrange sheir
hair and In a fash prepare to open the
door. They do not keep Christ waiting
outside until they have newly apparelcd
themselves or deliberately arranged sheir
ircsscs. and then with affected surprise
come out and pretending not 10 have Heard
the two or three previous knockings say,
Why. Is that you?' No, they were ladies
and always prcscntable, although perhaps
they had not on their best None ~ us
always have on our best. Otherwise very
soon our best would not be worth having
on. They throw open the door and greet
Christ They say: Good morning Mas
ter. Come I'm and bc seated" Christ
brought company Of friends with him.
aud the influx Of so many city visitors,
you do not wonder, threw the country
home into some perturbation. / suppose
the walk from the city had been keen
appetizer. The kitchen department that
day was n very important department.
and / think as soon as Martha had
greeted her guests she went to that room
Mary Ind no anxiety about the dinner
She had full confidence that her sister
Martha could get up the best dinner In
Bethany. and she practically said: Now.
let us have division OF labor Martha.
you cook. and I'll sit down and learn =
Two sisters Differ.
The same difference you now sometimes
see between sisters There Is Martha.
industrious, painstaking, good manager,
ever inventive Of some new pastry dis
covering something in household affairs
Here Is Mary, fond of conversation. liter
AIRY. so fun of questions of ethics she has
no time To discuss questions OF household
welfare II Is noon Mary j. in the parlor
Martha Is I'm the kitchen. II would have
been better for them t. have divided the
toll. and then they could have divided the
opportunity 81 listening 10 Christ But
Mary monopolizes Christ while Martini
swclters before the fire II was very i'm
portant that they have a good dinner that
day. for Christ was hungry. and lie did
not often have luxurious entertainment
Alas, me, IL all the responsibility of that
entertainment had rested with Mary what
n rcpast they would have had But some
thing went wrong in the kitchen Either
the fire would not burn. or the bread
would not bake. or something was turned
black that ought 20 have been only turned
brown. or Martha scaided herself and
forgetting all the proprietics ~ thu occa-
sion. with hcswcatcd brow she rushed out
of the kitchen into the parlor. perhaps
with tongs In one hand and pitcher in the
other, and she cried OUT Lord, dosi
thou not care that my sister has left me Ia
serve alones Bid her therefore that she
help me = Christ scoldcd not "A word II
IL were scolding. l would rather have him
scold me than anybody else bless me
There was nothing accrb In the Saviour :
reply He knew that Martha had been
working herself almost 10 death to net him
something ~ eat, and he Appreciated her
kindness, and he practically said My
dear woman. do not worry. Let he din
ner go. sit down here ON this coach be
side your younger sister Mary Lct Us
talk about something else Martha,
Martha. thou art careful and troubled
about many things but one thing is need
full. "
As Martha throws open the door | look
In today, and see great many house
hold anxieties, perplexitics, fatigues and
trials, and about them l am going 10
speak II the Lord Of Mary and Martha
and Lazarus will help me by his grace
Annoyance- of Home Life.
As look into that door, In the first
place, see the trial Of nonapprciation.
That was what made Martha - Vexed at
Mary. Mary, the younger sister, had no
proper estimate Of the elder sister, fatigue,
just as now men having annoyances Of
store and factory and shop or at the Stock
Exchange come home at night and hear
81 some household annoyance. and they
say: oh, that's nothing, You ought "a
be- I'm a factory "A day and have 10 or 10 OF
20 or 100 suhnriinates Then you would
know something about annoyance and
trouble q man, let me tell you that a
wife and mother has 10 conduct at the
same time n university, a clothing estab
lishmcnt, n restaurant, laundry, a
library. and has Ia bo health officer. police
and president Of the whole rcalml she
hns To do thousand things, and TO dc
them well, in order TO make things e
smoothly. and that is what puts the awful
tax on woman's nerves and woman
brain. know there are exceptions 10 the
rule Sometimes you will find woman
who can sit in the armchair Of the library
all day without any anxiety or tarry on
the belntcd pillow. and all the cares of tbs
household arr thrown upon servants VIII,
have large wages and great experience
but that Is the exception ] speak Of tbs
great masses 81 housckecpers, 70 whom III,
Is "A struggle, and who at 30 years 81 ag,
look as though they were 80 The falcr
AZ Z nhtntih anu AhSttTiltL anu VIII NrUNFb
and Waterloo are a small number in com
parison with those who have gone down
under the Armagcddon II the kitchen
Go ont 10 tine country and look over III,
epitaphs ON the tOmbstOnes They are al
beautiful and poetic, but If the tombstone,
could sell the truth thousands Of then
would say. Here lies woman who wa,
killed by too nuch mcnding and sewing
and baking and securing and scrubhipg
and the we pom with which she WA
killed was n broom or a saving machine
or - ladlc
The housewife rises IN IN" morning hal
rested Al an irrcxocaIile hour she mus
haze Inc ~, rninR rcpa,t r,ady What !
the firr will ~ hurus What II the cloci
stop. What the marketing has not beer
sent inf No natter that: IL nusf be Rad,
Ai the irr,,o4.l,l.. hour Then the chill
slrcn must ", got ready for school. 81
what II the garments he torn What