The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
CHOOSING A WIFE.
An Earnest Prayer for Heavenly
Guidance Should Precede
the Fateful Choice.
Some OF the Terrible Mistakes a Man
May Make In Taking a COnnu-
bial Partner.
Noble Examples Of WIfcIy DcvO-
tiOn nnd SeIf-FOrgetfulness
for Her AIusbnnds's
Sake.
A Sermon Preached at BroOklyn Tabernacle
by the Row 7. Dewitt TalmagO D, D.,
Sunday January 10, 1885,

Sunday January 10, 1886
The Roy r. Dewitt Talmogo preached this
morning In tho brooklyn Tabernacle tho first
OF hIA eorios Of sermons on "lho Marriage
Ring" tho subject being 'Iho hoico Of q
WIFE, In the sorioa will bo troatol the follow
Ing mbIcntA Of tho grontost importance 10
every p0ruon' "lho Choice Of Husband and
Wife," "Clandostn0 Marriages aud Esca-
puduHi' "OutrH Of Husbands 10 WiyelN "Du-
ties uf Wives 10 llHbmdsi" "ln Matters OF
Religion, Sh0ul the Wife go with the lluB-
band, or the Husband 90 with tho VICE. "lho
Wrong Ways OF Womoui" "Coatumo aud Nor
RlHi" "Compotent llousowilOryH "Sonablo
Young WOmauhOOd,n "WOmon Who will Pass
LifoSingoh "mlumce Of SihtOrs Over BROTH
orsi' rlho Modern Novel and Woman
eBoardlug house and lIotol Liio" Treatment
OF Mans and Maid-soryant" Tho hymn
sung on the occasion was,
aIho morning light 10 breaking,
The darkness dlAnppoara,'
An organ solo waa rendered by Prof Horny
Eyre Brown, who selected tho FIRST sonata In
j Minor by Ritter for ha musical thomo,
After oXpoundlng passage Of Scripture, DR.,
TOlmogo took for his toHt Judges XIV, - "ls
there noy0r woman among tho daugntOH Of
the br0thron or among all my people, that
hou g0OHl 10 tak0 wii0 Of the unclrcumCIaod
PhilhtneaY Dr. 1almago said!
Samson, the giant, II here asking consent Of
his father and mother 10 marriage with ono
whom they thought unfit for him llo was
wise In asking their counsel but not wiso In
rejecting II Captyatod with her looks, tho
big aon wanted 30 marry u daughter Of one OF
the hostile families, docoltfnl, hypocritlcal,
winning and Haturnino creature, who Nftorward
mado for him world Of trouble til she quit
him forever In my toxt his parents forbade
the bans, practically saying "Whon thOro arO
40 many honest and beautiful maidons In your
own country, aro you no hard put TO for q lifo-
time partner that You propose conlugOlity
with this foreign lrty II there such q dOarth
Of lilos In our lareelitiah gardens that you
must wear on your h0ar Philatno thislloY
Do You take q crab apple because thoro arc no
pOmOgrnnatesy 'la there never woman
among the daughters Of thy brethren, or
among all my people that thou g0eat TO
take wio Of tho uncrcumoIa0d phlistnosyh
Eycusoosa was ho for such q choice In q
land and amid u roc0 celebrated for f0mal0
loyolinoss aud moral worth, land and race
Of which sOlf-donyng Abigail, aud heroic Deb
orah, and dazzling Nasht, aud piuna Father,
and glorious Ruth and Mary wlio huggod TO
her heart the blessed Lord were only magnin-
cont HpOclm0nA The midnight folded In thoir
hair, tho lak0a Of liquid beauty IA thoir oyo
tho gmo0fulneas Of spring morning In thor
posture aud gait wore only typical Of tho
groator brillOuco aud glory Of thoir soul
Likewise oxcueooAa IN any man In our timo
who mAkos life long alliance with any one
who, lpoluso Of hor disposition, or horodIty,
or hnldta or intellectual vanity or moral
twlalihoauon, may bo said 10 DO OF tho Phil
istinou,
woNiANTooD
Tho world mover owned auoh opulOnco Of
womanly character or such aplOndor Of
wOm1hly mannora, or mnltltudinOua instances
Of wfoly mothorly, daughtorly sstorly doyo-
ton ~ II owns to-day lhayouot words 10 OK.
press my admiration for good womanhood
Woman N not only mans equal, but In aiiOo
honal aud religious nature, which IL tho bosi
part Of M, she IN 10 per cont hia superior,
Yoa, during tho last twenty years, through tho
Increased opportunity open For fOmalO OduCa.
ton, tho women OF the country arc bOttor odu.
oatod Than tho majority Of mon; and, II they
continue 10 advance In mentality NJ the prCeont
ratio before long tho majority ofmon will hayO
difficulty In Nm ing In the opposite sex enough
ignorance 10 mako appropriate consort II
am undor doluslon IN 10 the abundance Of
good wOmNnhOod abroad, consequent upon my
surroundings since the hour | entered fhia lifO
until now hOp0 tho douHion will last until |
embark from this planet No you will undor-
stand IL | say In tha course Of aormona some
thing that aoOma eoyoro, | Nm noithor cynical
or dugruntled,
There are In almost cycry farmhouse IN tho
country In almost oyOry homo Of tho great
town, conscientious womon, worHhipful women,
self .ancrillcing womon, holy women, nnumor.
able MaryB sitting at the feet NJ Christ; innu-
morRhlO mothers helping 10 feed Christ In tho
person Of lla nullorng dlpcplos thousand
capped and apoclOclcd drandmoth0rs Lots,
bc9ding over Bibles whose procCph they have
followed from carly gIrlhoodi and tons OF thou
sands uf young women that are dawning upon
M from school and seminary, that are going 10
bloaa tho world with good and happy homoa,
that ehNll eclipse th0ir predecessors, fact that
will DO acknowledged by all mon except those
who are struck through with moral decay from
too 10 Uranium, aud moro inoxcuMhlo than tho
Samson Of tho text Ia that man who, amid all
thia unparalleled munloonoo of womanhood,
mariioaa fool But aomo Of you are abroad
suffering from auch disaster, aud 10 halt others
OF you from going over the same procplce,
cry cut In the words " my toSti IA lhoro novor
n woman among the daughters Of thy brothron,
or among oil my people, that thou gooat 10
lako q wife from the uncrcumcisod PhiliB-
linoH9n
Thoro are thousands Of American pulpita,
among thom this pulpit guilty, In tho fact thai
on aono Of the nublocm on which mon and
wom0n nood practical advice, they have boon
silent or teaching thom only In f0rcolosa cir.
cumlocutlon. About the choloo OF q lifetime
campanion, q question In which no much Of
tmo and all Of olornity aro involved, what
almost universal pllonco In tho church, no that
thoro aro not ton pooplo In this house who
have oyor hoard discourse upon tha thomoj
and tho first ono hayo ever hoard IN tho ono
am preaching, We leave 10 tho 1ippanl novel,
or the spectacular play or Tho Jingle Of, q dog
gorol rhyme that which ought 10 burden tho
mnul lpnfnnuunnu N fnutulap
proaohop, from tho day whom ho tpkoe ordina-
lion TO Tho day whom IN judgment ho mOots his
God And 40, In this course Of sermons am
going " hitch up my boat toam 10 the whinlo.
troo and put tho coulter Of tho plow clear MP
70 the beam, and 90 straight on From fence TO
fence, howoyor many noaie OF molcs aud SER
ponta may bo ripped up by tho furrow, aud
however many. alarmed people may cry
"whoal'
That marriage IN tho destination Of tho hu-
man race In n mistake that | want TO correct
before 20 further There are multitdes who
mover viii marry and still creator mutitudos
who arc not ~ 20 marry, In Great Britain to-
day thoro arc piS,0O0 moro women than mon,
and that, | understand, Ia about tho ratio In
America by Mathematical and inexorablo
law, you eeo milllonp OF womon viii never
marry Tho supply for matrimony In creator
Than the demand, The first lesson Of which 10
that every woman ought 10 prepare 10 tako
care Of horBelf n need bo Then there arc
thousands Of mon who have no right TO marry,
Because they havo become no corrupt OF char
actor that their oifor Of marriage Ia an insult 10
any good woman. Society wllhave 10 bo toned
up aud corrected on this subject no that u
pball realize that II woman who has sacrificed
hor honor Ia untitled for marriage, no n any
man who haa over Bacrilloodhs purity What
right have you, o masculine boast whose llo
hae boon loose, 10 take undory your care thoepot-
loeenoeH of virgin reared m the sanotily OF q
respectable homer win buggard dare 10