Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-09-15
SuccOr the Deatitute.

Again, WDildU HIS flIt C4-l Tlllb 10
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 dressl Which Of
these masculine hands could fit hat TO
that little girls beadf Which Of the
wise men would know how to tie on
that new pair of shOesl 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 il breaks the skull of the man who
is trying to gather it. But woman
glides so softly into the house Of desti-
tuition and finds out all the sorrows Of
the place and puts so quietly the dona-
tion on the table that all the family
come out on the front steps as she de-
parts, expecting that from under her
shawl she will thrust out two wings
and go right mp toward heaven, from
whence she seems to have come down.
0 Christian youDg woman. if you
would make yourself happy and win
the blessing of Christ 20 ont among the
destitute A loaf Of bread or bundle
of socks may make Lonely load to
carry, but the angels Of God will come
out to watch, and the Lord Almighty
will give his messenger hosts a charge,
saying, "Look after that woman; can
opy her with wings and shelter her
from all harm" and while you are
seated in the house of destitution and
suffering the little ones around the
room will whisper, "Who is shel"
Amt she beautiful?" And if you will
listen right sharply You will hear drip
ping 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. "
The Lords Errand.
Can you tell me why a Christian
woman, going down among the haunts
of in1quity on Christian errand, never
meets with any indignityg | stood in
the chapel Of Helen Chalmers. the
daughter of the celebrated DR.. Chalmers
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,
yesl" she said. "Can it be possible that
You never meet with an insult while
performing this Christian errandg"
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 omnipot9It. would tear to
pieces any one who should offer indig-
nity to her He would smite him with
hghtnings and drown him with floods
and swallow him with earthquakes,
and damn him with eternal indigna-
tions Some one said; Il dislike very
much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
school. | am afraid to have her instruct
them" 80, said another man, 81
am afraid too" Said the first. Il am
afraid they will use vile language be-
fore they leave the place. "Ah, " said
the other man, Il am not afraid Of that.
What / am afraid Of is that if 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 any
where where God 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 by
barrels in which there is no flour. and
bv stoves in which there is no fire, and
by wardrobes in which there are no
clothes. a woman is irresistible. Pass
ing on her errand, God says to her,
"You 90 into that bank or store or
shop and get the money. She goes IN
and gets it. The man is hard fisted, but
she gets it. She could not help but get
it. Ii is decreed from eternity she
should get it. No need Of your turning
vour back and pretending you don {
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 well 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, 81 got the money !;
that's what went in for. The Lord
,old me to go in and get it, and ne
never sends me ON FOOLS errand "
comforters of Distress.
Again have 10 tell you that 1t Is q
woman specific right to comfort under
the stress of dire disaster. She is called
the weaker vessel. but all profane 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 a woman. who
seemed to he disciple Of frivolity and
Incidence, under one stroke OF calamity
changed TO heroine. Oh. what great
mistake those business men make who
never tell their business troubles 10
their wives There comes some great
loss TO their store or some OF their COM
panions in business play them sad
trick, and they carry the burden all
alone. He is asked in the household
again and again, "What is the mat
teri" But he believes it a sort Of Chris
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