Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-09-16
SuccDr the Destitute.

men cannot do for the poor. Here comes
a 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 a dress? Which of
these masculine hands could fit a hat to
that little girls head9 Which of the
wise men would know how to tie on
that new pairof shoes Man sometimes
gives his charity in rough way. and
it falls like the fruit of a tree in the
east. which fruit comes down so heavily
that it breaks the skull of the man who
is trying tn gather it. But woman
glides so softly into the house of desti-
tuition and finds ont all the sOrrows of
the place and puts so quietly the dona-
ton OH the table that all the family
come out on the front steps rs 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 young woman. if you
would make yourself happy and win
the blessing of Christ, goout among the
destitute A loaf of bread or 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 Il 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 restitution and
suffering the little ones around the
room will whisper ''Who is she?''
Ain she bcantifulY' And if you will
listen right sharply you will hear drip
ping down through the lcalky roof and
rolling over the rotten stairs the angel
chant that shook Bethlehem. GLORY to
God in the highest, and Oh earth peace.
good will to men.
The Lords E-rnnd.
Can you tell me why Christian
woman. going down among the haunts
of iniquity on Christian errand, never
meets with any indignity? | stood in
the cha pei 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 SIR
roundings OF that place do You come
here nights to hold Il service "a "Oh,
yesl' size said Can it be possible that
you never meet with an insult while
performing this Christian crrand y
Never. she said, never. That
young wonan 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
harI . 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 indig-
nifty to her. He would smite him with
lightnings and drown him with floods
and swallow him with earthquakes,
and damn him with eternal indigna-
tions. Some one said: 81 dislike very
much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
school. am afraid to have her instruct
them. go said another man, 81
am afraid too. Said the first.'I am
afraid they will use vile language be-
fore they leave the place "Ah, said
the other man, II am not afraid of that.
What I am afraid Of is that if any of
those boys should use a bad word in her
presence the other boys would tear him
to pieces and kill Linn 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.
It 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
by stoves in which there is no fire, and
by wardrcbes in which there are no
clothes, Il woman is irresistible. Pass
ing on her errand, God says to her,
"Y on 20 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 cotlld not help but get
it. 1t is decrced 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 rs well submit
first as last You had better right away
take down your checllbook, 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
a relief society coming out Of the store
of such hard listed man, and say,
did you get the money! "Of
course. she says. Il got the money
that's what | went in for. The Lord
told ME to go in and get it, and he
never sends ME on fools GRAND.
Comforters of Distress.
Again. have to tell you that it is
woman s 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 lave seen woman, who
seemed to b, disciple of frivolity and
Incidence, under one stroke Of calamity
changed to a heroine Oh, what great
mistake those business men make who
never tell their business troubles to
their wivesl 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
ter? But he believes it a sort of Chris
tian duty to keep all that trouble with
in his own soul Oh, sir. your first duty
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