Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-15

Christian Women.
Again, l remark it is woman's S right
to bring to us the kingdom of heaven.
1t is easier for woman to be Chris
tian than for a man. Why? You say
she is weaker. No. Her heart is more
responsive to the pleadings of divine
love. She is in vast majority. The fact
that she can more easily become a
Christian prove by the statement that
-fourths of the membersof churches
in all Cbrisrendom are women. So God
appoints them to be the chief agencies
for bringing this world back to God. l
may stand here and say the soul is i'm
mortal There is man who will deny
it. l may stand here and say we are
lost and undone without Christ. There
is man who will contradict it. may
stand here and say there will be a judg-
ment day after awhile. Yonder is some
one who will dispute it. But Chris
tian woman in a Christian household,
living in the faith and the consistency
of Christ's gospel-nobody can refute
that. The greatest sermons are not
preached on celebrated platforms; they
are preached with an audience of two
or three and in private home life. A
consistent, consecrated Christian service
is an unanswerable demonstration of
Gods truth.
A sailor came slipping down the rat
lines one night, as though something
had happened. and the sailors cried,
What's the matter?'' He said, MY
mothers prayer haunts me like q
ghost " Home influences, consecrated
home influences, are the mightiest Of
all influences upon the soul. There are
men who have maintained their lnteg-
rity not because they were any better
naturally than some other people, but
because there were home influences
praying for them all the time They
got good start. They were launched
on the world with the benedictions of a
Christian mother They may track ST
berian SHOWS they may plunge in Afri-
can jungleS they may flee to the earth s
end-they cannot go SO far and so fast
but the prayers will keep up with
them
Power For Good.
| speak to women who have the
eternal salvation of their husbands in
their right hand. On the marriage day
you took an oath before men and angels
that you would be faithful and kind
until death did you part, and / believe
you are going to keep that oath, but
after that parting at the grave will it
be an eternal separation? Is there any
such thing as an immortal marriage,
making the flowers that grow on the
top of the sepulcher brighter than the
garlands which at the marriage banquet
flooded the air with aroma? Yes !
stand here as an ambassador OF the
most high God to proclaim the banns
of an immortal union for all those who
join hands in the grace of Christ o
woman, is your husband, your father,
your son. away from Godf The Lord
demands their redemption at your
hands There are prayers for you to
offer. there are exhortations for you to
give. there are examples fer you to set,
and / say now as Paul said to the Cor
inthian woman. "What knowest thou
but thou shalt save thy husband9" A
man was dying, and he said to his
wife. "Rebecca. you wouldn't let ms
have family prayers, you laughed about
all that and you got me away into
worldliness, and now I'm going to die,
and my fate is sealed, and you are the
cause of my ruinv" o woman. what
knowest thou but thou canst destroy
thy husbandf
Are there not some of yo,l who have
kindly influences at home? Are there
not some who have wandered far away
from God who can remember the Chris
tian influences in their ea-ly home? Do
not despise those influences, my broth
er. If you die without Christ, what
will you do with your mothers prayers,
with your wife's opportunities, with
your sisters entreaties? What will you
do with the letters they used to write
to you, with the memory of those days
when they attended you SO kindly in
times of sickness7 Oh. if there be just
one strand holding you from floating
off from that dark sea. would just
like to take hold Of that strand now
and pull You to the beach, For the sake
of your wife's God, for the sake of your
mothers God, for the sake of your
daughters God. for the sake of your
sisters God come this day and be saved.
Crowned In Heaven.
Lastly, wish to say that one of the
specific rights of woman is, through ths
grace of Christ. finally to reach hesven
Oh, what a multitude of women in
heavenl Mary. Christ's mother, in
heaven; Elizabeth Fry in heaven. Char
lotte Elizabeth in heaven, the mother
Of Augustine in heaven, the Countess
of Huntington, who sold her splendid
jewels to build chapels. in heaven,
while a great many others who have
never been heard of on earth or known
but little have gone into the rest and
peace of heaven. What rest What a
change it was from the small room,
with no fire and one window (the glass
broken out), and the aching side, and
eyes, to the ''house of many
No more stitching until 10
o'clock at night. no more thrusting of |
the thumb by the employer through the
work to show it was not done quite |
right. Plenty of bread at lastl Heaven
for aching heads Heaven for broken |
hea7tsl Heaven for anguish bitten |
fralaesl No more sitting until midnight |
for the coming of staggering steps No |
more rough blows across the templel |
No mora char,, Eoen bittor oprooot