The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
The Fifth Discourse of the Series
On 1.-THE Marriage Ring"
The Husbands Duty to the Wife Re.
sponsibiiIty of the Marriage State
Ante-Nuptial Love Compared
with Post-Nuptial Life.

Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage delivered the
fifth discourse Of the series on 'sThe Mar.
riage Ring" before highly interested
congregation. and thu husbands, present
and prospective, were given an outline as
to their duties. The text was:
And Isaac went out to mediate in the field
at the eTentiie; and he lifted up his eyes,
and saw, and, beheid. the cannsls were com
ing.-Genesis xiv, g.
Following is the sermon in fnll:
A bridal pageant on the back of drome.
diaries! The camel is called the ship of the
desert. It's swinging motion in the dis
tance is Suggestive of a vessel rising and
falling with the pillows. Though awk-
ward, how imposing these creatures as
they move along. whether in ancient OF
modern times. sometimes carrying four
hundred or four thousand travellers from
BaGdad to Aleppo, or from Bassora to
Damascus. In nv text comes a caravan.
We notice the noiseless step of the broad
foot. the velocity OF motion, the CAV ca.
parison of saddle and girth and awning,
sheltering the riders from the sun: and the
hilarity of the mounted passengers: and
we cry ont: "Who are thew" Well. Isaac
has been praying for a wife. and it is time
he had one, for he is forty years of age:
and his servant. directed by the Lord. has
made a selection of Rebekah: and with her
companions end her naidens she is on her
way 20 her new home, carrying with her
the blessings of all her friends. Isaac is in
fine fields. meditating upon his proposed
passage from celihacy to monogamy. Ard
lie sees 4 speck against the sky. then groups
Of people, and after while he finds
that the grandest earthly blessing
that ever comes to man is approaching
with this gay caravan. The drivers cry
"Kneel,' 20 the camels. and thev kneel,
and putting foot on the neck of The stoop-
ing beast the bride dismounts and greets
the man who was as worthy of her as she
was worthy of him. Sand Isaac went ont
TO mediate in the field at the eventide;
and he lifted up his eyes. and saw, and, be-
hold, the camels were coming''
In this fifth discourse on the Marriage
Ring" having spoken of the choice o; n
lifetime companion. take it for granted,
man. that yOur marriage was divinely
arranged. and that the cameis have ar
rived from the right direction. and at the
right time. bringing the one that was in
tended for vour consort. a Rebekah and
not n Jezeoel. proceed to discourse as to
how YOU ought to treat your wife. and nv
ambition is to tell YOU more plain truth
than Won ever heard in any three-s quarters
Of an hour in all Your life.
sponsibility in having taken her from the
custody and care and homestead i'm which
she was once sheltered. What courage
YOU mist have had. and what confid ence
in yourself. TO saw to her practically: 81
will be to Won more than vour father and
mother. more than all the friends you ever
mad or ever can have. Give up everything
and take me. feel competent to see you
through life in safety. You are an
immortal being, but / am competent
to defend you and make you hap
py. However bright and comfort
able a home Won have now, and
chair in which YOU rocked. and in the gar
ret is the cradle in which YOU were hushed,
and the trundle- bed in which YOU slept.
and in the sitting-room are the father and
mother who have got wrinkle faced and
stoop- shouldered and dim eye-sighted in
taking care OF Won, vet Won will do better
to come with me-" I am amazed that any
of us ever had the sublimity OF impotence
to ask such a transfer from home assured
to 4 home conjectured and unbuilt.
You would think me a very daring and
hazardous adventurer if I should go down
to one of the piers of the North river, and
at time when there was a great lack of
sea captains. and should. with 20 knowl-
edge OF navigation, propose to take a
across to Glasgow or Havre. and
say: "All aboard. Haul in the planks
and swing ont" and passing out in the sea
Plunge through darkness and storm. IL I
succeeded in getting charge o; one, that
would be the ship that wouid never be
heard of. But that is the boldness of every
man that profrers marriage. He says: 81
will navigate Won through the storms. the
cyclones. the fogs of a lifetime. will run
clear of rocks and icebergs. I have no ex-
perience and l have no seaport, but all
aboard for the voyage of a life-time, I
admit that there have been ten thousand
shipwrecks On this verv route. but don't
hesitate. Tut, Tut! There now! Don't
CIV. Brides must not cry at the wedding"
IN response to this the woman. by her
action. practically saws: 81 have but one
life to live and I intrust it all to you. Ny
arm is weak, but will depend on the
strength of yours don't know much of
the world. but I RELY on your wisdom. I
put my body. my mind. my soul. my time.
nv eternity. in your keeping. l make no
reserve. though mine is 4 name that sug-
gests all that was honorable in nv father,
and all that was good in nv mother, and
al that was pleasant in my brothers and
sisters. 7 start with Won on my journey
which shall not part except at the edge of !
your grave or mine. Ruth. the MoabitesS, |
made no more thorough self-abnegation
han l make, when l take her tremendous |
words. the pathos of which many CEN |
su-ies have not cooled:
'Entreat me not to leave thee. or to re- |
turn from following after thee; for whittier |
.hou soest. / will go. and where thou |
odgest, will lodge. Thy people shall be |
nv people. and thy God my God. Where |
thou diest. viii l die, and there will be /
buried. The Lord do so to me and more
also, if ought but death part thee and me.
aside by side in life. Sideby side in the
,urying ground. Side by side in Heaven.
Before God and man. and with my i'm
Mortal soul in the oath, l swear eternal /
idelity."
Now. nv brother. how ought you to treat |
Ter: Unless You are an migrate infinite
you viii treat her Well. You will treat her
,etter than any one in the universe except
your God. Her name will have in il more
music than in all that Chopin and Bach
II Rheinberger composed. Her eyes.
swollen with three weeks of night