Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-05
TRIALS OF HOUSEKEEPING
The Many Trials the Housewife
Must Undergo.
WoMENToWHoM LIFEisAsTRUealE
Nothing But chrisfs Religion Will Take
Her Through the Trials Of
Home Life.
SpeciaI % The ReaiIter.

DkOOhLnh, W. IL hPIh n AOOV' H'SS
going ss far as st. Louis and Kansss City
and lecturiDg and preaching in sixteei
cities, and speaking at the Missouri Uni
versity and Central College, DR.. I. D.
Witt Talmage, D. D, preached to-day il
the Brooklyn Tabernacle the thirteenth o
the series of sermons on "The Marriage
Ring" entitled The Trials OF Housekeep
ing" The hymn sung was;
"Glory to Gos on High,
Let heaven and earth rejoice"
After expoupding an appropriate chap
ter of Scripture the preacher took for hi:
text. Luke x, 40: Lord, dost Thou moi
care that my sister hath left me to serve
aloue2 Bid her, therefors, that she help
me-" Followiugis
THE SERMON IN FULL.
Yonder is a beautiful village homestead.
The man Of the houss ,s dead, and his
widow is taking charge of the premises,
This is the widow Martha Of Bethany. Yes,
/ will show you also the pet Of the house
hold. This is Mary, the younger sister,
with book under her arm, spd her face
having an appearance OF anxiety or pertur-
baton. Company has come. Christ stands
outside the door, and, of courSe, there is q
good deal lofexcitement inside the door. The
dissrrsnged furniture is hastily put aside,
and the hair is brushed back, and the
dresses are adjusted as well ss, in so short
q time, Mary and Martha can attend 10
these matters. They did not keep Christ
standing at the door until they were newly
spparalied, or until they had elaborsteiy
arranged their tresses, then coming
out with fheir affected surprise as though
they had rot heSEi the two or three pre-
vious knockings, saying: why, ia that
you?' No. They were ladies, and were
always presentsble, although they may not
have always had on their best, for none OF
us always have on our best; if we did, OUT
best would not be worth having on. They
throw open the door, and greet Christ.
Tney cav: Good morning, Master; come
10, and be seated" Christ did not come
alone; He had G group Of friends with
him, and such an influx OF city visitors
would throw any country home into pertur-
oation. suppose also the walk from the
city had been q good appetizer. The
kitchen department that day was a very
important department, and l suppose that
Martha had no sooner greeted the guests
than she Ged to 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 to
say: Now let US have
DIVISION OF LABOR.
Martha, you cook, aud I'll sit down and
be good. So you have often seen great
difference between two sisters. There is
Martha hard working painstaking, q good
manager, ever incentive Of some new
pastry, or discovering something in tie
art of cooking and housekeeping. There
ia Mary. also, fond OF conversation, liter.
sry, so engaged in deep questions OF
ethics she has no time to attend to the
questions Of household welfare. 1T is
noon. Mary is 10 tie perlor with Christ,
Martha ia in the kitchen. It would have
30 - better if they had divided the work,
ouJ ouJ, ,bsn the could have divided the op,
&c rortunity of listening to lesus; but Mary
monopolizes Christ whue Martha s"'!efS
At the fire. 1t was : Eery important thirg
that they should have good dinner that
dsy, Christ was hungry, and be did not
often have a luxurious entertainment
Alas, me! if the duty had devolVec
upon Mary, what q repsst that would
have bean. But something went
wrong in the kitchen. Perhaps the IRE
would not burn, or the bread would not
bake, or something was burned olscked
that ought only to have been made brown;
and Msrths lost her patience. ard forget
ting the proprieties OF the occasion, With
bes esweated brow, and, with pitcher IN one
hand and fongs in the other, she rushes
ont of the kitchen into the presence OF
Christ, saying: Lord, dost Thou not care
that my sisteE bath left me to serve
sloneY" Christ scoldea rQt NGrd i 1t
we're scolding, l should rather have Ills
,coldiug than anybody else's blessing
There was nothing acerb He knew Mar
the had almost worked herself to death to
get Him something to eat, and 80 lie
thr,w1 q wcrld of tenderness iRto dis In
tonstion as He seems to say: my dear
woman, do not worry; let the dinner 60;
,;t down on this ottoman beside Mary,
your Younger sister. Martha, Martha, thou
art careful and troubled about many
things, but one thing is needtul AS
Msrthc throws open that kitchen door, l
look in and see 3 gseSt Esry house1o!d
perp,exities and snxIeties.
FIRST there is
THE TRIAL OF N,N'APPRECTA7IoN
Taat il what made Martha SO mad with
Mary. The younger Gister bad no eStI'
mate of her elder sister tstigues As now,
men bothered with the suAieties Of the
sore and Office, and shop, or coming from
the Stock Exchange, they say when they
/ ees home: On you ought TO be 10 out
/ factory a little while; you Ougbt 10 have to
manage eight, or ten or tSentS suooEd'
mates, and then you would know whs'
trouble and anxiety areT On, cir the
zife and the mother has to conduct st tbs
same time a university, clo'hing estao
Ushuent. restaurant, a laundry, lib
raw, while she is health officer, police, snC
president o. her realm Sac must d
thousand things, sud do them we'll, il
order to keep thiugs going smoothly; ant
40 her brain aud her nerves are taxed 4
he utmost. / know there are housekeep
RS who are 90 fortunate that they can 81
in an armchair in the library, or lis oil
| The beisteI piIlov, aud throw of ell tn
care upon sa6ora;nates vGo, haying larg
Tegss and great experiences, eau offend u
ali Of the affairs Of the household, Tbos
the >xneutiou, l ON speaking tbi
norn;ua M Of sas great mccsa Of houseseepef
The women to whom hio is q strugE.1
and who. at thirty years Of age, iooS =
though they were forty, and ct forty loo,
"a though they were Fifty, and OF fifty iocI
AZ thouEh they were siEty. Ths fallen a
ChsIons, and Austerlits, snd Gettysburg
and Waterloo, are Q Gmsll number COZ
nared with the slain in as great Armsgec
don Of the kitchen. You go oat TO 10