Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-01-21
tics. neglect the duty Of home-the duty

Ties, neglect tine duty OF nOmc-the duty
of wife. of mother, of daughter No
faithfulncss in public bcncfaction can ever
atone for domestic negligence There has
been many a mother who 10y indefatigahle
toll has reared large family Of children,
cquipping them for the duties of life with
good manners and large intelligence and
Christian principle, starting them out,
who has done more for the world than
many "A woman whose name has sounded
through all the lands and through tho
centuries ] remember when kossuth was
IN this country there were some ladies
who got honorable POPULATIONS 10y present
ing him very gracefully with bouquets of
flowers ON public occasions But what
was all that compared with the plain Hun.
rarian mother who gave To truth and civil
lizaiion and the cause Of universal liberty
n knssuihy Yes this woman of my text
was great in her simplicity When this
prophet wanted Ia reward her for her hos
pitality by asking some prcfcrment from
tie king. what did she say? She declined
II She said | dwell among my own
pcople. rs much as to say: Il am salts
fled with my lot All want is my fam
lily and my friends around me dwell
among my own people
The Beautiful Home.
oh. what a rcbukc 10 the strife for pre-.
cedcncc in all ages How many there are
who want to get great architecture and
homes furnished with all art. all painting,
all staruary. who have not enough taste To
distinguish between Gothic and Byzan-
tine. ard who could not tell figure in
plaster of paris from palmcr's White
Captive" and would not know n boys
penciling from Bicrstadt's Yosemite. :"
Men who buy large libraries by the square
foot. buying these libraries when they
have scarcely enough education To pick
ont the day of the month in the almanacl
oh. how many there are striving to have
things as well rs their ncighbors or better
than their ncighbors, and in the struggle
vast fortunes are exhausted and business
firms thrown into bankruptcy and men of
reputcd honesty rush into astounding
forgcriesl OF course say nothing against
refinement or culture Splendor of abode
sumptuousenss of diet. lavishncss in art
ncatncss in apparel. there is nothing
against them in the Bible or out of the
Bible God does not want us TO prefer
mud hovcl to English cottage. or untan-
ned shcepskin Ia French hroadcloth, or
husks To pineapple. or the clumsincss of a
boor Ia the manners of a q, ntlcman. God,
who strung the beach with tinted shell, and
the grass of the field with the dews of the
night. and hath cxquisitcly tingcd morn
ing cloud and robin redbrcast, wants us
to keep our eye open tn all beautiful sights
and our ear open Ia all beautiful cadcnccs
and our heart open To all elcvating senti
mcnts
But what want To- impress upon you
my hearers, - that yon ought not To in
vcntory the iuxurics of life among the in
dispcns;Ibles. and You ought not to dcprc
ciatc this woman of the text, who, when
offered kingly prcfcrmcnt, responded, Il
dwell among my own people Yea this
woman of the text was great in her picty
Just read the chapter after you go home
Faith in God. and she was noe ashamed to
talk about IL before idolatcrs All. WON
an will never appreciate what she owes to
Christianity until she knows and secs the
degradation al her sex under paganism and
Mohammcdanism Her very birth consid
cred a misfortune
sold like cattle on the shamblcs Slave
Of all work. and. AT last. her body fuel for
the funeral pyrc of her husband Above
the Shrek of the fire worshippcrs in India
and above the rumhling OF the juggcr-
nauts. hear the million voiced groan of
NEbiiEtNs lt-AtiAtN bIbkNH ltslIitAt. ttNll-
troddcn woman Her tears have fallen in
the Nile and Tigris. the La Plata. and on
the stcppcs of Tariary She has been dis
honurd in Turkish garden and Persian
palace and Spanish Alhambra Her little
ones have been sacrificed in the indus and
the Gangcs There is not "A groan. or
Dungeon. or an island. or mountain, or
u river. or a lake, or sea. but could tell
"A story of the outrlges hcapcd upon her
But. thanks To God. this glorious Christian
ity comes forth, and all the chains of this
vassalas,e are snaplc ed, and she rises from
ignominy 10 exalted sphere and becomes
the aifctionatc daughter the gentle wife
the honorcd mother the useful Christian
oh. If Christianity has done so much for
woman. surely woman will become its
most ardent advocate and its sublimcst ex
cmpliiication