Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-03-11
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
DIR. Talmage on "Hotel and
Boarding-House Life ver-
sus Home Life.
The Eighth Sermon In 'sThe Marriage
Ring'' Series by the Brooklyn
Divine.

Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D. d,
in the Brooklyn tabernacle the
eighth of his series of sermons on The
Marriage Ring" the subject being Hotel
and Boarding Life versus Home
Life"
DR.. Talmage expounded q chapter from
the second book of Samuel about the ark
deposited in the house Of Obed- -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
remarked that every house is rich which
has in it the sacred chest OF the divine
presence.
The text was:
And brought him to an inn, and took care
Of him. And on the morrow, when he had
departed, he took ont 2 pence, and gave
them to the host, and said unto him: Take
care of him, and whatsoever you spendest
more, when / come again ] will repay
thee. Luke K, "a, 80.
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 loneiy, locky ioau,
where to this very day depredations
are sometimes committed upon tray-
elers, and had put the injured man INTO
the saddle, while this merciful and wel-to-
do man had walked, till they got to the no,
tel, and the wounded man was put 10 BED
and cared for. 1t must have been very
superior hotel In its accommodations, Ior,
though IN the country, the Landlord was
paid at the rate OF what, In our country,
would De pa or So day, penny oeing
then days wages, ana tne TWO pennies
Paidln TINS case apout Two days wages;
moreover, IL was one OF tnose hino, near'eo
Landlords VINO are wrapped up In tne nap,
piness OF their guests, because tne good
Samaritan leaves tne poor, wounaeG leliow
to his entlre care, promising tnat Wnen ne
came that way again ne would pay Oil 'ne
oiils until tne lnvand got Well
& hotels ana poarong-nouses are necessl-
ties. In very ancient umes tney were un-
known, because tne "o[io hau compare.
uveiy IeW lnnaoltants, VINO were no. Muon
gwen 10 travel, ana private hosPitanty Me'
all the wants OF soJourners, as "nen Apra-
nam rushed OUT at MamIe 10 lnsi'e .ne
tnree men 10 sls uoWn 70 uinner VI 'eai'
as wnen Lyaa urged 'ne aPos.ies W ao-
cept OF ner nome, as wnen 'ne PeoPie me:o
posiuVeiy commanoeu 70 pe gwen " nospl.
tahty, as IN many VI tne plaoes ~ tio su sus'
Inese anclens cus.onls alo plao.oeu 10y.
bugWe nave now 1oteis Plesiueu o'ol "
gooa landlords anu poarung-houses pie-
sioeu o'er ny eAoe.en' nve's VI n9''o1:o1' :a:'
IN an neignpolnoous, ..iasos, ~. ant t,o o,.,os
ana IL Is our congra."ia.ion ,nas 'nITI M y.
our iana surPasS al otner lales. Iney
rlghtiy become the perinanent Iesiuehoes "
many people, sucn as tnose VINO are wi'n-
9ut Iamilles, suen US 'nose wnose uusinJss uuhs
Keeps tnem mlgratory, sucn as u@ose "no
ougnt not' Ior various reasohs VI leai.n, y.
pecuilarNy VI cnculiis,anoes, 'aAo "pon
themselves inc S'Tes w: VI n1ueeh1epihS.
MANY man 1aillhg SICK III tnese pcalu-
ng-nouses OF hotels mas Deen kinoiy
watched ana nursed; ana py the memory ot
her own sunerings ana losses .ne laay az
tne nead OF such mousse mas oVne al .naS ~
mother could 90 LOT SICK cnlio, ana tne
slumper!ess eye OF God sees ana appreciates
ner sacrinces IN pehail Oh he stranger:
among the most marveious cases ..
patience ana Chfistian ndehty are many el
those VINO Keep poaroing-nouses, enuurihg
without resentment the unreasonable oe,
mands OF their guests ior expensive 1000
and attentions Tor whlcn they are not Will
lng to pay an equlvalent-a lou OF CRANKY
men and women, who are not Wofthy 10 ue
the shoe OF their queenly caterer. Inc
outrageous Wayln Whlch 6oarders sometimes
act to their landlords and landladles shows
that these critical guests had bad early rear
ing, and mat IN the making up OF tneir
nnS iesr M arn snai Soft ont Some of tbs most
i. .nr;ncely mon and some Of the most elegant
pn-,,on ,bat T Lnow of -5av keen bofeIs
snd hnorj;na- hons.s
Rnt one of the orsat evils of this dav ia
tba fact til that n LARGE nonnlation Of onr towns
and c;t;es ore oiv;no mn and have oiven nm
Their home. and ioj5en anortmants that thew
NAV bnvn mors fraadom from domestic
dnt;es and mora tima for social life and
hecansa ibav I;ka the wb;rl of nnblicitv
hetter tbon tbe nn;et and nriv,cv IF rssi.
Sonca thar con aoII tbeir own The low
hi ,ss Of tbese hotels ona boaraino- bonses
10 for | most ~ ~ naonie while they are in fran
6tn Int as = ierm;nns tbev are in MANY
cases demorol;zat;on inter- and cnmnIate
That 10 The no;nt of which families in
nnmerobie have heoup 10 disinteorate
Tbera navar has baen a time when 90 many
fan;iio. baoithy ond ahnndantlr ohIe ~
snnnort and direct homes of their own
have strnck tent and taken nermanent
shodes in these nnbi;c estoblisbmnnts t.
Il nm evil wide aa Cbristendom, and bv
voice and tbroncb the nawsnaner nresa I
rttar warning and hnrninu nroteat and ash
1Im;ohtv Cad tn blesa fhe word wbethey
"a the hearing or reading.
.s = -e.---e.
tneSe puDNo carAV8nbaxlos Ne G0mO4
Ix gossip Is APT 70 get fuli sway: All the
goarders run daily the gantet OF general
pspecuon-how tney lock when they come
gown IN the morning and when tney get IN
~ night, and what they 90 Tor Q living, and
Wno they receive as guests In their rooms.
ma wnat tney wear ana wnat ma tney 40 no'