The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-16

~ IL ETunu tilng 10 nHNe penly
money, and horses that don't compel yo
to take the dust Of every numbering AM
lazy vehicle, and books OF history that Civ
you glimpse Of all the past, and shelve
Of poetry 10 which you may go and as
Milton, or Tennyson, or Spencer, or Ton
Moore, or Robert Burns TO step down an,
spend an evening with you; and oihe
shelves TO which You NAV 90 while you
feel the shams Of the woodland ask Thack
erayto express your chagIin, or Charle
Dickens 10 expose the Pccksniilianism, o.
Thomas Carlyle to thunder your indigna
ton; or the other shelves where the ole
gospel writers stand ready 10 warn ant
cheer US while they open doors into tina
city which is 40 bright the MONDAY sun il
abolished. There is no virtue in owning {
horse which takes four minutes 10 go q
mile II you can own one that can 60 II in q
little over two minutes and half no vir.
tue in running into the teeth OF north
east wind with thin apparel ii you can az
ford fun, no virtue in being poor when
You can honestly be rich. There are names
OF men and women that / have only 10
mention and they suggest not only wealth
but religion and generosity and phian-
thropy, such az Amos Lawrence, James
Lennox, Peter Cooper, William l.. Dodge,
Shaftcsbury, Miss Wolfe and Mrs Aston.
A recent writer says that OF fifty leading
business men in one OF our eastern
cities, and Of the fifty leading
business men OF one OF our western cities
thrcc-iourths Of them are Christians. The
fact is, that about all the brain and the
business genius IL on the side OF religion.
lnidclity is inCipient insanity. All inf
dels ARE cr;lnks. Many of them talk
brightly, but you soon lind that To their
mental machinery there is q screw loose.
When they are not lecturing against Chris
tianity they are sitting in bar-rooms
squirting tobacco juice, and when they
get mad swear till the place is sulphurous,
They only talk 10 keep their courage up,
and at best will feel like the inlidel who
begged TO be buried with his Christian
wife and daughter, and when asked why
he wanted such burial, replied: "lf there
be q resurrection of the good folks as some
folks Ray there will be, my Christian wife
and daughter will somehow get me up and
take me along with them.
Men NAV pretend 10 dcspiso religion.
but they are rank hypocrites The sea
captain was right when lac came up 10 the
village on the sea coast and insisted ON
paying $40 10 the church, although
his reason, he said that he had been in
the habit oil carrying cargoes oioysiers and
CLAIMS from that place, and hc found since
that church was built the people were
more honest than they used 10 be-. for be-
fore the church was built he often found
the load when he came TO count il a
thousand clans short Yes. Godlincss
is profitable for both worlds Most Of the
great, honest permanent, worldly sue.
cesses are by those who reverence ND
and the bible. But what do say Il that
If a man have nothing but social position
and financial resources, n woman who
puts her happiness by marriage in his
hand rc.enacls the folly Of Abigail.
when she accepted the disagrecahle
Nabal, whose possessions were in Car.
mel and the man was very great and lac
had 5000 sheep and 1000 goats"
II there be good moral character, accom-
panied by allluent circumstances. | CON
gratulato you. II not, let thcmorning lark
fly clear Of the Rocky mountain eagle.
The sacriiice Of women ON the altar OF
social and financial expectation is crIcland
stupcndous. j sketch you a scene YOU
have mon than once witnessed. 4 com.
Portable home, with nothing more than
ordinary surroundings. hut an attractive
daughter carefully and christianity reared.
Prom the outside word comes In man
with nothing but money, unless You count
profanity and seliishncss and iondncss for
champagne and general n,cklcssncss ~ a
part Of his possession. lie has his coat
collar turned up when there ~ no chill In
thu air, but because Il gives him nm air of
abandon, and eyeglasses. not because he
h ncar.sightcd. but because IL gives him n
classical appearance, and with an attire
somewhat loud, n cane thick enough 90 be
the club Of Hercules, and cluchcd Mt the
middle, hls conversation inicrlnrlcd with
French phrases mace urately pronounced
and sweep 0f manner indicating that he
was not born like most folks, but terrcstri-
ally landed By arts learned 81 the devil
he insinuatsa himself into the affections Of
the daughter Of that Christian home. All
the kindred congratulate her on the almost
Supernatural prospects. Reports come in
that the young man IL last in his habits,
that he has broken several young hearts.
and that he n mean and selfish and cruel.
But all this IN covered up with the fact that
he has several houses in his own name.
and has several Lulc deposits ut the bank.
and, morc than all, has father worth
many hundred thousand dollars and very
feeble in health, and may any day drop
OIL and this IN the only son, and a round
dollar held close 10 ones eye IN large
enough 10 shut out n great desert, and how
much more will several bushels Of dollars
shut out
The marriage day comes and goes The
wedding ring was costly enough and the
Orange blossoms fragrant enough, and the
bcncdiclion solemn enough aud the we'd.
ding march stirring enough. And the
audience shed tears 81 sympathetic glad
ness, supposing that the craft containing
the two has slilcd of on a placid lake.
although God knows that they arr launched
on a Dead sra, It's waters brackish with
toars, and with ahasily faces a de-
Tpair floating 10 the surface and then
going down. There they are, the newly
married pair In their new home He
turns out 10 be tyrant. Her will il moth.
ing, his will everything. Lavish Of money
Tor his own pleasure, lac bcgrudgrs her the
pennies he pinchcs out into her trembling
palm. Instead Of the kind words she lrit
behind In her former home, now there arr
complaints and iaulthndinvs and curses
lie Ia the master and she the slave. The
worst villain on earth Is the man who.
having caplurd woman from her father !
house, and after the oath Of the marriage
altar has been pronounced, says 10y lbs
manner u not In words: 81 have YOU
now in my power. VIVA, can you do2 Ms
arm IL stronger than youn My voice I.
louder than yours. My fortune l. grra,el
than yours My name IN mighiicr than
yours. Now crouch before me like a dog
Now crawl away from me like n reptile
You are nothing but woman anyhow