, 1886-03-07
DR.. TALMAGES SERMON.
EIGHTH DISCOURSE ON THE MAR
RAGE RELATION.
The Evils Of Boarding House Lifc-Ii
Means Decentralization Utter and Com
piete. TO Recommendations tho Grand
est. MJgbtIcst Institution ON Earth.

est, MDghticst Institution On Earth.
B~RooKLYN, Feb. es-Dr. Talmage
preached the eighth Of his series Of sermons
ON the marriage relation TO an immense
throng at the Tabernacle this morning
After the cornetist had led In Praise Col
from whom all blessings flow Mr.. Talmage
opened with prayer. 40 God, we thank
Thee that IN the revolution OF the days we
have been brought to another golden mile
stone-the Christian sabbath-day Of all the
week the best-emblem OF eternal est-an
we pray Thee that this may 10 the point at
which shall center all grand and gracious
influences, great good this day be accom-
plished, and our souls p%rofited and BLESSED,
and the results Of this service be everlasting.
We ask II for Christ's sake.n
After reading the announcement for the
week, the preacher said.
This Is the time when We make our Offering
TO the Lord, for his goodness and mercy.
Our collection will now be taken. and for
five minutes there was n clinking Of coin to
the beautiful cornet solo.
Then, without note or memorandum OF any
kind, the great preacher stepped TO the front
OF the platform and announced his text;
Luke 4, "a, %-"And brought him TO an
inn and took carr of him. And On the NOR
row, when no departed, he took out two
lFANR NM kaft hAAfil - ~ IiEtr hIAA aAiAl
unto him, take care OF him, and whatsoever
thou spendest more when I come again will
repay thee
This Is the Good Samaritan paying the
hotel hill OF n man who had been wounded
and robbed by bandits. The Good Samaritan
had found him in a lonely and rocky road,
where to this very day depredations are some.
times committed ON travellers, and the Good
Samaritan had lifted the poor man into tho
saddle, and then this merciful and wellto-do
man had walked beside him until they got TO
the hotel, and paid all the bills Of this injured
man until he got well
Hotels and boarding houses In our day nre
necessities. In very ancient times they were
not required, because the world had few
population, few people, and the population
was not migratory, and private hospitality
could meet all the demands Of s~oiourners.
such as when Abraham, IN memory, rushed
out and invited three men TO sit down at IA
dinner OF veal; as when Libiah urged the
apostles to come TO her home; as when il was
partially commanded that the people
should be given To hospitality. Tho injured
man was put 20 bed and cared for. IL
was evidently a hotel OF the largest and best
accommodations for, though IL was in the
country. the landlord WINS paid at the rate OF
what would be, in our money, - or IS a day,
one penny being "A days wages, the two pen
mics paid the landlord being two days wages.
Moreover, l think he was a very kindly
landlord, and ono OF those men entirely
wrapped up in the welfare and happiness Of
the guest, because this injured man was in
trusted to his entire care, although the Good
Samaritan said he would be along therc after
n while and would pay; and as in many of
the lands OF the east today, these habits are
still In vogue.
But now the world Is full OF people and
there Is a vast number OF travellers, and some
have hotels in NIL the Villages and towns and
cities, presided over by good landlords:
and boarding houses presided over by
host and hostess OF excellent character.
In all these places people rightly make
permanent residences, as for instance,
when they have no families; OF
when, by reason OF their style Of business,
they arr migratory in their habits; or when,
because Of III health or some popularity OF
circumstances they ought not to undertake
the care Of housekeeping. Many "A man fall
ing sick in such places has been carefully
watched and nursed, and by the memory OF her
own suffering and loss, the one presiding over
that place has given the sick one all the care
that a mother could bcstow upon a sick child;
and the slumberless eye OF God watches and
appreciates the kindness 10 a stranger.
Somc OF the BEST Christian fidelity and
patience is exhibited by landlords and land
ladies in meeting, without any resentment,
the outRgcs of tho-s who nsk for expensive
food and for great attention without giving a
proper equivaicnt-a lot Of cranky men ana
women who are not worthy Of tying the shoe
Of the queenly caterer.
! am nmazed at tho large number OF men
and women who behave In n most outrageous
style in hotels and boarding houses, showing
that they had bad rearing, and that in the
construction OF their nature all that makes
the gentleman and Indy had been left out
Some Of the most princcly men | have ever
known have presided over the hotel, and
sorle OF the most quecnly women l nave ever
known have presided over the boarding
house. And theso boarding houses and hotels
in our land surpass those Of all other lands;
But It Is a crying evil that a vast popula-
ton in this country arr striking the tent OF
the private abode, ard coming into these gen
eral and promiscuous residences, that they
may escape the responsibility OF domestic life,
and give more time 10 -ociality. And 10
canse they prefer the conspicuity Of These
public ssidences rather than the quiet and
privacy Of n home. Such places aro for
thoss who are In trnnsitn- For the most part
and in most eases where they become the per
manent home they mean decentralization, utter
aud complete; and Il Is nj that point that in
Vulnerable families to-day, have begun TO
disintegrntc
And | propose this morning 20 utter burn
ing protests, and ask God To bleSs the word
whether in the hearing or the reading.
In much Of the boarding house aud hotel
life in this country the demon Of gossip holds
full sway. Al the guests do, day by day In
some OF these places, Is 10 run the gauntlet OF
general suspicion How they look when they
culne down In the morning. how late they
came in last night; where did they live. who
they entertained as guests; what they wear.
what they don't wear, what they eat what
they don't eat how much they eat, how litle
they eati II a man proposes b be- rcticent
and isoated In such a place he sometimes
CONES under suspicion. Who is hei Where did
be come fromi How long is he going
b stayl Has be paid bis boardi How
much does he payi There must be- something
about him, or he would speak; perhaps he
has committed some crime, and does not want
10 be found out; and the whole house goes
into the detective business; who is hef II he
accidentally leave his door unlocked, be Will
find when he gets back that the room has
been Inspected and his trunk explored. and
his lsttrrs folded mp a different way from tho
way in which he folded them. Who Is hei Is
the question Of more anxious anxiety In many
OF thc-e PLACES, and until the subject 10
CONES monomania- The simple fact IA,
be j. nobody in particular hut a man min
ing his own business. The best landlord and
landlady sometlmes can't hinder their places
becoming a pandcmonium u whispers, and
regulations aIe torn TO ~tatteIr, and suspicioni
raised, and scandals arc started. and the paTlia
ment " the home Is blown TO atoms by some
Guy Fawks@, who was not arrested In time,
Physicians Have Feusd Dat
thai a coniaminating and foraign element