The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-04
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
DIR. Talmage ON "IIOtel and
BOarding-II0use LIfe vcr-
sus Home Life.
The Eighth Sermon In 'grhe Marriage
Ring" Series by the Brooklyn
Divine.

Marriage Ring, the subject being 'lIotel
and Boarding house Life versus Home
Life"
Dr. TNlmage expounded chapter from
the second book OF Samuel about the ark
deposited in the house Of Obed- -edom,
about which Josephua says that the man
WIS poor when the ark was left al his
house, and rich before itleft, The preacher
remarked that every house IN rich which
has In II the sacred chest Of the divine
| p esenoe,
| The text was,
And brought him TO an inn, and took care
Of him, And on the morrow, when he had
departed, he took out 2 pence, and gave
them 10 the host, and said unto him, "lako
caro- OF him, and wha aaoeyoi you spend 'at
more, when ] come again ] will repay
thee. Luke X, "a, 3d.
Following h the sermon In full
This IL the good Samaritan paying tho
hotel bill Of man who had boon robb d
and almost killed by bandits,
The good Samaritan had found tho
unfortunate on q lonely, rocky road,
whore to this very day depredatons
are sometimes committed upon tray-
elors, and had put the injured man into
the saddle, while this moroiful and well.to-
| do man had walked, til they got TO ihl ho-
| tol, and the wounded man was put 10 bed
! and cared for, II must have boen very
superior hotel In ita accommodations for
though In tho country, the landlord wna
paid at the rate Of what In our country,
would bo 81 or S5 day, a penny ing
then days wages, and tho two pennies
paid In this eNsO about two day'a wagos.
Moreover, II was one OF those kind-hearted
landlords who are wrapped up In the hap
pineaa OF their gue0ta, because tho good
Samaritan leaves the poor, wounded fellow
TO his entire caro-, promising that whnn ho
camo that way again he would pay all tho
bills until the invalid got we'll.
Hotels anl boarding houses ara necoaai-
ties. In very ancient timoa they we're un-
known, bOonuse the world had compare
lively few inhabitants, NAo were not much
given TO travel, and private hospitality met
oil tho wants OF aOjournera, an wh'n Abra-
ham rushed out at Mamre 10 invite tho
three mon 10 nit down 10 dinner OF veal,
al whom Lydia urged the apostles 10 nc
oopt OF her homo, M when the people were
positively commanded 10 be given 10 hoepi-
tality, IN In many OF the places In the east
those ancient ouatoma are practiced today,
But We have now hotels presided over by
good landlords, and boarding houses pro.
sided over by excellent host0 or hostcsaoa,
In all noIghborhooda, villages, and citloa,
and II Ia our congratulation that those OF
our land eurpa00 all other lands, Thoy
rightly become the permanent residences Of
many people, such az those who Are with.
out families, such al those whose business
koepG them migratory, auoh ae those who
ought not for various rOnaona OF health, or
popularity OF circumstances, take upon
themselves the cares Of housekeeping,
Many man falling sick In theao board
ing-houaoe or hotels has been kindly
watched aud numod; and by tho memory OF
her own euiforinga and loeoce tho lady nj
the head Of such house has done all that q
mother could do fora sick child, aud tho
elumborloGs eye OF God aces aud appreciates
hor naoriloo0 In bohalf Of the stranger
Among the most marvellous onara OF
patience and Christian hdoliiy mo many Of
those who koop boarding. houses, enduring
without resentment tho unreasonable de-.
mAnda OF their guoat6 for expensive food
and attentions for which they are not will
Ing " pay an cquiyalont-a lot OF cranky
mon and women, who arc not worthy TO tio
the ahoe OF their quocnly caterer. Tho
outrageous way IN which boarlcn som times
act 10 thOir landlords and landladiea ahOwa
that those critical guests had bad curly rear
Ing, and that In tho making up OF their
natures all that constitutes The gentleman
and lady were loft out, Somo OF the most
prinocly mon and some OF the most elegant
womon that know OF to-day keep hotels
and boNrding-houuog.
But one OF tho groat OWLS Of this day IN
the fact that q large population Of our towns
and citica 0ro giving up and have given up
their homes and tOk0n aparlmonta that they
may have moro freedom from dumoatio
dutoa and moro time for social LIE, aud
because they like tho whirl Of publicity
bottor than tho quiet and privacy OF real.
donco they can call iholr own, Tho law.
full use Of those hotels aud boarding. .housOa
III for most people while they are In tran.
nitu, but ae terminus they are In mnny
oNeos decentralization, ultor and complete,
That ~ tho point NJ which families In
Vulnerable have begun IN diaintcgr,to.
Thoro mover has boen time whom no many
familioe, healthy and abundantly able 10
support and direct homos OF their own,
have struck tont and takon permanent
abodoe In thoeo public establishments II
IN an OWL Wide aa Chrletondom, and 10y
voice and through tho newspaper propa |
utter warning and burning protest, and ask
Almighty God 10 bloea tho word, whether
In the hearing or reading,
In thoao pubic oarayangarion the demon
OF gossip N apt 10 got full sway. All the
boordcrg run daily tho gantlot OF general
inspection how they look whom they como
down IN the morning and whom they got In
nj night, and what thoy 10 for living, and
who they receive M guests In their iooma,
and what they wear and what thoy do moi
wear, aud how tboy oat and what they oat,
and how much they cat and how little they
ont, II n mOn proposes In such place 10
he Isolated and roiiccnt and alono they will
BEGIN 10 guoea about him Who IN ho2
Whore did ho como from1 How long IL ho
going TO etoyl Hos ho paid his bONrdl
How much doee ho payp Perhaps ho has
committed some crimo aud docs not want
To bo known, thoro must DO something wrong
about him or ho would speak, Tho whole
house goes into the detective business.
They must find out about him, Thoy must
find out about him right AWAY, II ho leave
his door unlocked by accident ho will lind
that his rooms have been inspected, hiu
trunk explored, hi letters folded differently
From the way they were folded whom ho put
thpm away Who aho2 h the question,
asked with intoneor interest, until the sub.
feet hns become monomnnin. The simple
fact IL that hc ~ nobody In particular but
minds his own business, Tho best land.
lords and lOndlados cannot sometimes
hinder their places from becoming
pondemonium Of whispers. and regulations
ore tom TO tattcrs, aud evil suspicious aro
aroused, aud scandals started, and tho
parliament Of the family " blown 10 atoms
by some Guy Fnwkos who was not caught
In time, m woa his English predecessor OF
gunpowdery reputation.
The reason IL, that whllo In private
homes families have NO much ~ keep them
buey, In lheee promieouous and muliiudi.
nous residences there are NO many who
have nothing TO do, and that always makes
inlpchipf Ihoy pnthor In enph oihor'a