The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-17
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
kghth Sermon of the Series on the
Marriage Ring.
1sssi and Boarding House W. Home LIFE
The True Realization Of the Family
Relation Impossible Except
Under the Home Roof.

Ring" series, Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
'iksw q strong picture Of contrasts between
ma hotel and boarding house life, now
1sr home roof. The text was:
And brought him to an inn, and took care
.ss hArn. And on tine morrow, when he de.
Bsrted, he took out two. pence and gave
sssem TO the host, and said unto him. cake
s'asv OF him. and whatsoever thou spendest
noIc, when come again will repay thee"
Luke <, "a and IS.
This is the good Samaritan paying the
brtel bill of a man who had been robbed
and almost killed by bandits. The good
Samaritan had found the unfortunate on
isaely, rocky road, where to this very day
Expectations are sometimes committed
HpBn travellers, and had put the injured
aszn into the saddle, while this merciful
ssl well .to-do man had walked till they
.ssS TO the hotel and the wounded man was
pat to bed and cared for. It must have
isxn very superior hotel in its accommo-
,EStions, for, though in the country, the
landlord was paid at the rate of what in
.ssu country would be four or five dollars
Gay, a penny being then days wages,
md the two pennies paid in this case about
sws days. wages. Moreover, it was one of
shsse kind hearted landlords who are
wrapped up in the happiness of their
gsssts, because the good Samaritan leaves
xAs poor wounded fellow to his entire care,
promising that when he came that way
again he would pay all the bills until the
invalid got we'll.
Hotels and boarding houses are necessi-
hsss. In very ancient times they were I'M
hrywn, because the world had compare
lively few inhabitants, who were not
ngch given to travel, and private hospi-
aaaity met all the wants of sojourners; as
ahen Abraham rushed out at Mamre to
invite the three men to SIT down to a din
snr Of veal; as when Lydia urged the
sSsostles to accept of her home; as when
tAs people were positively commanded to
N given to hospitality; as in many of the
places in the East these ancient customs
~sr practiced to-day. But we have now
hskels presided over by good landlords,
md boarding. houses presided over by ex-
Hssasnt host or hostess, In all neighbour
ksssls, villages and cities, and it is our
specialization that those Of our land sur
JESS all other lands. They rightly be-
'nNae the permanent residences of many
Fcsple, such as those who are without
sS1ilies, such as those whose business
ks~ps them migratory, such as those who
sxs:ht not, for various reasons of health or
Peruliarity of circumstances, take upon
themselves the cares Of housekeeping.
There never has been time when so
many families, healthy and abundantly
nile to support and direct homes of
Sisir own, have struck tent and taken
permanent abode in these public estab-
ka,ments. It ID an evil wide as Chris
srndom, and by voice and through the
Rs0spaper press I utter warning and
hnning protest, and ask Almighty God
N bless the word, whether in the hearing
&C reading.
In these public caravansaries the de-
NOR Of gossip is apt to get full sway.
An the boarders run daily the gantlet
E general inspection - how they look
when they come down in the morning
Ead when they get in at night, and what
hey do for living, and who they re-
srivs as guests in their rooms, and what
ssey wear and what they do not wear and
Ssw they eat and what they eat, and how
uurh they eat and how little they eat.
The whole house goes into the detectivs
ssasiness.' They must find out about him
9HNey must find out about him right away,
N hsleave his door unlocked by accident
~ viii find that his rooms have been in.
9scted, his trunks explored, his letters
sssded differently from the way they were
tslaed when he put them away.
Who Is he' is the question asked with
dnteuser interest until the subject has be
ssrse mon0mania.
II a man proposes in such place to bt
isplated and reticent and alone, they
viyl begin to guess about him. Who Il
~. Where did he come fromS How
asns is he going sto stay? Has he paid
~ hoard: How much docs he psys Ter.
Aaps he has committed some crime, ant
dses not want to he known; there must
b something wrong about him or h
sould speak.
The simple fact is, that he is nobody in
3ursicular, but minds his own business
.she best landlords and landladies can mo-
:Kxnetimes hinder their places from be
acning pandemonium of whispers, and
asputations are torn to tatters, and evil
suSpicions are aroused and scandals start
nd, and the parliament of the family /,
Nown to atoms by some Guy Fawkes who
ssss not caught in time, as was his En-
saish predecessor Of -powdery reputa
xan.
The reason is, that while in priv at
inynes families have so much to keep ther
stusy, in these promiscuous and multi
trdinous residences there are so many VIII
Rave nothing to do, and that always make
mischief. They gather in each 9th err
sooms and spend hours in consultation
about others. If tn ey had to walk hal
Hiie before they got to the willing ear
sNne listener to detraction, they would e
rs of breath before reaching there, and NJ
5kel in full glow of animosity or slande
* might, because of the distance, not go
IA. But rooms 20, 81, %, 90, "a and % ar
IN the same corridor, and when one car
nGn crow goes "caw! :" all the otht
S@Sr it and flock together over the san
snYcass.
those of us who were brought up in IL
0untry know that the old fashioned hate
iag of eggs in the hay-mow required fol-
~ ave weeks of brooding, but there a
ev modes of Matching by machiner
shich take less time and do the work
saolesale, So, while the private hon
nay brood into life an occasional falsi
z,1d take long time to do it, many of Il
ssssrding-houses and family hotels affol
ssxifter and more multitudinous style