Milford chronicle., 1903-08-14

of affection and devotion such as sh'
! herself does not believe herself capable
Of giving The true Interpretation o
love means simply this: If you low
! your servants. you will take them int
your life and make their interests you
interests. And by your loving then
they will let you creep into their heart
and make your interests their interests
The housekeeper is the domestic
model also in religion Therefore by
her life she sholld teach her servants
that religion is not mere sham, hut
a reality. and that the nobiest Of al
lives is that consocrated to the service
Of the Lord Jesus Christ. 1t has beer
said that mo man is Il hero TO his
valet" Therefore no mistress could
be true Christian eXemplar for hel
servant" That statement is only par
I TALLY true. No hou sewife. if she is
leading an insincere life, can have q
true spiritual influence over her sery-
ants. The nearer YOU come TO the huge
piece of rocl, in the Yellowstone park,
which in the distance seems TO be the
face Of a man. the more you see its
Jagged corners and distorted features.
The nearer servant comes 10 an in
sincere mistress the more she is re-
pulsed by her pretcnsiOns TO religion,
but the nearer a domestic comes TO a
pure. true. noble woman. who is ear
nestly and prayerfully trying to follow
ont the teachings Of the Christ love. the
more she realizes the Importance of liy-
ing for eternity and not for time; for
Christ. and not for pleasure; for pres
ent duty. and not for a transient whim.
The greatest cause Of unfaithfulness
and dishonesty in the kitchen is the
fact that your servant girl is not con
verted 10 Christ Perhaps the chief
reason why your servant is not con
vcrtcd is that she does not see you, her
mistress, a processing Christian. liy-
ing the Christian life you ought 10
live. My sister, is it not time for you
TO turn over new leaf and start
afresh for Christ? Is it not good re
solve to try TO settle this servant
question once for all by surrender
ing yourself, body and mind and soul.
to the service Of your Master?
The Servant of al.
The spiritual influence which a con
secratcd Christian woman can have
over the life of her servant was well
shown by Rev. Francis T. Clark of The
Christian Endeavor society. lie told
this beautiful story soon after his re
turn from China: The wife of an
American missionary, who was massa-
cred in the late Chinese uprising. was
one day teaching a Sunday school class.
among whom was one of her Chinese
servants. This servant girl, by coming
in contact with her mistress, was not
only led to the feet of Christ. but also
was led TO believe that her faithful
mistress was her true spiritual adj
wiser. So this day the young girl looked
up into the face of this Christian lady
and said: missionary, rs you talk
about the great joys Of heaven l would
like TO ask YOU a question. VIII we
know each other when we reach heav- .
IN? VIII you know your father and .
mother and husband and little chill /
lren? VIII you know me and | know
-ou?' Yes" answered the Christian
ady. "Then, missionary" said the .
Door Chinese servant, you have been
20 kind 10 me that whom get TO heaven
am going to ask Jesus to just let me
ut by your side and hold your hand
orever and ever and ever" Oh, mis-
resses, Oh. housewives and house
,eepers. in your dealings with your
orvants may you reveal the same gen
le Christian lie that the martyred
christian lady showed to her house
odd In your prayers. in your conse-
ration, in your family altars, in the
urity of your life, may you always
clp your household servants to look
eyond the grave and to look up Then,
rhnn your domestics. through your
christian example walk hand in hand
With Jesus Christ there will be no
servant question" Why? There shall
e no unfaithful and slothful do
lostics.
Housewives and housekeepers. heed
rell the Importance Of consecraung
our lives to Christ not only for your
wn sake. but also for the sake of your
orvants Remember that it is far
asier for you to commit a sin against
hose whom you suppose to be lower
han You than it is against those whom
OIL suppose are above YOU 1t is
lsier for a parent to sin against a
hid than for the child to defy par
nt 1t is easier for king to do an
pen wrong to a subject than for a
lbject to lagrantly sin against king.
nd remember. further, that God
ldges our actions just as much by
ow we treat our cattle as our mas
'rs. our underlings as our employers.
lr servants as our husbands ana
ives. May the Spirit inspire every
ousewife to live such holy life that
ar servants can we'll take her as a
)iritual model and can see in her face
reflection of the loving smile Of Jesus
hrist, who willingly became the serv-
nj of all