The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1886-04-14
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Thirteenth Discourse Of the Series
on "The Marriage Ring"
The Trials Of Modern HouseIseeping--The
Weight Of Responsibility Attending
Forced Economy and the Pangs
Of Misrepresentation.

turned from his Western trip, occupied
the pulpit Of the Brooklyn Tabernacle for
the delivery Of his thirteenth discourse of
the Marriage Ring" series, the subject of
(which was "The Trials of HouselSe eeping,"
A9ld the text:
Rord, dost Thou not care that my sister
haeh left me to serve alone9 Bid her, there
fore, that she help me.-Luke K, 40
Yonder is beautiful village homestead.
The man Of the house is dead, and his
7, widow is taking care of the premises.
This is the widow Martha of Bethany.
Yes. will show you also the pet of the
household. This is Mary, the younger sis
ter, with book under her arm. and her
/ Lac having no appearance of anxiety and
p0-turbation. Company has come Christ
stands, outside the door, and, of course,
there is good deal Of excitement inside
Ihn door. The disarranged furniture Is
AA9tily put aside, and the hair is brushed
ha-'k, and the dresses are ad usted as well
Y !esh so short time Mary and Martha can
atssnd to these matters. They did not
keep Christ standing at the door until they
were newly appareled or until they had
olaborately arranged their tresses, then
csming out with their affected surprise
ds though they had not = heard the
two or three previous knock
ngs, saying: "Why, is that you"
No They were ladies, and wefe always
presentable, although they may not have
always had on their best, for none of us
always have on our best IL we did, our
best would not be worth having on. They
throw open the door and greet Christ.
They say: "Good morning. Master; come
In, and be seated" Christ did not come
alone; He had group Of friends with
Him, and such an influx of city visitors
would throw any country home into
Perturbation. suppose also the walk from
che city had been a good appetizer. The
itchen department that day was very
Important department, and suppose
hat Martha had no sooner greeted the
suests than she fed TO that room. Mary
1 had no anxiety about household affairs.
She had full confidence that Martha could
get up the best dinner in Bethany. She
eemed to say: snow let us have O d.
ision Of labor. Martha, you cook and I'll
i down and be good" SO you have often
u cen great difference between two sisters.
here is Martha, Woodworking, painstak-
jug, a good manager, ever inventive Of
ne new pastry, or discovering some-
( d ing in the art Of cooking and housekeep-
l,-tR. There Is Mary, also, fond of CONVEX
tion, literary, so engaged in deep ques-
,ns Of ethics she has no time TO attend to
B questions of household welfare. Il Is
on. Mary is In the parlor with Christ.
rtha Is in the kitchen. IL would have
IN better II they had divided the work,
2 then they could have divided the op-
ttunity Of listening to Jesus; but Mary
lk 3opollses Christ while Martha swelters
~ be fire. II was very important thing
they should have good dinner that
IN Christ was hungry, and he did not
a have a luxurious entertainment.
aJss, mol II ths duty had devolved upon
IA kry, what a repast that would have
\ m. But something went wrong in the
;hen. Perhaps the fire would not burn,
1 he bread would not bake, or Martha
lded her hand, or something was burned
Z tik that ought TO have been made brown;
y L Martha lost her patience, and for
ng the proprieties of the occasion,
! IN besweated brow, and, perhaps, with
er In one hand and tongs in
WI other, she rushes out Of the
I 81 zen into the presence of Christ,
{ I nS Lord. dost thou not care
Nmy sister hath left me to serve
Il W Christ scolded not word. II H.
n ,colding, should rather have his
ug than anybody else's blessing.
was nothing acerb. He knew Martha
almost worked herself to death TO get
N something TO eat, and so he throws a
brld of tenderness into his information as
seems to say: "My dear woman, do not
Try; let the dinner go; sit down on this
conan beside Mary, your younger sister.
1EIartha, Martha, thou art careful and trou-
Noled about many things, but one thing is
needful." As Martha throws open that
/ kitchen door, look In and see a great
many household perplexities and ankle
ties.
First, there Is the trial of non-apprecia :
ton. That Is what made Martha so mad
with Mary. The younger sister had no
estimate OF her older sisters fatigues. As
now, men bothered with the anxieties Of
the store, and office, and shop, or coming
from the Stock Exchange, they say when
they get home: "Oh, you ought to be in
our factory little while; you ought to
have TO manage eight, or ten, or twenty
subordinates, and then you would know
what trouble and anxiety are" Oh, sir
the wife and the mother has TO conduct at
the same time university, a clothing es-
tablishment, q restaurant, a laundry, a
library, while she Is health officer, police
and president of her realm. She
must do a thousand things, and do
them well, In order 10 keep things
going smoothly; and so her brain
and her nerves are taxed to the utmost.
know there are housekeepers who
are so fortunate that they can sit In an
arm chair In the library, or lie on the be-
lated pillow, and throw of all the care
upon subordinates who, having large
wages and great experience, can attend "a
all of the affairs Of the household. Those
are the exception. am speaking this
morning Of the great mass Of housekeep.
ers-the women TO whom life is struggle
and who, at thirty years Of age, look al
though they were forty, and at forty looh
as though they were fifty, and at fifty looh
as though they were sixty. The fallen al
Chalons, and AusterlitE, and Gettysburg
and Waterloo, are q small number COM
ared with the slain In the great Arma.
eddon Of the kitchen. You 60 out 10 the
Tmetery, and you win see that the tomb.
ones all read beautifully poetic; but II
,oaa tomhatonea would apeak the trutha