The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
THE MURMUR
OF THE WORLD


not her own, is not easily provoked, think
| eth no evil;
Rejolceth not in iniqulty, but rejoiceth in
| the truth;
| Beareth all things, beIieveth all things
| hopeth all things. endureth all things.
Charity never faileth: but whether there
| be prophecies, they shall fail; whether
| there be tongues. they shall cease; whether
! there be knowledge, 1t shall vanish away
There died at ST. vincent's hospital the
Sister Regina, a Sister of Charity. The
Sister contracted a deadly malady by min
| isterng to patient, who came to the nos
| pltal seeking the soothing touch of charity
| She was nineteen years young. This falr
| young daughter of the church and hand
| maiden of sweet charity gave her young
| life to the cause of suffering humanity. In
| one great camp of soldiers returned from
| the Indies of the west she nursed patients
| afflicted with the most terrifying or all
| fevers; and down here in the gulf-south
| she nursed them that were fever-strlcken'
| and herself was stricken down. Her
| strength never returned to her, and she
| gave up her life to her self-appointed Work.
Cardinal Wolsey conjured his chaplain to:
| Let all the ends thou aim'st at be tiny
| corntry's, thy Gods, and truths; then, II
] thou fallst, o Cromwell, thou fallst
| b,essed martyr" Sister Regina fell
| blessed martyr, for she gave her life to her
| country, to God, and to truth. She would
| teach us the sublmest lesson given to wo-
man or man to teach in this world.
This young girl is luminous as Joan OF
| Arc in the worlds great struggle of charity.
| Her deeds, the work of her little hands, the
| impulses of her humble heart dwarf into
| poor shriveled things the boosted deeds Oh
| men in field and forum, and challenge the
| prayerful plaudits of all men upon the
earth worthy of the divine blessing. "A
| mere child. she turned from the worldly
| pleasures to become a child of the church
| and the nurse of her country's soldiers, low
moaning in the thrall of fever that came
where the flag floated in triumph and IN
| glory Many a soul that had borne the
| heat and fire and hell of battle was rested
| by her soft minis trations her words OF good
| cheer. her admonitions of hope; and many
| a hearth upon this dark globe is gladdened
| by a bronzed face that might not have been
| there had she not led the sufferer back to
| the cool and fiowery ways of health that
| lie this side the low valley of fever That
| pure young soul, her life given up to the
was good, labored with the light of heaven
| in her eyes and the halo of the angels
| about her. "She was walking saint the
| man of God said of her All the sisters IN
| that blessed refuge of the suffering loved
| her. One who had suffered long and dwelt
| in the shadows far along the way, and had
| claimed shelter of the Sisters, would pay
| tribute to this little Sister. who, IN the
| plain garb of the sisterhood OF char.ty' was
| vet a ray of sunshine in the shade OF them
| that suffer and cry out for surcease oil PAIN.
| If there were ever upon the earth peauti-
ful life it was this Sister of Charity, "a mere
| child. now gone TO God becaue she loved to
| minister to the afflicted in the name Oh
God!
Many DAYS ago there came to st. Vim
cents a person sore feVereo Gil pis sN''
ailnert II fell to the pious little Sister
| to minister 10 him who sought restihs
Mace in the hour of his affiiction' as 80
MANY others had sought it before, ana as
| so vast number will seek 1T in the DAYS
| to come That brave young neart' that
| soul for ever tidy, was unafra1d; ana SO
che stood by When delirous fever had mas
tered and with gentle skill struggled TO
hiring hack reason and hearth. he task
saved one Efe, but it lost another I'M
measureably more precious; Tor uhefe Is no
ordinary life upon the footstool OIL goa Oh
so much value to the world as that OIL me
| little Sister now Joined with the SAINTS,
| 1t was the noblest of duties, the noolest
of human sacrifices. Yet some of us VIII
ne forgiven the impiety Of being unable
to acknowledge any other life to De worth
| that of the Sister Regina. She elected 10
walk the way of human suffering, radi-
4; nl oil
| the penalty and is receiving the reward.
Nothing more beautiful can be in the
world: nothing nober can appeal TO the
chiyalry the reverence, the unse:nsh love
of mankind Her deeds shall ring ABOUT
the earth as the anthems OF the blessed;
her life shines radiantly, Slorified by her
martyrdom. Her heroism sinks deep INTO
the great heart of humanity, and 1t shines
forth in human souls with a more splendid
radiance than tnat of amy hero who ever
braved death upon the fed of strife!
noble young Sister of the young years, the
yalorous deeds of warriors were mere
fleeing shadows when measured with the
incomparably sweet deeds of thy beautiful
life.
Yesternight there went away on a long
tourney another maiden, one also of young
wears. She was beautiful and in her
rejoicing radiant. The world is ~be-
fore her, and she looks out toward
the years with wide-open, wondering
| eyes, seeking to penetrate the love-
| tinged mists that hang above the way
which She shall tread hand in hand with
| lausater and joy. With her rests no sor-
row, upon her no shadow shall fall. Love
and hope and light and sweetness abide
| with her and make her feet SO light that
| a .'harebell would scarce bend beneath her
tread The years promise her all of pleas
ure in the world that her proud and con-
fident spirit could call for Brightness and
love and loveliness have claimed her, and
| tomorrow shall make her g.adder than she
| is today Stands she now in wide-eyed
wonder where the brook and river meet,
| and whilst that proud and lovely young life
| will do all possible things for the comfort
| of the afflicted, she will not surrender the
right to wifehood. and wife will some
| day bless and save. Bright and beautiful
maiden speeding away, all in this world
| you care for shall come to you for blessed
are the pure of heart! In the dawn she
| is standing tiptoe, listening to the first
! low, enchanting notes of womanhood. a
| right beautiful and right admirable life