TULM I ' II f li'f'i'Ol 'i si i'V
IrilJj VLiLiijf kUUDOI 1.
Dr. Ta!ma?e Preaches the Fifth of
His of Sermon* to
. Women.
How Vashtl Refuted to Obey Aha
luerus and Became a Martyr
to Kirtgiy Insolence.
«-otn« w ftl.» I •••on. Which ETtrjlTomM
t mn l.raru t rum »l»• llltilo bl*»rjr.
IJi'.O' ict r.v, I ehroary • r '. —The annual
pe* e'.t ng in liroon.yn lali«rnacle has
) uat ta ae ti a u 1 the 11 ntal «• xceedfl
ail previous year?, lor the be*t pews
f. 'm, >>, «nd 5* K) jiaid. f'ut
part* ot th* house ar* Kept free, w tbat
no one c.»n truthfully that he cannot
attend (Uurch h»-re lor iack of mean*.
]f in*n«€*nv3 Btrii ( turw twico
a.s Urge it *oa! not con'a;n all who de
hire to worship I.ere i'y the time the
leg.ns ttie s'ree'.J erv# blocked
w.th p |- 'T '■** jwj y
Tho r.ev. T. I'eU itt Talmage, D. D.,
the p. ot'»r. pleached this ruoriiing tho
Lfth in the >eries of hermons to tiie
Women of An. erica, vit'i Important
Hmta to M"Q " Hn si.bject was "'lhe
Ve.l of Modeatv.'' and Life irxt 1 ath r i.
xu. "C/ueeu \ aahti i to come."
He sai'l *
If you will accept my arm I willewort
TOU into a throne room. In this Lfth
Bermon of the fteriei ,l sermons theTe are
«erta'.nly womanly enelienties which I
wish to cojimend but, instead of putting
them in dry ahstraition, 1 present you
their in.personation in >no who scidoni,
if ever g' Ls sermonic recognition.
\\ e stand among the palaces of
k.m. The columns rise festooned and
wreathed, the wealth of empires flashing
from the grooves, tho ceilings adorned
with imaizes of Lir 1 and bea.st, «ud scenes
of prowess ami ion mst '1 ho n aiiaare
hung with shields an l emblazoned until
it s ems that the wi o!e io> n I ot j-plen
dors :fl exhausted. Kach arch isa mighty
leap of
>H HITKiTCRAL A HIEVEMENT.
(;olden stars, shin ru down on plowing
arat.es ue. of en I ronlered
work n which mingle the bimhe.-a ol
the nkv. lie* greennej-s of the gr.i s, an i
the w bite uevH of the s»*a foam lap. st i ies
hung on sim r r ngs. wediiing together
the pi ilaM of ihiil ble. I aVoloh.i re at long
out in evury direttion. Thes«i lor re
pose, tilled with luxuriant  oa hi a. 11l
whieh we .i v lluh a sink until all fatigue
is t>utuni rg' d. These lor  arousal, w here
kings drink down a kingdom ai one
bw.diow A u.a/ing spei tat le l.ight of
s.l\er :r ppine i)« w u o\« r stairs ol ivory
>n hi lei.is of go d. l loors of stained
mar! le, -uiw't r- d .mil night black, and
m.aiil with gleaming pearl. \\ fiv, it
H ems «s il a h •aveni\ vision of amethyst,
and ,at inih, ; nd topaz, and i hry.-opra-tu
h ..| di' 9 ti led urd a i k ted uoon "bus
hau. ii bt eiim as aa . luow of celestial
glory had U. »hrd tlear o*t r heavens
batth .e it's m«>u this nieiro|»o .s oi
I'ersia. n coniie. ton with thspalitie
then* l» a gariii 11, w lit le h Ii r lit \ iu> n
t>! Uirt i. n .ai.' is are Si m »-«1 at a i tujn> i.
I liiler the *pr- ud ol "aU an 1 u en, .'.lid
Ut a la, lhi> tallies ate «.ri. n_'-d. 1 l;e
iT'aiii of hoi.t y sin kie . n ra . n.n. en-e
ti h tiio an. • oiint. ins ie. pup into t e
hgh\ ihw H r.iy m m k lim. .gh with
rainbow* f. ng m ir_\-ta. in* i.apt sia
i:p. .11 low t. i. g dm 's '! • n loi ;
down th.oug i (I nn « » I i. . rble. ;.n I
willing. • t here an th : e into p.i s
sw r h the tini,\ tn i s M . r ign
Hip:aiio: i. i' arid w.th mar .-t an
t n .'i s hvp r . u i -. an i i a; \ i r> d
r.iiiun i. » ' .eats o r.tiisi 1. ri. nd
bt as" s Ok. ng i p .mi wr» a' lis ot
r.ron.a"s . e .-. - .■ w 11 .. p t ' s
ami alun n ;s. ihe .>k v p .e.i .pw tn
npr.» .ts an • ..it 3 u t hg- . n.; i.i.
an 1 p ' • ,r . it' >• - nn > !.-!,• ii v
tw ne.i w.t . . ,ui> ■ t~i . 1i f right
w .t• t . ! ..ai us hi ing th* ;i v . |,,i
bWt . t tig • iilslih- the Mm ill .ii •
bt a * 11.. ' I .it eri s. \i iiie 11 o. a
tin r. ... v > tip nan and uir.ii, in
t- c t... i i.a. i ~|h
t II "I -Sit iitln r 1-s >;■ > if,
an.l !' ... ns .nd :a:. * t is os i .
Tien.-., r >hi he: , : i e I ti V
Ire ks it h' >w i ler i r : -
w m | •, ll ushe .tie *h« t-N t . .>{
the Irani, and lomiei t an a . r
\ ' ' s I e ' > lilt t-o . ■ t. I .
t ' k a e O. .Ot .b, a.. 1 the tt ..g O. tho
dr Ur.ar ■».
In ti • ■ r pot ' f thf ; e' u i
\ us t. is « :.t ra..i.ng in-- i-'i , «•»> »
Itis.a at m 1 ..i u nit l'i ~k n ri->
sa\> t !.:- s rva: , . k -,j
letch »as i lro;ii lh..t (>.u. , • w
wo: in, an i l r.ng n r to - n . t
W: h the Ui n. .h i let me - V \ r
Ita. t\ Ihe >• rv ai.t.s i..
~ .crt t 1 > th** hi s . le.t
there »a« a r ie m « t• -h a - 'v t' '■
no Wnii . ii i, ght iipp . r t u
ont ha \ . .
w . s a n . late t: .t n m ,»«•
uemai t.:al V uiiur in .!»'• . ;
belt.re the n u.t t . .«■ 11 . r. ;,. re
was in \. s: I. j h ill a ;
regal than \hasuerus, nior* . m n
the gy! iOl v .. 5;...;,
the r a.:u i : I'* rs;a, w. . t. j u ,
II r to d:»o * V '. ,» t »j . . r
an i s a . the I I- .-h a:I
lies-, a!.-, u. . ... h ...1 • - s .p
into iue > . e r i s , -.,
woin >: m o :he .a; t . ,
I 'l i" ;n- .\;„i- i. t ~ \t
.
estate, s «:r \»-n fort!
.
>« t t r t .\e 'he . ;p a . r
g ht r.i',.. i>, w : *t. ,;s
II - I -I > l ! • k h , \ ,
!*, i . "I .* -" It.
gjind ii itwiun js h r'jill, t>uL y8
K/H tk«S mOTi*i SsUli iS tlirrre will be
Dii lutudis of men and women, familiar
w.th ;iio i>iol«, *uo wi.i come into ta.i
pKturu ga.ery ol ooi aliU auuure
Tiik DIVISB PORTRAIT OF VASHTI
the tUet n, ashti the veiled, Yashti the
fcji r.' ce. \ aftht- the ti lent.
ir. the first place, 1 w*nt you to look
|3,, *»tiu .lie t t UeeO. A b uo TtOtHJll
(*;j a,, o v* 111 * (>' ui un h* r
lor* h" >1 n >l her queenly f-osition.
11 u *.-> ii h.j.Hil honor to t-u »i; hiii h
• ru* in n .;ut. 11. rK .o th * i u-..e OJ
I *■ r •# • a * the b.a *i o. u• r ,«■ we s
a* a -i, w.y ir.en K»• not hi cv sai y
to !•«.«# All 1 r g 1 r .11 oratT
t« he queen r. \* hen iM a woman
w.th stout a;'.h in *♦>!. putting her foot
u[>on a:l meanness and b'-i shnes ami
poi.e-a i >p ay. vo n.; right forward lo
ktyd i hriai aud the race oy a granu and
g wious mtv ' e, I say : "That woman is
a i t u»fD," and the rank* of heaven look
over ti.u battlements upon the corona
tion, and whether she coino up from tho
chanty on the commons or the mansion
of the laai.icnai le square 1 greet i er
w th the shout, "All hail, Vashti."
WLa» g orv was there on the brow of
Mary of .Notiaud, or Kli/.abeth ot Kng
lan i, or Margeret of f ranee or C'athnri. e
of Ki.asia, compared with the worth of
twine o: our Christian mothers. many of
them gonw into gory ? or of that woman
nifcn'ioned in ttie >eriptutes, who p t
l.«r au into tht» l.ord & treasury or of
r i I.lKali'# 'auahter. w ho made a demon
frtiat.oa of utme.t'.sh patriotism ?~ or of
A 1,14 a I. w ho rea tied toe li*-r is and tio ka
of her husband ?—or of Kut h, who toiled
n ud«r a tropical pun for poor, old, heip
o** > aomi.or of Mrs. Adonaraim.lu i
miii who kindled the lights o! sal vat.on
amiJ llie of hnrmah —or ot
.Xji#. I It-ma 114, who poure«i out t»t-r holy
(?• u. in « mi w hi> h w ill ior-'ver l>»* as
to. lated with hunter a horn, and captive's
 haiu ami i ridai hour, and h.te b thioh,
Hint (Uricw i knell at the dying day ?
and hoiea ami hundreds of women, un
known on earth. who have given water
to the thir-ty. and bread to the hungry,
and medic.ne to the hick, und
f> M J LK* TO THE DISCOURAGED
X
—their footsteps heard alonjj dark lane
aud in government hospital, find in alms
house anl ty pri on ?
'I her* may !>« no royal robe there may
be no paiatul aurroun*un;S. >he d ea
not need the.u, f• »r ail lucn
Will unite with tlie cra hps f
ie*er-j>tru(.k hospita. ai d pi. blotched
l'lriNl.D m greeting lirr as hfie passes:
"iiail! ha.i ! en Vashti."
Among tho ',uet_-ns whom I honoi* are
tin# lumale day bi hool tea«-hers of tLis
11ud. 1 put upon their brow the coronet.
1 hry are the sibters an . lhe
our ~nd (Has, Bi-ieiteio.it ol a
\M>t number of a|>(iliiLv.n s, berause of
ti.nr t hjiuciai inte.lei tuai and moral cn
i ewuienii. There arj in imiio ol your
ho;«'« women more worthy. '1 iiese
perMiua, fcome of them, couu* out iroia
;t.«ueui Ii Hues, ehoosnn te.uh.ll4 a.s a
iiktttul pr"te.-s.sion ; ot lit is, tituiini» that
th-t h » ty« sight and .-tren_tti ar*.- 1.0 so
gwwd a* once, to teaching to lighten
i. * loaii. lut 1 tell you tno hisioi v 01
thw 111.4 nr.iv of the lenirlvr t P. h is 111
U:t» pu -.n boo s w hen Is. v '"I atiit-r is
il«m. ' Alii r the t state w.a S' tticd tho
lanu.y t! at were com tort .ole before, aro
throvtu on their own lesour es.
Ii i» hard ior u en to earn a living in
th sd iv, but it is harder ior women
Iheir he.l ih not so rujgei I, t e;r arms not
i * kiiong. their o} porini..; 1 * iv«t r.
'1 i»wv» i« fSon-, aft* r tie. . -Iv go 1 g
thiou.h the ordeal o! an exami aliou as
to th> ir i_ii.ii. Ik at.ons to teach, ha.i-be-
W. liv ie«l step OVI r the M.l ol the pll .Ir
Ml.oul to « 0 two th.llL'S- in-tMKt t e
y« ting and earn i.n ir own biead. Ler
wi i k i~. w i ai. 11l to the last th-o t-e. 'l he
ii auagement ol torty or tuty talg- tv and
intr.uiaii.eihi.ilr. il, the suppitivaion ol
their Yu.es and tho
DEVELOPMENT OK rilEll'. K.Vt ELLENCIC >,
tho niana.e.nent of rewards and punish
nii-nU, tie s ndmg of s > many i ais >(
k Bp ami i n t»o h coin son hen.gnant
m.mstry, ihe i r akmg ot so manv wu I
vo.U lor the i ar i-s> i f hie. bonds her
i ouie ,t »\ .ik, uur i.ic. unstrung,
that ot a; ill • weary p ..»ple in your
i t es lor live nights oi hi • \v«*e«c, th r:
ar.- no.le more weary tiuin tlie puo.i •
school tearlier-. Now. ir ' o /.> s ..k ,
the;ii ala r chan r. 'throw no o -
stacle-i in tie- way. 1. they couie out
ahead in the r.i«e.  lie- r them. Ii you
want t -initL ny, s.mt- tliem. letei.cn
11s , t!,t y ian tke up tlie t m:gels ior
themselves. Lut keep voar han sof
1 : h.s css w>m a i atlier nay be
dead, but thefe are«.n ugh i rot he is lett
to d> lliill.d all i se. ti.. t til»'V .> t Usth •.
i ;. n a stvile s thr>>w oi tuss i u ld
• there i \ eat> g . one o; the piin
i ; --S -l our p .i-i; cho . -h • i.a i
heen twenty ti »e y*.»t -..t tti • ; >he
na i i tt the t «■;» . i re i.eiuei.t o:i a
mult t ide of the y un •. Mie Ia 1, .u; of
her fcit nilei I ui-e, givei liler.ll y ti."US
«• Ui> i . ■ .o. a. > '.ui tii i > .-1 ut ' v. : o
• •me under the o serv. tion us a sihool
tea*'ht r. A i.ei e.u-1 ■ i thihiren
w-re thrown upon hr h;.:..;5, «nd she
took care ot them. >..*• ;;u> a kind no K
r ui th«_ W 11.. sh •! i i.(11.•: . a ij,.;,>
ii oa: w m inrsing in t , •
s.- . and ..v !.4 r .on ol ne o. the h. u-e
--1"i •. her-- .1 came t > die. . v h «■ os
b a i t e s.. . • time
- ...
C'tvS
' • • ' t. « y who .t t.u i...
»- r ' '' ''j • ' n, an c na\ a the.r i •
4 * • 1 ia t.iv.-U l .■ >o x
cJ the . au.ii
'' ~ r "' '• • s an 1 wlf.vh *ha
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;• r > ' A b.it l.e I: , V , s I I,J M .-- i
"• l '■ • • > **• Ihe rt l,y w ..a
.i. r.a.its t.ie haai'-s oi
TtIK wiv Es : K :n >
.
«■ es:.a Am ••» - Tt '. r .
ever and ever oh. the opportunity
which everj woman h«sof being a queen
1 fie .onger i iive the more I a imire goo 1
womanhood. And I have couie to ;or u
iny opinion of the character of a man by
his appre« iat;on or non app e iati >n ot
woman. It a man have a Uepre.«j*:i idea
of woman y character he is a na i man,
and tfiere is no ex eption to ttie r ae.
Ihe wr.ttng of (.loetho can ue\er ».ave
any tucti attraction for me as
p-are, because nearly ail the womanly
characters of the great Oerrnaa l.ave
some kind of turpitude. There is his
Mar.ana. with her clan n**tine scheming,
and his Mignon. of eval parentage, yet
worse than her ancestors, and h s 1 lier
e«a. the brazen, and his Anrel.a. of many
and his .Nietina, the tarnishe 1,
and L.i Baionesa, and his lo'intexs, an 1
ta»r* is s»eiilom a wotnanlv character tn
ail h « voiuui nous writings that would
i « worhy >A reside nce in a r spe. ta ,e
coal cellar, yet pi. turrd. and dramati/.ed.
aud em uaoned td. A.i the literary worei
is loinpelled to ser». No! No! titve ine
Vs lb mi 11 . v fia kej-peare's idea of woman,
and 1x en iu 1 tstieiiiona, and Coruena,
and f osalind, and Imogen, and He.en.t.
and Hermione, antl » iota, and lsaoeii.i,
an t v, 1\ iu. and i eraita, ail ot them w itu
enough f. ults to prore them hum in b t
enough kiudiy characteiistics to give tis.
law au*htir» idea ot womannood hi
l.aay Miubeth only a dark ii .1 ngro n 1
to taring oat the supreme io.enn~.ss 01
his other feuiaie characters. Oh, Wo uaa
a Amer.ca rise to your opportunity, r.e
no Ma\e to pride, or wor.diiuess, or s.n.
Why erer
(RAn lif TUB DUST
when you can mount a throne? Be
queens unto iod forever, llait Vashti 1
the veiled. Had she appeared before
Ahasuerns and his court on dav.
with her lace uncovered,she would have
shocked all the ies of oriental
fociety, and the very men who in their
intoxication demanded that she come, in
their sober moments "vould have despis
ed her. Assorno flowers seem to thrive
he»»t in the dark iano aatl in the shallow,
and where the sun does not seem to
rea h theiu, so (.iod appoints to
womanly natures a retiring and unob
trusive spirit. (iod once in a while d»«s
tad an fsat e'.la to a throne, or a .Miriam
to strike the timbrel at '.he Iront of a
host, or a Maria Antoinette to quell a
h fetich' mot), or a I>eborah *to stand at
the tront ot an armed battalain, crvang
out: "lp! lp! I his •• the day in which
the Lord wi 1 deavei Sisera into ttiy
hands." Anl wnen woi.eu ar»» ra. e 1
to i-uih outdoor work, and to vim nero c
positions, ("Ol prepares them lor it: an I
thov have iron in tinvr art I l.ch'eu
ineg m their eye,an 1 wmriw.n 1» in iheir
bieath, and the borrowed - e
1 ord Omnipotent in their arm.
They wa.k through turnaie* as though
they were hedjes of wil«l flowers, and
se,ii as ttiousjh tin y were shimmer
ing sapphire, ami all the harpies 01 he!l
Fink down to their dungeon at the sMmp
of their wotnanlv in n_*natiou. Hut these
are except ions. Oen rad v, 1 >orcaj would
rather make a garment for the pi»or i»ov;
iieot'cca would rather lilt the lor
the camels; Hannah won d r.iti.et make
a coat for Samuel ; the llenreur mll i
wool 1 rather give a prescripti»a lor *aa
inan's lepiosy the woman ot .- ar- pia
would r.iiber gather a tew Mirks to i«»ok
a meal lor tarnished 1 11;ab ; I'tieoe w uld
rather tarty a letter lor the inspited
apostle; Mother l.ois wou.«l rather eau
cata limothy in the scriptures. When I
fcee a won.an yoinir a out bet «laily duty
w itii t heeianl dijtnity pre-niing al the
tabU. mi h kind an I g ntle, but Urm
disc.plinw presiding in the nursery ; go
ing out into the wurl 1
WITnOfT KI.AST OP TRUMPETS,
following in the footsteps of Him who
went about i omg'_ood—l siy : "lhis is
\ isht: with a veil t»n. ' But when I see
a wom.n ot unblufchii g boline*s, loud
\a>fed, with a tongue of in'inite clitter
ila'tur, Willi arrngant look, ti ur
tbroajh tno streets with a man aline
sw ng, gay iy prr.-ved in a very huribane
01 mil iiier_v. 1 try oat* '"Vasiiti has
her \a il." U nen Imc a v 0111.111 st; u. g
hng lor political pertermerit, and ieje. t
ing the«lut.os td home as 111 ign.. cant,
and think ng the oil ce.s 01 we, u other,
aud thiagi.to. tU 110 nip-at me a d try
mg to it»rce her w ay oa up into c u
ity, I say: "Ah what a pay ; \ a-bti his
lost her veil." When 1 see awo nan ol
t ninety h attires, and of adioitiu s» o. 111
tellett, ml t lltltiwed with ;tt tn.it lie-
Sehools Can do for one, and ol high >ociai
position, yet uiov.ug .11 Society withsu
peri lhousne.ss and hauteur, as th iigb
she wou.d have people know tneir place,
and an un ie. Ned ttunbination of gaggle
ill I strut, and rodomontade, en '»we»|
with allopathic quantities of ta k. but
( n.v 1•• . eopathi. inhnitesimals of s -as.*,
the terror o drv goods clerka anl rail
road c'h iu tors ,1 s t.»v» reis 01 sign, ticant
i eai in_-s in jiain con vers itioii. prodigies
Oi 1 a 'h-~-an i lnnileu :o I say i"\ ash 1
lias io.>t her \eil.
1 at ! > not inisintorpr t w'aat T say
into a e; re ait.on ot in v\or- of th »s>'
g orio s. n i • 1 vinelv c • t : v. omen who
will liot unaer-tood t.tl after lti»*y art
il ad, worn 11 like Misan b. Anthony,
who are giving their life loi the belter
na nt o: the con Ution • I their s x lb >se
of yoll Who tbintv mat woiuen nave tin
tier the laws 01 t. .s country aa equal
 hance w.th t: en are ignorant Ot :
laws. A gentleman writ s me from
Mary land faying fake the law oi -
■ v t.ite. A uj.iii n i wiie st. r: o . in h «
a.I of I op" ill e\t.ry 1 Spe t . 1 > • '
o lit Otlorts, rn i as is lie-, eat V the
 a-e. taroU,h tne economic 1 leaa ot the
Wile,
SUCCEED IN* ACCriXUI ATJN» A rOUI NE,
t e.t they have no !;■• r a ; ' r
t i 1 age t gether, an l th* 11 the ..a
• a - , wh. t 'loe> t..e i..wo: ' - > i" •
t..eli? Its.to a W. OW ii.il. fc
your late hustmiid's propen> do not
li it. t. e .*»;.•• e w... tin i ot
w . ~i it v. .. g.ve t .at, 1 a'. } t
w. .0 v, m ;>• nt ■ ' only -
.5 v. , ke. L.i? v. '!i 11 v. .
A.. t s ' d •'
• a > i 1..-* I. . \ . t i'
• • . : . - •
'• v . L , . . 1..
s / c r 1 »I.\ v atr ' - * o
deceased living widow.
Now. that ;s a specimen oi un;ust law*
in a 1 the oncerning womanhood.
Inst-ad oi Utin/ oti to the tiia. nation aa
to whether or not the g-v>ng o: the r.g .t
of voting to Hoiuia Witt iorreit thes«
law*. let me aar to men, be gallant
enough, and fa ir enough, and honest
e. i-nd righteous eno .gh, and Ood
lovn.g to correct these wrings
agaius »0.,..t-a by your own masculine
vote I'O rot »tt r woman » itirage to
.ui*e. if ;; eyrr O'f* come, but so far «s
\ou can toaeii ; al.ot b xes. and l.egis
latuie>, an i Connie*-. » beg n t:.e r«:or
. inatiou. but uut.l ju»Ute is donr> to your
t»t x ly tli* laws of ail the Mates and
women ot America take the platiorms
an i pulpits, and no honeraaie ihau wdt
charge ashti w.th I st her veil.
Again. 1 want you th;s morning to
to.i»id»r Vasbti tne tacrit.ce Wto is
tins th»t I see iom:ng out oi that p.\lace
rate o; -hushan ? It teems to lue that I
it. Ye Seen her t>efore. v he comes ho ne
iess, house.rs.>. friendless, trudging along
«!th a l>r«ji' u If art. Who is she? It
is \ aahti thu sacru.t e. U, w hat a change
it was iroai rega. position to a wayarer s
crust. A iittte while ago approved and
sought for , now Quno so poor as to ac-
h.r acquaintanceship. \ ashti
the t trace. Ah, you and i hare seen
it many a Urne. iiere is
A OOMS BMrALACKD WITH BgiUTT.
Ail that refinement and wealth can do
for that home has been tlone , hut Aha
suerus, thw husband and the fa:her, is
tat hold on patns oi sin. He is grad
uaiiy Ko.ng do* u. Atb-r a w h.ie tie \\ J1
houmier aaU struggle like a wild beast in
lim hunters net iurther aw.ty lro u
Ood, iuiiherawayfromtherig.it. >->o:i
the bright apperei of the  h.l .re:i w.il
! turs to rag*; soon ihe household song
will become the 6o!»bing o! a broken
heart. 1 lie old st"ry o\er aga n, i r itat
( eataitri t reaking up the marriage least
of Lap th ihe boa e f .11 of outran ,
and trm lty and abomination. while
Mitring or.li from the pal.ue gate are
Yaiditi said li» r children. I here a;e
homes represented in tins hotiM* tn .i
Uiorning thai ar * in danger ol such a
i
bri-a* n>t up O, *
3bou >1 -stat..; ;n a ho e, b ' a J c »'» 1
life «i»-*tr»»r.ng the f «> e«'i c» • Vrt d
liiat lio.i r (iod fort td tr.at \> t r i:;.-
dfu Should ever have to wrim: lb** r
hands, and have peop e point t ieir rm
f r at them as they pa-« down • h • • tr
• ami say: "lliere pus a dr innards
child ' (iod f>rbid that the iiu.e ieet
>-h aid ev» r have to trudge the path of
poverty and wretchedness. «od !ori>id
that any e\il spirit, born of the wine cup
or the brandy flask, should tone forth
and 1 pr»>ot that garden, and, with a
bLastinjf, blistering, all-consuming enrse,
Fhnt for ever the palace against
\ ashti and the children.
Oh the worm n and men of sacrifice
are going to take the brightest coronals
of heaven ! This woman of the text
gave up palatial residence, gave up al!
I for what she considered right Sacrifice!
Is there anything mor# sublime? A
steamer called the Prair.e lielie burning
,on the Mississippi Kiver. Mludso, the
! enginer. declared he would keep the bow
of the boat to the shore till all were otf,
and he kept his promise. At his post,
Si Olii HKt) AND 11I.ACKKNEI),
he perished, but he saved all the passen
gers. Two verses of pathetic poetry de
. scribe the scene, hut the verses are a
| little rough, and so I changed a word or
two
' "Thrnnch h .t blac-W breath of the burning
.Ituj Ulti.lsoS vonf \\a> Iteanl.
1 An*! they all lia>l iru«t 111 hi*. stul)bf>rr" , «s,
An.) knriv ht* wouM k'-ep lii- woni.
1
j AnJ mi'(;"!> you're born the> all ol
At'»re llic* •>uiokc-»t.H k> fell;
i An l Bimbo'- yhost went tip aliox'e.
In lliu Mitukc of Hit- "i'ruuie licllc."
I'.r wfrpa't nr» t.iint. but at tmlz nent
I'd run m> cbun. •*> «ith Inn,
Aio ol »oiiie |)ioii-» jfontl.'UH-n
Tt at \w u I 'ln't sh.tk.p lian is w i:h him.
llo' 1 »fi-n In* .nty, a lea»l >ur« thing.
And >v*'ut lor it there and then,
' And  hrj-t i» ii"t to be too hard
Oa a n»ati ibat dio! for mf '. '
Once mors: I w »nt vo i to look at
Vasiiti the silent. do not hear any
: out ry from this woman as she goes
i lorth from the pa race gate. Irom the
very dignitv of tature you know
there wid Uu no voci eration S«.me
time# iu 11 f»* it 13 n*i es>ary to make a
retort . sometimes mhie it is n--eejjß.»ry
1 to resist, but there are crises wh 11 t;
rnf»t triumphant thin;: to do is to k-» j>
| silence. The philosopher, confident in
, h « newly discovere l principle, waited
1 lor the coming ot more intelligent gene
•' rations, willing that men shou.d lae_'i»
at tne ro 1, an 1 cotton and
j steamboat v. aitn.g for long years
, through the of ph los'>phica.
Sehoo s. in irrand nt. i ina_*ni?  eat s lence.
tiahtieo. con emn -d 1 v mathemat rians,
and 11 onks, and tardinal>. car.atured
■ ' everywhere y-t wa.tinz at: 1 wat
with h « tei'-sc>pe to e the eomtog up
, of steiUr re.n orceinents w :ien :he tstai ■>
.. in tie r course# woui 1 n_'i.t (or t e  c
permrian s-stem . ti."n hitting down 11
tun plete l.n lness and d>-atne-i« t■> uat
• j 'or the (til. of t.'.e cer.era! ons win
w >ui 1 1 u.i'l t s men jmetr at. 1 to* a
i ' h f grave lu* r ■ .• r re rat" I 1
; k (• *.' i b'-rar.'-s : -t- a* •! 1 .ajl i «rv
l tt. • - O'A Ti '• >OI : 1' 1 1 ..?e ; bHI
, ' inj on l-r hiui uro in : an i' r the r\ ~ri
der* t e prin' n • ! r e.*.A, y. t caiiutV
for tar lay wh*. u
rtK.Tv oy eot'L
an ! h-roism
fc.tr 1 l.oa # oi
■
v• • iipl.iia' a . t•. ;.• ■»-  : the paa_'
an i the v.'j. a- eo: tr »• »a>r.n an 1 ti r.
i. .ol the  . at. 1 ti.tj .• ri'--»
t:.e ji uh: ■>! ..air uat a !.r. • a ti 1
ti a e it rtn t«j - ■- *a- pi■ j
. . h .ah ' • -to-m n r - t~e t ■,
•v.: -• per* " ■ an a
p- n» : . r .-rv e. »♦ v t .
: -t * a n:.. - r «. . . r ;;. trr
ar *;■. in ah-i en v » -
1
.a .«> ; \a" « e\. r •>• *h' >t
. ... „ t
e > e ;j
.
1 »r - . i»- .in Urn'. a . .1
-AD£C!» Hi» chariot wheel, _
AB'I l»"r* Hiro to Mi* tarone;
Then -wcj.i their col.Un k*rp» a«4 taag
Tue gionoui work »« U««c."
\n Arctic exp'orer found a ?hip float
ing helpl a>ly about an ong the iceberg*.
au ,i - u .ng oa t>oard he foun i that ttie
01 . ta.u «as froz a at the wheel, an 1 the
•u.euonthe iookoat were frozen vn the.r
nl-c. »* That w a> awfui. but magnificent.
\1 the Art tic bla>ts, and ail ttie
rouli iot ■ r;\e th»m from th*ir duty.
J h ir si ence was louder than thunder.
' And this o.d ship of a world has many
hi me.r |hi• tj in the awful chill of ne-
IR.evt MIH! frozen oithe world's scorn, snd
t.ifir t> .em e shall be the eulogy of ths
tt.rs and bs rewarded long alter this
wc«th r ! e.«t« n craft oi a planet shad
liiw iiailv last voyage. ( ,
1 th.in* "od that ti.e mightiest mfiu-
p n f.i .«re iti» nio I silent. 1 tie nres in
the iur:i.it e of a factory, or of a pteani
► >,:p r .-r though they only move !a few
or i it;« thousand tons, but
TIU: SIN THAT WAEiIB A WORLD
r;> smi 1 sets without a crackie or faint
.>t sound I'rsvelers visiting Mount
I n i .iv iru hrard of t:.e g.ories oi sun
n>« on t .at went up to. spend the
n;_i;t tiiere. and se.* the sun rise next
i,.,ii n_», t-ui when it came up it was so
i.ir i»» inn 1 their anticipations they aitu
aly h.ss d it. The ui.,htiest influences
to iiar -rw I ks ttie planetary system—
couip.etely s.lent. l'ont hiss the sun!
U. woman ! does not this st*>ry of
Ya*hti the queen, \ ashti the veiled,
Ya»hti the sacrihce, Yaahti the silent
move your soul ? Mv sermon converges
into the one absorbing hope that none
of rou may be shut out of the palace
gate of heaven. You can endure the
har isiups. and the privations, and the
«rue.tics, and the misiortunea of thistle,
if vou can only gam admission there.
Through Hie blood of the everlasting
covenant you go through those gates, or
never go at all.
When Koine was besieged the daughter
of its ruler sa.v the golden bracelets on
the left arm of the enemy, and she sent
w»rd to them that she would betray her
dty. and surrender it to them if they
would only give her those bracelets on
their loit arms. They accepted the prof
fer, and by night this daughter of the
ruler of the city opened one o: the gat-'S.
Tne army entered, and keeping their
p omise. threw ujnm her I heir bracelets,
an 1 also their shields, until under their
Height she died. Alas, that ail through
the ages the same fo.ly has been repeat
ed. and lor the trinkets and ghtl ring
treasures of this world men and women
swing open the portals of their immortal
soul ior an everlasting surrender, and die
under the shining submergment.
i hro igh me rich grace oi our I or*!
.lesns t hrist, may you b* enah ed to
imitate the example of Rachel, an 1 Han
nan, and Abigail, and IveiK/rah, and
Marv, and Yashti. Amen!
IKE BELMCKT HOTEL,
11 it KOI: Y, N J.
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