The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-19

| OF Inc not temples ana Stories OF t0o~
land where they never have any pain.
Men knelt down over the wounded and
said: ION which side did you fghtT'
Women knelt down over the wounded
and said: where are you hurt? Wha;
nice thing can make for you to eat
What makes you cry?" Tonight while
We men are sound asleep in our beds
there will be light in yonder loft;
there will be groaning down that dark
alley; there will be cries of distress In
that cellar. Men will sleep, and women
will watch.
Again, woman has special right to
take care of the poor. There are hun
dreds and thousands Of them all over
the land. There is kind of work that
men cannot do for the poor. Here comes
group of little barefoot children to the
door of the Dorcas society. They need
to be clothed and provided for. Which
Of these directors of banks would know
how many yards it would take to make
that little girl dress? Which of these
masculine hands could fit hat to that
little girls head? Which of the wise
men would know how to tie on that new
pair of shoes? Man sometimes gives his
charity in a rough way, and it falls like
the fruit of tree in the east, which
fruit comes down so heavily that II,
breaks the skull of the man who is try
ing to gather it. But woman glides so
softly into the house of destitution and
finds out all the sorrows Of the place
and puts so quietly the donation on the
table that oil 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.
o Christian young woman. IL you
would make yourself happy and win the
blessing of Christ, go out among the
destitute. A loaf of bread or bundle
of socks may 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, say
ing: Look out for that woman; can
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? Amt she
beautiful" And IL you will listen right
sharply you win 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 meh."
Can you tell me why Christian won,-
an going down among the haunts of
iniquity on Christian srrand never
meets with any indignity7 Istood in
the chapel OF Helen Chalmers, the
daughter Of the celebrated DR.. Chal-
mers, in tho most sbsndone part Of the
city Of Edinburgh. and I said to her as
I looked around upon the fearful sur
roundings Of that place: DO you
come here nights to hold service?''
"Oh, yes" she said. "Can II be possible
that you never meet with an insult
while performing this Christian er-
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
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 anyone who should offer indig-
nifty to her. He would smite him with
lightnings and drown him with foods
and swallow him with earthquakes and
damn him with eternal indignations.
Some one said: II 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, 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 am
afraid Of Is, that II any Of those boys
should use n 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 need
never fear going anywhere where God
tells You to 60.
It seems as II 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, o woman b irresistible. Pass.
ing on her errand, God says to her:
"You go 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't hear; you do hear.
There is no need of your saying you are
begged to death. There il NO need OF |
your wasting your time, and you might
as we'll submit first as last. You had
better fright away take down your check
book, mark the number of the check,
fill up the blank, sign your name and