Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-03-21
UNHAPPILY MARRIED
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches UPON
AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
sturdy Blows In Behalf Of the Homo and
Against the Dissoluteness OF Modern So
ciety Wholesale Divorce Condemned.
The blessed Marriage State.


Against the Dissoluteness or Modern So
ciety-w Wholesale Divorce Condemned.
The Blessed Marriage State.
NEW YORK, March 17.-Rev. DR.. Tai
mage chose as the subject Of his afternoon
sermon In the Academy Of Music today
topic OF national intercst-viz, whole
sale Divorce" The great audience re-
peatedly showed its appreciation of the
sentiments expressed by the reverend
speaker, and his sturdy blows in behalf
of the protection Of the household and
against the dissoluteness of modern society
were received with marked appreciation.
The text selected was Matthew xix, 9,
"What, therefore, God hath Joined togeth-
.er let not man put asunder."
That there are hundreds and thousands
of infelicitous homes in America no one
will doubt. II there were only one skele-
ton in the closet, that might be locked up
and abandoned, but In many home there
is skeleton In the hallway and skeleton
in all the apartments.
"Unhappily married. are two words
descriptive of many a homestead. 1t
needs no orthodox minister to prove to a
They are there now. Sometimes a grand
and gracious woman will be thus inoar-
cerated, and her life will be a cruciflxion,
as was the case with Mrs. Sigourney, the
great poetess and the great soul. Some
times consecrated man will bo united
to a fury, as was John Wesley or united
to a vixen, as was John Milton. Some
times, and generally, both parties are to
blame, and Thomas Carlyle was an intol-
erahle scold, and his wife smoked and
swore, and Froude, the historian, pulled
aside the curtain from the lifelong squab-
bio at Craigenputtock and Five Cheyne
Row.
Our National Scourge.
Some say that for the alleviation of all
these domestic disorders of which we hear
easy divorce is a good prescription. God
sometimes authorizes divorce as certainly
as he authorizes marriage. / have just as
much regard for one lawfully divorced as
have for one lawfully married. But you
know and know that wholesale divorce
is one of our national soourges. am not
surprised at this when / think Of tho in
Gelences which have been abroad militat-
ing against the marriage relation.
country rang with talk about free love
millennium. There were meetings Of this
kind held in the Cooper institute, New
York; fremont temple, Boston. and al:
over the land. Some OF the women who
were most prominent in that movement
have since been distinguished for great
promiscuosity of affection. Popular
themes for such occasions were the tyran-
ny of man, the oppression of the marriage
relation, women's rights and the affinities.
Prominent speakers were women with
short curls and short dresses and very long
tongues, everlastingly at war with God
because they were created women, while
on the platform sat meek men with soft
accent and cowed demeanor, apologetiC
for masculinity and holding the parasols
while the termagant orators went on
preaching the doctrine of free love.
Two Blighting Poisons.
That campaign of about 30 years sci
more devils into the marriage relation
than will be exercised In the next 80.
Men and women went home from such
meetings SO permanently confused as te
who were their wives and husbands that
they nevor got out Of their perplexity, and
the criminal and the civil courts tried te
fdisentangie the iiiad OF woes, ana tnis
one got allmony, ana thab one goS hmis
ed divorce. and this mother kept the' cnii
'dren ON condition tna6 the father couic
sometimes come anu iooR az Onem, ahe
these Went lnto poornouses, ana ohos'
Wens inoo an insane asylum, ana ehost
Went lnpo dissoiute pubic iiIe, anu al
Went 10 destructlon. Ihe migh1iest wa
ever maze against one marriaee insoiou
bioh was onaG Tree love campaign, some
Gimes under one name anu soihsslmes uh
der another: