Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-07


eff / am going to stay a servant"
abe said, with some calling back of
her former habit, II must learn what
God thinks of service. / shall need
all l can get out of His word to
strengthen me in days to come" She
had made collection of her passages
relating to service, and tonight she
added to it from one of Paufs let
tcrs, dwelling on the words as she
read them aloud: Servants, obey in
all things them that are your mas
ters according to the flesh; not with
eye service, as men-pleasers, but in
singIeness of heart, fearing the Lord;
whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as
unto the Lord, and not unto men;
knowing that from the Lord We shall
receive the recompense of the inher-
atance; ye serve the Lord Christ. For
he that doeth wrong shall receive
again for the wrong that he hath
done; there is no respect of persons.
Masters, render unto your servants
that which is just and equal; know
ing that we also have a Master in
Heaven"
"Of course" Barbara mused, after
saying the words, "all this was said
to actual slaves, whose bodies were
bought and sold in the market like
cattle. But what wonderful words to
DE spoken to any class of servants
either then or now! Whatsoever We
do, work heartily' One thing that
servants lack in their service is
heartiness. 1t is done for wages, not
for love of service. AS unto the
lord and not unto men, How few
servants ever think of that! The
Lord is the real Master. He is being
served if what 1 do is a good thing
that needs doing. There is no re-
spect of pers sons How great thing
that is! In Gods sight my soul is
as much worth saving as any other.
He thinks as much of me as He does
of the rich and the famous. Masters,
render unto your servants that
which is just and equal If tnat were
done, it might make conditions far
different so far as the servant-girl
question is concerned. But who will
tell us what is meant by lust and
equal to-day?" Barbara shook her
head doubtfully, and went on.
Knowing that ye have also a
Master in Heaven That helps me.
Paul must have known my need as
well as the need of the poor bond
servants to whom he wrote "A Mas
Ger in Heaven May He help me to
serve Him in spirit and in truth"
So Barbara the next day did not
present the appearance of the mod
ern broken-heartCd heroine in the
end-of-the-century novel. Anyone
who knew her could plainly see
marks in her face and manner of a
great experience. But there was no
gloom about her, no un-Christian
tragic bewailing of fate or circum-
stance. If she were to live her
life as she supposed she should,
without life's greatest help to live,
so far as human love can go, she
would at least live it bravely as so
many other souls have done. And
yet, Barbara, you know well enough
that Ambition does not spell Love.
And, in spite of all, you know your
heart would tremble if the young
minister of Marble Square church
ShSoiu pass y Ou anu give you one
earnest look out of his great dark
eyes, as he did on that well-remem-
6ered day when he said that you
were beautiful. All, Barbara! Are
you quite sure you have forever bid
den farewell to the holiest dream of
your womanhood?
She busted herself during the day
with her work, and in the evening
went over to Mrs. Vane's to see her
again concerning the proposed build
Ing. She was eager to get to work
Ger heart longed for busy days to
keep her mind absorbed.
Mrs. Vane suggested several good
ideas.
''While you are waiting to com
plete the details of the building it.
self, why not interview large num-
Der of factory and store girls about
their work? Find out something
about the reasons that appeal to
young women for a choice of labor
You are not certain that you can get
any girls to attend your training
school. ] think you can, but very
nany other good people will tell you