Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-30


take no substitute
and in which she could find constant
occupation at rcmuncrativc wages.
She leaves n place untitled and forces
her way into walk of life already
ovcrcrowded and in which her compe-
ttion Is injurious to other workers
"Oh," some one says TO mo. that Is
the old argument OF n jealous man.
You do not like to feel that your sister
Is Just as smart as you are and per-
haps little smarter and can take
away your job and do it better for
less money" No, my friend. I can
conscientiously say | have not one
jealous hair In my head The more
other people succeed the more | glory
in their success and to me there Is
no moro beautiful sight than TO see n
young girl whose father and brothers
are dead 20 forth and seek n position
which her talent gives her a right to
fill and bring money home and throw it
in the lap of hcr widowed mother.
But this is the social condition against
which ! do protest: | protest against
our daughters and sisters pushing their
fathers and brothers ont OF work. so
that the girls have to support the male
members Of the family. while the IA
theirs and brothers are idle because
their places have been taken by WON
en-. | have known scores and hundreds
of men over fifty years of age who
were physically able To do work. but
could not &c; work merely because
their daughters who at that time
should have been nj school, were fill
ing the positions which their fathers
and brothers ought to have filed.
The Christian Domestic.
Now, women of America whom God
has called To lac consccratcd domestics.
| plead with You to enter the kitchen
and the nursery and the home because
that is one Of your natural spheres
that is place where God wants you to
work. Tn" Christian domestic should
be honOred both on earth and in heav-
en- because she is not only able to do
her own work, but also to impress her
conSecratcd life indelibly upon others
Did she not do Il with the emperor of
all the Russns? When the old nurse
of Emperor Alexander died did he not,
rs we'll as all his brothers, who were
to the family tomb? They not only
followed It afoot. but walked for three
long miles through n binding Russian
snowstorm Did not n humble Chris
tian nurse start forth Lord Shaft
bury upon his great mission of life?
When the famous English philanthro-
pists hair had been siycrcd by the raw
ages Of many winters he testified In
public meeting. IAN that | have been
nble to do for Christ and my fellow
men Is due to the gospel teachings of
my old Christian nurse" AS the little
Jewish maiden. who was servant
girl, sent tho warrior Naaman down to
the river Jordan to be cured of lcprosv
has there not been In our past lives
some consrcratod Christian domestic
who was able 10 help send us to the
waters of life to he cured of our lcp
rosy of sim oh. my sister. never un
dcrestimate tho opportunities of use
fitness of the honorable position Of n
noble Christian girl serving Christ as
Domestic in some humble home.
Thus, in closing, I would speak an
earnest word to those women who are
about to consecrate their lives to 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 will inspire you to speak
the right word in the right way. Above
all. whatsoever your station in life
may be, let me urge you to 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 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 thc
best of all encomiums: well donel
Thou art one Of my queens Thou hast
been chief Of all women! Thou hast
been faithful servant"
copyright 1903 by louis Klopsch1
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