Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-08
Tn Wives Laid Down BY Rev. Or
Talmags.
FIFTH OF THE MARRIAGE RING SERIES
Sound Advice For Husbands Guidance
--- Things in Their
True Light.
Special 10 he RsciStcs.

ton OF Sarah, her age the Ouiy "ONu
age mentioned in the Bible, implying that
irouisi,iveness on that subject is an i'm
pertinenee. The hymn sung was:
"Blsst be the tie that binds
Our hearts IA Christian love-
To day was moving day in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle. Once a year the pews are
rented, and while many retain their old
seats there are many changes seen to-day.
At the annual rental DR.. Tucker paid
$3.50 for first choice Of a pew,
making his rent come to
about nine hundred dollars; Mr.. Everett
paid Sj25 for the second choice OF pew,
making his rent about seven hundred dol
lars. The premiums and rentals were
larger this year than ever before, and the
income will be about thirty-one thousand
dollars. All the psws in the galleries ex-
cept the four front rows are free, 60 that
the church Is conducted on the two plans,
the free and the rented, aud no man can
ssy he may not attend because he has not
the means.
The text of the sermon was from Genesis
xiv. So: And Isaac went out to meol-
tate in the field at the eventde; and he
lifted up his eyes and saw, and, behold, the
csmels we're coming" Following is the
sermon in full:
ABRIDAL PAGEANT
on the back of dromedaries The camel
is called the ship OF the desert. Its swing.
ing motion in the distance is suggestive Of
a vessel rising and falling with the billows.
Though awkward, how imposing these
creatures as they move along, whether IN
ancient or modern times, sometimes carry
ing four hundred or four thousand travel
ers from Bsgiad to Aleppo. or from Bas'
sors to Damascus. In my text comes q
caravan. We notice the noiseless step OF
the brosd foot, the velocity Of motion, the
CAV ompsrison Of saddle and girth and
awning, sheltering the riders from the sun;
and the hilarity Of the mounted passeIn,,
gers; and we cry out, "Who are they
Well, Isasc has been praying toT q wife,
and it is time be had one tor he IS tcrty
years Of age; and his servant, directed by
the Lord, has made selection OF Rsbekshi
and with her companions and maidens,
che is on her way to her new home,
carving with her the blessings OF ali
her friends. Isaac is in the fields
meditating upon his proposed passage from
ctEbacy to monogamy. And ne sees a
speck against the sky, then groups OF peo-
ple, aud oter while, he finds that the
grandest earthly blessing that ever comes
to man is approaching with this gay car
svan. The drivers cry "kneer to the
csmels and they kneel, aud putting her
foot on the neck Of the stopping beast the
bride dismounts and greets the man who
Sas as worthy of her Rs she was worthy OF
him. And Isaac went out to mediate in
the field at the eyentide; end h6 lifted up
his eyes, aud saw, and behold, the cGmels
were coming
In this 6tn discourse on The Mar
risge Ring having spoken Of the choice
of a lifetime comIaniop, taee it for
granted, 0 mar, that your marriage wss Di
vinely arranged, and that the camels have
arrived from the right direction, and at the
right time, bringing the one that was in
tended for your consort, q Re5ekah and
not Jezsbel proceed to discourse as
to how you ought to treat your vile, and
my ambition is &c tell ycC more plain
truth than YOU ever heard in ANY three
quarters Of an hour in all your life.
First Of al, charge you
REALIZE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
in having taken her from the custody aud
care and homestead in which she was once
sheltered. What courage you mus, fave
had aud what confidence 10 yourself 10
say to her practically: Il will be TO you
more than your father and mother, more
than all the friends you eve: had or eveI
can have. Give up everything and take
me. feel competent 10 see you through
life in safety. You are an immortal be
ing, but am competent to defend you and
make you hsppy. However bright and
comfortable Q home you have
and though in Que OF the
rooms is the arm chair II
which you rocked, and in the gsTret .s th'
cradle in which you were hushed and the
,rundle bed in which you slept, and in tbs
sitting room are the father and mothtl
who have got wrinkle faced and stooP
shouldered and dim eyesighted in taking
care OF ycu, yet you will do better to come
with me" 1 am amazed that sDy OF u
ever had the subimity of impudeGce Il
ask such transfer from q home ASSURED
to home conjectured and unbuilt.
/ You would think me very daring aDC
hszardous edgentgrer ii / should 90 doSI
10 one Of the piers on the North River, ant
at time when there was vas q great lscI
Of ship captains, and should, with n
knowledge of navigation, propose to tax
a steamer across to Glasgow or Havre, an
say, "All aboard! Haul in the plank
| aud swing ort,' aHi passing out into th
ses plunge through derkps8s AID storm
It l succeeded in getting charge Of on
that would be the ship thss would never b
heard Of Blu, that is the boldness Of ever
man that profers marriage He says:
will navigate you through the storms, th
[ cycloucs, the fogs Of q lifetime. | will ri
clear OF rocks sud icsbsrsa have 10 e.
perieuce and | have no seaport, bnt a
aboard for the vo;sge Of lifetime!
sdmit that there have been ten thoussu
sh;pwrecks ou this very route, but don
hesitate Tut Tut There nov! Don
cry Brides @ust rot cry at tte ve
ding.
nan RESPONSE.
In response to this the woman, by b
J action. practically ssys i have but o.
lite to live. and sntrust it sll to you. y
arm is weak, but l will depend on Il
strength Of yours. don't know much
! the world, but rely on your wisdom.
! put my body, my mind, my soul, my tim
eternity, in your keeping. make no 7
serve. Even my name 1 resign and Ia
yours. though mine is : nspe the: auggei
sll that was honorable in my father, 81
8 all that was good in my mother, and {
e that wss pleasant with my brothers 81
d sisters. | start with you on journ
e which shsll not part except ct he edge
!, your grave or Aaias Bath, the Mosbite
made no more through self.sbnegati
: than make, when ! take her tremeudc
F" words, the palnos o. -..cn many centa.
e have not cooled; 'Entreat me not to les
a | thaa nr 70 raLrnn f-a-. 4oilnvind sf