The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-11
TIE DOMESTIC CIRCLE.
Home a Safeguard for the Young,
q School, and a Type OF
Heaven.
Tho Ninth Sermon In DR.. Talmage's
''AIarrlago Ring" Series In the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.


read the names Of seventy new members,
making the present number OF commune
oanta about thirty-three hundred. DR..
Talmage took for his text tho following:
90 homo 70 thy frionds and tell them how great
things the Lord hath done Tor thee-hark ", 10.
Following 10 the sermon In full:
There aro great many people longing
for some grand sphere In which TO serve
God. They admire Luther at tho diet OF
Worms, and only wish that they had some
such great opportunity In which TO display
their Chriatan prowegg. They admire
Paul making Felix tremble, and they only
wish that they had some such grand oc-
oasion In which 10 preach righteousness,
temperance. and judgment 10 GOMEZ all
thoy want IN an opportunity TO exhibit their
Christian heroism, Now the apostle comes
TO us and he practically says; III will show
you place whore YOU can exhibit all that
Ia grand and beautiful and glorious In
Christian character, and that ~ the domestic
circle.
II one Is not faithful In an insignificant
sphere no will not bo faithful In q resound-
ING sphere. II Peter will not help tho
cripple at the gate Of the temple no will
never DO able 10 preach three thousand
huhln INV NiAN hlhkAbm Nv wv NNHAiNNnNf
II Paul will not take pains 10 instruct In
tho way of salvation the jailor Of tho
Philippian dungeon he will never mako
Felix tromble. He who Ia not faithful In o
shrmah would not DO faithful In nm
Armagoddon, The fact IL we are all placed
In just the position In which we can most
gandly serve God aud wo ought not 10 bo
chiefly thoughtful about some sphere OF
usefulness which we may aftor willis
gain, but the all-abaorbng question with
you and with mo ought 10 boz "Lord, what
wilt Thou have mo now and horo 10 dop"
There is ono word In my text around
which tho most OF our thoughts will this
morning royolyo. That word IN "iomo."
Ask Ion different men the meaning OF that
word, and they will give you ton different
definitions. To one Il means love at tho
hearth, II means plenty nj tho table, industry
at the worksiAnd, intelligence At tho booka,
devotion at the altar. 10 him II means
greeting at the door and smile at the
chair; peace hoVoring like wings; 10y clap
ping liz hands with laugh or, lie o tranquil
lake. Pillowod on tho rlpploa sleep tho
shadows.
Ask another man what homo IL. and no
will tell You II " want, looking out Of o
ohoerleea iro- CRATE, kneading hunger In an
empty broad tray, Tho damp mir ahiyoring
with curses. No Biblo on tho shelf. Chill
dron robbers and murdyrtra IN embryo.
Obscene songs their lullaby, Every faoo
picture OF ruin, Want in tho background
and sin staring from tho front, No Sab
bath wave rolling over that doorsill. Vos-
tibulo OF tho pit Shallow OF Internal
walls. Furnace for forging everlasting
chains. FnRQota for Nn unonding funeral
pilo. Awful wordl II In spelled with
oursoa, II woeps with ruin, II chokcs with
woe, II swoats with the duNth agony OF do.
Spair,
Tho word "homo" In tho ono caso means
everything bright Tho word "homo" In tho
other case means everything terrific.
shall speak to you this morning OF home
M toat OF character, homo m refuge,
homo M n political safeguard, homo ag .
school, and homo aa q type Of hoaI on.
And In tho first place remark that home
10 powerful test OF character. Tho dia-
position In public may be In gay costume.
vhilo In private it's In deshabillo. AZ play
actors may appear In one way OF the stage
and may appear In another way behind tho
scenes, 90 private character may be vory
different from public character, Private
character 10 often public character turned
wrong aido out. A man may rocoiyo
you into his parlor a. though 10 woro .
di0tillAtion Of smiles, and yot his heart
may bo q swamp OF neitloa Thero aro
business men who oil dny long arc mild and
courteous and genial and good .naturod In
commercial lifo, dAioming back their irrita-
bility and their potulanoo aud their diaoon.
tont, but at nightfall tho dam breaks, and
soolding poura forth In iloodo and froahoto.
Reputation is only tho shadow OF oharao.
tor, and very small house oomotimoa will
cast very long shadow Tho llpa may
SOON 10 drop with myrrh aud oasain, and
the disposition 10 DO au bright aud warm no
q uhoaf Of gunboOmq, and yot they may only
bo magnificent show. window 10
wrotoh6d stock OF goods, Thoro " many
q man who Ia aiiablo In public life aud
amid commercial ophoros who, In u COW.
nrdly way, takes his anger aud hia pculanco
homo and drops thom on tho domestic cir
olo.
Tho reason mon do not display bad tom.
por In public IL because thoy do not want
10 bo knocked down. Thoro mo mon who
hide thoir potulanoo and their irrilablity
Just for tho gamo reason that thoy do not
lot thoir notoa 40 10 pro,eat- 10 docs not pay.
Or for the Bamo reason that thoy do not
want man IN their stock company 10 sell
his stock at loss than Tho right price Lost II
deprsolato tho value. Az al some times tho
wind rigos, no after q uunshiny day thore
may bo tcmpoetuous night. ThOro aro
people who In public act the philanthropiat
who nj homo act tho Nero with respect 10
their elippcrs aud their gown.
Audubon, tho groat ornlthologiat, with
gun aud ponoil, wont through tho forosta Of
America 10 bring down aud 10 akoioh tho
beautiful birds, and aftor years OF toll aud
exposure completed hip manuscript and put
II In trunk In Philadelphia for u fow days
OF recreation aud roet, and oamo back aud
found that tho rats had utterly destroyed
tho manuscript; but without any diaoom-
poburc and without any frot or bad tompor
ho again picked up his gun and pencil and
vigitod again all tho groat forcste OF America
and reproduced hin immortal work.
And yet thoro ero people with the tom
tboueandth part OF that looe who arc utIorly
unroooncileblo, who NJ tho loss OF n pencil
or nm article OF raiment will blow 90 long
and sharp as northeast storm.
Now, that man who 10 ailablo In public
and who 10 irritable In private IL making
fraudulent ovorigeuo Of etock, and bo 10 no
bad ~ bank that might have $4,000 or
$4,000 OF bills In circulation with no specie
In tho vaults. Lot us lonm 10 show pioly
OF homo. II wo have II not thero, wo hayo
II not anywhere. II we have not genuine
Rraco IN tho family circle, all our outward
and public plausibilty merely sprinya from
q foar Of tho world or from tho eliihy, pu-
trid pool OF our own selaehnoes. l toll you
tho homo Ia q mighty teot OF character.
What YOU aro at homo YOU arc everywhere,
whether you demonstrate Il or not.
Again, romark that homo Ia refuge.
Life IL the United States army on tho
national rood 10 Mexico, long march
with ever and anon akirmah aud battle.
AZ oyontidc wo pitch our tent and stack tho
arms, we hang up the war cap and lay our
head on tho knopsack, we sleep until the
morning buRle oills us TO marching aud 10
action. How pleasant Il Ia TO rehearso tho
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