Milford chronicle., 1888-01-20
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SECOND OF THE "sERlEs TO wo.
MEM AT THE TABERNACLE.

MEN ~ lFlE iHDGhtNFS@G.
'.s1arriage for worldly Success without
Regard to Moral Character the sub
ject-Men who Pretend to Despise Re
ligion Are Rank Hypocrites.
BRooKLYa, Jan. 15.-In the Brooklyn
Tabernacle this morning, the Rev. I. Dewitt
Talmage, d. D., preached the second of the
series Of sermons to the women 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 / Samuel XIV, ,;
"And there was a man in Maon, whose pos
sessions were in Carmel and the man was
very great, and he had three thousand sheep
and thousand coatsn DR.. Talmage said:
Ny text introduces US to a drunken bloat
of large property. Eefore the day of safety
deposits and government bonds and national
banks people had their investment in flocks
and herds, and this man, Eabal, Of the text,
had much Of his possessions in live stock
He came also Of a distinguished family and
had glorious Caleb for an ancestor. Bat this
descendant was sneak, churl, sot and a
fool. One instance to Illustrate; 1t was a
wool raising country, and at the time Of
shearing great feast was prepared for the
shearers; and David and his warriors who
had in other days saved from destruction
the threshing floors OF Nabal sent to him
asking, in this time of plenty, for some bread
1 for their starving men. And Nabal cried
/ out: "IVho is DavidF As though an Eng
I lishuan had said: "W.ho is Wellington or
a German should say; "Who is Won MoltkeF
| or an American should say: "Who is Wash
/ ingtonw Nothing did Nabal give to the
starving men, and that night the scoundrel
/ Law dead drunk at home, and the Bibei gives
us a full length picture of him sprawling and
maudlin and helpless.
/ Now that was the man whom Abigail, the
lovely and gracious and good woman, mar
ricd-a tubcrose planted beside a thistle, a
| palm branch twined into wreath of deadly
| niehtshade. Surely that was not one of the
matches made in heaven. We throw up our
/ hands in horror at that wedding. How did
/ she ever consent tq link her destinies with
/ such creature! Well, she no doubt thought
/ that it would be an honor to be associated
with an aristocratic family, and no one can
/ dsspise great name. Beside this, wealth
would come, and with it chains of gold and
mansions lighted by swinging lamps 4
aromatic oil, and resounding with the cheer
of hanqueters seated at tables laden with
wines from the richest vineyards, and fruits
from ripest orchards, and nuts threshed from
foreign woods, and meats smoking ~ Platte,s
of GOLD, set on by slaves iD bright uniform,
Before she plighted her troth with this dissi-
mated man she sometimes said to herself
i'Hovy can ] endure hirnl To be associated
for life with such debauohe ! cannot and
will notm But then again she said 70 her
self: at is time I was married, and this is q
cold world to depend on, and perhaps
might do worse and may be l will make g
sober man out Of him, and marriage is lot
tery anyhow.a And when ono day tlis rep
resentative of great house presented him
sslf in n parcnthesis of sobriety and with al
assumed geniality and gallantry of manner
and with promises of fidelity and kindness
and selfabnegation, June morning smiled
on a march squall, and the great soulec
woman surrendered her happiness to th'
keeping of this Infamous son of fortune
whose possessions We're in Carmeli and TN
man was very great, and he had three thou
sand sheep and a thousand goats
Behold here a domestic tragedy repeated
every hour of every day all over Christen
( doni-marriage for worldly success withou
regard to character So Marie Jeann'
; Phlipon the daughter Of the humble en-
teraver of Paris, became the famous Ame
! Roland of history, tho YiFacious and bril-
liant girl united with the cold, formal, mon
:. otonous man, because he came of an alilucn
family Of AIuiens and had lorGiy blood Il
his veins. The day when through poiitica
revolution this patriotic woman was led T.
the scaffold around which lay plies Of humal
heads that had fallen from the ak, and sh
L ~. 1,n. Loo IN.
as tlev asceuded the scaffold: SEQ first tina
You may not witness my death, and thel
, undaunted took her turn TO die~-that da,
was to her only the last act of tragedy o
which her uncongenial marriage day was tn
, first. -,
very first requisite for a Woman's happy mar
{ riage. Mistake me not as depPeeiatiYe o
worldly prosperitics. There is a religion
cant that would seem to represent poverty a
a virtue, and wealth as a crime | can tax
, Won through a thousand mansions where Co
Is asmuch worshipped as he ever was in
: cabin. The gospel inculcates the virtues whic
tend toward wealth In the millennium We WI
all dwell in palaces, and ride in chGriots, an
. sit at sumptuous banquets and sleep unde
rich embroideries, and live 400 or 500 year
for. il according to the Bible, in those timC
a child shall die 100 years old, the average {
human life viii be at least five centuries. TIL
whole tendency of sin is toward poverty. an
the whole tendency of Righteousness is towal
wealth. Godliness is profitable for the iii
that now is as well as for that which is I
como. No inventory can be made pt tE
picture galleries consecrated to God, and {
sculpture, and of libraries and pillared mas
piicence, and Of parks, and fountains an
gardens in the ownership of good men an
women. The two most lordly residences
which I was ever guest had morning OH
l. evening prayers, all the employees preeen
e and all day long there was an cir Of cheeril
4 nietv in the conversation and behavior Lor
r Radstock carried the gospel to the Russia
/ nobility. Lord Cavan and Lord Cairns spel
their vacation in evangelistic services. LoI
a Congleton became missionary to Bagda'
q And the Christ, who was born in an caster
caravansary, has again and again lived in
palace.
It is a grand thing to have plenty
1 money. and horses that don't compel you
: take the dust of every numbering and laz
vehicle; and books Of history that give yC
+ a glimpse of all the past; and shelves
; poetry to which you may go and ask Miltc
+ or Tennyson or Spencer or Tom Moore {
Robert Burns TO step down and spend G
evening with you; and other shelves
which you may go while you feel dissustC
IS with the shans Of tae world, and ask Thac
1t cray to express your chagrin, or Charl
y, Dickens to expose the PecksniGianism,
Thomas Carlyle to thunder your Indignation
or tho other shelves where the old Sosp
writer's stand ready TO warn and cheer
IN while they open doors into that city which
i so bright the MONDAY sun is abolished. The
4 is no virtue in owning horse that takes fol
N minutes to 60 milo, if you can own ol
that can go in little over two minutes AZ
half; no virtue in running into the tee
Of a northeast wind with thin appar'
,f YOU can afford fuFs; no virtue
il being poor when you can honestly be nc
We There arc names Of men and women that
Is have only to mention and they suggest II
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