Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-13
WIFELY AMBITION.
Or. TALMAeE's SIXTH SERMON TO
THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.

THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.
wise. Of America Use Your Influence to,
God and Home-Remenber The story
Of Jeseb~l asd Ahsb and Civ. Not Had
Advice "a Your Hu.bands.
l BROOKLYN, Feb lo-In the tabernack
this morning the Rev. T. De Witt falmags
d. l., preached the sixth Of his series O.
Sermons TO Women Of America with I'm
portant Hints for Men" The subject WAS
"Wifely Ambition, Good and Bad, +" and the
text WAS from I Kings, xxi, z: "ArisA and
eat bread, and let thine heart b. nerry:
viii give thee the vineyard Of Nsboth." Dr.
Talms se said:
One day King Ahab. looking out Of the
window of his Ialace At J.zrel. said to his
wife hzstei: I'VE ought To have these royal
gardens enlarged. II ~ could only st that
fellow Nai.ah, who OWNS that vineyard out
there, to trade or sell We could make 1t a
kitchen garden for our palace"
Fetch in Naboth, said the king to oos Of
his servants.
| The plain gardener. wondering why he
should be called into the presence Of his
at-stv, comes in, q little dowucast in his
moie~ty and with very obsc,uious manner
bows to the king.
/ The king says: 'Saboth, want tO trade
vineyards with you want your vineyard
for kitchen garden. and I viii give . great
deal better vineyard In place Of IT, or, If You
prefer money for it, will givc YOU cash"
"Oh. no" says Saboth. Il cannot rrnde of
nv little plsce, nor can sell it. II is the old
Homestead. got it Of nv father and he Of
his father, and I cannot let tho Old place 60
out of nv hands"
| In great state Of pctulancy King Ahab
went into the house and flung himself on the
b.sl, and turned his facs tO the wall in q great
pmt
HIS wife Jezcbel comes in and she saws:
"What is the matter with you' Arc you
sirkr
Oh he saw, ~ feel very blue. have
snt my heart on getting that kitchen garden
and Naboth will neithsr trade sell. and 10
bc defeated by common gardener is moro
than I can stand
oh. pshaw.- SAYS Jesebcl. "ion't so On
that wav. Get up and eat your dinner and
stop mopins. | will set for Won that kitchen
garden"
ring or SEAL for then. as now. in thoss lands
kings never signed their names, but had q
rln- with the royal name engraved on II,
nni that impressed on n royal letter or docu-
ment was the signature. She stamped her
husbands name on a proclamation which
resulted in getting Naboth tried for tr~:son
against the king, and two psrjured witnesses
swore their souls away with the life Of
L., .,xl -
property came TO tkp crown. and 81 Jczebel
60, for her husband and herself the kitchen
garden.
But while the wild street dogs were rend-
ing the dead body Of poor Nabcth, Elijah.
the prophet, tells them Of other CANNES that
will after a while have free banquet, say
ing: Where dogs HEX the blood Of Nsboth
shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine"
And. sure enough, three years aft-r, Ahnb.
wounded in battle. his chariot dripping with
the carnage, dogs stood under il tapping his
life's blood And a little sfterward his wife,
Jezebel. who had been bis chief adviser in
crime. stands at her palace window and sas
Jehu. the enemy, approaching IN take p1-ssc>
sion Of the Palace. And to make herself look
as attractive as possible and q,renly tc the
very last. she decorstcd her person and. az
corriing to Oriental custom. closed her eyes
and ran q brush Dipped in black powder
along the long eyeiskhes, and then from the
window she Slared her indignation upsa
Jehu As he rode ~ the gatss in hs chariot
hs shouted to the slaves IN her room:
Throw her DOWN. But I'D doubt the
slaves halted q moment from such work
Of assassination, yet knowiD; Queen Jezet.l
could lss no more to them aud the oonQucror
Jehu would be everything, Is be shouted
again, Throw her down. they ssizei her
and bore her struggling and carsipS TO the
window easement aud huri0i her forth till
she came tuDbling To the earth, striking il
lust in time to let JehuS horses trample her
and the chariot wheels rill over her. While
Jehu is inside at the table refreshing himself
after the excitement he orders his servants u
60 ont and bury the dead queen Rat the
wild strees dogs had Tor the third time ap
psArei OH the scene, and they removed Ill bsr
body except thnse l.arts which in al ases
dogs are by 8 strange instinct or brutal su-
perstition kept from touching after death
the psl,ns of the hands and the soles Of tn.
feet.
All this appalling scene Of ancient history
was the result Of wifeN bad advice tp a
husband. of wifes struggle 10 advance her
husbands interests by unlawful means
Ahab nnh Jczebel got the kitchen garisa NJ
Naboth. but the dogs got :hern. Tbs trouhls
all tagan when this mistS.ken wife aroused
her husband out of his n,elancholy BY tho
words Of the text: Arise, and eat bread,
and let thine heart be merry: will give thee
the vineyard of Nabo,h-"
The influence suggested by this subject is
al influence YOU never hefors heard dis
courscd on and may never hear again. but q
most potent and semi -omnipo:ent influence
and decides the course If individuals, fami-
lies. nations. centuries and eternities
sIsak Of wifcly ambition, good and had
How Important that every wife have be-
an elevated. righteous and div,ncly
approved ambition.
And here let me say. that what am most
anxious for il fnat woman, not waiting for
the rights denied her or postponed. promptly
and drcisively employ the rights she already
has in possession Some say she will he in a
fair way to get all rights when she gets the
right ~ the ballot box | wish that the cx-
pertinent nigh, he tried and settled. /
would like to sre all women vote.
and then watch the result do
not know that il would change
anything for the better Most wives and
daughters and sisters would vote as their
husbands and fathers and brothers voted.
Nearly all the families that know are sol
idly Republican or Democratic or frohibi-
Iion. Those families all voting would make
more votes. but no difference in the result.
Besides that. as now at the poles men are
bought up by the thousands, women would
oc bought up by the thousands The more
voters. the more opportunity for political
We have several million more
ro:.rs now than are for public good
We are told that female suffrage would
two cvils--the rum business and the
nsuilic iency Of womans wagea About the
-um business have to sny that multitndes
,f women drink, and IL Is no unusual thing