The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-03
TALMAGE.
"What Is the IDfiuence of Club
Houses iH American
Cities?
DR.. 1aimsge Prop9unds the Query and
Answers 1t in His Sunday
Sermon.
Every free is Known by His Own FeuIt. >,

BR0oKLYN, n, Y, April 26.-Dr. Tslmage
preached this morning in tbs Brooklyn Tab
ernaole On the subject; What is the infln-
ence of club'housss in A raerican CT ties?"
Before the sermon DR.. Talmags explain ed
the twenty-secsnd chapter OF Proverbs on
the value of coed name which comes from
equipoise Of temper and industry, The
hymn sung was:
Before Jehovah's awful throne
Ye nations bow with sacred joy
The text was Luke vi, Al: Every tree is
known by his own fruit" DR.. Talmsge
said:
Fall pippins do not grow on a crab apple
tree. Choke pears are net fousd In an ORCH
ard OF Bartletts. Christ laid down this pin
cipls. and it is always applicable and every
where applicable. If you want to find
whether an Constitution is good or bad, you
have only to examine the kind of character
1t produces. / remsmbr IN my fathers
orchard there was large apple tree that
yielded luxuriant fruit but it had a hollev
trunk so that we boys could hide in it,
which was the best positisa from which to
oxamine the fruit Of that trss-ia the trunk
-,
ing oatside looking up a, the fruit? WELL"
you say, standing outside and looking at
IL" And so / really believe that those inside
any institution are less competent to Judge
of its tendencies than those who are stand.
ing outside and watching the products per-
petually shaken Down.
am asked what is the influence of the
cluo-h0uses OF this country? 70 the aus.
SeriDg Of that question give the discourse.
Men are gregarious. Cattle in heards. Fish
IN schools. Birds in fiocKs. Men in sJcial
circles. You may by the discharge of q gun
scatter flock of quails or by the plung of al
anchor send apart the denzens of the SEES at
they will gather themselves together again,
liz you by some new power could break the
associations in which men now stand, they
would again adhere. God meant it so. He
bas gathered all the flowers and shrubs into
associations. You may plant one forget
me-notp or "heart's-easen alone, away off
npon the hillside, but it will soon hunt up
some otheri forget me-not" or hearts ease"
Plants love company. Yoa Will fin tnsm
talking to each other in the dew.
GALAXY OF STARS
is only mutual life Insurance. company
You sometimes see man with no out
branching of sympathy. His nature Is Geld
and hard. like q ships mast. ics-glazed
which the most agile sailor could never
climb. Others have thousand roots and q
fhou2and branches. Innumerable tenarils
climb their hearts and bIosssn All the way
up, and the fowls of heayen sing in TIA
branches. IN consequence Of this tendency
we find men coming together in tribes, In
communities, in chsrohes, in societies.
Some gather together TO cultivate the arts
come TO plan fer the welfare of the State
some 10 discuss religious themes, some to
kIndle thar mirth, some to ad-
vance their craft So every active
community is dividsd into asseeia.
tions of artists. OF merchants, of book bind-
eIs, OF carpenteTs, OF mss9ns, of plasterers, or
shipwrights, of plumbers. Do you cry out
against it2 Then you cry out against tend
ency divinely implanted. Your TRADES will
accomplish no more than il you should preach
70 busy snt-hill or bee hive long sermon
agains 81 secret societies.
AL intelligent ages have had their gather.
1ngo characterized By the bluns old Anglo
Saxon designation of club " IL you have
read history you know that there was
Kings Head Club Ben Johnson Club, q
Bro hers Club, to which Swift and Boiling
broke belonged; a Literary Club, which
Burke and Goldsmith and johnson and Bos-
Wei made immortal; Jacobin Club, Ben
Jamin franklin Junto Club. Some of these
10 indicate justice some to favor the arts,
come TO promote good manners, some 70 de-
spoil the habits, some TO destroy the soul. So
now We have club houses and they are as diff
LOOK at two specimens:
What an imperial hallway See, here are
parlOrs on this SIDE with the upholstery OF
abe kremlin and the Tuileries, ard here are
dining halls that challenge you to mention
any luxury that they can not afford and
here aTe galleries with sculpture aud paint
iDgs and hthographE-snd drawings from the
best OF artists, CrcfseY and Bierstadt and
Church and Har: and Carbohydrates for
every mood. whether you are impsssioaed or
PLACID; shipwreck or sunlight over the sea-
Sheridan 9 ride or the MONDAY party OF the
farmers under the tree, fOaming deer par
sued by the hounds in the Adirondscks or
the sheep on the lawn On this side there
are reading rooms where you find ali news-
papers and magazines On that side there is
. lin1ary where you find all books from her
meneutics to the fairy tale. Coming in and
out, there are gentlemen, some of whom stay
ten minutes, others stay many hours. Some
OF r. se are from luXuriant homes. and they
have excused themselves awhile from the do
mestic circles that they may enjoy the large
sociability Of the club house. These are
from dismembered household, sad they have
plain lodging somewhere. but they come
10 this club-room to have their chief enjoy
inert. O1e black ball amid ten votes wiIl
defeat mans becoming a member. For
rowdylsm, for drunkenness, for gambling. for
any kiDc or misdemeanor, q member Is drop
ped out. Brilliant Climb houses from top to
bottom. The chandeliers, the plate. the
furniture. the companionship. the literature
the social prestige, = complete enchantment
ANOTHER CLUB HOUSE,.
Opening the door we find the fumes OF
strong DR. nix snd tobacco. something almost
in tolerable. These young men are at this
Tablet is easy 70 understand what they are
at from the flushed cheek, the intent look.
the almost angry way OF tossing the dice or
Of moving the chips" they are gambling
At another table are men who are telling
vile stories. They are three-fourths intoxi-