Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-08-09
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Many Particular Reasons Why
Women Cannot Afford Not
to Be Christians.

In all literature there is no such tes-
timony to the influence of a good
woman, and to the power of a bad
woman for evil, as we have in the
! Bible, and it is certain that in the
Bible the emphasis is placed upon the
work of the woman in the home. But
times have changed, you say. So they
have, yet God has not changed the
order of human society. The greatest
achievement in the world today as OF
old is the making Of a godly home.
A man can build a house and furnish
It in a way, but only woman can make
q home. In these latter days many
spheres of activity have opened to
women: yet it remains true that in
the home is her glory, in the home
is her happiness, in the home is the
fulfilling of her destiny.
In Joppa there was q certain dis
ciple named Dorcas. She was a
Christian. Every woman ought to be
q Christian. There is something in
congruous about a woman who is not
a Christian. When Jesus Christ came
he hallowed motherhood for all time
by being born Of a human mother.
When he began to preach. then wom-
ans hour of emancipation struck. Be-
fore that she had been a slave or a
chattel. The commanding position Of
woman under the Old Testament is
often referred to, and yet one of the
rabbinical rules was, "a man should
not salute a woman in public places,
not even his own WIFE" One Of the
th~anksgivings in the daily service of
the synagogue was, blessed art thou,
o Lord, who hast not made me a
woman" No wonder the disciples
marveled when they saw their Master
speaking to a woman, and when he
admitted women to the circle Of his
followers. He accepted their kindly
ministrations. They gave to him Of
their slender substance, housed him
and clothed him; and in return he
blessed them with the noblest spir.
itual blessings and gave them perfect
equality In his kingdom.
Soul Is Beyond Price.
II a woman came to me and asked
me why she should be a Christian, I
might put aside the great reasons that
the human soul was made for God,
and that there is nothing 80 precious
in the world that for it you can af-
ford to give up Jesus Christ Men
and women sell their souls. Do you
think they make a good bargain? You
have seen q woman sell her soul for
personal adornment, for clothes; and
when in later years you see her rags
hanging on a distorted skeleton, do
you think she made q good bargain?
You have seen a woman sell her soul
for pleasure, and when all that has
turned to ashes, and the world has
discarded q wornout hulk, do you
think she made a good bargain? Are
there any Jewels 30 precious that they
will buy a woman's soul out Of hell?
What shall It profit" said Christ.
III you gain the whole world and lose
your own soul?" ssezssssasasssss
A woaan should be a Christian be,
cause of her home. She Is q wife,
or a mother, or q sister, OF q daugh-
ter, and her home is or should be a
place Of happiness and peace Some
Christian women keep their Lord in
the church. When the doors are
locked, they seem to think that he is
shut in. He should be taken homa
with you, for it makes all the differ
ence in a home whether Jesus is there
or not The presence Of Christ makes
a different home because it makes a
different woman, and woman makes
the home. The presence Of Christ
makes clean homes and sweet homes,
and makes them the nursery Of the
Christian church, where children are
brought up in the nurture and admo-
milton of the Lord. A mother who
has learned wisdom in the school of
Christ shall have sons and daughters
who in later years shall rise up and
call her blessed.
Woman's Need Of Christ.
A woman should be a Christian for
her own sake. She Is called upon to
bear many Of life's heaviest burdens.
She is acquainted with tears, and pain
and sickness, and bitter trouble. Did
Christ ever turn away from a woman
in need? I do not wonder that women
become soured and bitter, and break
down under their burdens, when they
have not Jesus Christ. I do not see
how a woman can afford not to be a
Christian.
The story Of Dorcas shows that il
the love Of Jesus is in your heart 1t
begins to expand, and you are certain
to find something you can do for Je-
sus' sake. A Christianity that is not
active is a misnomer. Faith without
works is dead" You r busy all the
week working for yourself; what do
you do for Jesus Christ? l know that
many good women are busy all day.