The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-28
CLANDESTINE MARRIAGES.
The Third OF DIR. Talmage's Ser
mons on "The Marriage
Ring"
A Stirring Inyectlye Against Meetings
and Marriages by Stcalth-SOme
Graphic Smiles.


Marriages and iscapadea," aud tho toxt Prov,
cribs H., II and 49, "stolen waters are sweet
and broad taken IN secret In pleasant But he
knowolh not that the dead arc there" The
preacher said
Tho garden OF Eden was great orchard Of
fruit-boarng trees, buahols and bushola Of
round, ripe, glorious fruit but tho hortioul,
turlht aud hs wife having II In charge hanlIorcd
for one special tree simply because II was for.
biddcn, starlinga bad dsToak In human nature,
no that children will now sometimes do some
thing SIMPLY because thoy are forbidden to do
H. This kink In the human race IL not easily
unsnarlod. Toll company that they nay
look into any twonty rooms Of q large house
except one, and their chief dosIro IL 10 200 that
ono, though all tho others were pIcture-gal-
lory aud that garrett II there were In ro-
gion Of IMMORAL springs twenty fountains, but
tho proprietor had fenced In one we'll against
the public, tho one fenced In would bo the chief
temptation to the visitors, aud thoy would
rather taste Of that than the other nineteen.
solomon recognized this prIncipl, In tho toxt,
and also tho disasters that follow forbidden
N"HN"''i NH'H Nv NNlNi NNlOH NNlNIh hlo
sweet and broad eaton In secret h pleasant
But ho mowoth not that tho dead arc thoro,"
In this course Of sermons on "Tho Marriage
Ring" | this morning aim a point blank shot
at "clandestno marriages and oacapados, y
Yondor comes up through tho narrowa Of New
York Habor ship having all tho evidence OF
q tompostuoua passage watormark roach.
ing to the top Of tho smokostaoki manmast
foremaat, mlg2onmaat twisted on bulwaIka
knocked In; lifoboata on tho dayit; jbehoots
and loobowllnos missing; captains bridge do
molshed main shaft brokon; all tho pumps
working to keep from sinking before they can
get TO wharfage That ship IL the institution
OF Christian marriage, launched by the Lord
grandly from tho banks Of the Euphratca
and floating out on the seas for the admiration
aud happiness Of all nations but frooloyoIam
struck II from one side aud Mormonism struck
itfrom another aido and hurricanes Of libor.
tinsm have struck II on all sidos, until the old
ship moods repairs In oyory plank aud beam
and sail and bolt and clasp and transom and
Btanchion.
In other words, the notions OF modern 30
cloty must bo reconstructed on tho subject Of
the marriage institution, And whom wo hayo
got II back somewhere noar what Il was whom
God built II In Paradise the earth will bo far on
toward resumption Of parAdlmIcal conditions
Do you ask what Ia the mood Of course Of sOr-
mons on this ubioctY Tho man or woman who
asks this question h other ignorant or guilty,
In Now England, which has boon conaidorodb by
many the most moral part Of the unitod Satca,
thoro aro 1900 divorces por year And In
Massachusetts, the headquarters Of steady
habits thorO In ono divorce 10 Oyory fourteen
marriages Tho State Of Mano, considered by
many almost frgd In proprictios, has In ono
year i7s divorces In Vermont swapping wiyoa
~ not rare transaction. In Connecticut thoro
arc womOn who boast that they hayo four or
Ave times been divorced Moreover, our
boastod Pro oatantlsm Ia, on thia subject, moro
lax than Roman Catholicism, Roman Cathol-
cism admits Of no divorce except tho reason
that Christ admitted as u lawful reason. But
protostOntiam Ia admitting anything and
and the hrgor the proportion Of
protostOns In any part Of tho country, tho
larger the ratio Of divorce DO you not, thcn
think that Professionalism noe II sOmo toning
up on this nbjooty
Aye, whom you roalzo that tho aacrod and
divine institution Ia bong caricaturod and do
famed by clandostino marriages and oacapadoa
all over the land, docs thoro not soom call
for such discuBsionY Hardly morning or
oyoning papor comes into your possession
without reporting them, and thoro aro ifly Of
those occurrences whore ono Ia reported, boz
cause II Ia the intorost Of all parties to hush
thom up, Tho victims arc ut all hours Of the
night, climbing down ladders or crossing over
from State to State, that they may roach laws
OF creator laSily, holding receptions sx
months aftOr marriage 10 lot tho public know
for the first time that u half.yoar before ihoy
were united IN wodlock Minister'S Of religion,
and JustIcos Of the peace and mayorB Of cilios
willingly Joining In marriage runaways from
othor Statoe and noighborhoods, tho coach.box
and tho back scat Of tho prInocly landau In
filtration; tclograma flashing acroeB tho coun-
try for the arrest Of abaCondod school misses
who started of with mn armful of books, and
taking rail trains 10 moot thoir anlanood In
tho enow-drirs Of tho great storm that has 70.
comfy passed. over tho country Bomo Of thom,
! road, have pcrishod; thousands Of pooplc In
q marriage whose banns have noyor boon pub
liehcd procipihtcd SonjugOlity; bigamy lri.
umphanti marriage joko society blolchod all
ovor with putrofaotlon on this subject
which no one but the Almighty God can arrost
Wo admit that cloniA,tInity and cscapado arc
sometimes authorized and made right by
parental tyranny or domestic sorfdom. Thors
have boon exceptional oasos whore parcnta
havo had monomania In regard " their sons
and daughters, demanding thoir oclibaoy or
forbiddlng rotations ovory way right Through
absurd family ambition parents have eomo-
limoe demanded qualifications and equipment
Of fortune unreasonable 10 expect or simply
impossible, Children arc not expected 10
marry 10 please thor paronie but 10 please
Iiomsolyos 0iyon good morals, means OF q
livelihood, appropriate ago and quality Of
'ocial poeiton, and no paront has right 10
prohibit union that sooms deliberate and q
mattcr Of tho heart
Row Philip Horny, eminent for pic,y AMI
rood SENSE, usod 10 nay 10 his childrcn
Please God and ploaso yourselves, and you
'holl never disploaso mo"
During our civil war marriage was about
10 DO celebrated NJ Charleston, South Carolina,
between Lieut. do Rochelle and Mss Anna,
Tho daughter Of ox-Govonor pickons As nv
,oromony was about 10 DO aolomnizod a eholl
broke through Tho roof aud wounded nino Of
ho guests, and tho. brido foil dying, and,
wrapped In her whito wedding robe, hor DO.
'rothed knooling at hor sdc in two hours
The expired And thoro has boon many M
bright union OF hearts as that proposed that
ho bomb-shell Of outrageous parental In
lignatlon has wounded and scattered and
,lain.
II tho hand offered In marriage bc blotchod
" intompoNnco, II the life Of tho marital can-
lidatc has been dobauchod, IL he has no Visible
Means OF support, and poverty and abandon
mont SOON only lttlo way ahead. II the twain
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