The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-04
HOW TO Be HAPPY.
DIR. Talmage's Sermon on "Hus-
band and wife In Harmony
and Out of Tune"
Some Useful Advice on How to De Mu-
tually Agreeable, and Make Happy
Homes and Hearts.


and Wife in Harmony and Out OF Tune" on
Amos Ill.,, 81 "Can two walk together unless
thoy 10 agroedY" Iio saidi
@No Amos, they cannot They will be trip
ping each other up or pushing each other
down Married lio unler such circumstances
will be tho sounding OF perpetual war-whoop'
In this course Of sermons on "Tho Marriage
Ring" will to-day spoak OF tho mutual duties
OF husband an wife preparatory to discourses
on thor individual dutios
A church within church, republic within
a republic, worl within world IN spelled
by four lettns- homol II things 20 right
thero thoy 60 right oyerywhoroi If things 30
wrong thoye, they 90 wrong everywhere Tho
door-sill Of tho dwelling. house IL tho founda-
ton Of church aud state, A man never gets
higher than hls own garrot or lower slan lila
own cellar, In othor words, domestic life
oyoprchos and undorg.rds all other lifo The
highest house Of Congress IN the domestic cir
olo the rocking chair In tho nursery In higher
than throne George Washington COM
manded tho forces of tho Unto SIaloH, but
Mary Washington commanded George Chry-
soslum's mother made his pom for him II q
man should start out and run seventy years IN
a straight lno ho could not got out from undor
tAo shadow Of His own mantlpoco thoro-
fore talk tO you this morning about matter
Of infinite and eternal moment whom |
speak Of your home,
As individuals wo arc fragmonts, God
malos the raco In part, and thon lIo gradually
put, M together VIA, lack, You mako upi
what you lack, make up-our doActa andsur-
pluses Of charact boing tho cOgwhoela In the
great social mechanism, ono person has the
patience, another has the courage, another has
the pIacidity, another has tho onthuIlami that
which IL lacking In ono IL made up by another,
or mado mp by all Bufaloos in horda grouse
! IN broode, qualls In flocka, tho human race In
circles God has most beautifully arranged
this II is In this way that llo balances so
coty; this conservative aud that radical koop-
Ing things oyon Eyory ship must have its
mast cutwator, tOnral, ballast Thank God,
| then, for Princeton aud Andoyor-for tho OPP
! poatoa, hayO no moro right TO blanc man
for being dHcrCut from mo than u driving
! whool has right to blanc tho iron shaft that
holds II to tho contor John Wolloy balances
Calyina instIu'Ol A cold thinker giyoa 10
| Scotland tho strong b1noa Of theology; DR..
| Guthrie clothes thom with throbblng hOari
and warm losh, Tho difficulty is that We aro
/ not satisfied with just tho work that God has
glyon us to do, Tho wator-whOol wants 10
como inside the mill and grind tho griat, and
the hopper wants 10 so ont and dabbo In tho
water Our usefulness and tho welfare of 40.
cioty dopond upon our staying In just tho place
that God has put M, or intondod wo rhould oo-
oupy
For moro oompNclnosa and that wo may bO
moro useful, wo Oro gathered in NJ II smaller
oIroloo In the homo group, Aud lhoroyou have
tho yarlotIoaOgaInsl brothers. sietors, hus.
baud, and wifo-all diroront In temperament
aud tastos, II Ia fortunate that II should bo no,
II tho husband bO all impulse, tho wife must bc
all prudence, II ono aIalor DO aanguino In hor
temperament the oth0r must bo lymphatio,
Mary and Martha arO noconaitloa There viii
DO no dinner for Christ II thoro DO no Martha;
thorO will DO no audience for Joaua II horo bO
no Mary Tho homo organization Ia most
beautifully constructed, lldon has gono The
bowers are oil brokon dowo; tho animals thai
Adam atrokod with Ma hand that morning
whom thoy oamo up 10 81 their namoe have
uinco shot forth tusk ard sting aud growlod
panther al panthOrj aud midair Iron boakH
plunge ull with olottot wing and oyooar
sockets tho twain como whirling down from
undor tho aun IN blood and Aro Edon has
gone, but thoro Ia just ono little fragment left
II noatod down on the rlyor lliddokol out Of
paradise, II Ia the marriage institution. II
does not, M at tho beginning, take away from
man rib Now II ie an addition Of rba
This institution Of marriage has boon dcfamot
IN our day, and influences are abroad trying Il
turn this oarlh into Turkish harom or gtoa
Salt Lake City Whilo tho pulpih have bocr
comparatively silent, noyola-thoIr choapnoai
only oaualod by thoir nastnosa-aro trying L
educate, hayo takon upon themselves TO cd
uoato, tld' uaton In regard 10 holy marriage
which makor or breaks for timo aud otornity
Oh, this Il not moro question Of residence OF
wardrobol II Ia question CHARGED Will
gigantic Joy or Horrow-wllh heaven or hell
Alaa for this now dspOnaaton OF George sands
Alas for the mlnRllng OF tho nghlshado viii
the marriage gorlandal Alas for tho venom o
Addora spit into tho tankardal Alas for IN
whio froata Of eternal doaih that kill tho orang,
boaeomal Tho Gospel Of Joaua Christ IN I,
Aaacrt what N right aud 10 aaaorl what In wrong
Attempt has boon made 10 lako tho marriage
institution, Which was intended for the happi'
mons aud elevation Of tho race and mako II 4
moro commercial enterprise, m exchange oI
houses and lands and quipagoI q buanoai
partnership OF two ulurod up with tho stories
OF romance and knight orantry aud unfallh'
fulnoan aud feminine angohood Tho tive
after awhile have reused up 10 find that, In
etcad OF tho paradise they dreamed OF, they
have got nothing but q Van Amburga monag
eric filled with tigers and wldcala, Eight,
thousand divorces In parls IN ono year pre-.
oodod tho worst revolution that France oyol
saw II waa only tho frat course In that ban
quot OF hell and | toll you, what you know NJ
well m do thatwfong notions on thoaubl locl o
chrlstlan marriage aro tho cause At this day o
moro moral outrage before God aud man thar
any other cause
There arc some thinga that Iwanlto bring 10
foroyou know thoro are thosoof you who hev,
had homes no, up for great many ycarai and
thon, there are those hero who have just es
tabllahed their homo They have only been II
II \ fow months or fow yoara Then Their
are those who will, after while, eot up fo
themselves homo, aud Il Ia righltha, ehoul'
speak out upon those themoa
My frat counsel W you Ia, have Joeus II
your new home, II II be new homo, and 10
Him who was guest Al bethany bo In you
household, 10, tho divine blessing drop upoi
your every hope aud plan and expectation
Those young people who begin with God en-
with heaven Have on your right hand Nh
engagement ring Of The divine affection
ono OF you bo Christian, LOT that ono take
Bible aud read few voraea In lhe evening
time, and then kneol down and commend your
self 10 Him who ae,teth the solitary In families
I want 10 tell you that the destroying engt
passes by without touching or entering th