, 1886-02-07
THE MARRIAGE RING.
ALL THAT is LEFT OF EDEN IS THE
MARRIAGE RELATION.
Domestic Life OvcrarcEe Is and Under
EIrth- All Life-John Wesley balances
CaIvsnIstic Institutions - Mary and
Martha Arc a Necessity.

ANAA "N8"'s -
on the steps OF the pulpit Mt the Brooklyn
tabernacle this morning the great pulpit
orator, DIR. Talmnge, motioned TO his cor
netist to lead the congregation in Praise
God from whom all blessings flow.
DIR. Talmage read from Exodus 4, which,
hs said, contained the grandest system Of
sound morals evor presented TO mankind.
Immediately before taking up tho subject
Of his discourse DIR. Tnlniage said; 1 want to
call your attention TO what ! regard as an
infrnction Of religious freedom In his city.
II Is wrong according to the law OF this
city TO preach on the streets.
One Of the best men we ever hal In New
York or Brooklyn was arrested for this. and
finally had to leave the city OF churches He
h now preaching In Chicago with great sue
cess.
10 has become against the law for tho
Young Mems Christian association to dis
tribute on the street cards OF invitation TO
young mems evnngelistic services II seems
10 me IL is time for a protest; whore is this
thing to endi
Tho Salvation Army has been complained
OF Lecause they sing through the streets and
they have been arrested. People complain
that there Is such hooting and shouting. and
i sympathlze with those who 1.-Two In the
nclghborhood OF where the Salvation Army
ntNt iUtlI meetings DuI 4 ten you inc INV
should first take some OF the street loafers
and put them In the station house, aud all
the trouble would very soon DO over TAP
plnusel. Il Is not the Salvation Army that
should DO complained Of, 1t f. tho ''moboc-
racy' OF Brooklyn and Now York that has
got to DO stopped
And no | have promised a committee OF
tho Salvation Army that l would prcsont a
petition 10 the mayor OF Brooklyn. and II
anybody wants 10 sign a paper they will
find IL In tho corridor at the close OF the
meeting.
Amos i'll, Is; Can two walk together OK
ccpt they DO agreedfn No, Amos, they can
not They will either trip each other up or
push each other down Undo such circum-
stances the marriage relation will 10 tho
sounding Of "A war whoop.
In this course OF sermons which | am
preaching on tho Marriage Ring, IJvant this
morning TO discuss tho mutual duties OF
husband md wife, leading TO other sermons
aud discussions Of their individual duties
Church within a church, republic within n
republic and world within IA world Is n word
spelled by four letters-home. II thing go
right there they go right every where, II
things go wrong there they go wrong every
where Tho door sill is tho foundation Of
church and state. A man nevor gets higher
than his own garnet and lower than his own
cellar. In other words, domestic life over
arches and under girths all their life.
The highest house OF congress is the do
nestle circle, and the rocking chnir Is higher
than Tho throne George Washington com
mnndcd tho armies OF the United States, but
Mary Washington commanded George. A
great writer's mother mnde his pen for him
II "a man started out to run for seventy
years in a straight line he could not get out
from under the shadow OF his mnntlepicco
It Is therefore n subject OF infinite and
etcrnal moment which ! present to you this
morning when l talk to you about your
homcg As individuals, we arr insignificant
In h~uilding the house Of our happin ~ God
makes the rest. What you lack, ! make up
What lack. you make up, and our surplus
deficiencies OF character are the cog wheels
In the great social mechanism. God gives to
one courage, to another patience, TO another
placidity, to another enthusiasm What
one lncks, the other makos np.
They all make ~up-Lniraloos In
herds, grouse in broods, qlaiis in nocbs,
and the human race in family circles So
all these things arc beautifully arranged;
the conservative ALLIANCES tho radical. 1
have no more right to complain OF another
m II because no thinks different from my
ielf than tho drive wheel has "A right to com
plain OF the iron shaft that holds Il In the
center. A ship must have masts and cut
water and topsail aud ball asst Society Is
made up Of a good many di noront parts,
and II must be so II II Is going 10 prosper at
all | thank God for Princeton, and | thank
Him for Andover, which is just tho opposite.
John Wesley balances Calvanistic institu-
lions, and all these varieties arc divinely
arranged and directed
The trouble and the truth is, that we arc
not contented to stay where God puts US;
tho waterwheel wants to como inside the
mill and grind the grist and tho hopper
wants to go outside and dabblo la the wator.
All our happiness, all our succosse, all
our properties depend upon our stay ing
just where God puts Us. A cold thoologian
makes tho dry bones OF theology, but thess
hones nave been clothed with n throbbing
heart
We are all in ono great community; Col
has arranged IL so. and arranged 1t beauti-
fully. Then, for the purpose OF compactness
and great usefulness we are brought into
a moral circle and into tho homo group
There you find the same principle; brothers.
sisters, father and mother, all different
IA tomperaments and tastes. II tho hus
haud 10 all impulse, the wife must 10
all prudence. II ono sister DO OF a
sanguine temperament. the other must DO OF
u Emphatic temperament Mary and
Martha are a necessity; there will b. no
dinner for Christ II there be no Martha;
there viii be no audience for Christ II there
ba no Mary. All is diyinely arranged.
Eden il gono. the bars are all down; the
animals have come up for Adam 10 stroke
ns he gives them their names on that famous
morning. IL Is all gone, and thrro Is only
one fragment Of IL left That is the mar-
ringe Institution which has fioated along tbs
water from paradise
This institution Of marriage has boon dc
formed In our time, and thore aru influences
abroad to turn this nation into "A Turkish
harcm or n great Salt lake City. Well. for
tho most part the pupils are silent on these
subjocts Novels, their cheapness only
equalled by their nastiness, attack this
nation on the subject Of holy m%atrimony,
which makes or breaks for time and for
eternity. 1t is not a moro question Of n
wardrobc OF n residence; 1t Is n question
OF gigantic joy or gigantic sorrow.
Aims, for this now dispensation; alas
for this mingling OF a night shadow
with the marriage relation. ALA, for tho
venom OF the adder; alas, for tho winter
frost that klileth tho orange blossom The
whole attempt Is 10 change marriage iuto a
commercial enterprise. an exchange for
houses and equipagc- A partnership for
two, stuffed with stories OF romancs and
nngrlhood. After a while tho twain wake
az To nnd that instead OF having a paradise
they have "A Van Amh~rg's mrnageric nllel
with ugcrs aud wildcats tn whole influences
Ri'ruad to day Is TO destroy the pure uiar
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