The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-05-12

strings. the broken heartstrings, int
harp, | would play on il a dirge such
as was never sounded Mythologist,
tell us Of Corgon and centaur and Titan
and biologists tell MS of extinct specie.
of monsters, but greater than gorgon
OF megathcrium and not belonging tc
the realm of fable and not oi an extinct
species, a monster with an iron jaw
and a hundred iron hoofs has walked
across the nations. and history and
poetry and sculpture. I'm their attempt
10 sketch il and describe 1t. have seemed
- sweat great drops Of blood But.
thank God, there are those who can
conquer as this woman Of the text con-
Quered and say: 1T is well. though my
property be gone, though my children
be gone, though my home be broken
u. though my health be sacrificed. it
is wei, il is we'll" There is no storm
ON the sea but Christ is ready 10 rise in
the hinder part of the ship and hush It.
There is no darkness but the constella-
ti0n of Gods eternal love can illumine
il. and. though the winter comes out Of
the northern sky. you have sometimes
seen that northern sky all ablaze with
auroras which seem to say: Come up
this way; up this way are thrones Of
light and seas Of sapphire and the splen-
dor of an eternal heaven. Come up this
way"
Again, this woman of my text was
great in her application TO domestic
duties. Every picture is a home pic
ture, whether she is entertaining an
Elisha or whether she is giving careful
attention to her sick boy or whether she
is appealing for the restoration Of her
property. Every picture in her case IS
one of domesticity. Those are not dis
cipIes of the Shunemite woman who,
going out to attend TO outside chari-
ties. neglect the duty of home-the
duty of wife, of mother. of daughter
No faithfulness in public beuefaction
car ever atone for domestic negligence.
There has been many a mother who by
indefatigable toll has reared q large
family of children, equipping them for
the duties Of life with good manners
and large intelligence and Christian
principle, starting them out, who has
done more for the world than many a
woman whose name has sounded
through the centuries. remember
when Kossuth was in this country there
were some ladies who got honorable
regulations by presenting him very
with bouquets Of flowers on
public occasions. But what was all that
compared with the plain Hungarian
mother who gave TO truth aud ciyiliza-
tiOn and the cause Of universal liberty
O Kossuih? Yes, this woman Of my
text was great in her simplicity. When
this prophet wanted to reward her for
her hospitality by asking some prefer
ment from the king, what did she say? |
She declined it. She said: 81 dwell |
among my own people" as much as TO
say: 81 am satisfied with my lot. All |
want is my family and my friends
around me. / dwell among my own
people"
On. what a rebuke TO the strife for /
precedence in all agesl How many |
here are who want to get great archi-
lecture and homes furnished with all
lrt, all painting all statuary, who have
iot enough taste TO distinguish be-
wecn Gothic and Byzantine, and who
.ould not tella figure in plaster of paris
rom palmer's white Captive" and
would not know q boys penciling from
}ierstadt's Yosemite" Men who buy
arge Libraries by the square foot, buy
ng these Libraries when they hava
carcely enough education to pick out
he day of the month in the almanacl
)h. how many there are striving to
ave things as well as their neighbors
r better than their neighbors, and in
he struggle vast fortunes are exhaust
d and business firms thrown into bank
uptcy and men of reputed honesty
ush into astounding forgeriesl OF
curse say nothing against refinement
r culture. Splendor Of bode, sumptu-
usness Of diet, layishness in art, neat
essin apparel, there is nothing against
hem in the Bible or out of the Bible.
od does not want us to prefer mud
ovel to English cottage, or untanned
leepskin to French broadcloth, or
usks to pineapple, or the clumsiness Of
boor to the manners Of gentleman.
cd. who strung the beach with tinted
lell, and the grass Of the field with
be dews OF the night, and hath ex-
uisitely tinged morning cloud and
)bin redbreast, wants us to keep our
re open to all beautiful sights. and
IT ear open to all beautiful cadences,
nd our heart open TO all elevating SEN
ments.
Sold like cattle on the shambles.
ave of all work, and, at last, her body
el for the funeral pyre Of her hus-
md. Above the shrek Of the fire wor-
.ipers in India, and above the rumbling
the juggernauts, hear the million ,
iced groan of wronged, insulted, :
'oken-hearted. down-trodden woman. ,
er tears have fallen in the Nile and !
girls, the La Plata, and on the steppes y
Tartary. She has been dishonored p
Turkish garden and Persian palace Z
ID Spanish Aihambra. Her little ones
I'VE been sacrificed In the Indus and /
e Ganges. There is not a groan. OF a S
ingeon. or an island. or a mountain, b
a river, or a lake. or a sea, but could o
D story Of the outrages heaped upon g
r. But, thanks to God, this glorious b
comes forth. and oil The I