The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-15
TRIALS Of HOUSEKEEPING.
DR.. Talmage Talks to His Brook
lyn Congregation on the Above
Interesting Theme.
Martha OF Old Taken az q Text for the
Thirteenth Sermon OF the "Mar-
-lage Ring" Series.

After going as far as st, Louis and Kan
sas City, and lecturlng and preaching in
sixteen cities, and speaking at the Missouri
University and Central College, DR., T, De
Witt Talmage preached in the Brooklyn
tabernacle the thirteenth of the series Of
sermons on "The Marriage Ring" entitled
"The Trills of Housekeeping" The
preacher took for his text;
Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister
hath left me TO serve OloneY Bid her,
therefore, that she help me.-Luke K, 40.
Following Is the sermon'
Yonder is beautiful village homestead.
The man of tho house is dead, and his
widow is taking charge OF the premises.
This Ia the widow Martha OF Bethany.
Yes, will show you also the pet OF tho
household This is Mary, the younger sis
ter, with book under her arm, and her
face having no appearance Of anxiety or
perturbation. Company has come. Christ
stands outside the door, and, Of course,
there is good deal Of excitement inside
the door. The disarranged furniture is
hastily put aside, and the hair Ia brushed
back, and the dresses are adjusted as we'll
az, In no short q time, Mary and Martha
can attend to these matters. They did not
keep Christ standing at the door until they
were newly Nppareled, or until they had
elaborately arranged their tresses, then
coming ont with their affected surprise, 90
though they had not heard the two or three
previous knockings, saying "Why, is that
your" No, They were ladies and al
ways presentable, although they may
not have always had on their
best, for none OF us always have on our
best. If we did our best would not bo
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 alonei lie had group
Of friends with HIM, aud such mn influx OF
city visitors would throw any country home
into perturbation. | suppose also, tho
walk from the city had been n good ap-
petiZer. The kitchen department that day
was very important department, and l
suppose that Martha had no sooner greeted
the guests than she fed 10 that room. Mary
had no anxiety about household affairs.
She had full confidence that Martha could
get up the best dinner In Bethany, She
seems 10 say. "Now let us have division
Of labor. Martha, you cook and I'll sit
down and be good" SO you have often
seen great difference between two sisterg
There IL Martha, hard working, painstak-
ing, good manager, ever inventive Of
some now pastry, or discovering something
In the art OF cooking and Housekeeping.
There Ia Mary, also, fond Of con-
vosation, literary, 80 engaged In deep
questions Of ethics she has no time 10 at-
tend 10 the question OF household welfare.
II IN noon. Mary IL In the pNrlor with
Christ. Martha 10 In the kitchen. Itwould
have been bcttor II they had divided tho
work, and then they could have divided
their opportunity OF listening 10 Jesus, but
Mary monopoizeB Christ whilo Martha
swelters at the fire. II was q very import
ant thing that they should have u good
dinner that day. Christ was hungry, and
he did not often have luxurious enter
tanment. Alas, mel II the duty had de-
yolyed upon Mary, what a ropast that
would have been. But something went wrong
In the kitchen. Perhaps the fire would not
burn or tho bread would not bako, or
Martha scaldcd her hand, or something was
bufnod black that ought only to have bocn
made brown; and Martha lost her patience,
and, forgetting the propretcs of the oo-
cosion, with beswentcd brow, aud perhaps
with pitcher In one hand and tongs
IN the other, she wshcs out Of the
kitchen into the presence Of Christ,
snymg: "Iord, dod Thou not caro-
that my sister hath left me 10 so'yo Nlonoy"
Christ scoldcd not word, n II woro
srolding. should rather have His ecolding
than anybody clso's blessing. There was
nothing acerb. He know Martha had nl-
most worked herself TO death 10 get Him
something 10 eat, and 80 He throws n world
OF tenderness into His intonOton Os ll0
seems 10 say; "Aly dear woman do not
worry; let the dinner go; sit down ON this
ottoman beside Mary your younger sister,
Martha, Martha, thou art careful and
troubled about many things, but one thing
" ncedful." Az Martha throws open that
kitchen door look In and see great many
household perplcxitcs aud anyiotics,
First thoro IL the trial Of non.Opprccia-
tion, Tint " what made Martha no mad
with Mary, The younger sistor had no
estimate of her elder sisters fntlguos, Az
now, mon bothered with the 0nSiotios Of
the store, and office, and shop, or coming
from the sto'k exchange, they say whom
thoy get home; "Oh, YOU ought TO be- In
our factory little while; you ought to have
TO manage eight, or ten, or twenty subordi-
Mates, and then you would know what
trouble and anxiety Orow Oh, sirl tho
wife and tho mother has 10 conduct ut
tho snm0 timo university, clothing
establishment, q restaurant, laundry,
library, whilo sho IL health officer, police.
and president OF her realm, She must
do thousand things and do thom we'll,
In order 10 keop things going smoothly;
and 10 her brain and hor nerves are taxed
10 tho utmost, ! know thoro nrO house,
keepers who aro 40 fortunate that they can
sit IN nm arm chair In the library, or lio on
the belatod pillow, and throw of oil tho
care upon subordinatos, who, having largo
wog0s and great experience, can attend 10
oil Of the affairs Of tho household. Those
ar0 the exceptions, | am apoal,ing this
morning Of Che groNt mNsg Of housckoopcls
tho women 10 whom life ia u struggle,
and who at 30 years Of Ogo look as though
they wore 40, and at 10 look nB though they
were 30 and NJ 80 look ~ though they woro
GO, Tho fnllon nj Chllons, and Austcrlit2,
and Gettysburg, and Waterloo nro u small
number compared with the slain In tho
great ArmNgeddon Of the Kitchen You 20
out 20 the cemetery and you will see that
The tombstones all roNd beautifully poetic,
but II those tombstonoa would speak tho
truth, thousands Of them would say; "lloro
lies woman killed by too much mondius,
and sewing, and baking, aud scruhhing
and acouringi the weapon with which sho
was slain was u broom, or sewing'mn.
chime, or II ludle." You think, o man Of
the world, that You have all the cares aud
anXietiea If the cares aud nnyiptios OF tho
household should como upon You for one
week you would bo III candidate for
llloomingdaln..-I mean insane usylum.
The half.rosted housckceper arises IN tho
morning. She must have the morning re.
past prepared NJ IN irreyocnble hour, What
" tho fire will not lghlY what IL the m,r.
leting did not Gomez what II the clock has
stoppedp No matters ehe muat have tho
morning repaet at an irrovocablo hour,
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