Telegram-herald., 1888-01-23
MARRIAGE PROMISES
Or rsLNAGE's sssaos TO WOMEN
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thlgd q h.s series * .Serraons - tie " omsa
Of A;ueriea. sith llnsort2ls Eflufs - Msa1
HIS sli ct Has. Broken Premises sf Mar
ri4se and h-s text from jugs n, >. Il
have op~ned Iny nouth gzt0 the Lord, aad
eaaaot 90 Dsck lie said.
Gen. JsFhthzh, ia conlEnsA.er ia chief
Of ths lTaslltlsh forces. j. backing oa
the sword for fns sxternlinstlos q the psstif-
sr0as Ammoaites, AID looking up to tAe sky
hs promises that Il Ged ~sA give him ths
victsrY be I'll put - death aad saeriaee as
burnt o.ferag the frss thing that comes
oar from the door - bis Homestead when ne
Foes haek The hurFshl1g 81 triumph sooa
runs along the lie 81 az the companies,
regimsnls and divisions u Jsphfhahs army
+ A worse bearea enelle taan those Ammouites
never streesi any plain uitb their carcassss
F tfen Jephtbahl fre..t froal his victory. >
Hos GA hs say h9ale. A he comes over
I tie b,li ard thTouzs ~ valleys the whole
march a0.nesard for hls men j. = cheer, bg,s
, for him great anxiety, f1r be remembers
I bis vow - slsy and hura The first thing that
comes forth from MS house - greet him after
his victory
Perhaps ls shali be the old watch dog that
shall first come out, and 1ho could get heart
10 beat out ne life ~ a faithful creature like
that as be comes faonlng azd barking and
I friskiag and putting up his paw against his
/ master In merry welcome after long sbSencei
+ No, Il was Dot that which came forth 70 meet
+ JePhthsh. Perhaps 10 mhgnt be a young
T dove let out from its cage IN the generals
7 home which, gaining is liberty, may seem 20
I rejoice In the public gladaeas ard huIter on
the shoulder OF the familiar head Of the
7 household But who could have the
/ heart 10 siay such a winged limo
/ cent? No; IL was not that which came
/ forth 10 meet Jephthah. o. IL may he some
I good eishLor that Niil rush out to greet him
after having first been in TO tell the family Of
the near approach of the general But who
| could slsy a neiS Shbor who had come on the
scene 10 rejoice over the reunited households
I No, II was not that which came forth TO
| meet Jephthah.
/ As hs advances upon his home the door
I opens and oGt OF it comes one whose appear
ance under other circumstances would have
been an indescribabls joy, but under the
| pledge of sacrifice becomes a horror which
/ blanches his cheek and paralyzes his form
and almost harls him fat to the earth His
| child, MS only child, his dauxh hter comes skip
/ ping out 10 greet him, her step keeping time
20 a timbrel which she shakes and smites.
| Did ever conqueror's cheer end in such a
bitter sroani No wonder, Dore, in two OF
his masterpieces, presents the scene And Han
del made II the last and ciimsctric work OF
his life to put this pathetic and overpowering
circumstance ia an oratorio, seven months
toiling amid its majestic harnouies until his
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scene Of Jepathans daughters sacrifice were
too much for mortal VISION. the grand old
musician was led blind into the orchestra for
the first rendering OF "Jephthah" Al the
glories os victorious war are blotted out from
Jeph,hahs memory, and his banner is folded
in grief. and his sword goes back into the
scsbbard with dolorous clang, and the muf-
feel drum takes tao place OF the GYM
/ tals, and the 'trenlolor the place
OF the trumpet. and he cries out:
"Alss, nv daughter thou hast brought
| RE very low and thou art one Of them that
trouble me; for I lave opened my mouth TO
the Lord and i cannot 20 back During
two months amid she mountains without
| shelter, thr rnaidcnS who would have been at
her wedding ranged with Jephtllah's daugh-
ter up and down, seGailirg her coming sac
rifce.
Commentators and theologians are in dis
puts as TO whether that girl was slain or not,
and as % whether II she were slain il was
right or wrong in Jsphthah % be the execu-
toner, a discussion into which | shall not be
diverted from the overmEstering considera-
ton that We had better look out wha. we
promise, bitter oe cautious what engs cement
we make, better that in regard 20 nll mat
tcrs Of hstrothsi and phghted vow we feel
the responsibility, lest We have either to sac
ridcs the trnth or sacrifice an immortal
being, and We be lei to cry out with the
paroxyssn ef Jephthah: Il have opened
my mouth unto the Lord, and l cannot 60
back
There is one ward in almost al the insane
asyiusns and large region in almost every
ceastery that yoa need n visit. They are
Occupied ov the men and women who are the
victims Of broken pronises of marriage The
women in those wards and IN tsosa mortuary
reccpfaciss are N tie majority, because
woman lives more IN her affections than does
man. aad lace-asion Of them in her case i.
more apt TO be = ismsnsia and fatality. In
some regions o. this land ths promise Of mar
riags i considered 20 have no solennity or
binding force IL was only made in fun.
They may change tk.ir mind The engage
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ire N perSaz or opUlent IN estate appears on
the ssene. th.n the rings ara returned and
ths smstory letters and all relationship
ceases And so there are ten thousand Jeph
thah's daughters sacrificed as burnt offerings
: The whols sub jsct needs to be taken out oi
the rssl1n Of comedy into tragedy and mer
AMI women peel % understand that. Will,
there are exceptions 20 the rule, oncs having
solsnniv pledged 10 sacb ether heart sne
hand. ths forfeiture and abandonment oi
that ple,i<e makes the transgressor in the
sixbt of God prejursr, and 50 tEe day o
irdxrnent viii rsvesi il. The one has led c,
tha osher. ard al lars shall have their pIac'
in the AXE tsA. burneth with Ere aud brim
store
n a man cT woman make q promise in tn
business world = there ary Obligation =
falf1 iti IF amsa Sgn note for FIVE hun
5red dollars ought lie 70 pay iti II a con
trsct be signed involving tas building OF I
> house or the furnishing Of = BIZ * goods
0urht tnev stand BY that contract "Oh
vas~ aIwavs answered. Then I ask III
e further questions. Ks tie heart, ths happi
neSs the welfare. he temporal and etsrna
J siesffsy of = man or woman worth ss usucl
As taa house. worth fv- hundred dollars
vorfa snvshingi The realm 0f prof figsc,
+ ds.@i with nlsn snd women ss result r
, ( the wrong answer - tnsf Question IN
most sxgr>vasln-. stupendous and tFod def ?
+ ing lie ss lie n tie shape Of broken eSpou
. I sai
4 But surrc-- man changes rs mind
? euzkt Ne not hack ousf Nor once IN e.
g sheassnS evr-s, Thss X chang my n1iz'
2 about rrozniss.Ty roas and decline - d
2 it. ana s1,sieufT pat ~ property n sac
sltap~ sea- 7ou rcult nct -olaect Yeur nofs
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