The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-18

from the tree OF life and sweetened
with the new wine Of the kingdom and
baked In the oven Of home trial. God
only can make that loaf. You can cut
il. but II takes God TO make T.
Solomon wrote out Of bis own misera-
Bile experience-he had . wrstched
home; no man can be happy with two
wives. much less with 100. and out OF
his wretched experience be wrote;
"Better Is a dinner Of herbs where love
Is than a stalled on and hatred there
with" Oh, the responsibilities Of
housekeepersl Kings by their indlges
tion have lost empires, and generals
through Indigestion have lost battleS
One of the great statisticians says that
ont OF 1000 unmarried men 50 were
criminals. and out Of 1000 married men
only IS were criminals showing the
power Of home. Ard. oh. the respon.
sibility resting upon housekeepersi Bs
the food they provide. BY the couch
they spread. by the books they intro
duee. by the influence they bring
around the home, they are helping 10
decide the physical. the intellectual,
the moral, the eternal. welfare Of the
human race. oh. the responsibility
That woman sits In the house OF God
to-day perhaps entirely unappreciated.
She Is the banker Of Der home, the presi.
dent, the cashier. the teller, the dis
count clerk. aud ever aud amor there IL
a panic. God knows the a~nxieties and
the care, and He knows that this Is not
a useless sermon. but that there are
multitudes OF hearts waiting for the
distiilation Of the Divine mercy and
solace In their hour of trials and their
home duties and their own fatiRueS
The world hears nothing about them.
They never speak about them. You
could not with the agouies Of an In.
quidtion bring the truth out Of them.
They keep II still They say nothing.
They endure and will until God and the
judgment right their wrongs. ~Oh,"
says some sister. .are you not trying to
show that all q woman's life at homei Il
one OF self-saeriiceY" Yes, my sister,
and that Is the only kind Of life worth
That has been the life Of Flor
ence Nightingale; that was the life Of
Edward Payson; that was the life of
the Lord Jesus Christ; that ia the life
OF every man or woman that IL happy
a life Of self-sacriHee. Those people
living for themselves-are they happy?
Find me one. Twill give you all the ma,
tons OF the earth to find me one, Not
happy-no, not happy. II Is the self.
sacrificing people that are happy, for
God pays SO largely. SO g~loriously. so
magnifeiently, IN the deep and eternal
s~atisfaetions OF the soul. SelfsacriAcel
We all admire II in others. How little
we exercise Of i'll How much would we
e~ndurehow much would we risk-for
others?
A very rough schoolmaster had
poor lad that had offended the laws Of
the school, and be ordered him TO come
up. Now" be said. you take OF your
coat instantly and receive this whlpl"
The boy declined. aud more vehemently
the teacher said: II tell you. now, take
on your eost-take II of INSTANTLY"
The boy again declined. II was notbe
cause he wss afraid Of the laah-he was
used TO that In his cruel home-but Il
was for shame. He had no upderear.
ments, and when at last be removed
bis coat there went up a sob Of emotion
all through the school as they ssw WHY
he did not wish 10 remove his coat and
10 they saw the shoulder blades almost
through the skin. As the
sehoolmaster lifted his whip 10 strike
%resolute, healthy boy leaped up and
.aid: stop, SehoolmaSter; whip mel
Is only a poor chap; he can't stand
i; whip mel" "0h," said the teacher.
its going to be a very severe scourg.
ngl But " you want 10 take the posi-.
ion OF a substitute you can do t." The
BOY said: II don't care. Whip me.
I'll take IT. Hes only a poor chap.
yeu see the bones almost come
through the fesb? Whip me-" And
when the blows came down on the boys
.se='je-' this healthy. robust lad made
no outcry. He endured II all uncom-
p~lainingly. We all say "Bravoi" for
lad. Bravo! That Is the spirit of
~splendidl How much seourg-
ng. how much chastisement, how much
anguish, viii you ard | take for othersP
Oh, that we might have something OF
hat boys spirit! Aye, that we might
ave something OF the spirit OF Jesus
Christ for In all our ~ocupations and
'rades and businesses. aud all our life,
home life, foreign life, we are to re-
member that the sacrifice for othen
Will soon be over.