New-York tribune., 1880-10-04
OBSTACLES TO MARRIED HAPPINESS.

Ths Rep T. DeIiu TqllaJe a. ne brooklyn Tabernacle
tITesb yteTiaDj
The Rev. T. Dewitt Ialmage continued his
series OF sermons domestic relations stcrday In the
B,.oklyn Tabernacle As usual there a very large
present and many persons were unable TO
gan admission the cdlice. Tho previous Sunday he
mad preached on Mormon and aud kept his hearers
In continuous ripple OF laughter leSterdIy, however
inc preacher dwet particularly upon domestic re-
lltions in the and hls discourse became so
nhetic that before mad concluded 1t many persons
were in tears Ia plcturlnS perfect Chrstlan home
Mr. Talmage skctched the career or MS lather ana
mother who had lived io,csncr FOR hfty-ninc years He
said that they had lived FOR God each other thor chill
dren and everybody but themselves HI spoke OF the
deathped Of hi. father. and became a cted himself
that he was compelled t. cease speaking. At this time
most of the women and many or The in the church
were using their handkerchiefs freely
and aptrt "f IN, 23t verse: "Tts Is bone of my
hone and nesh Of my flesh" He began by describing
daS IN May in the year /, when Adam and Eve
were married. High Heaven oficatGg He declared
that marriage than civil oontract for all
tho law Backstones tine, ne sald coud not
marry TWO hearts n tho Lord hld not already Joined
them He tnen ds scussed hs obstacles 10 married hap
pness and claimed that the first and most lmportant
one was polygamy. Poiygamy was not alone practsed
Nv Nornous, but by persons who claimed
10 he Christians; and there nos one Cnrstan In
500 who could DENY the ass rt9n that the Boo sane
toned the tnstu ion TIE Bible recognizes poly Samy,
he said but In does Il sauct0n IT, On the con
trary. IN Levens II Is distinctly SET ioTen ,na, no nI
ovsrv man have bis wife and every woman her hus-
Sn The Lord looked after 2 300 600 Israclites for
forty wears whale thev wandering IN the desert
and all that time there was only one case OF poy gamy
among That certainly does n't 'o"k ~ u lie sane
toned H. The frs mention OF poN gamy IN IN blbe Is
the case of Lanrch aud h. by his own coMeeso on. was
pnan one +, hes always up to Ms neck IN trouble
omon and DAVID moved III an atmosphere of depresson
and they woud nave been happier II hey had ao 9sS
lycamy God said, " VIII m Ike h, gmeet & Tor MN,
Mark that II is not IN the Ilural II God bad III
tended that sheuld have more wives than one
Adam would have had RIB left In HE OodV Laugh
teri II poycamy bad been the desire OF God Noah and
ark and thus have saved many women frOm
drowning. Tue Bi0,e is not more thoronshiy
is agnnst p,ygamy. Where 1t exists there may be u
large and sp.ondld house, hut no home God intended
woman 10 be mans 'qual but IN polysanoHs sato
not A hat poetry about the oak ana the IVY Is
false stale aud nat When men are III trouble they go
To their wives aud 10y the courage of the women the
men led back again into commercial prosperity.
! Again all those entertainments which take men away
from home majority of evenings are obstacles to mar
ried happiness. make no ihIiseIlMlhate allhcR OH
! club houses. continued Mr. 1amAgo, FOR indeed
If | had no home should seek out tine
| with families have right To spend then
lime away at clubs have never known a man de
stroyed being too fond OF domestic life. aud when
man likes any place better Than home. then look out fo
| breakers. Who Ould club houses Tue women. They
become nrglrctIul after marriage and surrender al
those ttte arts which 10 up woman hood. tn,
fact iS many women mako tneir charms net FOR Ou'
hanl ana att er marriage the net thrown away oe
hovc unwisr, fretfu women have h"sn nS cause y
the majority nt CLUB hou'os Let woihe'renu 10" lapet
abou Hancock aud Garfield. aud mcn Will Hook to thei
| houses. a,
thr n,lvnrntrs OF Il gct to be bertmcs, and they ar
nearly all spritualitts tell the spirits that II th'.
have any regard Tor hcir reputation they wouu p'.tt
shay where tuty rather than mingle WIN the tte
! lovrrs When people get "athnty" they mgh
! better begin studying the ten commandments
Easy divorce corrupt tei aturc ana nasty words wei
commented by the preacher as sources of domesti
| uuualplnCSs.