Connecticut western news., 1899-02-16
THE DAILY TRIALS.
TAlMAGE TELLS HOW HOUSEHOLD
 PeRPLExiTlES BRING BLESSINGS.

TAlMAGE TELLS HOW HOUSEHOLD
 PERPLExlTlES BRING BLESSINGS.
 The Manifold Duties of the Wife and
 Mother Are Not Fully Appreciated.
 Reward That Comes From Patient
 and Unselash Service.
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 WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-This dis the doors of home life and rouses appre- citation of work not ordinarily recog- nized; text, Luke X, 40 Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone9 Bid her therefore that she help me. '
 Wonder is beautiful village home stead. The man of the house is dead and his widow has charge of the prem ises 1t is Widow Martha of Bethany. Yes. will show you also the pet of the household. It is Mary, the younger sis ter, with book under her arm, and in her face no sign of care or anxiety about anything. Company has come. Christ appearing at the outside of the door makes some excitement in- side the door, The sisters set back the disarranged furniture, arrange their hair, and in flash prepare to open the door. They do not keep Christ waiting outside until they have newly appareled themselves or elabo- rately arranged their dresses, and then with affected surprise come out and. pretending not to have heard the two or three previous knockings, say, "Why, is that youf" No, they were ladies, and always presentable, although perhaps they had not on their best. None of 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: s'Good morning, Masterl Come in and be seatedr' Christ brought company of friends with him, and the influx of 50 many city visitors, you do not won- der, threw the country home into some perturbation. I suppose the walk from the city had been keen appetizer. The kitchen department that day was very important department, and I think as soon as Martha had greeted her guests she went to that room. Mary had 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. !"
 The same difference you now some times see between sisters There is Martha, industrious, painstaking, a good manager, ever inventive of some new pastry, discovering something in household affairs Here is Mary. fond of conversation, literary, 90 full of questions of ethics she has no time to discuss questions of household welfare. It is noon. Mary is in the parlor. Mar tha is in the kitchen. It would have been better for them to have divided the toil and then they could have di- vided the opportunity of listening to Christ. But Mary monopolizes Christ, while Martha swelters before the fire. It was very important that they have good dinner that day, for Christ was hungry. and he did not often have lux urious entertainment. Alas, me, if all The responsibility of that entertainment had rested with Maryi What repast they would have hadi But something went wrong in the kitchen. Either the fire would not burn or the bread would not bake or something was turned black that ought to have been only self. and, forgetting all the proprieties of the occasion. with besweated 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, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alonef Bid her therefore that she help me " Christ scolded not a word If it were scolding, would rather have him scold me than anybody elee bless me There was nothing acerb in the Saviour's re ply. He knew that Martha had been working herself almost to death to get him something to eat, and he appre- ciated her kindness, and he practically said: My dear woman, do not worry. Let the dinner go. Sit down here on this couch beside your younger sister, Mary. Let us talk about something else Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful.'
 As Martha throws open the door look in today, and see a great many household anxieties, perplexities, fla 6gues and trials and about them am going to speak if the Lord of Mary and Martha and Lazarus will help me by his grace
 assuseAeld Perplexities and Trials. As I look into that door, in the first place, see the trial of nonappreciation. That was what made Martha so vexed It Mary. Mary, the younger sister, had no proper estimate of the elder sisters fatigue. Just as now men having an noyances of store and factory and shop, or at the Stock Exchange, come home at night and hear of some household an noYance, and they say: ''Oh, that's nothingi You ought to be in a factory Q day and have 10 or 15 or 90 or 100 subordinates Then you would know something about annoyance and trou- ble." Oh, man, let me tell you that wife and a mother has to conduct at the same time university, clothing establishment, restaurant, a laundry, library, and has to be health officer, police and president of the whole realmi Hhe has to do thousand things, and to do them well, in order to make things go smoothly, and that is what puts the awful tax on woman's s nerves and woman's brain know there are exceptions to the rule. Sometimes you will find woman who can sit in the armchair of the library all day without any anxiety, or taTy on the belated pillow, and all the cares of the house hold are thrown upon servants who have large wages and great experience; but that is the exception. I speak of khe great masses of housekeepers, to whom life is struggle, and who at 50 years of age look as though they were 50. The fallen at Chalons and Auster-