The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-10-07

and Scripture texts and gentle stockings
of the hot temples and stories of that
land where they never have any pain.
Men knelt down over the wounded and
said: son which side did you tight?"
Women knelt down over the wounded
and said: where are you hurt? What
nice thing can l 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 a 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 rough way, and it falls like
the fruit of tree in the east, which
fruit comes down so heavily that it
breaks the skull of the man who is try
ing to gather it. But woman glides so
softly into the house Of restitution and
finds out all the sorrows of the place
and puts so quietly the donation on the
table that all 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 60 right up
toward Heaven, from whence she seems
to have come down.
o Christian young woman, if you
would make yourself happy and win the
blessing of Christ, go out among the
destitute. A loaf of bread or a bundle
of socks may make homely load to
carry, but the angels of God will come
out to watch and the Lord Almighty will
give His messenger hosts 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 restitution and suf-
fering the little ones around the room
will whisper: "Who is she? Amt she
beautiful" And if you will listen right
sharply you will 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 men,"
Can you tell me why Christian wom-
an going down among the haunts of
iniquity on Christian errand never
meets with any indignity? stood in
the chapel of Helen Chalmers, the
daughter Of the celebrated DR.. Chal,
mers, in the most abandoned part of the
city of Edinburgh, and l said to her as
| looked, around upon the fearful sur
roundings of that place: DO you
come here nights to hold service"
"Oh, yes" she said. Can it be possible
that you never meet with an insult
while performing this Christian err
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 sc
we'll defended as that Christian woman
who goes forth on Gospel work into the
haunts of iniquity carrying the Bible:
and bread. God, with the red right arm
of His wrath omnipotent, would teal
to pieces anyone who should offer indig
nifty to her. He would smite him will
lightnings and drown him with floods
and swallow him with earthquakes ant
damn him with eternal indignatious.
Some one said: 81 dislike very mucl
to see that Christian woman teaching
those bad boys in the mission school.
am afraid to have her instruct them.
49," said another man, II am afrait
too" Said the first: II am afraid the,
will use vile language before they leav'
the place." "Ah," said the other man
81 am not afraid of that. What l an
afraid of is, that if any of those boy
should use u bad word in her presence
the other boys would tear him to piece
and kill him on the spot" That woman
is the best sheltered who is sheltered b,
the Lord God Almighty, and you neet
never fear going anywhere where Goo
tells you to go.
1t seems as if the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the so
licitation of charities. Backed up b,
barrels in which there is no -four, ant
by stoves in which there is no fire, ant
by wardrobes in which there are n,
clothes, woman is irresistible. Pass
ing on her errand, God says to her
"You 60 into that bank or store or sho]
and get the money" She goes in ant
gets it. The man is hard listed, but sh
} gets it. She could not help but Pet it
No need of your turning your back ant
pretending you don't hear; you do hear
There is no need of your saying you ar
begged to death. There is no need o
your wasting your time, and you nigh
} as we'll submit first as last. You ha,
betterright away take down your check
book, mark the number of the check
I'll up the blank, sign your name ant
hand it to her. There is no need o