Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-21

uTeSS winch OF THESE mdSCullue
hands could fit hat to that little girls
head? Which OF the wise men would
know how to tie on that new pair of
shoes? Man sometimes gives his char
ity in rough way. and 1t falls like
the fruit of tree in the East, which
fruit comes down so heavily that 1t
breaks the skull of the man who Is
trying to gather 1t. But woman glides
so softly into the house OF restitution,
and finds out all the sorrows Of the
place. and puts so quietly the donation
on the table, that all the family come
out on the front steps as she departs,
expecting that from under her shawl
she will thrust out two wings and go
right up toward heaven, from whence
she seems to have come down.
o. Christian young woman! II you
would make yourself happy, and win
the blessing of Christ, go out among
the destitute. A loaf of bread or a
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
a charge, saying. Look after that
woman: canopy her with your 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?" Amt she beautiful"
and II you will listen right sharply, you
will hear dripping 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, goodwill
to men,"
Again, have to tell you that It is a
woman's specific right to comfort I'M
der the stress OF dire disaster. She Is
called the weaker vessel; but all pro-
fame as we'll as sacred history attests
that when the crisis comes she Is bet
ter prepared than man to meet the
emergency. How often have you seen
woman who seemed to be a disciple
Of frivolity and Incidence, who. UT
der one stroke of calamity, changed to
heroine? Oh, what a great mistake
those business men make who never
tell their business troubles to thell
wives! There comes some great loss
to their store, or their companions IL
business play them a sad trick, ant
they carry the burden all alone. He /:
asked in the household again ans
again: What is the matter?" Blu
he believes 1t sort of Christian dut,
to keep all that trouble within his
own soul. Oh, sir! your first duty was
to tell your wife all about 1t. She, per.
haps, might not have disentangled your
finances, or extended your credit, bu
she would have helped you to beai
misfortune. You have no right tc
carry on one shoulder that which Is
intended for two. Business mer
know what I mean. There came 6
crisis in your affairs. You struggled
bravely and long; but after a while
there came a day when you said:
Here I shall have to stop" and you
called in your partners, and you called
in the most prominent men in your
employ, and you said: 1--WE have got
to stop" You left the store suddenly
You could hardly make up your mind
to pass through the street and owe!
on the ferry boat. You felt everybody
would be looking at you, and blaming
you, and denouncing you. You hast
| ened home. You told your wife al
about the affair. What did she say
| Did she play the butterfly? Did she
talk about the silks and the ribbons
and the fashions? No. She came uT
to the emergency. She quailed moi
| under the stroke. She offered to &c
out of the comfortable house into G
smaller one, and wear the old cloal
another winter. She was the one who
understood your affairs without blam
| ing you. You looked upon what yol
thought was a thin, weak woman'i
arm holding you up; but while yot
| looked at that arm there came int
| the feeble muscles Of 1t the strength
Of the eternal God. No Gliding; M
fretting; no telling you about tn,
| beautiful house of her father, from
which you brought her ten, twenty
or thirty years ago. You said: well
this is the happiest day of my life.
am glad I have got from under my
burden. My wife don't care-I dom
care" At the moment you were ex
hausted God sent you a Deborah t.
meet the host of Amalekites and scat
ter them like chaff over the plain
| There are sometimes women who 81
reading sentimental novels, and wht
wish that they had some grand fell
in which to display their Christian
powers. What grand and glorious
things they could do If they only hat
an opportunity! My sister, you neet
not wait for any such time. A crlsl
will come in your affairs. There will
be a Thermopylae in your own house
hold where God will tell you to stand
There are scores and hundreds o
households today where as much BRAY
cry and courage are demanded OF WON
en- as was exhibited by Grace Darling
or Marie Antoinette. or Joan Of Arc.
Again, I remark 1t Is woman's RICH
| to bring to us the kingdom of heaven
II is easier for a woman to be a Chris
tian than for a man. Why? You sa,
she is weaker. No. Her heart is NOR
responsive to the pleadings OF divin,
love. She is in vast majority. TIL,
fact that she can more easily become
Christian l prove by the statemen
that three-fourths OF the members o
churches in all Christendom are WON
en-. So God appoints them to be thu
chief agents for bringing this worlt
back to God. may stand here ant
say the soul is immortal. There Is (