National Republican., 1888-01-16
A SERMON ON MARRIAGE.
REV. DIR, TALMA GE'S INTERESTING TALK
ON AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
He Counseis Strongly Against Marry
ing for Money Only Regardless of
Moral Character, ThonRh Money In
Itself in n Husband is Not obJec-

Moral Character, ThonRh Money In
Itself in n Husband Is Not Objec-
tionable.
BRooKLYN, Jan. 15-1n the Brooklyn Taber
pacle this morning the Rev. 7. Dewitt Tai
mage, d. D., preached the second OF the series
Of sermons to the women OF America, with i'm
portant hints 10 men. The subject OF the SER
mon was Marriage for worldly success with.
out regard to moral character" and the text
was from First Samuel, XIV, q Aud there was
aman in Maon, whose possessions were In Car.
mel; and the man was very great, and he had
three thousand sheep, and thousand goats"
DR.. Talmage said:
Ny text introduces us TO drunken bloat OF
large property. Before the day OF safety de-
posits and government GJu1 and national
banks people had their investment In flocks
and herds, and this man NGbal OF the text
had much Of his possessions in live stock. lie
came also Of a distinguished family, aud had
glorious Caleb Tor an ancestor. But this de-
scendant was q sneak, q churl, q sot, and
fool. one instance TO illustrate, 1t was
sbearing great feast was prepared for the
shearersi and David and his warriors,
who had in other days saved from destruc-
asking, in this time OF plenty, for some bread
for their starving men. And Nabal cried out
who is David 2, as though an an Englishman
had said who Is WellinRtonW OF q German
should say; "Who Ia Won Moltke?" or an
American should say "Who Is Washington 2"
Nothing did Nabnl give TO the starving men,
and that night the scoundrel lay dead drunk
at home, and the Bible gives us q full length
picture OF him sprawling and maudlin and
helpless:
lovely and gracious and good woman, mar
ried-n tuberOse planted beside thistle, a
palm branch twinsd into wreath of deadly
matches made in heaven; We throw W, our
hands in horror at that wedding How did she
ever consent TO link her dcstinies with such
q cfeature2 Well, she no doubt thought
ciated with an aristocratic family,
and no one can despse great name. Beside
this, wealth would come aud with 1t chains OF
| gold, and monsions lighted BY swinging lamps
| OF aromatic oil, and resounding with the chetr
| Of ofban9ueters, seated at tables ladcn with
wines from the richest vineyards. and fruits
foreign woods, and meats smoking in plattsrs
| Of gold, set on by slaves in bright uniform.
Before she Ilighted her troth with
| said to herself; How eau endure him? 10
he associated for life with such debauchee
cannot and viii not!, But then again she
| said to herself: at Ia time was married, and
| this is a cold world to depend OH, aud perhaps
| might do worse and may be will make a
| sober man out OF him, and marriage Is a lot
sentative Of great house presented himself In
q parenthesis Of sobriety and with an as
| sumed geniality and gallantry of manner aud
| with promises Of fidelity and kindness and
self abnegation June morning smiled on
March sQuall, and the great.soued woman
surrendered her happiness TO the keeping OF
hS infamous m son o. iGrtnphe ne whose posses
great, and he had three thousand sheep and n
thousand goats.
every hour OF every day all over Christendom
! marriage for worldly success without regard
to character. SO Marie Jeanne Phlipon, tho
daughter Of the humble engroyer OF Paris, bt-
came the famous Nine. Roland OF history, the
viyacious and brilliant girl united with the
cold, formal, monotonous man because he
came of an ai,luent family Of Amiens and had
when .,Gl !hroush political revolution
to the scailold around which lay piles of hll.
man heads that had fallen from the axe, and
she said to an aged man whom she had com.
torted as they assembled the scafiold: go first
that you may not witness my DEATH" aud then
undaunted took her turn 70 die-that day was
TO her only the last act OF a tragedy ofwhich
her uncongenial marriage day was the first.
Good and genial character in man, the
very first requisite for woman's happy mar.
rlage; Mistake me not as. depreciative OF
worldly properties. There is religious cant
that would seem to represent poverty as d
through thousand mansions where God Is as
much worshiped as He ever was in cabin
The. Gospel inculcates the virtues which
|
will all dwell In palaces and ride in chariots
and sit at snmptuons banquets. and sleer
under rich embroideres, and live four or five
in those lines a child shall de n = bnndred
years old, the average OF human life VIII ba at
least five centuries. The whole tendency ol
tendency OF righteousness is toward wealth
GOdliness is profitable for ne Life tnot now Is
as well es tor that which j. to come. NJ i'll
ventory can be made Of the picture galleries
| al al
libraries and pillared mag1iiicence and OF
parks and fountains and gardens in the
TWO most lofrdly residences in whian
was ever guest had morning and evening
prayers, ali iae eiEpoyes present. and all tay
long there was an air Of cheerful piesy in tho
conversation and behavior. Lord Radst1cb
| carried the Gospel 10 the Russian nobility
Lord Cavan and Lord Cairns spent their v4ca
lion in evangelistic services, Lord Coigletor
became missionary 20 BnSdud Aud the Chris
who was born in an eastern caravansrry aa'
again and again lived in palace.
is grand thing to have plenty o. money
and horses that don't comp j you 10 take III,
dust Of every numbering and iHzy vehicle ant
locks OF history that give you glimpse of NJ
the ast, AID shelves OF poetry 10 which yol
may 20 and ask Milton or 1ennyson or spen
Ger or Tom Moore or Robert Burns to stel
down and spend an evening with you, anC
other shelves to Wheh you may go while yol
feel disgusted with the shaIns of the world ant
ask Thaekeray to express your chagrin, O.
Charles. .Dickensto expose the Pecksninianism
or Thomas Carlyle to thunder yOur indigna
tion; or the other shelves where the old Cos
pei writers stand ready to warn and cheer u
while they open doors into that city which 4
so bright the MONDAY sun is abolished; Their
minutes to go mile II you can own one tina
can go in a little over two minutes and half
no virtue In running into the teeth OF north
east wind with thin apparel If YOU can anorC
furs; no virtue in being poor when you car
honestly be rich. There are names of men anC
womenth have only TO mention, and the!
erosity and philanthropy; such as Amos Law
Dodge, shaise,sbury, Miss Wolfe, ant
OF OF dny leading business men i 10 one ss Of OH on
eastern cities, and of the iifly leaiinl
; business men OF one OF our western cities three
aseu hsm all he Are Snn nnS hsf
genius is on the side Of religion. lniideIity 4
incipient insanity. All iutdels are cranks
Many of Them talk brightly but you soon iint
that in their mental machinery there IS
screw loose; when they are not lecturiul
} against Christianity they are sitting II
6@rro9ms ms squirting tG6afSo juiGe an
sulphurOus. They only talk TO keep thci
courage up and At best will feel Ike, the, IN
: tdel who begged to be buried with his Ch,ir
tian wife and daughter, aud when asked VIII.
he wanted such burial replied, III there he
resurrection of the good, as some folks sa
there will be- my Christian wife and daughte
with them"
Men may pretend to desplse religion, bl
. they are rank hypOcrltes. the sen captai
was right when he came uD to the village o.
the sea coast, and insisted on paying ten do
lars to the church, although he did not RttenI
himself Whom asked his reason he said tina
he had been in the habit Of carrying cGrgOe
OF oysters and clans from that place, AMI h
found since that church was built the peopl
were more honest than they ustd TO be, 20
hciorc the church was built he often foun
7 the load when he came to count II q thol9Rn
clans short Yes GOfliues' is profitable 70
! nent worldly successes are by those who rev
! erenCe God aud the Bible. But wat d. say
that II man have nothing bu. social position
ana financial resources II wnlpan VINO puts he
| happiness by MARRIAGE In his hand Tu-pn rel