The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-10-23
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2s 1903

hundreds Of other positions we might
easily mention.
Now, when woman deserts the po-
sitions for which God has specially
equipped her. what is the inevitable re-
suit! Her work is not only left un-
done, but she becomes a competitor
against her father and brothers for
theirs. What is again the inevitable
resulti BY the law Of supply and de-
mand she not only underbids her
brother for his position, but by that
bidding the whole system Of wages goes
down. She Is the sufferer. lie IS the
sufferer The mischief is far reaching
IL Is the result OF her turning aside
from her natural employment I'm which
there is pressing need Of her service
and I'm which she could find constant
occupation at rcmunerative wages.
She leaves a place untitled and forces
her way into q walk Of life already
overcrowdcd and I'm which her compe-
ttion is injurious 10 other workers.
oh" some one says to me. that is
the old argument OF q Jealous man.
You do not Ike 10 feel that your sister
is just as smart as you are and per
haps a little smarter and can take
away your job and do II better for
less money" No my friend. l can
conscientlously say have not one
jealous hair in my head. The more
other people succeed the more | glory
I'm their success, and 10 me there is
no more beautiful sight than 10 see a
young girl whose father and brothers
are dead 90 forth and seek a position
which her talent gives her a right 10
on and bring money home and throw it
I'm the lap OF her widowed mother
But this is the social condition against
which ! do protest. I protest against
our daughters and sisters pushing their
fathers and brothers out Of work, so
that the girls have 10 support the male
members Of the family. while the IA
theirs and brothers are idle because
their places have been taken by wom-
On. have known scores and hundreds
OF men over fifty years OF age who
were physically able 10 do work, but
could not get work merely because
their daughters. who al that time
should have been at school. were ill
ing the positions which their fathers
and brothers ought TO have filed.
Now. women Of America whom God |
has called to be consecrated domestics |
! plead with you 10 enter the kitchen |
and the nursery and the home because |
that ls one Of your natural spheres
that Is a place where God wants you TO /
work. The Christian domestic should /
be hOnOred both on earth and I'm heav-
On because she Is not only able 10 do /
her own. work. but also 20 impress her /
consecrated life indclibly upon others. |
Did she not do II with the emperor Of /
an the Russias? When the old nurse /
Of Emperor Alexander died did he not, |
as we'll as all his brothers, who we're
grand dukes, follow that sacred body /
to the family tomb? They not only |
followed it afoot. but walked for three
long miles through a binding Russian
snowstorm. Did not a humble Chris
tlan nurse start forth Lord Shsftes-
bury upon his great mission Of life? |
When the famous English philanthro- |
plsts hair had been silvered by the raw /
ages Of many winters he testified IN
public meeting. "All that l have been
able 10 do for Christ and my fellow
men Is due 10 the gospel teachings OF
my old Christian nurse" AS the little
Jewish maiden. who was a servant /
girl. sent the warrior Naaman down 10 |
the river Jordan 10 be cured Of leprosy. /
has there not been IN our past lives /
some consecrated Christian domestic /
who was able 10 help send us to the
waters Of life 10 be cured Of our lep-
rosy Of SIM Oh. my sister. never un-
deresdmate the opportunities Of use
fulness Of the honorable position Of
noble Christian girl serving Christ as
a domestic IN some humble home.
Thus. in closing I would speak an
earnest word to those women who are
about to consecrate their lives 10 this
line OF service. God has opened for
you mighty possibilities FOR good. Fit
yourself for that work as the Lord
Jesus Christ would have you. Make the
Bible the chief textbook Of your life
Pray. and increasingly pray, that the
Holy Spirit VIII inspire you 10 speak
the right word in the right way. Above
all. whatsoever your station in life
may be. let me urge you 10 enter the
service OF Jesus Christ Not even the
subject Of your life's occupation can
compare in Importance with the crucial
question whether you are a servant Of
our Lord. Make that your FIRST. your
chief business. that you are accepted
OF him and that you are obeying HIS
commands Look not for your rewards
from man. but so live that in the great
day OF judgment you may hear the
best OF an encomiums: well done.
Thou art one Of my queens. Thou hast
been chief Of an women. Thou hast
been a faithful servant