The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-10-04

Plymouth Church'was crowded yes
terday both at the morning and the
evening service. There was nothing
remarkable in Mr.. Beecher's morning
sermon = hut in the evening he preachr
ed from the eighth chapter OF Genesis q
somewhat singular discourse on matri-
rnony and the ill-advised marriages.
He would say to all-young men, stand
TO the custom. and the religion of your
fathers. Many men get wives, and get
with them the itch and a cursed relig-
ion. Canaan is now every where
where Mammon is God. Where a nAaLA
gets a good AgiIs he wants nothing
more in this life. MaFriage is n thing
mol to be rushed into but cautiously, re-
Iieiously and discreetly performed:
The religions idea was conveyed as all
that wis rich and good in the family.
and we have got to hold on to il by our
hearts as we'll as by our heads. Some
people get married OUT OF bounding
passion, but he never saw onethat was
glad. The men who do so have, q
Wretched time OF il, but what kind OF a
time must the women have? Men ike
TO spite each other although they hurt
themselves. This passion of spite also
enters into the household, and even into
political parties, 1t'sthe law of human
nature, not the law of politics. Acting
impTudenly and enviously for the
purpose Of splitting neigh Dor Is only
another way men have for spiting them-
selves. The speaker here made another
reference to the life OF Jacob, who, he
said, lay upon a single stone, which
accoftling. Ito vi our - ideas, must
have been uncomfortable. But the
man who can, do this Ia better than
he who has all the luxuries. The
0RNnVNH lfNNln nj THAR life in
pairing the couch or their food. He
had watched them in his lawn, and a
peck and a wipe OF the bill put an end
to their labors after breakfast. The
speaker would rather sleep and dream
as Jacob did on the stone, than sleep
down. Men who dream cannot sleep
soundly, 1t is one part sleeping aud
another part awake.ltIL is a PROOF OF
some ph ysIcal imperfection Of the body.
A drunken man once dreamed he went
to shell, and, what he supposed he saw
there had such an. effect on, him that
he forsook his cups and became a
Christian, This occurred in Massa-
chusetts. Dreams, therefore, some
times do some good, but very rare
ly. Better have a settled mind and
no dreams at all.alThe speaker again
read that Jacob. walked out of his
sleep and poured oil on the stone and
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thenceforth il should be Gods house.
Thus far the history Now, he would
show them how to draw some pro ottable
lessons from it. He then returned to
the question of marriage, pointing out
the great dangers arising out OF i'll
chosen marriages. Marriages should
be founded upon qualities that will last,
rather than upon the mere ties of afiec-
ton. When a man mounds household,
il ought to- be- tdone1-upon moral
grounds. JTHe that SO selects9 will
make II household a. blessing, Though
some people may be- very apromi-
nent in church, matters, and yet not
very well adapted for good husband
or n good WIFE % When the foundation
is properly laid in the household 'atfec-
ton, arbitration and even interest will
follow. II there be any disposed 10
take the daughters OF Canaan, he would
tell them TO go back othe household of
their fathers, for it was not wise to mix
religion. He that marries a woman
first, aud thinks he can change her re-
ligion afterwards, knows little of yhu-
man nature. Many who hang their
ambition upon those above them think
ing that they will draw themselves up
thereby, often lind themselves mistn-.
ken. He would recommend all there
fore, TO go back TO tie lund OF their
fathers, to take partners for life from
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the same denomination. aE aiHI rJIi
- Mr. Beecher then proceeded to. give "a
little practical advice 10 his hearers,
saving that IL matters little how we
spend our early life II at last weturn to
God. Nobody SO rich as he who. Is
obliged TO lay his head upon God as
pillow. He that sells his manhood
buys mess Of pottage. Let all there
fore, Jay their heads upon the stone
and sttE RsE Of G9d to bear srd5 them gsi4 safely
The speaker next reminded some of
his hearers Of the promises which they
had made to God, some when they were
in foreign cline suffering from
fever, and others while they were lY-s
ing on, the battlefield. He 3WOuld ask
whether the promises, thus, made had
ever been fulfilled : IL not, he would
ask the young people In his charge TO
read when they went home the eighth
chapter OF, Genesis, and ponder over it.
Couldiany man do better than this Z
The speaker then gave5a little Of his
own experience when in England, and
closed his most renArkable discourse
with an earnest prsyer.5dT The church
was crowded, and the sermon listened
TO with attention, though during the
delivery OF that portior of II which re-
ferred to the marriaged There was a sup
pressed titteriDg among't the ladies. %.
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