The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-09-16

Men knelt down over the wounded an,
said: "On which side did you fight?
Women knelt down over the wounde,
and said: where are you hurt? VIVA
nice thing can l make for you to eat
What makes you cry?" Tonight Will
we men are sound asleep in our bed
there will be a light in yonder loft
there will be grooming down that darl
alley; there will be cries of distress II
that cellar. Men will sleep, and womer
will watch.
Again, woman has u special right Il
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
"A group of little barefoot children to tho
door of the Dorcas society. They need
to be clothed and provided for. Which
of these directors of banks would know
how many yards II would take to make
that little girl Il 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 Il tree in the east, which
fruit comes down so heavily thatt|it
breaks the skull Of the man who is try
! ing to gather it. But woman glides so
softly into the house of destitution/apd
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 go 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 \ loaf of bread or a 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 IRE seat
| ed in the house of destitution and suf-
| fcring the little ones around the room
will whisper: "NNho 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 crrand 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 | said to her as
| looked around upon the fearful sur
roundings of that place: do you
come here nights to hold a service"
oh, yes" she said. "Can it 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
well 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 smitc him with
! lightnings and drown him with floods
and swallow him with earthquakes and
damn him with eternal indignations.
Some one said: II dislike very much
to see that Christian woman teaching
these bad boys in the mission school.
am afraid to have her instruct them.
$50" said another man, 81 am afraid
too" Said the first: 81 am afraid they
will use vile language before they leave
the place" "Ah." said the other man
81 am not afraid of that. What am
afraid of is, that il any of those boys
should use 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 Coo
tells you To go.
1t seems as il the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the so
icitation of charities. Backed up by
barrels in which there is no flour, ant
by stoves in which there is no fire, ant
by wardrobes in which there are M
clothes, n woman is irresistible. Pass
ing on her errand, God says to her
"Iou go into that bank or store or shoI
: and get the money" She goes in ant
! gets it. The man is hard listed, but sh,
} gets it. She could not help but get 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
I your wasting your time, and you nigh
, MS well submit first as last. You ha,
r betterright away take down your check
I book, mark the number of the check
! fill up the blank, sign your name ant
{ hand it TO her. There is no need o
+ wasting time. Those poor children OF
e the back street have been hungry lon
, enough. That sick man must have som
c farina. That consumptive must hav
something to ease his cough. | NEE
a this delegate of relief society comini
{: out of the store of such n hard-fiste
n