Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-18

BnooKLyN, Feb. 12.-In the tabernacle
this morning the Rev. r. Dc Witt Talmage
D. d., preached the sixth of his series Of
s.Sermons to Women of America with I'm
portant Hints for Men, The w-bject was
slvifcly Ambition Good and Bad, y and the
text was from 1 Kings, xxi, Z: "Arisc, and
eat bread, and lot thine heart be merry:
will give thee the vineyard of Naboth." Dr.
Talmagc said:
One day King Aliab, looking out of the
window of his palace ut Jczrccl, said to his
wife Jc2cbel: ''Wo ought to have these royal
gardens enlarged II VIC could only get chat
fellow Naboth, who OWNS that vineyard out
there, TO trade or sell we could make it O
kitchen garden for our palace"
''Felch in Naboth," said tic king to one OF
lis scryantss
The plain gardener, wondering why he
should he called into the presence of his
majesty, comes in, = little downcait in his
nolesty and with very obscquious manner
bows to the king.
The king says: "Naboth, want to trade
vineyards with you. want Your vineyard
for kitchen garden, ard will give great
deal better vineyard in place of it, or, il you
prefer money for it, will give you cash"
.Oh, no." says Naboth, Il cannot trade OF
my little place, nor can sell it, 1t is the old
homestead got it Of M father and no OF
his father, and cannot let tho old place &C
out OF my hands"
In great state of pctulancy King Ahall
went into the house aud flung himself OH the
bed, and turned his face to tho wall in IA great
pout.
His wife Jczcbcl comes in and she says:
"What is the matter with you? Arc you
sicll"
OH he says, 81 feel very blue. 1 have
set my heart OH getting that kitchen garden
and Naboth will neither trade or sell, and to
be defeated by Il common gardener is more
than can stand"
"Oh, pshaw," says Jczcbel, "don't so on
that way. Get up aud eat your dinner and
stop moping 1 will get for you that kitchen
garden"
Thcn Jezcbel borrowed her husbands sisnet
ring or seal, for then, Us now, i'll those lands
kings never signed their names, but had a
ring with the royal name engraved on it,
nnl that impressed on Il royal letter or doc,i-
trent was the signature. She stamped her
husbands name Oil Il proclamation which
resulte.! in getting Naboth tried for treason
AGAINST the king, md two perjuTcd witnesses
s,yo.c their sonls away with the life of
Naboth, and he was stoned to death, and his
property came to the crown, and so Jezebel
rot fo, her husband and herself the kitchen
garden.
But while the wild street dogs were rend-
inc the dead body of poor Naboth, Elijah,
tic prophet, tells them of other CANNES that
will after while have free banquet, say
ing: "lvhcrc dogs lick the blood of Naboth
shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine"
And, s,lr,, enough, three years after, Ahab,
wounded in battle, his chariot dripping with
the carnage, dogs stood under it tapping his
LIES blood. And little aftcrward his wife,
Jezebcl, who had been his chief adviser in
crime. stands ut heT Ealacc window and sees
Jel.u, the enemy, approaching to take posses
sion of the palace And to make herself look
as attractive rs possible and quccnly to the
very last, she decorated her person and, nc
co;rli1g to Oriental custom, closed her eyes
and ran brush dipped II IL black powder
along tho long cycla.;lies, and then from the
window she glarcd her Indignation upon
,Jenu. As lie rode to tie gates i'll his chariot
he shouted to the slaves in her room:
..T!,row her down. But no doubt tho
slaves halted n moment from such work
OF assassination, yet knowing Queen Jezcbel
could be no more to them and the conqucror
.Ichu would be everything, rs he shouted
again. Throw her down." they seized her
and bore her struggling and curSing to tho
window easement and hurled her forth till
size came su:nbi;ng 10 the earth, striking it
lust in time to let Jcu's horses t:amp!c her
aud the chariot wheels roll over hex While
Jehu is inside ut the table refreshing himself
after the excitement he orders his servants to
90 ont aud bury the dead queen. But tho
wild street DOGS had for the third time ap-
rcarcsl on the scene, and they removed ell her
i:o,.y except those parts which in ali ages
do-s arc by strange instinct or b'7lta SUI
ncritition kept from touching after death
the palms of the halitis and tile solcS Of the
fcca
All this appalling sccnc of ancient history
was the result Of wifc's bad advice to a
husband, of il wifc's struggle to advance her
husbands interests by unlawful means.
Ahab and Jrzcacl got the kitchen garden of
Nabotl., but the dogs rot them. The trouble
Ill began w!ca this mistaken wife aroused
her husband out of his melancholy by the
words Of the text: "hrisc, and cat bread,
and LET thine heart be merry: will give thee
tho vineyard of NahoSil. /"
The influence suggested by this subject is
an influence you never before heard dis
coursol on and may never hear again, but u
most rotcut and scnli-omnipotent Influence,
and decides the course of individuals, femi-
tcs nations, centuries and ctcrnities. I
speak of wifely ambition, good and bad.
How important that every wife have her
ambition. an elevated, righteous and divinely
approved ambition.
And here lc5 no say. that what I nm most
anxious for is that woman not waiting for
the rights denied her or postponed, promptly
md clacsivrly employ the rights she already
has in possession. Some say she will be in a
fair wny to sct all rights when she gets the
rirht Ia the ballot box wish that the ex-
pertinent might bo tried and settled. 1
wonld like to see all women vote,
md then watch the result. / do
not Know that it would change
1nHiiilnc IOT Tic 4uOSU NiHto IiiCi
daughters and sisters would Totc as their
husbands and fathers and brothers voted.
Nearly all the families that know are SOL
i'll Republican or Democratic or Prohibi-
ION. Those families all voting would make
more votes, but no difference in tho result.
l;esisic3 that, as now ct tic poles men are
I.o,,rh; II, b. the thousands, women would
oc Bought mp by tine thousands. The more
.otcis, the more opportunity for political
corruption. We have several million more
vo;ci5 nov THAI are for puhl;o good.
We ere told that female suffrage would
,o.icct two ovils-thc rum business and the
lsliicicncy CT woman's wages. About the
ma iil.,i,:c.i have 10 say that multitude
ii ws.-lcn drink, a,nl it il no unusual thing
sc, them in tho restaurants SO oycr-
covered with vino ard beer that they can
arJly- sit up, while there arc many so
called respectable restaurants where they can
20 and take their champagne and hot toddy
all alone. Aiighty temperance voters those
roncn would make! Besides that, the
- $50 .,,r, co';"--s -rorld have 10 vote