Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-01
HsrEl vs.. HOME,
TalmsVs o. hOtsl and Boarding
Mouse life Vs. Home Life.
rHt Evn or LIVING IN APARTMENTS.
Too Many People Having Nothing 10
Do But Gossip in Boarding
Houses.
Sosciag 10 The Rsqisser.


7. De Witt Talmsge, D. D, preached to
day in the Brooklyn Tabernacle, the eighth
of his series of sermons on The Marriage
Ring" the subjecl being Hotel and Board
ing House Life versus Home Life Fro
fessor Henry Eyre Browne played 10 Sane
tissims," by Lux. The whole congrega'
ton Joined in singing the hymn:
"G'ory TO Col on high
Let heaven and earth reply:
Praise ye His name"
Dr.. Talmsga sxpoUnded- a chapter from
the second book ofSauuel about the ark
deposited in the house of O5ed-edom, about
which Josephus says that the man was
poor when the ark was left at his house
and rich before it left. The preacher re-
marked that every house is ric which has
in it the sacred chest otthe Divine pre- tsence.
The text was Luke K, "a and 30: And
brought him to en- inn, and took care OF
him. And on the morrow when he de-
parted, he took ont two pence, and gave
them to the host, aud said unto him, lake
care of him, and whosoeVer thon spendest
more. when l cous again, | will repay
thee" Following is the sermon in full:
This is the good Samaritan paying the
hotel bill of man who had been ROBBED
and almost killed by bandits. The good
Samaritan had found the unfortunate on
o lonely, rocky road, where to this very
dsy depredations are sometimes committed
upon travellers, and had put the injured
man into the saddle, while this mercltul
and Wellto do man had walked, till they
got to the hotel and the wounded man was
put TO bed and cared for. 1t must have
been very superior hotel in its accom-
mods,ions, for, though in the country, the
landlord was paid at the rate OF what IN
our country would be four or FIVE dollars
day, q penny being then a days wages
and the two pennies paid in this case about
two days wages. Moreover, it was one OF
those kind hearted landlords who are
wrapped up in the happiness Of their guests,
because the good Samaritan leaves the
DOOR wounded fellow to his entire care,
promising that when he came that way
again &c Eculd pay all the bills until the
invalid got well.
HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES ARE NECEs-
Sites.
In very ancient time they were un-
known, because the world had compare
tiyely few inhabitants, who were not much
given to travel, and private hospitality met
all the wants of sojourners; as when Abrs-
ham rushed out at Mamre to invite the
three men to sit down to a dinner of veal;
as when Lydia urged the Apostles to &C.
cept OF lie. home; as when the people were
positively commanded to be given to hos
pitslity; as in many OF the places Of the
East these ancient customs are practiced
today. Bat we have now hotels presided
over by good landlords, and boarding
houses presided over by excellent host or
hostess, in all neighborhoods, villages and
cities, aud it is our congrstulstion that
those Of our land surpass all other lands
They rightly become the permanent resi-
dences of many people, such as those who
are without families, such as those whose
business keeps them migratory, such as
those who ought not, for various reasons
of health oE pecGheritY Of circumstances,
take upon themselves the cares oi house
keeping.
Many a man falling slck in one OF these
bosrdin houses or hotels has been kindly
watched and nursed; and by the memory
of her oEa sufferings and Losses the lady
at the head Of sucG souse has done all
that q mother could do for SICK child,
and the slumcerless eye of God sees and
appreciates her sacrifices 10 behalf of the
stranger. AMong the post marvellous
cases of patience and Christian Edelity are
many of those who keep boarding houses,
enduring without resentment the unreas-
enable demands of their guests for expen
siye food aud attentions for which they are
moi SilliaS to pay an equivalents lot OF
cranky uaen sad vaEen who are not
worthy to tie the shoe of their queenlS
caterer. The outrageous way In which
bosrders sometimes act to their landlords
and lsndlsdles show that these critical
quests he'd bad early rearing, and that in
the making up OF thaiS netures aIl that
constitutes the gentleman and lady were
left out. Some of the most princely men
aud some of the most elegant women that
l know Of today keep hotels and boarding
housee
Bat
ONE OF THE GREAT EyIL1 OF THIS DAY
is couud in the fact that a large population
of our towns and cities are giving up and
have given up tIe.T hoEe and taken apart
ments, thst they may have more freedom
from domestic duties aud more time tor
social life, and because they like the whirl
OF publicity better than the quiet and pri-
vsey OF residence they can call their
own. The lawful use OF THESE aotels and
boarding houses is for most people while
they are in transitu, but ss terminus they
are in many cases generalization, utter
and complete. That is the point st which
families innuuersbie have bSgGu to disin-
tegrste. There never has been time
when 80 many families, healthy sud sbund
antly able to support and direct homes OF
their own, have struck tent and taken per
msnent sbode in these public establish.
uents. Il is an evil vide as ChiistendoD,
aud by yoioe and through the newspaper
press / utter wsrning aud burning protest,
ard ask Almighty God to bless the word,
whether In the hesrinS or reading.
In these public csravsnssries
! TIE DEMON OF GOSSIP
is apt to get full sway. AL the boardsrs
rue daily the gauntlet of genera. iDspec'
tion-hov taey look when they come down
in the morning aud when they gst IL at
night, aud SbRt they do for living, and
who they receive as gGssts IN their rooms.
and what they wear and what they do Bot
wear and how they eat and what they eat,
aud how mach they eat and how little they
eat. II msu proposes in ssch place to
be isolated snd reicent and alone, they
viii begin to guess about him: Who IL
he's Where did he come FROM How
Iopa E is he going - stsy' Has he paid hi'
Sosrd7 Hov much does he payf Per
bsps he has coAmitisd Scma er!me sno
does not want to be known; there must %
something wrong about him or be woulC