The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-02-24

IS a dinner of herbs where love is thar
a stalled OK and hatred Herewith" On.
the responsibilities of housekeepersi
Kings by their indigestion ave lost en-
pres and generals through indigestion
have los battles. One OF the great stat
isticians says tina out Of 1,0oo unmarried
men 80 were criminals, and out of loo
married men only IS were criminals.
the responsibility resting upon house
keepers, BY the food they provide, by
the couch they spread. by the books hey
introduce, by the influence they bring
eide the physical, the intellectual. the
moral, the eternal welfare OF the human
race. Oh, the responsibility:
That woman sits in the house Of God
today perhaps entirely unappreciated.
She is the banke OF her home, the pres
ident. the cashier, the teller. the dis
count clerk. and ever and anon there is
a panic. God knows the anxieties and
a useless sermon, but that there are
m~ultitudes of hearts waiting for the dis
tillation of the divine mercy and solace
in their hour of trials and their home
world hears nothing about them. They
never speak about them. You could not
with the agonies Of an inquisition bring
the truth out of them. They keep it
still. They say nothing. They endure
and will until God and the judgment
right their wrongs. On, but says some
sister, Are you not trying 10 show that
all a woman's life at home IS one Of self
sacrifce?" Yes, my sister, and that is the
only kind of life worth living. That has
been the life of Florence Nightingale;
hat was the life OF Edward Payson:
Christ; that is the life of every man or
woman that is happy-a life of self sacri-
flee. Those people living for themselves
are they happy? Find me one. 1 will
| give you all the nations of the earth TO
find me one. Not ~happy-no. not happy.
SELF SACRIFICE BRINGS HAPPI-
NESS.
1t is the self sacrificing people that
are happy, for God pays so largely. so
gloriously, so magniicently, in the deep
and eternal satisfaction Of the soul. Self
sacrifice! We all admire it in others. How
little we exercise of it! How much would
we endure? How much work We risk
for others? A very rough schoolmaster
had a poor lad that had offended the laws
of the school, and he ordered him 10
come up. Now" he said, you take off
your coat instantly and receive this
whip The boy declined, and more vehe-
mently the teacher said, Il tell you, now,
! ly." The boy again declined. 1t was
: not because he was afraid of the lash;
he was used to that in his cruel home.
But it was for shame. He had no under
, garments, and when at last he removed
his coat there went up a sob Of emotion
, all through the school as they saw why
, ne ala not Wish 10 remove MS coat, ana
as they saw the shoulder blades almost
cutting trough the skin. AS the school
master lifted his whip TO strike a rose
ate, healthy boy leaped up and said:
stop, s~choolmaster; whip me. He is
only a poor chap; he can't stand it.
Whip me-" oh" said the teacher, its
going 10 be a very severe scourging! But
if you want to take the position of a
substitute, you can do it," The boy said
II don't care; whip me. I'll take it; he's
only a poor chap. Don't you see the
bones almost come through the flesh
! Whip me-" And when the blows came
down or the boys shoulders, this healthy,
| robust lad made no cutlery: he endured
it all uncomplainingly. We all say
Bravo for that lad. Bravo. That is
the spirit of Christ! Splendid! How much
scourging, how much chastisement. how
much anguish will you and 1 take for
others? Oh, that we might have some
thing of that boys spirit! Aye, that we
! might lave something of the spirit OF
! Jesus Christ; for in all our occupations
and trades and businesses, and all our
life-home life, foreign life-we are to re-
member that the sacrifice for others will
soon be over.