The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-01-26
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RaSard - N raj Character he sp1Jec,
.--AGsn Who Prrtend to peSpISe Ks,ii"ion
Ara Rank HypOorites.
BRooKIYN, Jan, l6.--In the Bro G.yn
TabeVnaola this morning the Rev."'l. 80
Witt Ta1mage, d. d.. preached the second
Of Tho series OF sermons 70 the women OF
America, with important hints 70 men.
The subject Of the sermon was, Marriage
for worldly success without regard 10
moral character" and the text wns rom |.
Samuel NV, 2: ~And there was man in
MAOn, whose pOsaessi0ns were In Carmel,
and no man was very great and he had
three thaasand sheep and thousand
ROata.S DF. TAlmage said:
Ny texG introduces 40 TO drunken bloAt
Of large property. Before the day Of safety
dsposits end gogeEnment bonds and na-
tional banks people had their Investments
in A0Oks and herds, and this man, NAbAl, Of
the teEt, had much Of his possessions In
live seAok. He came also Of distinguished
family and had glorious Caleb for an am
csstoT. But this ascendant was q sneak, q
7huEl, Q sot, and fool. One instance TO
illustrate: ItWas q wool raising country.
Ond at the time Of Bhearing q great feast
was prepared for the shearers; and David
and his war; 0Fs, who had in other days
saved from destruction the thTeshing floors
Of Nabal, sent TO him asking, in this time
Of plenty, for some bread for their starving
men. And Nabal cried out "Who is
David2" As though an Englishman had
said, SWho is Wellington" or a German
should say, "Who is Won Moltke2" or an
American should say, "Who is Washing
toni" Nothing did Nabal give TO the starv-
a 4lnA fnl, ha
dead drunk al home, and the Bible gives
us full-length picture of him sprawling
and maudlin and helpless.
Now that was the man whom Abigail, the
lovely and gracious and good woman mar
ried-a tuberose planted beside thistle, a
palm branch twined into wreath of deadly
nightshade. Surely that was not one Of
the matches made in Heaven. We throw
up our hands in horror at that wedding.
How did she ever consent to link her des-
tiniea with such a creature! Well, she no
doubt thought that it would be an honor to
be associated with an aristocratic family,
and no one can dispise great nome. Re-
sides this, wealth would come and with it
chains of gold and mansions lighted by
swinging lamps of aromatic oil, and re-
sounding with the cheer of banqueiers
seated at tables laden with wines from the
richest VINEYARDS, and fruits from ripest
orchards, and nuts threshed from foreign
woods, and meats smoking in piatters OF
gold, set on by slaves in BRIGHT uniforms.
Before she plighted her troth with this dis
sipated man she sometimes said 10 her.
self: "How can endure him! 10 he as
socinted for life with such deGauche
cannot and will MOI" But then again she
said TO herself: at is time ] was married,
aud this is a cold world 10 depend on, and
perhaps might do worse. aud NAV be |
will make sober man out Of him, and
marriage is lottery anyhow" And when
one day this representative of great house
presented himself in q parenthesis of SO
lEety, and with an assumed penality and
gallantry Of manner, and with promises of
fidelity and kindness and self -abnegation,
June morning smiled on March squall,
and the great souled woman surrendered
her happiness 10 the keeping of this infa.
nous son of fortune whose possessions
were in Carmel; and the man was very
great, and ne had three thousand sheep
and thousand goats.
Behold here domestic tragedy repeated
every hour of every day all over Christen-
dom marriage for worldly success with
out regard 10 character. So Marie Jeanne
Phlipon, the daughter OF the humble en-
grIver of Paris, became the famous Nine.
Roland of history, the vivacious and bril-
liant girl united with the cold, formal,
mon OtonOuB man because he came of an
affluent family of Amiens and had lOrdly
blood in his veins. The day when, through
political revolution, this patriotic woman
vas led to The ScSffOld. around which lay
piles of human heads that had fallen from
Al. latn % N1l,sN
she had confronted as they ascended the
scatfold: $50 first, that you NAV not wit
ness my DEATH" and then, undaunted,
took her turn to die-that day was to her
only the last act Of tragedy of which her
Sncongenial marriage day WAS the first.
Good and genial character in a man, the
very first requisite for wOman's happy
marriage. Mistake me not Gs depreGiatiye
Of worldly properties. There is relig-
ious cant that would seem to represent
poverty as virtue and weaEh as a crime.
can take you through thousand man
siens where God is as much worshiped as
He ever was in cabin. The gospel in-
culcates the virtues which tend toward
wealth. In the millennium We will all
dwell in palaces and ride in chariOts and
sit at sumptuOus banquets ard sleep under
rich embroideTies and live 400 or 50t
years, for, il, according to the Bible in those
times, child shall die 100 years cd, the
average Of human life will Q at least i've
centuries. The who'e tendency Of sin is
toward poverty, and the whole tendency Oi
righteousness is toward wealth. GOdli.
ness 10 profitable for the life that now II
as we'll as for that which ia to come. NJ
inventory can be made of the picture gal
leFies cOnsecrated to God, and OF sculpture
aud of libraries and piliared magnitcence
aud of parks and fountains and gardens in
the ownership of good men and women
The two most lOrdly residences in which
] was ever guest had morning and even
ing prayers, all the employees present, anG
all day long there was an air of cheerful
piety in the conversation and behavior.
Lord RadstOck carried the gospel to the
Russian nobility Lord Cavan and Lord
Cairns spent their vacation in evangelical
services. Lord Congleton became mis-
sionary TO Bagdad. And the Christ who
was born in am Eastern caravansary hai
again and again lived in palace.
1t is grand thing to have plenty OF
money, and horses that don't compel yoU
to take the dust of every numbering and
lazy vehicle; and books of history that give
you glimpse of all the past; and shelves OF
poetry to which you may go and ask Mil
ton or Tennyson or Spencer or Tom Moore
or Robert Burns to stop now and spend
an evening with You, and other shelves tc
which you may 60 while yen feel disgusted
with the shame of the world, and ask
Thaekeray to express your chagrin, OF
Charles Dickens to express the Pecksnif-
tianism, or Thomas Carlyle to thundel
your indignation; or other shelves where
the old Gospel writer's stand ready to
warn and cheer us while they open doors
into that city which is so bright the noon
day sun is abolished. There is no virtue
in owning a horse that takes four minutes
to go a mile, if You can own one that can
go in little over two minutes and u half;
no virtue in running into the teeth of a
northwest wind with thin apparel, il you
can afford furs. no virtue in being poor
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