Telegram-herald., 1888-01-09
TABERNACLE SERMON
WOMEN ~ TIE sATTlE OF uFs.
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thls lnorzlns ths srst q = series II ssrmoRs
- the wo1nsa u Aaleriea. ~ith pf1etlcsl
hsnss 80 aaen. The SID )sct q tbs dis-oGTse
wzs. '-rhs "a esasn y ss Fight the battle u
Lie Aisas s.ssi zhs text .4s frOm Proverbs
H.. l. ~Eysy ~iss wsmxn baiiseth Der
hoslse ~ Faln4xs said:
Woz4a, = asers al jaact % ra4a, an aPpen-
DIX 70 tas Hlzseullns selams, sozastEiag
tArown u - make things sysn-tEAt = ths
ksresy ezssrtaiAsd aud issplisi b. ssns aassl.
Tbs u ssldsas - thess Wona2ns insigair-
eaaes a. coalpaTea 10 msn, is sTid~et %
them, bseaass At4a ~as hrst created aRd
thea kxs They dozt read TIE ssols story
or they ~ogld taa tnat tie porpoise and ths
lear ans ths hawk were created sefors Alan.
- thai tAls AFgaBisnt drawn troa priority
of creasi0n mighE prove that the sheep snd
ths iog were grsster than msn. Noi Noaan
~as al Independents srsatlon, aud was IN
tended. Il shs chose. 70 live alone. % walk
slone. al alone, think aloas ami night her
battles alons. The Bible says It Is not good
for nan - ee aloas, but never says Il IS not
good for woman % BE- alone; and the simple
fact Is thaE women who are hsrnessed fer
hfs Ia the marriage relation would be
th0us4adf0ld better on II they we're alone.
tod makes no mistake. and the fact that
tier. : sach large majority Of women in
this land. proves that he intended that multi
t4,ies a taem should 30 alone.
Who are :hese nieb who year after year
hang around hotels 1nd engine houses aud
theatre doors and come ia and out % bother
busy clerks and merchants and mechanic,
doln. nothing even when theirs IS plenty 10
dos They are men supported by their wives
AMI mothers II the statistics OF any Of our
cities could be taken on this subject you
would find that q vast multitude OF women
not only support themselves but inascullnes.
A great legion Of men amount 70 nothing,
and woman By marriage manaclei 10 one
OF these nonsntitics needs condolence A
woman standing outside the marriage reia-
ton j. several hundred thousand timos better
of than a woman badly married. Many
bride instead OF wreath OF orange blossoms
might more properly wear a bunch OF nettles
and nghtshade, and instead Of the Wedding
March a more appropriate tune would be the
Dead March in saul, and Instead OF ban
quet Of confectionery and ices there might
be more appropriately spread table covered
with apples Of Sodom, which are outside fair
and inside ashes.
Many an attractive woman Of good sound
sense in other things has married one Of these
men TO reform him. What was the resultl
Like when dove noticing that vulture was
rapacious and cruel set about 70 reform it
and said: Il have a mild disposition. and
ike peace, and was brought up in the quiet
OF dove cote, and | viii bring the vulture
10 the same liking by marrying him. So
one day after the vulture had declared he
would give up his carnivorous habits and
cease longing for blood OF flock and herd, at
an altar Of rock covered with moss and
Ii i.nen, the twain were married, a bald headed
eagle officiating, the vulture saying: with
all Dy dominion OF earth and sky thee en-
dow. and promise 70 love and cherish till
death do Us part But one day the dove. IN
her fight, saw the vulture busy at carcass
and cried: ''Stop that, did you not promise
mo that you would quit your carnivorous
and filthy habits II / married you." Yes"
said the vulture, ''but if you don't like my
way YOU can leave" and with one angry
stroke Of beak and another fierce clutch of
claw the vulture left the dove eyeleSs and
wingless aud lifsless- And flock of robins
/ flying past cried 20 each other and said: See
therel that comes from a doves marrying a
| yulturs TO reform him
Many a woman who has had the hand of a
| young inebriate offered, but declined il, or
who was asked to chain her life TO a man
selfish or Of bad temper, and refused the
shackles. will bless God throughout all
eternity that she escaped that earthly pande-
l monium.
Besides all this, in our country about
! 100000 men were sacrificed in our civil
war, snd that decreed million women TO
] celibacy Besides that, since the war, several
armies Of men as large as the Federal and
/ Confederate armies put together have fallen
under malt liquors and distilled spirits so full
! OF poisoned ingredients that the work was
done moro rapidly, and the victims fell while
/ yet young And II 5000 men are destroyed
every year by strong drink before marriage,
that makes in the twenty-three years since
the war l,i50.000 men slain, and DEGREES
| 1.i5O.000 women 90 celibacy Take then the
| fact that 50 many women are unhappy in
their marriage, and the fact that the
slaughter Of ,, 10000 men by war and rum
combined decides that at least that number
of women shall be unbalanced for life, my
text comes in with a cheer and potency and
appropriateness that never saw In it before
when It says. Every wise woman buildeth
her house. that Is, let woman be her own
architect. lay out her own plan, be her OWL
supervisor. achieve Der own destiny.
In addressing these women who will havs
e. fight the battle Of life alone. congratulate
you on your happy escape. Rejoice foreveE
that you will not have 20 navigate the faults
Of the other sex. when you have faults
enough of yosr own. Think Of the bcreave
ments you avoid. Of the risk Of unaSimilated
tesnper which you viii not have % run. Of
the cares you viii never have 70 carry. anc
Of the opportunity IL outside usefulness from
which marital life world have partially de
barred you. and that you sre free 70 20 sne
come a. ons who has the responsibilities Of 4
household can seldom BE- God has not ziver
you a hard lot as compared with your sisters
When Young women shall MAKE up theii
minds AZ the start that masculine companion
ship T. rot necessity in order to happiness
and that there i strong probability tia
they vii have 20 f<ht the battle Of lif'
alone. they vii BE- getting the timber read
for their own fortune, and their saw and =,
aud plane sharpened for is construction
since every wise woman bulldeth he
honsa~
Asno boy ought to 10 brought up withou
learning some business a. which he coulC
earn livelihood no gri ought 20 b
brought ~ without Earning the science o
sell support The difItc8ifv = that many
family xoes sailing On tha high tides = sue
c~ss. and the husband and father depends o.
his own health and acuzneu for tee weigar
of his household. bat QUE day he gets his Zee
wet. and IN three DAYS pneumonia has closes
his afe and fbe daughters are turned out %
= crld world 60 earn bread. and there
nothing practical that they can do II
friends q the family eonie IN and hold con
0sitstfcn-
Give music leSecus. says an outsider
Yes that IS = usefni calling ard = yuu naV
sr-st xen5ss for it ee en- fu thar dsTes-taoa
Fu* fherr sre srcuEh ssuSic tssch-rs ro-