Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-12-15


an acquainted. as YOU arc. with woni-
en- v no arc me mhers Of 50 many boards
of direction OF benevolent institutions.
and have 10 stand at booth in SO many
fsirs. and mast collect funds Cor 80
many oTphsnages. aud preside at SO
many phiiarshropic meetings. and are
expected 20 be in 80 mary different
places At the same time that their chill
0ren are left 10 the care OF irrespon-
sib'e servants, and IL the little ones
waited TO say their prayers 81 their
mothers knee they would never say
their evening prayers at all. Such
woman makes her own home so unat-
;racsive that the husband spends his
even ings a. the clubhouse or the tav-
ern The children % that house are
a. thoroughly orphans - any OF the
fshsr.ess and mo;hcritss little ones
gath cred in the orphanage for which
that gaca bout woman is ;oiling 80 I'M
ousriousiN. BY az means let Chris
itan women foster charitable institu-
] lions and give them a. much Of their
time as they can spare. but the first
duty OF that mother is the duty She
owes 90 her home
But M one can take mothers
| place. and il is an aN ful mistake that
that mother makes who sacrifice.
: hone duties for any church meeting.
however important. or any hospital.
however mercifui. or any outside beneh-
| cencs. however glorious and grand
Not understanding this. we mistake
whsn we try 20 give statistics rs 20 hove
many Christians there are in Ou~
churches and in the world. We uu-
/ cers1sfe the facts. We look over cur
church audiences on the sabbath o.
our wees service and conclude that
I they represent the amount 81 picty iu
that neighborhood. on. no. There are
many most consscrated souls that are
nof found en- churches. Look iuto
thoss houses with large families of
children and little or no hired help.
/ For much o. The year there is some
one Ill., and a special guardian care
j. requisite. How much time can that
mother give 20 churches and praye-
meet ngs when most OF the fomily are
down with scarlet fever or have colds
hat threaten now one Kind Of dis
ease and now another That mothcr
Watching al home as much p,eases The
Lord a. the mother who az church
school tells the waits OF the street how
they may become sons and daughters
Of the LORD Almighty. That mother
az home is deciding the destiny Of The
state bN the WAY she leads that b.y
into right thinking and acting and g.
deciding the welfare Of some futur.
home BY the example she is setting that
giH, and though The world does nc-
appreciate the unobservsd work Neav-
en- watches and rewards. ON the other
hand, You have known women who
are of - meetings Humanitarian and
phianthropic. planning Tor the dest.-
tute and the outca>t. while their os,r
child rem went unwashed and unkeu..-
heir garments needing repairs. th,lr
manner impudcnt and themselves
general nuisance 20 the community
in which they live.
One bad habit these gadabouts. mas
! cuNnc or feminine. are sure 90 get
| and that is ul scandal distribution.
They hear SO many delefericus things
about others and zee SO much OF
wrong behavior that they are loaded
upaud loaded down with the faults OF
others, and they have their eyes fuil.
and their ears full and their hands
| fuN, and their mouths full of defama-
tion- The woman Who is endowed of
gossip can so easily unite her bonnet
strings and sit down 20 spend the aff.
ernoon. \ man can afford Won a cigar
az retainer II you Viii patiently hea.
ailhe has 10 say about those who can
not pay their debts. or are about &c
fail or are guilty OF moral mishap or
have aroused suspicion OF embczzle-
ment. All Padabouts are peddlers.
who unpack in your presence their
large store OF nuN vomica and night
shade. Such gadabouts have little
pros pect - Heaven. If they got there
they would try 20 create jealousy
among the different ranks OF celes-
| tials and make trouble among the
| Heavenly neighbors. and start quar-
| rch seraphic. and would be on per
| petuai run. now down this street anS
now mp that. now in the house OF
many mansions. and now in the choir
| % the temple. and now on the walls
and now in the gates, until they would
be chased down and pushed out into
the pandemonium OF backbiters and
slanderers after Jeremiah had adj
| dressed them in the words: "why
| gaddest thou about so much 10 change
thy way7"
Now. what is the practical use OF
The present discourse? This: Where
as. 80 many have ruined themselves
and ruined others by becoming CAD
abouts among occupations, among re-
| igicus theories. among churches
.mong neighbOrhoods; therefore. re
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| what is right thought and right be-
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