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Second Of the Series 70 ~ omen q the
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..,,.rriaee for Woritlly Success yv1tls0ut
Regard 10 Moral charactsr" tks sns3sst
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Are Rank - lo,cEs assa.;
gRooKLYNs Jan. 15. IN tho Brooklyn
rrobernncle this morning the Rev. e. De
Wit l'almage, d. D.. preached the Second
If the series Of sermons TO the women OF
America, with important hints to mon.
The subject of the sermon va, 4 Marriage
fnr worldly success Nithoue regard To-
r,oral character, and the taxi was from I.S
Samuel XIV, 81 And there was 8 nansin
Moon. whose possessions were In Carmel,
.ond the man was very great, and he hid
three thousand sheep and q thousand
coats. DR.. TAlmago said:
~ large property. Before the day Of safety
danosits and government bonds and ma
tional banks people had their Investments
IN fecks and herds, and this man, Nabal, Of
the text, had much 0f his possessions IN
live stock. He came also Of q distinguished
family and had glorious Caleb for an an-
cestor. But this defendant was 8 sneak. q
chnrl. q sot, and q fool. One instance to
illustrate: Il was wool raising county,
and at the time Of shearing great feast
nas prepared for the shearers; and David
and his warriors, who had In ether DAYS
sayed from destruction the thfeshinR floors
I If nlenty. for some bread for their starving
men. And Nabal cried ont: s.Who Is
Dayid2o As though IN EnRlishman had
so;d. aWho is Wellington? r. Of German
chonld saw. sWhOsis Won MOltko9n gor an
American should say, 9 Who Ia Washinp-
ton?n Nothing did Nabal piye to the starv.
mo men. and that night the scoundrel Iav
aaod drunk az home, and the Bible gives
Ms a full-length picture OF him SPRAYING
and maudlin and helpless. 8
Now that was the man whom Abigail, the
lovely and gracious and good woman mar
riedsa tuberose planted beside thistle. 4
niohtshade. Surely that was not one sc
The matches made IN Heaven. We throw
nm onr hands 81 horror e that wedding.
How did she ever consent to link her les-
tinies with such q creaturei Well. she no
doubt thought that II would be an honor 70
he associated with an aristocratic family.
and no one can dispise q great nnme. Be.
sides this, wealth would come and with it
chains Of gold and mansions lighted By
swinging lamps Of aromatic oil, and re-
sounding with tie cheer Of banuuetArs
seated ut tables laden with wines from the
richest VINEYARDS, and fruits from ripest
orchards, and nuts threshed from foreign
woods. and meats smoking in platters 81
cold. set on by slaves III bright uniforms.
Before she pliehted her troth with this dis.
sipated man She sometimes said Is her-
self: allow can I endure him! To be as
ISOLATED for life with such aidebauche /
cannot and will not!n But then again She
said TO herself: at is time / was married.
and this is q cold world to depend on. and
perhaps / might do worse, and. NAV Be /
will make . sober man out Of him. and
marriage is o lottery anyhow And when
one day this representative Of a great house
presented himself in parenthesis of 40.
briefly, and with an assumed eeniality and
pallantry Of manner. and viii, promises 81
fidelity and Kindness and self.abneration.
a lima n,o,ninn SMILED nm Z FMarchs e0re IN,