The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1888-01-11
The CLARION.
THE TABERNACLE SERMON
"THE WOMEN WHO FIGHT THE SAT.
TIES or LIFE ALONE"

wonan \ a. Tsdspsnssnt crs@fion and
A. Abis % ne Hsr Ovn sapsrvisor and
Aehisss Hsr own Destiny--The sisr1
% rhs Doy. ana NJ vuiturs.
BRoOu.Yx. Jan. s.-The Rev. I. ~
VITA Talmage, D. d., preached AZ ths
Tabernacle this morning the first of g
series a sermons to the women q Amer
ica. with practical hints for men. The
subiect q this discourse was 'sThs
Women Who Fight the Battles Of Lifs
.Alone." and the text was from Proverbs
xiv, I. Every wise woman buildeth hen
bouse.r DR. Talmnge said.
Woman a mere adjunct 70 man, an ap
pcndix % tho lpaacaline volume, an ap
pendare, a t0ff u nfiorfbought some
thing thrussn In . make thing even
thai. y ne heresy entertained and i'm.
plty~Dy somo men. This is evident 70
them: Woman's iadgnihcance as com
parcd 10 man u evident 10 them. bocnuss
Adam was first created and then Eve.
They cont read the whole story o. they
would find that the porpoiss and The bear
and the hawk were created before Adam,
20 that this argument drawn from prior
ily a creation might prove that the sheer
and ne dog were ereater than man. Nol
Women was an independent creation,
ana was intended, II she chose, d
M|| alNIlNf 70 " NAA 1lONDs act alone. think
alone. and q xht her battles alone. The
blbse says il j. not good for man 10 b.
alone, bot never ssysit u not good foI
woman 70 b. alone, ana the simple fact
~ that many women who are harnessed
llfe IN the marriage relation w0nld be
- Diie1Nnd 80 hctie4 of II they were
lone. Tod makes no mistake, and the
fact that there Il such a large majority
n women IN this land proves that I've in
tended thai n..1aIftftsflo-. - fg.n.,. .Ir..ll
90 alone.
Who are these men who, year after
year, hang around hotels and engine
houses and theatre doors, and come IN and
out 10 bother busy clerks and merchant
and mechanics, doing nothing even wher
there j. plenty 10 dot They are mer
supported by tleirE,vives and mothers
II the statistics q any Of our cities coulc
bo taken ON this subject you would int
that a vast multitude of women not only
support Themselves, but masculiaes
great legion of men amount to nothing
and a woman By marriage manacled I.
oncQf these nonentitses needs coincidence
man standing outside the marriag
on Il sseferal hundred thousand time
VA OF than q woman lady married
fsp n bride, instead Of a wreath O
blossoms, might more properl
bunch Of nettles and nightshade
I0f 'hstead Of the Wedding March
.19 appropriate tune would be tn
Dead March In Saul, and instead Of
banquet OF confectionery and ices ther
- might be more appropriately spread
table coverod with apples OF Sodom
which are outside fair and inside ashes.
Many an attractive woman Of goo
sound sense IN other things has Marie
one of these men 10 reform him. Wha
was the resuln Like when a dove motto
ing that a vrlture was rapacious an
cruel aet about 10 reform Il and said: "
have n mih disposition, and like peace
and was brought up In the quiet Of
dove cote, and will bring the vulture
the same liking by marrying him." S
one day, after the vulture had declare
he would give up his carnivorous hab
and cease longing for blood Of flock an
herd, ut an altar Of rock covered wit
rnoss and lchen the twain were marie,
1ald headed eaglo officiating, the va
aying, with all my dominion
N asy thee endow, and promii
end cherish till death do I
ono day the dove
hw tho vulturo busy at
cried: stop thatl Did yo
me that you would quit yot
filthy habits II = marrie
the vuln but
~ saye
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