The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-14

/ Which, Ok I1eSe directors Oh DdlhS
would know how many yards IL would
take 10 make that little girl a dress?
Which Of these masculine hands could
fit a hat TO that little girls head? Which
OF h wise men would know how To
tie on that new pair of shoes? Men
sometimes give their charity in a rough
way, and it falls ike the fruit Of a
tree in the east, which fruit comes down
so heavily that it breaks the skull OF
the man who is trying to gather it.
But woman glides so softly into the
house of destitution and finds out all
the sorrow of the place and puts so
+! quietly the donation on the table hat
all the family come put on the front
| steps as she departs, expecting 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.
O Christian young woman If you
| would make yourself happy and win
the blessing OF Christ go out among the
destitute. A loaf Of bread or a bundle
Of socks nay make a homely load to
carry, but the angels OF God will come
| out to watch, and the Lord Almighty
| Will give His messenger hosts a charge,
| saying, Look after that woman; can
opy her with wings and shelter her
from all HARM and while you are
! seated in the house Of restitution and
suffering the little mes around the
| room will whisper. who is she?"
Ain she beautiful" And if you will
listen right sharply you will hear drip
ping down through the leaky o 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,"
THE LORDS ERRAND.
Can you tell me why a Christian
woman, going down among the haunt
meets with any i~ndignity? 1 stood in
the chapel Of Helen Chalmers. the
daughter of the celebrated DR.. Chalmers,
in the most abandoned part of the city
OF Edinburgh, and 1 said to her as l
looked around upon the fearful sur
roundings Of that place, DO you come
here nights to hold a service?" "Oh,
yes!" she said. Cant it be possible that
you never meet with an insult while
performing this Christian errand?"
Never she sat- never" That
yong woman who has her father by
her side, walking down the street,
armed police at each corner, is not So
we'll 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 omnipotent, would tear to
pieces any one who should offer indlg=
nifty to her. We would smite him with
lightnings and drown him with floods
and swallow him with earthquakes,
and damn him with eternal indigna-
tons. Some one said: II dislike very
much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
schCol. 1 am afraid to have her instruct
hem" 80" said another man, Il
am afraid, too" Said the first, Il am
afraid they will use vile language be
fore they leave the place" "An,' said
the other man, Il am not afraid Of that.
What l am afraid of is hat If any of
those boys should use a bad word in her
presence the other boys would tea" him
to pieces and kill him IN the spot"
Tha woman is the best sheltered who
is sheltered by the Lord God Almighty,
ard you need never fear going any
where where God tells you to go.
1t seems as if the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the So
l;citation Of charities. Backed up by
barrels in which there is no flour. ard
by stoves IN which there is no fire n
by N~ardrobeS in which there are no
c~lotIes, d woman is irresistible. Pass
ing on he" GRAND, God says to her,
you go into that bank or store or
shop and get the money" She Soes in
and gets iI. The mar is hard listed, but
she gets it. She could not help bu1 get
it It is decleed from eternity she
should g. II. No need of your turning
| your, back and pretending you don't
heal; you do hear. There is no need OF
your saying you are begged to death.
There is no need Of your wasting your
time. and you might as we'll submit
first as last. You had better right away
take down your ~checkbook, mark the
lumber of the check, fill up the blank
sign your name and hand it to her.
There is no need of wasting time.
Those poor children on the back street
| have been hungry long enough. That
sick man must have some 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 a hard listed man., and 1 say,
Did you get the money! "Of
! course" she says, Il got the money;
| that's what went in for. The Lord
old me to go in and get it, and He
| never sends me on a FOOLS GRAND.
COMFORTERS OF DISTRESS.
Again, 1 have to tell you that it is a
| woman's specific right to comfort under
| the stress of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel, but all profane as
| we'll as sacred history attests that when
l the crisis comes she is better prepared
II INdH HAL ~ IIlSel INC lin GIN "
| often you have seen a woman, who
| seemed to be a disciple of frivolity and
| Incidence, under one stroke of calamity
| changed to a heroine. Oh, what a 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 COM
| panions in business play them a sad
( trick, and they carry the burden all
alone. He is asked in the household
| again and again, What is the mat
ter?' But he believes it a sort of Chris
| tan duty to keep all that trouble with
! in 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 LAY helped you to bear
misfortune. Y o. hav no right to carry
on one shoulder that which in intended
for two. Business men know what |
, mean. There came a crisis in your at
fairs. You struggled bravely and long
out after awhile there came a day
when you said, Here I shall have to
/ Ston and va, oo11aH in vOIIr Mariners