Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-02-23
FALMAGE breaches ON TRIALS
OF WIVES AND MOTHERS
REWARDS OF THE HUMBLE
Lessons From the Story of Mary and
Martha-Annoyances of Home Life
Often Steps to High Reward
Beautiful Picture of the Masters
Visit.

rouses appreciation of work not or
recognized; text, Luke 10: 40:
Lord, dost thou not care that my sis
ter hath left me to serve alone? Bid
her therefore that she help me-"
Yonder is a 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. 1t is Mary, the younger sis
ter, with a 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 inside the
door. The sister set back the disar-
ranged furniture, arrange their hair
snd in flash prepare to open the door.
They do not keep Christ waiting out
side until they have newly appareled
themselves or deliberately arranged
their tresses, and then with affected
surprise come out and pretend not to
have heard the two or three previous
knockings say: why, is that your"
No, they we're ladies' and always pre-
sentable, 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
Ehey throw open the door and greet
Christ. They say: Good morning,
Master. Come in and be seated"
Christ brought a company of friends
with Him, and the influx of so many
Ncity visitors, you do not wonder, threw
1.-THE country home into some perturba-
ton. ! suppose the walk from the city
had been a keen appetizer. The kitch-
en- department that day was very inn
portant department, and | 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, n
good manager, ever inventive of some
new pastry, discovering something in
household affairs. Here is Mary, fond
of conversation. literary. so full of
questions of ethics she has no time to
discuss questions of household welfare.
1t is noon. Mary is in the parlor.
Martha is in the kitchen. 1t would have
been better for them to have divided the
toll, and then they could have divided
the opportunity of listening TO Christ
But Mary monopolizes Christ while
Martha swelters before the fire. II was
very important that they have good
dinner that day, for Christ was hungry
and He did not often have luxurious en-
tertainment. Alas. me! IL all the re-
sponsibility of that entertainment had
rested with Mary, what repast they
would have had! 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 10 have been only turned
brown, or Martha scolded herself and
forgetting all the prophecies of the oc-
casion,with besweated brow she rushed
out OF the kitchen into the parlor. per
haps with tongs in one hand and
pitcher in the other. and she cried OUT
Lord, dost thou not care that my sis
ter has left me to serve alone? Bid her
therefore that she help me-" Christ
scolded not word Ifit were scoldipg.
would rather have Him scold me than
anybody else bless me. There was
Nothing acerb in the Saviour's reply.
He knew that Martha had been working
herself almost to death to get Him
something 10 eat, and he appreciated
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 to-day. and see great many
household anxieties. and about them
| ann going 10 speak of the Lord of
Mary and Martha and Lazarus will help
me by His grace,
As look into that door, in the first
place, see the trial of nonappreciation.
That was what made Martha so vexed
al Mary. Mary. the younger sister, had
no proper estimate of the elder sisters
fatigue. just as now men having annoy
ances of store and factory and shop or
at the stock exchange come home AZ
night and hear of some household an
noyance. and they say: "0h. that's
nothingl You ought to be in factory
a day and have ten or fifteen or twenty
or one hundred subordinates, Then you
would know something about annoy
ance and trouble" Oh, man, let me tell
you that a wife and a mother has TO
conduct at the same time a university,
a clothing establishment. restaurant,
i laundry, a library, and has to be
health officer. police and president of the
whole realm. She has to doa thousand
Kings. and to do them well, in order TO
make things so smoothly, and that is
,hat pnis the awful tax on woman's
lervcs and womau's brain. know
here are exceptions 10 the rule. Some
tmes Won will find a woman who can