Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-09-14


she seems to have come down.
The Angel Chant.
o Christian young woman, IL you
would make yourself happy and win the
blessing of Christ, go out among the
destitute. A loaf of bread or q bundle
of socks may make n homely load to
cnrry, 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; canopy
her with your wings and shelter her
from all HARM" and while you are seat
ed in the house OF restitution and suffer.
ing the little ones around the room will
whisper: who is she? Amt she beau
tifulw And if you will listen right sharp.
ly you will hear dripping down through
the lcaky roof and rolling over the rot
ten stairs the angel chant that shook
Bethlehem, GLORY to God in the high
men,"
Can you tell me why Christian wo-
man going down among the haunts Of
iniquity on n Christian errand never
meets with any indignity? l stood in
the chapel of Helen Chalmers, the daugh-
ter OF the celebrated DR.. Chalmers, in the
h'NSt dbdHuOutu paw VI 'hc Nlly VI
burgh, aud said to her as l looked
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 errand?' Never" she said,
never" That young woman who has
her father by her side walking down the
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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 any one who should offer
indignity to her. He would smite 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 those
bad boys in the mission school. / am
afraid to have her instruct them" $50, D."
said another man, IL am afraid too"
Said the first, II am afraid they will use
vile language before they leave the place"
"Ah," said the other man, 81 am not
afraid of that. What | nm afraid Of is,
mat IL any Ol tHOSc DOyS suOulu use u
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 God tells you to
go.
No Fools Errnnd.
1t seems as if the Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the solicit
tation OF charities. Backed up by barrels
in which there is no -four, and by stoves
in which there is no fire, and by ward
robes in which there are no clothes, a
woman is irresistible. Passing on her
errand, God says to her, You go into
that bank or store or shop and get the
money" She goes in and gets it. The
man is hard listed, but she gets it. She
could not help but get it. 1t is decreed
from eternity she should get it. No need
of your turning your back and pretending
you don't hear; you do hear. There is no
need of your saying you are begged to
death. There Is no need of your wasting
your time, and you might as we'll submit
first as last. You had better right away
take down your checkbook, mark the
number OF the check. fill up the blank,
sign your name and hand it to her. There
is no need Of wasting time. Those poor
children on the back street have been
hungry long enough. That sick man must
have some farina. That consumptive
must have something to ease his cough
| meet this delegate of relief society
coming out of the store of such a hard
listed man, and l say, did you get the
money!" "Of course" she says, Il got
the money; that's what l went in for
The Lord told me to go in and get it, and
he never sends me on fools errand."
Again, | have to tell you that it is a
woman's specific right to comfort under
the stress of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel, but all profape as well
as sacred history attests that when the
crisis comes she is better prepared than
man to meet the emergency How often
you have seen woman. who seemed to
be disciple OF frivolity and Incidence,
who, under one stroke of calamity,
changed to heroine. Oh, what great
mistake those business men make who
never tell their business troubles to their
wives. There comes some great loss TO
their store, or some of their companions
in business play them a sad trick, and
they carry the burden all alone. He is
asked in the household again and again,
What is the matter?" But he believes
it sort of Christian duty to keep all
that trouble within his own soul. Oh
sir. your first duty was to tell your wife
all about it! She perhaps might not
have disentanged your finances or ex'
tended your credit, but she would have
helped you to bear misfortune. You
have no right to carry on one shoulder
that which is intended for two. Bust
ness men know what | mean. There
came a crisis in your affairs. You strug
gled bravely and long, but after awhile
there came a day when you said, Here
! shall have to stop" and you called in
your partners. and you called in the most
prominent men in your employ, and you
! said, I'VE have got to stop You left
the store suddenly. You could hardly
make up your mind to pass through the
street and over on the ferryboat You
felt everybody would be looking at you
and blaming you and denouncing you
You FASTENED home. You told your wife
all about the affair What did she say
Did she play the butterfly? Did she talk
about the silks, and the ribbons, and the
fashions?
The strength of the Eternal God.
No. She came up to the emergency
She quailed not under the stroke. She
offered to 60 ont of the comforta bic
house into a smaller one and wear the
old cloak another winter. She was tho
one who understood your affairs withou,
blaming you. You looked upon what you