Savannah morning news., 1886-02-08
WHAT IS DUE TO WIVES.
A SERMON WHICH EVERY MAN
SHOULD READ.


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lnand at the Altar-freaking OF Mar
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Worth n rhrics- Punched Dime.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Feb. THE Rev. I.
Dewitt Talmage. d. D.. preached to-day
in the Brooklyn Tabernacle the fifth OF his
series of sermons on "rhe Marriage
Ring" the subject being ''Duties OF Hus-
bands to Wives" Before the sermon he
explained Gen. %, concerning Abraham's
admiration for Sarah, her age the only
woman's age mentioned in the Bible, inn
plying that inquisitiveness on that sub
ject is an impertinence. The hymn sung
was:
"Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love-"
To-day was moving day in the Brooklyn
Tabernacle. Once year the pews are
rented, and while many retain their old
seats, there are many changes seen to-
day. At the annual rental DR.. Tucker
paid $760 for first choice of a pew, max
ing his rent come to about 5000; Mr..
Everett paid S525 for the second choice of
a pew, making his rent about 500. The
premiums and rentals were larger this
year than ever before, and the income will
be about $31, 900: All the pews in the
galleries except the four front rows are
free, 80 that the church Is conducted on
the two plans, the free and the rented,
and no man can say he may not attend
because he has not the means.
The text of the sermon was from Gen.
XIV, 60: "And Isaac went out TO mediate
in the field at the eventide and he lifted
up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the
camels were coming" Following is the
sermon in full:
A bridal pageant on the back of drome-
darlesl The camel is called the ship Of
the desert. Its swinging motion in the
distance is suggestive OF vessel rising
and falling with the pillows. Though
awkward, how imposing these creatures
as they move along, whether in ancient or
modern times, sometimes carrying 400 or
1000 travellers from Bagdad to Alepp0, or
from Bassora to Damascus. In my text
comes a caravan. We notice the noise
less step of the broad foot, the velocity of
motion, the gay caparison OF saddle and
girth and awning. sheltering the riders
from the sun; and the hilarity of the
mounted passengers; and we cry out,
''WhO are theyH Well, Isaac has been
praying for wife, and it is time he bad
one, for he is 40 years of age;
and his servant, directed by the
Lord, has made a selection OF
Rebekah; and with her companions and
maldens, she is on her way to her new
home, carrying with her the blessing of
all her friends. Isaac is in the fields med
itating upon his proposed passage from
celibacy to mOnOgamy, And he sees a
speck against the sky, then groups of peo-
pie, aud after awhile he finds that the
grandest earthly blessing that ever comes
to man is approaching with this gay
caravan. The drivers cry "KneeP' to the
camels, and they kneel, and putting foot
on the neck of the STOPPING beast, the
bride dismounts and greets the man who
was as worthy OF her as she was worthy
of him. "And Isaac went out to mediate
in the field at the eventide; and ne lifted
up his eyes. and saw, and, behold, the
camels were coming"
In this fifth discourse on "The Marriage
Ring" having spoken Of the choice Of
lifetime companion, l take it for granted,
o man, that your marriage was divlnely
arranged, aud that the camels have ar
right time, bringing the one that was in
tended for your cOnsOrt, a Rebekah and
not a JeZebel. l proceed to discourse as
to how you ought TO treat your wife, and
my ambition is to tell you more tplain
truth than you ever heard in any three
quarters of an hour In all your life.
First Ofall, charge you realize your
the custody and care and homestead in
which she was once sheltered. What
courage you must have had, and what
confidence in yOuselt to say TO her prac-
tically: II Will be TO you more than your
father and mother, more than ali the
friends you ever mad or ever can have.
Give up everything and take me. / feel
competent TO see you through life In safe
ty. YOH are an immortal being, but /
am competent to defend you and make
you happy. However bright and COM
Portable home you have now, and though
in one of the rooms is the armchair in
which you rocked, and in the garret is
the cradle in which you were hushed ana
the truudle-bed in which you slept, and ia
the sitting room are the father and moth
er who have got wrinkle-faced and
stoop-shouldered and dim-eyesignted IN
taking care of you, yet you will do better
to come with me-" am amazed that any
of us ever had the sublimlty Of impudence
TO ask such a transfer from home as
sured TO home cOnjectured and unbuIlt.
You would think me very daring and
hazardous adyenturer il should godown
10 one OF the piers on the North river, and
at "A time wnen there was great lack Of
ship Captains, and | should, with no
knowledge OF navigation, propose 10 take
q steamer across 20 Glasgow or HaYre,
and say, ''All aboardl Haul in the planks
ana swIng out" and passing out into the
sea plunge through darkness and storm.
If 1 succeeded in getting charge Of one
that would be the ship that would never
be heard Of. But that Is the boldness of
every man that prefers marriage lie
says: ~ will navigate you through the
storms, the cyclones, the fogs OF life
time. / will run clear OF rocks and ice
bergs. ! have no experience and have
no seaport, but all aboard for the voyage
Of liietmel / admit that there have
been 10000 shipwrecks on this very route,
but don't hesitate. Tut! Tut There
nowl Don't cry! Brides must not cry at
the wedding"
In response TO this the woman, by her
action, practically says ~ have but one
! life TO live, and intrust 10 all 20 you. Ny
arm is weak, but | will depend on the
strength OF yours. / don't know much Of
the world, but | rely on your wisdom. l
/ put my body, my mind, my soul, my time,
my eternity IN your keeping. ! make no
reserve. Even my name ] resign aud take
yours, though mine IS name that sug-
gests all that was honorable In my father,
and all that was good IN my mother, and
all that was pleasant In my brothers and
sisters. ] start With you on Journey
which shall not part except at the edge OF
/ your grave or mine. Ruth, the Moabitess,
made no more thorough selfaDnegatiOn
than ! make, when / take her tremendous