Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-02-24
THE DIVINE SCHOOL.
TAI MACE TELLS OF The THORNT
ROAD AND SURE REWARD.
s"hjeei' "rhe HOUSEWIFE PerpIeHIti.s''
Lessons Drawn Prom the EpIsod. of
Martha and Msry-DaiIy Trial. Pre-


Martha and Mary-Daily Trials Pre-.
par" Que For Future Biessing-.
IENI: Lord, dost Thou not car. that
NY sister hath left me to serve alCueg MD
her therefore that she help me.f-LuEe y,
Wonder Is beautiful village homestead.
TIE man oi the house is dead and ma
widow has charge OF the premises. II Il
Widow Martha, OF Bethany. Yes | will
show you also the pet Of the household II
i Mary, the younger sister, with a book
under her arm, and in her face no sign of
care or anxiety about anything. COMPANY
has come. Christ 5 appearing at the outside
~ the duof makes som" excitement iDsil.
the door. The sisters set back the di.nr.
ranged furniture, arrange their hair. ana
ln HASH prpp're to open the door They
Il" not keep Christ waiting outside until
they have newly apparrlrl themselves or
deliberately arranged their tresses. and
then with affected surprise come out and
pretending not to have heard the two or
three previous knockincs, say "Why. is
'hht Your Ne. they were ladies, and al
ways preseniahle. although uerbaps they
had not on their best. None of us ALWAYS
have on our best. Otherwise very soon
our hest would not he worth having on.
They throw open the door and greet Christ.
lheY say: Good morning, Master, Come
I'm ana be soHtcd,' Christ brought a com
pany OF friends with Him, and the influx
ut 80 many city visitors you do not Won
der. threw the country home into some
perturbation. suppose the walk from the
city had been a keen appetizer. The
kitchen department that duv was a very
IMPORTANT department, and think as soon
~ Martha had greeted her guests She went
{" that room. Mary had no anxiety about
The dinner. She had full confidence that
her sister Martha could get up the best
dinner in Bethany, and she practically
said: Now. let rs have n division Of labor.
Martha. YOU cook and IN sit down and
learn
The same difference YOU now sometimes
see between sisters. There is Martha. in
dustrious, pain-taking, good manager,
ever inventive Of some new pastry. GiscOr-
ernC something in household affairs.
Here Is Mary, fond OF conversation, liter
any, so iull of questions of ethics she has
no time to discuss questions of household
welfare. 1t Is noon. Mary is in the par-
lor. Martha is in the kitchen. 1t would
have been better for them to have divided
the toll, and then they could have divided
the opportunity of listening to Christ. But
Mary mOuopoizes Christ, while Martha
swclters before the tire. 1t was very i'm
portaut that they have a good dinner that
va, VI 'I'i ~ " ~ II 'bElN, ana lie lll not
often have luxurious entertainment, Alas
me, if all the responsibility of that enter
tainment hUd rested with Mary, What a
repast they would have had, But some.
thing went wrong in the kitchen. Either
the fire would Rot burn or the bread would
not bake or something was turned black
that ought to have been only turned
brown, or Martha sralicd herself, and.
forgetting all the rropreties of the occa-
sion. with tcswratrd brow she rushed out
OF the kitchen into the purlor, perhals
with tonSs in one hand and pitcher in the
otter. and She cried out. Lord dost Thou
not care that my sister has left me to serve
alone; BID her therefore that she help
ne, Christ scOlded not Il word. If it
We're seolping, | would rather have Him
scod ma than anybody else bless me.
There was nothing acerh in the Saviour's
reply. He knew that Martha had been
working herself almost to deathto get Him
something to eat, but He appreciated her
ktntness, and He practically said: My
dear woman, do not worry. Let the din
hcr 20. sit down here ON this couch be-
side your younger sister, Mary. Let US
tali about something else. Martha Mar
tina thou art careful and troubled about
many things but one thing is nredful."
As Martina throws opon the door look
IN today, and | see Il great many
household anNieties. pcrpleXitieS fatisues
and trials and about them am going to
speak if tie Lord Of Mary and Martha and
Lazarus viii help me 10y His grace.
A. | look into that door, in the first
place, / see the trial Of nonapprrciatiOn.
That was what made Martha so vexed at
Mary. Mary, the younger sister had no
proper estimate of the elder sisters In.
ugEr. just a. now men having annoy
ancps OF store and factory and shop, or a:
the stock Exchange, come home at night
and hear of some household ANNOYANCE,
and they say. "Oh. that's nothing. You
ought to ice in "a factory a day and have ten
or fifteen or twenty or 100 subordinates.
TNen soH would know something about
anuoyHE"r jtnd troutle." on, man, let me
tell you that a wife and a mother has to
conduct at the same time Il university, u
clothing establishment. a restaurant u
laundry. q library, and has to be health
officer, police and president OF the whOle
realm She has to DO thousand
things and 10 do them well, in order to
make thlaG- 20 smoothly. and that Is what
pats the awful tax on u woman's nerves
and womans brain. / know there are
exceptions to the rule. Sometimes you
Will iind "a woman who can sit In the arm
rbmr OF the library all day without any
anxiety larry on the beIated pillow.
and all the cares of the household are
thrown upon servants VINO nave large
wages thu great eNi erlehce; hut That is
the exception, speak OF the great masses
oi hoHsrEeeprr9, to whom life is struG'
%Ir, ana VINO at thirty years OF age look aS
though 'hey were lorty. Ihr fallen at Cha,
iCh@ ana AusteritZ and gettysburg ana
Waterloo ar" small nnmbrrtn comparison
WIt" those who have gone down under the
ArmaEeddon Of the Kitchen. Go out to the
country and look over tlp ppitaphS the
tom,stoheN. They are all beautiful ana
poetic, hut ii the tomtstoneS could ten the
truth th"u' ands OF them would say, Here
lies II Wonau who was KILLED by too mnch
iuthdih& ana sewing and baking ana scour-
1hE ana Srfubing, and the weapon WIN