The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-15

was giving too many nights 10 Christian
service, TO charitable service, to prayer
meetings and TO religious conyooa'
tion, She Systematically decoyed HIN
away, until now he attends neither
this nor any other church, and
IL on a rapid way 10 destruction
his morals gone, his money gone, and,
fear, his soul gone, Let any Christian wife
rejoice when her husband consecratea
evenings 10 the service of God, or TO char
| ity, or TO art, or to anything elevated but
| lot not men sacrifice home life TO club life'
| have the rolls Of the members Of great
many of tho prominent clubs OF these
cities, and can point out TO you great
many names of men who ara guilty OF this
saorege They are as genial as angels at
the Clubhouse aud as ugly as sin at home
They are generous on all subjects Of wlne'
suppors, yachts and fast horses, but they
are stlngy about the wlfo's dress and the
| chidren's shoes, That man has made that
which might be u hellthful recreation a
usurper Of his affections, and ho has mar
| ried ID, aud he is guilty Of moral bigamy,
Under this process tho wife, whatever her
features, becomes unlnterestlng and home
! ly. lie becomes critical of her, does not
| like her driss, does not like the way sho
arranges her hair ls amazed that no ever
was 40 unromanti as TO oifor her hand and
heart Sho Ia always wanting money,
money, money, when she ought 10 be dis
cussing Dexter and Dorby Day, and En-
glish drags with six h orses, all answering
the pull OF one "ribbon."
tell you there are thousands Of houses
In Brooklyn and New York being dubbed
TO death There are Club.houses In these
cities whero membership always involves
domestic shipwreck, Tell mo that man
has Joined a certain club; tell me nothing
more about him for ten years and viii
wrlt0 his history II he be still alive. Tho
man Is wino- gu2zler his wife broken-
hearted or prematuroly old, his fortune
gone or reduced, and his home mere
name In the directory, Here arc six secu.
lar nights In the week, "What shall do
with thomY" says the father and the
husband ~ will give four Of those
nights to tho improvement and ontertain-
ment Of my family either at home or In
good nelghborhood; will devote one 70
charitable institutions; | will devote on9
TO the club" / congratulate you. Here is
man who says ~ viii make different
division Of the six nights, viii take three
for the club and three for other purposes"
tromblo. Hero Ia man who says; "Out
OF tho six secular nights OF the week will
devote Ave 10 tho Clubhouse and ono 10
tho homo, which night / will spend In
scowling like u March squall, wishing
was out spending II as l had spent the
othor ilyo." That mans obituary ID writ
ten. Not one out OF ton thousand that
over gota 40 far on the wrong road over
stops Gradually his health viii fail
through late hours and through too much
stimulants. Ho will be frst-rato prey for
orysipOlas and rhumatlsm Of the heart
Tho doctor coming In will at glance 500
II Ia not only present disease ho must fight
but years Of fast living, Tho clergyman,
for the sake Of the feelings OF tho family
on tho funeral day, will only talk In rolig-
ious goncralitics, Tho mon who got HIS
yacht In tho eternal rapids will not be al
tho obsoquies. They will have pressing
engagements that day. They will sond
flowers 10 the coffin and send their wivos
10 uttor words Of sympathy but thoy will
have engagements elsewhere, Thoy novcr
come. Bring mo mnlot aud chscl aud
VII cut on the tombstone that mans opi-
tuphi "Blossed arc the dead who die in
the Lprd,n "No," you say, shat would
not be appropriate" "L,t m, dlo tho
denth of thp righteous, aud lot my last end
bo Hike his" "No," you say, "that would
not bo appropriate" Then give mo the
malct aud chBpl, and viii cut an honcst
epItnphi "llcro Hos the victim of u dis.
spatng C'ul.housp,n think that damage
h often done lay the scIous of some aristo.
cratic family, who belong to one Of those
| dissputns CIub'hpusos, People coming
! up from humble classes feel II an honor 30
belong TO the snmo club, forgetting the
fact that many Of tho sons aud grandsoni
! of tho largo commercial establishments OF
tho last generation are now, ns 10 mind,
imbocilo; Os TO body, disoased; US 10
morals, rotton,
Another tast by which you can Gnd
whcthcr your clubs Legitimate orillcgti.
| mate-.tho effect 10 has on your secular oc.
cupation can understand how through
such an institution n man can roach COM
morclu success. know some mon have
formed their bcst business relations
through such channel, II the club has
adynntngOd you In nn honorable calling II
IL a Legitimate club, But has your credit
| faiodS Arc bargain makers moro cautious
how thoy trust you with II bill Of goodsi
| t.. V,.n a. Kphnan "A N "A 1nWu La
tho commercial agency Az before they on.
tcrod the club been going down since IN
commercial standngY Thcn look out,
| You and overy day know Of commercial
establishments going 10 ruin through the
social oxocssos Of ono or two members,
| Thoir fortunes beaten TO death with ball
| playor's bat, or cut amid ships by the front
prov Of the regatta, or going down under
the swift hoofs Of the fast horses, or
drowned In large pototions Of cognac or
Monongnholn, Thor Clubhouse was tho
"Loch Enrn.n Their business house wni
tho "vlllo du Havro,p Thoy struck and
tho "VIllo du Havron went undor.
A third test by which you may know
whothor tho club 10 which you belong, or
tho club 10 whose membership you aro in-
vItcd, Ia n Legitimate club or an illeglti-
mato club, Is this; What Is It's effect on
your sense Of moral and religious obliga-
tionS Now, II should tako the names Of
all tho people In this audience this, morn.
ing and put thom on roll, and then l
should lay that roll back Of the organ, and
hundred years from now some one should
tako that roll and Gull II from A 10 Y there
would not DO ono OF you answer. l say
that any association that wakca me forget
that fact 10 q bad association. Whom ga
to Chicago am sometimes pelpieXtd nj
Buffalo, as | suppose many travellers are;
40 TO whether 10 ls bctter TO take the Lake
Shore route or tho Michigan Central,
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