Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-19
ANOTHER H3RESY.
DR.. TALMAGE's SUNDAY SERMON
The lneOrrectness Of Popular Notioa
about Women. So. 49,.

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Woman, mere adjunct 10 man, an appen-
dix TO tlxe masculine volume, something
thrown inc Dmake things even-that Is the
heresy entertained and implied by some men.
This iseEident to them: Woman's insignih-
cance, as compared to man, is evident TO
them, because Adam was first created and
then Eve They don't read the whole story
or they would find that the porpoise and the
bear and the ark were created before Adam,
% that this argument drawn from priority
Of creation might prove that the sheep and
the dog were greater than man. mol Woman
was an independent creation, and was in
banded, IL she chose, 10 live alone, to walk
alone, act alone, think alone and fight her
battles alone The Bible says IL Is not good
for man to be alone, but never says 1t Is not
good for woman to be alone; and the simple
tact Is that women who are harnessed for
life In the marriage relation would be
thousandfold better Of IL they were alone.
God makes no mistake, and the fact that
there is such q large majority Of women In
this land, proves that he intended that multi
tudes Of them should 60 alone.
Who are these men who year after year
hang around hotels and engine houses and
theatre doors and come in and out to bother
busy clerks and merchants and mechanics,
doing nothing even when there is plenty to
dot They are men supported by their wives
and mothers II the statistics Of any OF our
cities could be taken on this subject you
would find that vast multitude OF women
not only support themselves but masculines.
A great legion Of men amount to nothing,
and woman by marriage manacled to one
of these nonentities needs condolence. A
woman stancing outside the marriage rela-
tion Is several hundred thousand times better
of than q woman badly married. Many q
bride instead Of q wreath OF orange blossoms
might more properly wear buuch OF nettles
and nightshade, and instead of the Wedding
March more appropriate tune would be the
Dead March in Saul, and instead of a 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
Snen to reform him. What was the result!
Like when dove noticing that vulture was
rapacious and cruel set about to reform it
and said: " have mild disposition, and /
hike peace, and was brought up in the quiet
Of dove cot, and l will bring the vultnre
- 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
Mchen the twain were married, bald headed
eagle officiating the vulture saying: "With
all my dominion of earth and sky I thee en-
dow, and promise to love and cherish till
death do US part" But one day the dove, in
her fight, saw the vulture busy at carcass
and cred: "Stop that! did you not promise
me that you would quit your carnivorous
and filthy habits il married you9" ''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 and lifeless And flock of robins
flying past cried to each other and said: 'See
4herel that comes from doves marrying
vulture to reform him"
Many woman who has had the hand of a
young inebriate offered, but declined it, or
who was asked to chain her life to man
selfish or of bad temper, and refused the
Shack!es, will bless God throughout all
eternity that she escaped that earthly pande-
Snonium.
Besides all this, In our country about
1909 O00 men were sacrificed in our civil
war, and 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 more rapidly, and the victims fell while
yet young. And IL 5000 men are destroyed
every year by strong drink before marriage
THAT makes in the twenty three years since
1.-THE war 1,l50,0UO men slain, and DEGREES
u, ,150, 900 women to celibacy. Taking then the
fact that SO many women are unhappy In
their marriage, and the fact that the
slaughter of 2,l50,0OJ men by war and rum
combined decides that at least that number
(. of women shall be unbalanced for life, my
text comes in with cheer and a 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 own
supervisor, achieve her own destiny.
In addressing these women who will have
ySo fight the battle of life alone, congratulate
you on your happy escape. Rejoice forever
that you will not have to navigate tine faults
of the other sex, when you have faults
enough of your own. Think of the bereave
ments YOU avoid, of the risk of una Simulated
temper wh ch you will not have to run, o.
the cares you will never have to carry, anc
of the opportunity of outside usefulness from
which marital life would have partially de
barred YOU, and that you are free to so ant
come as one who has the responsibilities of |
household can seldom be. God has net givel
you hard lot as compared with your sisters
When Young women shall make up thei
minds at the start that masculine companion
ship is not necessity in order to happiness
and that there is strong probability tina
they will have to fight the battle of Lii
alone, they will bs getting the timber read
for their own fortune. and their saw and a
and plane sharpened for its construction
since s'every wise woman buildeth he
house,
As no boy ought to be brought up withou
learning some business at which he coul
earn a livelihood, so no girl ought to
brought up without learning the science
self support. The difficulty Is that many
family goes sailing on the high tides OF SUI
cess, and the husband and father depen1s o
his own health and acumen for the welfai
of his household, but one day he gets his lei
wet, and IN three days pneLmouia has close
his life, and the daughters are turaed out Q
O cold world to earn bread, and there
nothing practical that they can do. Ii
friends OF the family come in and hold col
sultation.
s.Give music lessons" says an outside
Yes, that is a useful calling; and II you ha'
great genius for it 20 on in that directio
But there are enough music teachers no
starving to death in all our towns and citi
to occupy all the piano stools and sofas az
chairs and front doorsteps of the city. &
side that, the daughter has been playing on
for amusement and is only at the foot of I'll
ladder, to the top Of which agreat multitut
Of masters on piano and harp and flute az
organ have climbed.
HPut the bereft daughters as saleswom
In stores,n says another adviser. But the
they must compete with salesmen Of long e
perience or with men who have served an Q
premiership In commerce, and who began
shop boys at 10 years Of age. Some XII
hearted dry goods maG having known t
Gather, now gone, says: 1--WE are not in ne
ef any more help just now, but send 20