The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-07-14
HOME VERSUS HOTEL.
DR.. T&lmage Speaks of the Bless
ings of the Former.
Points out Disadvantages of IA Life
spent in Hotels and boarding
Houses Wholesome In6u-
ences of Home.
Copyright, 1899. by Louis Klopsch)
Washington Julv q

theme of DR.. Talmage's sermon for to-
day, the disadvantages of a life spent
at more or less temporary stopping
places being sharply contrasted with
the blessings that are found in the real
home, however humble. The test is
Luke lO;34, 3j: and brought him to
an inn and took care of him. And on
the morrow when he departed he took
out two pence and gave them to the
host and said unto him: Take care of
him. and whatsoever thou spcudest
more when / come again | viii repay
thee"
This is the good Samaritan paying
the hotel bill of man who bad been
robbed and almost killed 10y bandits.
The good Samaritan had found the UNI
fortunate on lonely, rocky road. where
to this very day deprcdat,aus are some
times committed upon travellers, and
had pat the injured man into the sad
dlc. While Ibis merctul aud wcll-to-Go
man bad walked till hey got to the
Goipi, ali the wounded man was nut
20 bed oud cared for. 1t must have
been very superior hotel in its accom-
modations, for, though i'm the country,
the landlord was paid at the rate Of
what in our country would he four or
five dollars day, penny being then
days wages, and the two pennies paid
in this case about two days wages.
Moreover, it was one of those Kind
hearted landlords who are wrapped up
in the happiness of their guests, be-
cause the good Samaritan leaves the
poor wounded fellow to his entire care.
promising that when he came that way
again he would pay all the bills until
the invalid got wen.
Hotels and boarding houses are neces-
sites. In very ancient times they were
unknown, because The world had COM
paratiyely few inhabitants. and those
were not much given to travel, and pri-
waite hospitality met all the wants of
sojourucrs, as when Abraham rushed
out at Ndmre 20 invite the three men
10 sit down TO a dinner of veal; as when
the people were positively commanded
TO bo given 20 hospitality; as in many
Of the places in the east these ancient
customs are practiced to-day. But We
have now hotels presided over by good
landlords, and boarding houses Iresid-
ed over by excellent hust or hostess in
all neip hburhouds, villages and cities,
and il is oar cougratuiaiiun that those
Of our land surpass all other lands.
They rightly become the permanent
residence Of many people, such as those
who are without families, such as those
whose business keeps them migratory,
such as those who ought not tor va
iious reasons of health or popularity
Of circumstances to take upon them
selves the cares of housekeeping.
Many a man falling sick in one of
| these boarding houses or hotels has
oeen kindly watched and nursed; and
1 by the memory of her own suilerinFs
and losses the lady at the head of such
| house has done all that u mother could
do for sick child, and the slumbcrlcss
eye of God sees and appreciates her
! sacrifices in behalf Of the stranger.
Among the most marvellous cases Of pa
thence and Christian fidelity are many
| Of those who keep boarding houses, en-
/ during without resentment the unreal
| sonable demands of their guests for eN-
/ pcusiye food and attentions for which
they are not willing to pay an equiva-
/ !ont-a lot of cranky men and women
who are not worthy to tie the shoe Of
their queenly caterer. The outrageous
way in which boarders sometimes act
to their landlords and landladies shows
that these critical guests had bad early
rearing and that in the making up Of
their natures all that constitutes the
gentleman and lady was left out. Some
OF the most princely men and some of
the most elegant women that | know
of to-day keep hotels and boarding
houses.
But one of the great evils of this day
is found in the fact that a large popula-
ton of our towns and cities are giving
up and have given up their homes and
taken apartments, that they may have
more freedom from domestic duties and
more time for social life, and because
they like the whirl of publicity better
than the quiet and privacy of resi-
dence they can call their own. The law
full use of these hotels and boarding
houses is for most people while they are
in transitu, but as terminus they are
in many cases Generalization, utter and
complete. That is the point at which
families innumerable have begun to dis
integrate. There never has been q
time when so many families, healthy
and abundantly able to support and di
rect homes of their own, have strucl
tent and taken permanent abode il
these public establishments. 1t is ar
evil wide as Christtendom, and by voice
and through the newspaper press | ut
ter warning and burning protest anC
ask Almighty God TO bless the word
whether in the hearing or reading.
In these public caravansaries the de
mon OF gossip is apt to get full sway
All the boarders run daily the gantle
OF general inspection-how they TOOL
when they come down in the morning
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