Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-27
4 PLIGHFFN FR0PH.
Many Are the Cells aad Graves
Filled With Victims Of Broken
Promises of Marriage,
e Always Best TO Feel the Great
responsibility in Matters OF Vows
and BetrOtha!ss
.,,a tons OF Affections are More apt to
De Fatal IN the TeE1olo Than
ia the Male.
RRoKEN PROMISES or MARIA GE.


,-s,,al 10 the Gazette.
RRooKLYN, n. Y, jan. 22.-The Rev.
dewitt. Talmsge, d. D., preached this
-.,Tnirg he third Of his series Of user
-,,,s 10 ibe Women Of America. with
I1o3r,ent Hints 10 Men" His subject
v.s. "Brokeu Promises CT Marriage"
ard his taxi from Judges xi, s.: 81 have
o,sued my mouth unto the Lord, and
,.naot go back" He said:
General JsphthGh, the commsnder-in-
chief of the Isigelitish forces, is buckli2g
on the sword for the determination Of
,be pest!ieIous Ammonites, ard looking
m 10 the sky ne promises that IL God
Vill give him the victory he will put 20
.est5 and sacrifice az s burnt Offering
tne fra. thing that comes out from the
Foor OF his homestead when he goes
bsck. The hurrahing OF triumph soon
inns along the line OF ali the companies,
regiments and divisions of Jephthah's
srmy. worse beaten enemy than those
,rumonitesg never streWed any plain
Win their carcssses. General JephthaD,
fresh FROM his victory, Is now on his way
home. AS he comes over the hills and
through the valleys the whole march
bomgYard for his men IS q cheer, but for
him ? great anxiety, for he remembers
his vow 10 STAY aud burn the first thing
inst comes forth from his house to greet
him after his victory.
Perhaps it may be the old watch dog
thai shall ArsE come out, and who could
get heart to beat out the life Of faithful
creature Ike that as he comes fawning
and barking and frisking and putting up
his paw against his master in meIfy well
come after long absence? Ne; Il Wae
not that which came forth TO meet
Jsph,heh. Perhaps it may he young
dove 1T cut from its cage in the Cen
c-ars hlne which, gaining its
I5srv, nay seem to rejoice
IL the publ gladLess sad futter on the
shoulder Of the familiar head Of the
BgQsehold. But who could have the
heart To Sky such winged innocent?
No; 1 WIS not that WHICH came forth TO
net JtplthsG. Or It may be some good
uefgbbJr tnat viii rueh out 70 greet him
AFTER baVlrE first been In 10 tell the N
iy OF the near approach OF the Central.
~. who could STAY & neighbor who had
cone On the scene 10 rel DICE over
TIM REUNITED HOUSEHOLD?
NJ; :. Hsa nos taat which came forth to
nee, JePh'Esa.
A be stYaaC.s EpOn ni9 home tbe door
crscg B1G cut Of Il comes one whose ap-
pgsr.pye uldE; o.h@r circumstances
would have been al irIesCTibsble Joy,
foguLdur tue pledge OF sacrifice be-
comes = horror which blancheg his cheek
a-d raral RS his form and almost hurls
him Hat % tae earth. HIS child, his Only
c5ild, his daughter comes skipping out tC
yrs,L aim, her step keeping time 60 tim
orcl which eG3 shakes ard smites. DIG
,yzrs cOnQusruT's cheer end in such 4
bitter g7OaD? No wonder Dore, in two
Il hts masterpieces, present the scene
And Handel made ii the las. and Climsc
terc wcIk Of his life TO put this pathetic
AMI overpoHerinC circumstance in al
ofs,orio, seven months toiling enid 1T
uAjsstic harmoDieS until his eyesigh
rave out, and, as though the sad seem
II JtphthAh'5 CGuGlter's sacrifice wer
too mUca for mortal vision, the grand Oh
musician wos led blind iGto the orchestr
for The first rendering OF Jephtbah. A.
the gloliee of victorious war are blotte'
out from Jtphtash'S memory, and III
banner il folded 10 grief, and his sWor
GOES back into the sca0hsrd with dolo
rous C,Aug, and the NULL d drum teSe
tneloisce Of he cymbRls, and the "trem
olO" the place OF the trumpet, and he erie
GU: "Alas, my daugh or, thou hast broust
M very low aEd thou art one OF Them ina
trouble me; for l have opened my mou'
10 The Lord, aud | cannot go bSCk
During Two months amid the mountain
without shelter he maiGops who woul
hsye been - her wedding ranged Wit
Jsuntash's d1us bter up and down bt
ygailing her coming sacrifice.
Commentators ard theOlogians are
dispute rs 10 whether The girl was sia
ar NOT, and IS TO whether If she We
slain il wss right or wrong Tin Jephtn'
TO be the e1ecuticner; 3 discussion In
which | Shall not be diverted from 4
oyerms STEERING consideration that we n
better look cut Whist we promise, oett
be cautious what eDgsgeme we nsH
better that siu regard to all matters
betrothal and pligAted VOW We feel l.
responsibility, lest WEAVE either
sacrifice the truth OF sscrifce en- immori
being, aud we be led 70 cry out with
psroxysm CT JeUbt5ah: az have open
NV mouth unto the Lord, and cam
60 back"
There is one ward IN almost all
THR INSANE AsgLUNs,
ard g lsrge region in almost every Gem
eterv, inst you need 10 visit They 8
occupied py the men and women who
the victims a broken promises 81 ms
rage. TIE women in those wards ana
those mertuary receptscle5 are In I
majority bacsuse woman lives more
her affections than Goes nan, and LAGER
ton of them in her case is more apt 10
A dement's and fatality. In some
siops OF this land the promise OF maria
is considered 70 have no solemnlty
binding force. II wss cnlY mace IN il
They may Chepge their mind the
easement may stand until some one mt
attractive ID person or opuleRt
estate oppesTs on the scene; t1
the riggs are returned and
smstory letters snd al relationsl
cesSes. And so there are 10000 Jep
thsh's daughters sacrificed as burnt
feripqs. The whole subject needs to
tssqH ont OF the Teslm OF comedy IL
trscedv, and men sDd women need to I
dgrs,sDtf that, while there are eXceptlc
to the rule, once having solemnly pleoe
TO esch other, heart and hand, the foriS
urs and abandonment of that pleo
makes the trsnsgressor in the slght
God 3 pariurer, and go the dag OF Ju'
ment viii revesl it, The one has leo
the other; and al lisrs shall cave u
p!sce Ia the lake that buTneth WIN
and birthstone.
Ufs man or women makes prom
in the business world, is there any Oh
cation TO fuIfuit? IL 6 man sign n