The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-16
MARRIAGE.
Rev. DR.. Talmage's Sunday Sermon.
Marriage for Worldly Success a
Delu5ion.
The Kind Of Man Woman Should
Not Want to Wed.
The Genteel Villains Whom Socie-
ty Should Cast Out.
High Worldly Marriage Not Necessary
for Woman. or Any Marriage,
In Order to Insure
Hor Happiness"

bhoohLlN, " i't jan. lo,-ln inc
Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning the
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage, d. d., preached
the second of the series OF sermons 90 tho
woman of America, with important hints
TO men. The subject Of the sermon was
Marriage for Worldly Success Without
Regard to Moral Character and the text
was from l. Samuel XIV. 2: "And there
was a man in Maon whose possessions
were in CARMEL and the man was very
great, and he had three thousand sheep,
and thousand goats. Dr. TAlmage
said:
My text Introduces 10 US drunken bloat
OF largo property. Before the Jay II safety
deposits and government bonds and ma
tional banks, people had their ny.gtmcnts
in ilocks and herds, and this man, Nabal,
OF the toxt, had much Of his possessions in
live stock. lie camc also OF distinguish
cd family, and had glorious Caleb for an
ancestor, hut this descendant was
sneak, churl, Il sot and fool. One in
stance 10 illustrate: II was wool-msing
country, and at the time Of shcaring
great feast was prepared for the sheares;
and David and his warriors, who had in
other days saved FROM destruction the
thrcshing floors of Nabal, sent to him, ash
ing, in this time OF plenty, for some bread
Tor their starving mon. And Nabal cried
out "who Is Dayid2" As though an
Englishman had said. "who Is Yelling
toni" Or n Gcrmnn should say "Who
is Won Moltkc7' Or an American should
say: "Who is Washington2' Nothing did
Nabal give 10 the starving men. and that
night the scoundrcl lay dead drunk at
home, and the Bible gives us full length
picturc Of him spmwling and maudlin and
helpless. Now that was tho
man whom Abigail, the lovely
and gracious and good woman, married
n tubcroso planted beside a thistle, n palm
branch twincd into wreath of deadly
night shade. Surely that was not one Of
the matches made Ia heaven. We ihrQw
up our hands In horror at that wedding.
How did she over consent b. link her dcs-
TIMES with such a creAiurcl Well, shgno
doubt thought that Il would be- an honor
10 bc associated with an arisiocraiic fam
ily, and no ono can dcspi-c great name.
Besides this, wealth would come aud with
II chains of gold and mansions lighted by
swinging lamps Of aromatic oil, anffc-
sounding with the cheer of banguclcm
seated NJ tables laden with wines from tho
richest vineyards aud fruits from ripcst
orchards aud nuts thushcd from foreign
woods aud meats smoking In platiCn Of
gold sct ON by slaves In bright uniform.
Before she plighied her troth with this
dissipatcd man shc sometimes said b. her
self "llow can | endure himl 10 bo as
sOciatcd for life with such dchaucher I
cannot and will mott" But then again
she said 10 herself "lt Il time ! WAS mar
ricd and this n n cold world todcpendon,
and, perhaps, ! might do worsc. and may
be will make n sober man out 0i hini.
and marriage Is lottery anyhow And
when ono day this representative VI =
great house presented himself In parcn-
thesis Of sObricly and with an assumed
grninliiy aud willaniry Of manner and
with promises oi fidelity and kindness aud
scliabncgntion, n June morning smiled ON
March s1unll, aud the grcat.soulcd NO.
man surrendered her happiness TO Tho
keeping Of this infamous son ui fortune
whose possessions wcc in Carmel; and
the man WIS very grcat, aud lac had 800
sheen and 1000 goats.
nchold here q domestic tragedy repeated
every hour II every day all over Chrston-
dom marriage for worldly sucrcss, with
out regard to character. So Marie Jeanne
phlipon, the daughter Of the huInbl" en.
graycr Oi Paris, bocamc the famous Nine.
Roland oi history, the yiyacious ami
brilliant girl united with the cold, formal,
mon0tonous man, because lac came of an
anlucnt family Of Amicna and had lortlly
blood In his veins. Tho day when through
political revolution this patriotic woman
WIS led To the Ecnfold, around which lay
piles OF human heads that had fallen from
the AK, and she said 10 an aged man whom
she had comlortcd ~ they assembled the
scailold: "Go iinst that you may not Wit
ness my DEATH" aud then undaunioJ
took her turn To dio-that day was 10 her
only the last net oi a tragedy Of Which her
unconpnial marriage day was the frst
Good and genial character In a man,
the very iint requisite for q Woman5
happy marriage. Mistake mo Tot as dc-
prcciatiye Of worldly prosperiiics. Thcro
u a religious cant that would sccm 70 rep
resent poverty ~ virtue and wealth 40
A crime. can take you through thou
sand mansions where God II as much wor-
shiped as ho ever was M cabin. Tho
pusprl nculcalos the virtues which tend
toward wealth In the millennium NO
will all dwell In palaces aud ride In chafi.
OTIS and sit ut sunptuoH banqucls and
sleep under rich cmbroidcries aud live 400
or 500 years, for II, according 10 the Bible
In those times a child shall die 100 ycan
old, the average Of human lifc will DO at
least five centuries. The whole icndcncyoi
Ain Il toward poverty, and the Whole tenden-
CIV cvofrightcouancss Steward wealth. G0dh-
ness il profitable for the life that now Is as
we'll as for that which u 10 come. No in
ycniory can be made Of the picture sai-
lcrics consccraicd TO God, and OF sculpture
and Of libraries and pllarcd magniuccncc
and Of parks aud fountains and gardens IN
the ownership oi good men and Women;
Thotwo most lordly residences ~ when
Was ever q guest had morning ami evening
puiycrs, all the employees pnrcni' nln ",
day long thop was an air OF cncet'n
pleiy In the conversation AMI heha'i9r.
lori l,adsiock carried the gospel 70 INC
Russian nobility. Lord CaYh aud Lotu
Cairns spent their yacalions Y c'aneelhus
seryirra. Lord Conglcion bc,ame lnir''vn-
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