The southern sentinel., 1886-06-18
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Thirteenth Discourse Of tho Series
ON "The Marriage Ring"
The Trials OF Modern Houscke -pinE--The
Weight of Responsibility Attending
Forced Economy and tho Pangs
of Non-Appreciation.

| Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, having re.
turned from his Western trip, occupied
the pulpit Of the Brooklyn Tabernacle for
| the delivery Of his thirteenth discourse OF
| the "Marriage Ring" series, the subject OF
which was "The Trials of Housekeeping, )"
and the text:
Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister
hath left me to serve alone7 Bid her, there
tore, that she help me.-Luke x, 40
Yonder is a beautiful village homestead.
The man of the house is dead, and his
widow Is taking care of the premises.
This Is the widow Martha of Bethany.
Yes. will show you also the pet of the
household. This is Mary, the younger sis.
ter, with book under her arm, and her
face having no appearance of anxiety and
perturbation. Company has come. Christ
stands, outside the door, and, of course,
there is good deal Of excitement inside
the door. The disarranged furniture il
hastily put aside, and the hair is brushed
back, and the dresses are adjusted as well
as in SO short time Mary and Martha can
attend to these matters. They did not
keep Christ standing at the door until they
were newly appareled or until they had
elaborately arranged their tresses, then
coming out with their affected surprise
as though they had not heard the
two or three previous knock.
ings, saying: "Why, is that your"
No. They were ladies, and were always
presentable. although they may not have
always had on their best, for none of rs
always have on our best; il we did, our
best would not be worth having on. They
throw open the door and greet Christ.
They say: "Good -morning. Master; come
In, and he seated" Christ did not come
alone; He had a group Of friends with
Him, and such an influx of city visitors
would throw any country home into
perturbation. suppose also the walk from
the city had been. good appetizer. The
kitchen department that day was q very
important department., and I suppose
that Martha had no sooner greeted the
guests than she fed 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
seemed to say: sNow let rs have Q d.
vision OF labor. Martha, you cook, and I'n
ait down and be good" So you have often
seen greatdi6erence between two sisters.
There il Martha, hard working, painstak- |
ing, good manager, ever inventive of |
some new pastry, or discovering soms-
thing in the art Of cooking and housekeep--
ing. There is Mary, also, fond Of conver-
satfon, literary, so engaged in deep ques-
lions OF ethics she has no time TO attend to |
he Questions Of household welfare. It is
aoon. Mary is in the parlor with Christ.
Martha IL In the kitchen. Il would have
BEEN better IL they had divided the work.
Ind then they could have divided the op-
Of listening to Jesus; but Mary
Christ while Martha swelter.
4 the nre. It was very important thing
nat they should have good dinner that
lay. Christ was hungry, and he did not
'ften have . luxurious entertainment.
HAS, me! II the duty had devolved upon
larry, what q repast that would have
'een. But something went wrong in the
1tchen. Perhaps the fire would not burn.
z the bread would not bake, or Martha
calded her hand, or something was burned
lack that ought to have been made brown:
nd Martha lost her patience, and for.
citing the proprieties Of the occasion.
nth besweated brow, and, perhaps, with
itcher In one hand and tones In |
he other, she rushes out Of the
ftchen into the presence Of Christ.
aging Lord, dost thou not care
nat my sister hath left me to serve
lonef" Christ scolded not . word. Hit
'sre scolding, should rather have his
solding than ANYBODY elss's blessing.
here was nothing acerb. He knew Martha !
I'D almost worked herself to death to ret !.
lm something to eat, and 30 he throws . !.
orld Of tenderness into his intonatfon a. !,
seems to say: my dear woman, do not 7.
orry; let the dinner go; sit down on this ,,
'soman beside Mary, your younger sister. ,
artha, Martha, thou art careful and trou- !
ed about many things, but one thing Il
Dedful." Az Martha throws open that !.
tchen door, look In and SEQ : great
any household perplexities and ankle
y.
First, there 10 the trial Of non.spprecia. .
N. That ID what made Martha 30 mad :
lth Mary. The younger sister had NO 3
innate Of her older sisters fatigues. As :
W. men bothered with the anxietiss Of :
store, and ONCE, and shop, or coming /
'm the Stock Exchange, they say whom p
y get home: "Oh, you ought TO Be in a
factory little while; ron ought to :
" TO manage eight, OF ten, or twenty q
oordfnates, and then you would know :,
las trouble and anxiety arsps Oh, siri :,
wtfe and the mother has TO conduct - :,
same time univ9sity, . clothing =. .
. rsstaurant, . LAUNDRY. = =
rArys while she h health o(lcer. police =