National Republican., 1886-11-29

taken in any pulpit, for II is IN exceedingly
delicate subject, and If not rightly handled
might eiye serious oiIense; but ]. Approach It
have the Divine direction in the matters
piopose TO present II Is tremendous ques.
tion, asked all over Christendom, often asked
with tears, aud sobs, aud heartbreaks, and in
yolyiDg the peace OF families, the eternal hap
piness of many souls: In matters OF church
atlendance should the wife go with the hus-
band, or the husband go with the wife?
First remember that all the evangelical
churches have enough truth In them to save
the soul and prepare us for happiness
into any we'll selected theological library and
will show you sermons from ministers In all
denominations that set forth man as n sinner
and Christ as deliyerer from sin and sorrow.
soul and you are fitted for the here and the
hereafter. The world has twenty-six letters
in,dIs IN Us alphabet and there are only tive
z, s standing for our sin; g
standing for Christ, our rescue, blessed be nis
glorious name foreverl In any church where
and all they stand for you ought TO be edited
and happy. There are differences we admit,
and some denominations we like better than
Others. Bnt suppose three or four of us make
from now In Chicago OIL important business,
and one goes by the New York Central rail-
road, another by the Erie railroad, another by
the Pennsylvania railroad, another by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. One goes this
way, because the mountains are grand
cars aaShsF ape 99s
cause the speed is greater; another takes the
other, because he has long been accustomed to
that route, and all the employees are familiar.
so far as our engagement to meet Is concerned
i makes no difference If we only get there.
Now, any one OF the innumerable evangelical
denominations, II, you. practice It's teachings
although some OF their trains run on q broad
guage, on some on narrow guage-will bring
you at the city OF New Jerusalem:
II being evident that you Will be safe In any
of the evangelical denominations proceed to
remark-frst: If one of the married couple be
a Christian and the other not. tho one a
Christian is bound to go anywhere to a church
where the unconverted companion IL willing
70 go, If he or she will 60 to no other. You, OF
the connublal partnership, are Christian.
You are safe for the skies. Then 1t Is your
first duty to secure eternal safety for your life.
time associate. Is not the everlasting welfare
Of your wife impenitent or your
husband impenitent,. of more importance
that, your church relationship. Is not the
quadrilllon OF years a mighter consideration
to you than the qualification of yonr ecclesias-
tical taste for forty or fifty. years? 4 man or
preferences as to whether he or she had better
go with the unconverted companion to this
or that church or denomination, has no
religion at all, and never has had, and fear
you suppose to be religion, but you are like
Capt. Frobsher, who brought back from his
voyage Of discovery shipload of what he sup
posed valuable minerals, yet, instead OF being
silver and gold, were ling but common
stones Of the field, TO be hurled out finally as
useless. Mighty God In all Thy realm is
there one man or woman protesting religion,
yet so stolld, SO united, SO far gonO unto de lth
that there would be any hesitancy in surren-
deTing all preferences before such au opportu
nifty of salvation and heavenly reunion? II
you, a Christian wife. are an attendant upon
this Brooklyn Tabernacle, and your uncon.
yerted husband does not come here because he
does not like itsprcacheT or It's music, orr Its ar
chitecturc. or its uncomfortable crowdlng, and
goes not to any house Of worship, but would go
II you would accompany him somewhere else
change your church relations Take your
hymn book home with you to-day, Say gOO1
bye to your friends in the nelghbOring pews,
and 20 with him to any ono of n hundred
churches til his soul issayed and he joins you
that ring on the third finger of your left hand
II is, that your Heavenly Father commend the
angel of mercy concerning your husband at
ms S0nyersiop' I've i las as ~ the parable of old "Put
Noletter of more importance ever came to
the great city Of Corlnth, situated on what was
with sculpture and gated with a style of br lss
the magnihcence of which the following Ies
have not been able successfully TO initiate, aud
rcss Of rock 1000 feet high. / say no letter
ever came TO that great city of more import
ance than the letter in which Paul puts the
two startling, questions; What knowest thou
husband? Or how knowest thou,
o man, whether thou shalt save
thy wife?" The dearest sacrifice on the part
ofthe one Is cheap II 1t rescue the other. Bet
ter go to the smallest, weakest, most insignih-
cant church on earth, and be cO-partners In
eternal bliss, than pass your earthly MEMBER
ship In most gorgeousy attractive church while
your companion stays outside of evangelical
privilege. Better have the drowning saved by
scow or slOop than let him or her go down
while you sail by in the gilded cabins of
Britannia or n Great Eastern.
Second remark; If both of the married