The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SECOND OF THE "ssRlEs TO wo-
MEN" AT THE TABERNACLE.

Joct-"en VINO fretend TO Desptse Re-
liglon Are Rank Hypoorites.
BRooKLYE, Jan. 15.-1n the Brooklyn
Tabernacle this morning the Rev. T. De-
Witt Talmage, d. D., preached the second
Of the series of sermons TO the women of
America, with important hints to men.
The subject Of the sermon was, MAR
rage for worldly success without regard
to moral character. and the text was
from | Samuel XIV, 9: And there was
q man in Maun, whose possessions were
IN Carmel, and the man was ve.y great,
and he had three thousand sheep and a
thousand goats" DIR. Talmage said:
My text introduces us to a drunken
bloat cf large property. Before the day
Of safety deposits and government bonds
and National banks people had their in
vestments i'll flocks and herds, and this
man, Nabal, OF the text, had much of
his possessions in live stock. He came
also of a distinguished family and had
glorious Caleb for an ancestor. But this
descendant was a sneak, churl, q sot
and fool. One instance to illustrate: 1t
was wool raising country, and at the
vi Il Sltdt tcftoI "dS pre-
pared for the shearers; and David and
his warriors, who had in other DAYS saved
from destruction the threshing floors of
Nabal, sent to him asking, in this time
of plenty, for some bread for their starv-
ing men. And Nabal cried out: '.Who
is David AS though an Englishman
had said, WHO is Wellingtonr' or a
German should say, who is Won
Moltke1' or an American should say,
"Whn is Washington?" Nothing did
Nabal give tn the starving men, and that
night the scoundrel Law dead drunk at
home, and the Bible gives us full length
picture of him sprawling and maudlin
and h. ,,rSs.
No" that was the man whom Abigail,
the lovely and gracious and good woman
mtrliri--a tubcr0se planted beside a
thistle, n palm branch twined into a
wreath Of deadly nightshade. Surely
thar was not one of the matches made in
hearee. We throw up our hands i'll hor
Tor s,t ;Alt we'd ling. How did she ever
COlIscat 10 liil; her destinities with such
a Creatggci Well, she no doubt thought
that il would Ue all honor to be assoCi-
ated with an aristocratic family, and no
one can de3.bisa IL great name. Besides
this. wealth would come and with it
CHAINS OF 81! and mansions lighted by
swinging amps Of aromatic oil, and re-
soundIuI with the cheer of banqueters
seated \; tables Laden with wines from
the richest vineyards, and fruits from
ripest orchards, and nuts thrcshed from
foreign woods, and meats smoking in
platters OF gold, set on by slaves in
bright uniforms. Before she pli9hted
her ,ro;b with this dissi pated man she
sometimes said to herself: How can !
endure him. 70 be associated for life
with such a debauche | cannot and will
noth But then again she said to her
self: lit is time | was married, and
this is cold world to depend on, and
perhaps might do worse. and may be |
will make a sober man out of him, and
marriage is a lottery anyhow" And
when on" day this representative of a
great house presented himself in n parcn-
tlesis of s,bri"ty. and with an assumed
gen.alltv and gailantry of manner, and
with promises of fidelity and kindness
AMI self abHcgation, June morning
smiled on March squall, and the great
souled women surrendered her happiness
to the keeping of this infamous son of
fortune whose possessions were in Car
MEL ana the man was very great, and
he had three thousand sheep and a
thousand goats.
Behold here a domestic tragedy re-
peated every hour of every day all over
m-marrage for worldly sue
oel IN, bar IN
Marie Jeanne Phlipon, the daughter of
the iumliH englaver of Paris, became
the famous Nine Roland of history, the
vivarious and brilliant girl united with
the cold, formal, monotonous man be-
cause he came of an affiuent family of
Amiens and had lordlv blood in his veins.
The day when, through political revolu-
ton. tins patriotic woman was led to the
scatfold. around which lay piles of
hu!,,an heads that had fallen from the
az. ana she said to an aged man whom
she lad confronted as they aScended the
scaCold: Go first that you may not
witness my death" and then undaunted
took her turn to die-that day was to
which her uncongenial marriage day was
the first
Good and genial character in a man,
the very first requisite for woman's
happy marriage. Mistake me not as
depreciative of worldly properties.
There is religious cant that would
seem to represent poverty as virtue and
wealth as crime. l can take you
through a thousand mansions where
God is as much worshiped as he ever
was in a cabin. The Gospel inculcates
the virtues which tend toward wealth.
In the millennium we will all dwell in
palaces and ride in chariots and sit at
sumptuous banquets and sleep under rich
embroideries and live 400 or 500 years.
for, if according to the Bible in those
times, child shall die 100 years old, the
average of human life will be at least five
centuries. The whole tendency OF SIN IS
toward poverty and the whole tendency OF
is toward wealth. Godli-
ness is profitable for the life that now is
as well as for that which is to come. No
inventory can be made of the picture
galleries consecrated to God, and of
sculpture and of Libraries and pillared
and of parks and fountains
and gardens in the ownership of good
men and women. The two most lordly
residences in which was ever a guest
had morning and evening prayers,
all the employees present. and 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 evangelistic
services. Lord Congleton became mis-