Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-27
COUNTRY HOME
CONDUCTED BY, MRS VI. FELTON,
& Word to Cheer the roiler

There are millions of people going
through life without ever hearing
word of gratitude or a cheer of gen
erous commentator. Sometimes they
hear criticisms which are unkind and
cruel-when they are trying to do
something or advocate something
which will make the world better
or ease the burdens of those who are
borne down by the heat and fatigue
of the day Even those who are
conscious that their worth has been
apparent and recognized, very OFTEN
must wait until they are dead be-
fore their virtues are commended.
The story of the woman who
anointed the Savior with fragrant Oil
illustrates my viewpoint. She I'M
derstood that He was being fought
by the Scribes and Pharisees, and
that their enmity was even reaching
out for his life. She was woman
of the East, who were kept in Sc
clusion and yelled when they were
in public places. But this woman
dared to go into public place, and
offered her tribute in an humble,
but consecrated, way. The Master
said, Wherever tbis gospel is preach
ed this woman will be known-as
she deserves to be known.
Why should we not recognize the
heroes anu ueIOlueS llO" VIC CUAO
gize the great financial gifts of a
Rockefeller and Vanderbilt, when the
widows mite is more costly to her
impoverished condition than liberal
share of great wealth.
who longs for comrades bugle
blast
After the peril of Alpine heights IS
passed;
What need that the squirting paean
roll
After the runner is safe beyond the
goal.
High praise is eulogy's blandest
breath
When whispered in ears that are
cold in death.
No, no. If you have but one word
of cheer,
Speak it now, when I'm alive to
hear"
The woman with the alabaster box
of ointment received her word o.;
cheer by our Savior's recognition OF
her ministry. He said, She has
what she could, and ''Wheresoever
this gospel shall be preached through
out this world, this also, which she
has DONE shall be spoken as a me-
mortal of her"
This incident is a fitting answer
to the captains critics who deny
to women any part in the services of
the sanctuary. They would assume
to themselves all the 1onors as
we'll as all the privileges of public
worship and relegate the women of
the congregation to the duties as
we'll as the sacrifices of church to
work. For centuries this unfair d.
vision Of labor and it's rewards have
been going on. Modern chruches
- +l-a sxoi,
of the largest religious denomina-
tions in Georgia are giving "Laity
'Laity Rights" for men have been
granted without question-but wom-
en- were continually pushed back
and the polite ecclesiastics would
say, "Women can only serve God,
harmously with His will"
The Scribes and Pharisees, in the
Masters time interpreted the will of
God, after their own desires and de-
examinations. They looked with
scorn on this pious woman who
made her way into a crowded place,
lied with men-scoffers and tyrants,
Who were then engineering a plan to
Nazareth. There in the crowded
1all-she awaited the Master a few
lays before his crucifixion. While
these men, went the usual way to
death and dust and oblivion, this
woman's memorial is fresh-always
in season-and always tribute
! from divine love and majesty-to
the loyalty of Christian women.
John the Baptist, had a eulogy from
the Christ also. When Herod put
him in prison he was largely for
gotten. It was a vain, dissolute wom-
an who demanded his "bloody head
on a charger"-and the Scribes and
Pharisees had no complaint to make
against the daughter of Herodias.
For half a century the women ct