St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-02-19
WARNINGS FOR WOMEN.
Words of Wisdom From tho Lips
of Rev. DR.. Talmage.

Words Of Wisdom From tho Lip
of Rev. DR.. Tallnage.
Gfls Should be Taught, as Boys Are. III
Science or rSe.s-Suppurt-Encou
m-nt far Women Fighting
the Battle OF Life.
In the following sermon Rev. L. De
Witt Talmage shows what women cal
do in the way Of pursuing IN ipdepend
ent life. The text is:
Every wise wonln huilieth her house,
Proverbs xiv, l.
Woman, mere adjunct to man, al
appendix to the masculine volume, al
appendage, a sort Of after-thonght
something thrown into make thing
evcn-that is the heresy entertained
and implied by some men. This is evi
dent to them, because Adam was frs
created. and then Eve. They dom
read the whole story, or they woult
find that the porpoise and the beal
and the hawk were created befor,
Adam. SO that this argument, drawn
from priority of creation, might prov,
that the sheep and the dog were
greater than man. No. Woman wa.
an independent creation. and was in
tended, if she chose, 10 live alone, tt
work. alone, act alone, think alone
and fl sht her battles alone. The Bible
says 1t is not good for man to be- alone,
but never saysit is not good for woman
to be alone; and the simple fact is thai
many women who are harnesssd 70,
life in the marriage relation would be
q thousandfold better off If they We're
alone
Who are these men who. year after
year, hang around hotels and engine
houses and theater doors. and come in
and out to bother busy clerks and
merchants and mechanics, doing moth.
ing, where there is plenty TO do? They
are men supported by their wives and
mothers. Ii the statistics of any OF
our cities could be taken on the sub
jet, you would linl tn 1t a vast multi
tude OF women not only support them
selves, but masculines. a great legion
of men amount to nothing. and a wom-
an by marriage, ,uanacled TO ono of
these nonentities, needs coincidence.
A woman standing outside the mar.
riage relation is several hundred
thousand times better off than a wom-
an baliy married. Many q bride. in
stead of a wreath Of orange blossoms.
might more properly wear bunch OF
nettles and nightshade. and. instead Of
the wedding March," a more appro-
PIRATE tune would be the Dead March. y
in Saul. and. instead of a banquet of
confectionery anl ices there might be
more appropriately spread table
covered with apple, of Sodom.
Many an attractive woman. of good
sound sense in other things. has mar
ried one Of these men to reform him.
What was the results Like when r.
dove, noticing that vulture was ra-
pacious and cruel, set about to reform
it, and said: Il have mild DISPOSE
tion. and like peace, and was brought
up in the quiet of q dove-cote. and
will bring the vulture TO the same lilS-
ing by marrying him." so. one day.
after the vuiture declared he would
give up his carnivorous habits nnd
cease longing for blood of flock and
herd, at an altar of rock covered with
moss and lichen, the twain were mar
ried. a ba.d-headed eagle officiating,
the vulture saying: with all my
dominion Of earth and sky, thee en-
dow. and promis to love and cherish
till death do US part But one day
the dove, in her fright. saw the vul-
ture busy ut carcass, and cried:
stop that! did you not promise me
that you would quit your carnivorous
and filthy habits if l married your
.'Yes," said the vulture, 'bnt if you
don't like my way, you can leave" AMI
with one angry stroke Of the beak and
fierce clntc.i of the claw, the
vulture left the dove eyeless and wing
less and lifelcss- And flock of robins
flying past, cried to each other aud
said: See therI! that comes from
dove marrying a vulture to reform
him."
Many a woman who mas had the hand
Of = young inebriate offered. but de-
clined it. or who was asked 10 chain
her life TO man selfish, or of bad tenn
per, and refsed the shackles, will bless
God throughout all eternity that she
that earthly pandemonium.
Besides all thus, IN our country about
!. 900, 900 men were sacrificed in our
civil war. and that decreed 1000, 900
to celibaey. 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
tull Of poisoned ingredients that the
y ork was done more rapidly. and the
victims died while yet young. And If
70. COO men are destroyed every year by
strong drink before marriage, that
makes in the 80 years since the war
|, Csc, ,00o men slain, and DEGREES 1,650.-
100 women to celibacy. Take. then,
happy in their marriage, and the fact
hat the slaughter OF $500. O01 men,
BY war and rum combined, decides that
1t least that number of women shall be
,naffianced for life, my text comes in
with cheer and a potency and appro-
oriateness that you may never have
,een in it before when it says: Every
wise woman buildeth her houses" that
5, let woman be her own architect, lay
,ut her own plans. be her own super
7isor, achieve her own destiny.
In addressing those women who
rave to fight the battle alone, con-
yratulate you on your happy escape.
Rejoice forever that you will not have
10 navigate the faults of the other sex.
when you have faults enough of your
,wn. Think of the bereavements you
lvoid, of the risks OF assimilated tenn
Der which You will not have to run, of
,hc cares you will never have to carry,
md of the opportunity of outside use
ulness from which marital life would
,ave partially debarred you, and that
Tou are free to go and come as one who
las the responsibilities of household
IAN seldom be. God has not given
,ou hard lot, as compared with your
listers. When young women shall
make up their minds at the start that
Masculine companionship is not me-
,essity in order to happiness, and that
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