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قراءة كتاب The Witch Hypnotizer
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of Hosts. Jeremiah 1, 31.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord. Proverbs xvi, 5.
I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. Isaiah xiii, 11.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down. Isaiah ii, 11.
Why draw this color line so tightly? What of this outer covering? Have not these people immortal souls which may be white as the whitest; and in many cases, brilliant talents?
The Witch remembered a circumstance where a king of oratory, holding a high official position, was debarred from sitting at table with a ship's crew on account of this same color, which was only a heavier shading; and is not all creation a matter of shadow and coloring?
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. Acts xvii, 26.
A shabbily dressed woman came in. The stamp of labor was on her gloveless hands, and she looked weary, indeed. But no attention was paid her whatever.
Then came two flashily attired females. No less than five gentlemen arose to offer seats. Were they more in need of rest than this poor laboring woman?
Ah, well! perhaps they were more heavily burdened with their follies than she with her cares.
For once the Witch was too busy with many thoughts to concentrate her mind on any individual in particular, and passed on and out of the car to finish her day's work.
CHAPTER VI.
She went in to a business establishment and made her way to the office. The proprietor, a busy man of the world, was at his desk. He looked in surprise at the cage of birds; a rather unusual place, certainly, to attempt the sale of a bird, the business house of a man without family.
"I have no use for pets myself, and have no one to give them to."
No one? Then memory stirred; he thought of the one whom he had so cruelly wronged, and of his innocent child in disgrace. Why were these new and better impulses taking possession of his mind? He did not know, but the Witch did.
She saw the result of her work a few days later when his marriage notice was published in the paper. Another family put to rights.
CHAPTER VII.
Next, a respectable looking place that might belong to the occupants, for there was not that unkempt appearance about it that is peculiar to rented property.
Our Witch opened the gate and went in. A scowling woman came to the door who looked daggers at the unwelcome peddler, and said she would not have one of those noisy birds in the house.
About this time her tired-looking husband came home from work, and judging from the tirade of abuse heaped upon him, it was evident that she certainly would not tolerate any noise about the premises that she could not make herself.
It was only a matter of time when this quiet, hard-working man would tire of his home life. Husbands with such life partners are not so much to blame if they do prefer the company of other women, the gambling dens and saloons, or any place rather than their homes.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Proverbs xxi, 9.
How many wives, instead of trying to make home attractive, drive happiness away with their cruel tongues?
Who have said with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own who is lord over us? Psalms xii, 4.
Hold thy tongue. Amos vi, 10.
The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity.
It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii, 6, 8.
A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Proverbs xv, 1, 4.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, as even God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians iv, 31, 32.
The Witch is yet at her work. She proceeded on her way, thankful that she has made one less shrew in the world.
CHAPTER VIII.
On her way along she observed a boy sitting on the walk near some shrubbery. He seemed very intent on whatever he was doing. She approached nearer and saw a poor butterfly denuded of its wings lying quivering in his hand, and he was looking at it with the most intense satisfaction.
"My lad, do you know that—
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. Proverbs xv, 3.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. Proverbs xx, 11.
"Understand that it is sinful to torment any living thing."
The boy slunk away, realizing for the first time that it was wrong to torture anything so small as a butterfly.
The disposition to torture seems to be inherent with many boys and if allowed to grow on them will in time predominate over all good impulses, and prompt them to commit the most terrible crimes.
For the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. Ezekiel vii, 23.
If they were taught to cultivate will power to subdue these evil impulses what a blessing would be derived! How prone to wickedness is all human nature, and how much we need to pray for help to overcome it!
Watch and pray. Matthew xxvi, 41.
CHAPTER IX.
The Witch noticed a girl in the regulation uniform of white cap and apron marshalling several children. How oft seen in the want column: "A nurse girl who will wear the cap." Why was this headgear exacted as a badge of servitude? Why ape the Old World customs?
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. Jeremiah xiii, 18.
Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem and take off the crown; this shall not be the same; exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. Ezekiel xxi, 26, 27.
And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. Isaiah ii, 11.
Was not this government founded on the principle of equality? Did not the Pilgrim Fathers estimate one good as another if their righteousness was equal? And the distinction was made only between good and evil doers.
A nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God. Isaiah lviii, 2.
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. Jeremiah xxxiv, 16, 17.
Then, again, should it not be more essential for these mothers to look more after the morals of the persons who were to be companions for their children and to be less watchful of Mrs. Grundy's edicts?
For the customs of the people are vain.
They are altogether brutish and foolish; the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
They are vanity, and the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Jeremiah x, 3, 8, 15.
The Witch recalled an instance where a distinguished political leader married a sewing woman, and his bride was ostracized from society