Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-04


'If 4 am going to stay servant"
she said, with some calling back of
her former habit, 81 must learn what
God thinks of service. I shall need
all / can get out of His word to
strengthen me in days to come" She
had made a collection of her passages
relating to service, and tonight she
added to it from one of Paul's let
ters, dwelling on the words as she
read them aloud: Servants, obey in
all things them that are your mas
tiers according to the flesh; not with
eye service. as men-pleasers, but in
singleness of heart, fearing the Lord;
whatsoever We do, work heartily, as
unto the Lord, and not unto men;
knowing that from the Lord We shall
receive the recompense. of the inner
itance; We 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 ye' also have a Master in
Heaven"
'Of course Barbara unused, after
saying the words, ''all this was said
bought and sold in the market like
cattle. But what wonderful words to
be 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 L do is a good thing
that needs doing. There is no re-
spect Of perso How great thing
that is! In Gods sight my soul is
as much worth saving as any other.
lie thinks as much of me as He does
OF the rich and the famous. Masters,
rc:,der unto your servants that
Which is just and equal If that were
osicne, it might make conditions far
IL ferent so far as the servant-girl
elestion- is concerned. But who will
tell us what is meant by just and
equal today" Barbara shook her
head doubtfully, and went on.
Knowing that We have also
Master in Heaven That helps me.
Paul Aust have known my need as
we'll as the need of the poor bond
servants to whom he wrote. "A Mas
ter in Heaven May He help me to
serve Him in spirit and in TRUTH
So Barbara the next day did not
present the appearar ce of the mod
ern broken-heartod heroine in the
nd-of-the-century novel. Anyone
who knew her could plainly see
marks in her face and manner of
greatfeXperience. 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 Hfe'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 we'll 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
should pass you and give you one
earnest look out of his great dark
eyes, as he did on that well-remem-
Q Tered Gay when he said that you
we're beautiful. All, Barbara! Are
,u quite sure you have forever bid
en- farewell to the hottest 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.
Her 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 a large num-
Der of factory and store girls about
their work? FIND out something
about the reasons that appeal to
young women for choice of labor.
You are not certain that you can get
any girls to attend your training
school. / think you can, but very
ofhar ooad x,annIo will fell v0v,