The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-17

WEOn&s 1OuE 1uSuHu0 W uG6TI IL
with yon in the work, and he looks
down through the ages of Eternity
and sees the beautiful gates ajar,
and hears the sweetest of all voices
say, Fear not, 'twas for such
came, to seek in every hidden track
lost sheep, my mission to reclaim,
and safely to the fold bring back
But the member of the church that
stood with her shoulder next your
own in the same church work goes
home and her affairs are in the
same condition yours were; but
her husband is not even church
member and she receives not only
unkind words but words that are
so revolving to the Christian heart;
and her sad heart knows only one
consolation, God will reward Us
for all that we do. ]" You are
praised and loved aud lauded for
your church work, but the church
membersi that worked with you
land there are always few are
only told that it is your duty. And,
Oh! ministers wives! / pray you,
tell your husbands for us, that as
we sit in church twice every Sun
day with aching hearts, longing
for one little word Of encourage
ment, il seems to me that the very
benches would cry out, "Oh! min-
ister! il you do not think they do
their duty give them one word OF
encouragement. for you know not
their trials and tribulations. Re-
member that Elijah once thought
that he alone was left to worship
God, but God told him that there
were yet seven thousand souls that
had not bowed to Baal, and while
many of the church-workers are not
doing their duty, they are not there
twice every Sunday to hear you say
none are doing their duty; so again
/ beg you to encourage the few
that do try to do their best" 10 it
not pleasure enough to outweigh
the trouble to know that you are
the highest human in the moral
world? You are even ahead of your
husbands, for they are accepted or
rejected more often on your account
than on their own. Your life is
the light on the top of the bill.
The members of your church are
candles along the hillside. The
cold members of the church are
candles in the valley. | look and
loI all is darkness the candles are
there but they cannot light them
selves. Again / look, and the
brilliancy of your light has lighted
all the candles near you, and they
have lighted others until ] hear a
voice down in the valley ask who
lighted all these candles. and a
voice halfway up the hill- that can
see the top, answers proudly Our
minister's wife, IL the saying IS
true, THE greater the cross. the
brighter the crowa,'rr when we are
gathered around the great white
throne, your crowns will be the
brightest. Andtthe jewels IN yoar
crown that willreffect heaven S own
sunshine will be the immortal souls
saved by you. For unto you is
given the golden key to unheek the
heart and let ont selfishness and
sin and let the seven virtues Of
heaven in. AS the little pebble
dropped into the lake, leaves first
the'tiny circle,- then the larger wave
until the very shores are lashed
from the effect of this same pebble {;
so yOu are influencing not only the
members of your own church but
of all churches. And ere / close.
let me thank that same sister that
l met late that evening for, to her,
the unconscious help her life is TO
me, as / see her toiling early and
late trying so earnestly and patient
Iy to be the helpmeet God intended
her to be to her noble husband.
MRS. GEORGE IL. WEBB.
BOrn-to Mr.. and Mrs. Slough