The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-11-05

Riches Of WidoWhood Theme
Of Or. Talmage's Sermon.
The Preacher Points Ost the Con-
solattoa Of Religion 60 the ser-
rowful-The Mothers Duty
Go Her Chtldrcn.

tSVpyttkhs, hNsN oy hstute fNtVEsN"I
CHICAGO. Nov. The consolat ton
and encouragement that religion affords
in the sorrowful and distressing lot Of
widowhood are pointed out by the
preacher In this sermon on the text
Luke vii, u. And she was widow"
The rich widow, Who ever heard Of
such title FOR sermon on this tcxtr
Better call her the poor widow" "the
fricndless widow" the hopeless wild.
ow." "the dying widnw"-anything but
the rich widow" This funeral process
sion winding its way out Of the Syrian
city is one OF the most pathetic spec.
taclcs ~ the gospel history. How much
hcarthreak is contained In those three
phrases, "A dead man, the only son VI
his mother. and she was widow" In
Arizona is mountain aptly named
starvation peak" There the Indians
many decades ago drove the Spauiards
and hemmei them in and kept them
until Cor the want " food the little
band OF living men We're changed into
a band Of decomposinS corpses. so this
text is one of the Starvation peaks"
among the gospel hills II is the place
where wife first lost her husband, her
hrcadwinner. Then il is the place
where, during the struggle Of widow
hood, the mother had raised her boy 81
that he could be her support in her de
clining years. And now wife without
her husband and a mother with only a
cold body for her son is slowly wend-
ing her way 10 the cemetery. She was
q wife and q mother only W the grave.
The rich widow" Nonsense, Change
the title. Call II the poor widow Of
Starvation peak"
No, my brother. l want to keep the
title | have chosen. want to show
how even woman 20 desolate as the
one In the text may find consolation In
life and In the performance of her
duty and In the sympathy OF humanity,
ana. more than all, In the resoures Of
divine power her life may become rich
for herself and for others. l have seen
100 many sdtectives hitched to this
heroic and conQuering nominative.
believe thouSa nds and tens OF thou
sands OF mothers who have been hereft
~ the companion who once stood with
them at the marriage altar have at
aI
have heen rich In all that makes life
truly happy. great and good; rich In
their opportunities 10 DO double serv-
ice in life. To their children they have
become father as well as mother; rich
in their inspiring examples of duties
well done; rich In the faith with
which their trials led them to test the
goodness and greatness of God: rich
In the heights and depths ana lengths
and hreadths OF their love, and, above
all, rich In eternal as well as temporal
rewards II is in order 10 gather few
''bluehel.s'' from of the graves OF the
dead husbands and fathers that
preach this sermon. ! would ring
theso fora. trophies in = great pnan of
praise That The widows. the uumberlcss
widows Of the present day who are
facing the battle of life alone might
renew their strength and 60 on Will
ninc vlctury after victory fer them
selves, tneir lirtI. oneS and tor Christ
-. widow l. rich il hey opportuni-
;.-> o. uIate-na. usefulness, rich he
caus. al the pnvsica. menrp. and spir
irual resources % her nature are de-
vei0ped IL the struggle which her lone
illness involves -icl because for her
children ever word she Speaks and
every though; she THINKS RnL every
deco sh. performs shall bring forth
III maximum o. results fof good Or
evi. For ne- offspring every mountain
whict ~ Das Ju climb csr u-cume L
gViC mine ano every thicker lutU which
xbs naS u piunge bank Of roses, anG
sverr shower o. tear can return US l.
sussin9 tumDliug fountain. and every
Iauo fUf Def cau UscUID. 2 nG-v est held
o. yellow grain Or " white checked
swse; scented clover tops Literally
by taxing away L wifes husband, Crud
makes Il possiOie FOR widow with
children 10 MAKE more out ~ her life
IL maternal sense thap IN any other
way AZ oncs by The n.t. fac; W
wioowbUoc SIS becomes tbe father
tue mother the pfeadvinDet the guide
and the al IN all for her offspring
Oh the paternal a. well a. the Liz.
tsrnsl oppor,uniues winch are Offered
&c tae consecfaIed Christian widow
LVOo u ths present century Some
tlEns ago beautiful faced lady war
gong through oDe Of ths grea' depart
sasnt stVces 40 Columbus. O she sd "
taefs lafge EYED wisUful looking cash
JoT, who was watching Lsf aud bSr
son "Hy cniic saso she would you
hss 70 20 bone AID Us ny Art!s 10Y
Tssn ~, evuIc lave money and play
tliLss ayd horses aDd carriages u
uIe.s your bfe Happy as my little
bog hfs AZ happy - % not know
mun, whether would iike those tlIings
" 10, lac answered. "Hat your Htt.f
LOg paDs: II 70 with you, val hii
yapa " my papa want s papa