Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-10
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON.
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.

OIVtNEs
Subject: a worldwide Evil-Residence in
Hotels Observation-Disclosures Infiu-
ences That Surround Life in Private
Ilome-Children Get In bad Company.
Copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1921
WisHINaToN D. G. Especially Home life
versl hotel life Is the theme OF DR.. Tai
images sermon for to-day, the disadvan-
tages Of a life spent at more or less tenn
porary stopping places being sharply con-
,rasted with the blessings that are found mni
in the real home, however humble. The
text is Luke K, 81, 35: "And brought him
TO IN 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 what
soever thou spendest more, when come
again I will repay thee"
This is the good Samaritan paying the
hotel bill Of a man who had been robbed
and almost killed by bandits. The good
Samaritan had found the unfortunate on
lonely, rocky road, where to this very day
depredations are sometimes committed
upon travellers, and had put the injured
man into the saddle, while this merciful
and well-to-do man had walked till they
got to the hotel, and the wounded man was
put to bed and cared for. 1t must have
been very superior hotel in Its accommo-
landlord was paid at the rate OF what in
our country would be "a or IS day, a
penny being then a days wages and the
Two pennies paid In this case about two
days wages. Moreover, 1t 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. promis-
ing that when he came that way again he
would pay all the bills until the invalid got
we'll.
Hotels and boarding houses are necessi-
ties. In very ancient times they were un-
known, because the world had compare
lively few inhabitants, and those were not
much given to travel, and private hospital
ity met all the wants of sojourners, as
when Abraham rushed out at Mamre to in
vite the three men to sit down to dinner
of veal, as when the people were p ssitive-
ly commanded to be given to hospitality,
as in many places In the east these ancient
customs are practiced to-day. But we have
now hotels presided over by good land
lords and boarding houses presided over
by excellent host or hostess in oil neighbor-
hoods, villages and cities and 1t is our con-
graduation that those OF our land surpass
all other lands. They rightly become the
permanent residences OF many people, such
as those who are without families, such as
those who business keeps them migratory,
such as those who ought not, for various
reasons OF health or peculiarly OF circum-
.tances, to take upon themselves the cares
vi housekeeping.
But one of the great evils of this day is
,ound in the fact that large population
nf our towns and cities are giving up and
1ave given up their homes and taken
apartments, that they may have more free
dom from domestic duties ana more time
:or social life and because they ike the
Thirl OF publicity better than the quiet
nf n raci1pnca
their own. The lawful use Of these hotels
and boarding-houses is Tor most people
While they are in transitu; but as a
terminus they are IN many cases de-
1loral1Zatlon. utter ana complete. Ihat IS
the point at which families innumerable
nave begun TO d1slntegrate. Ihere never
mas peen time when SO many 1amllles,
healtny ana apundantly apie 10 support
tant nd .oLon reronant 0hod ,n thasa
inc anu estah,,shn,ants "'oo ~
PIniti s eso"u,isu ,,,snia - ~ ionas, ea .,,
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bnarJors nm dailS tbe nar1Ist ~ aeneraI
;nsneotionNhow thev iont rhen they coma
down In the morning and when they get in
~, mirht ava whnt ,han 40 Co. ,iSi,, 90
"nd t,bn' ~, "anaiya NJ ouasta =, thair
rnors rnu on5 ,y,ot thev ,veos and what thau
AZ nnt var nnd HOW tbev ant .nd what
thew eat and how mich % tbev Ven emf and how
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ront r. ha Inown Thara ,nrst ha soroo.
,h,ne yyronn obont him nr ha ,no,II snaaS
The whole bonse gnai into the detactire
tnsiness Thev mn.t Ond ont nbont hin,
Thev nmst and ont ohomt him richt owar
n hs laave his door nnIocted hv acoiIant
he will and ' That he rnoms hovs heen in'
sne"ted no trnnt aDninred bic ,at+aro
fplJeS d,ffarentiv ROW th.. NV tbav trere
foided ,vhen he mt than oay "ay ny Whn me Is
ne9 is tha ouast,d p osLed ,,Ith intonsar IN,
terest mil The smh;ec+ hao henoma q
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one OF tne worst damages that come
from the neroing OF SO many people into
noaroing- houses ana FAMILY hotels IS IN
nicteu upon cnliareh. IL IS only ahother
way OF bringing tnem up on the commons.
Whlle you nave your own prlvate mouse
you can, LOT the most part, cohtrol thelr
companlonship ana their whereapouts, put
by twelve years OF age IN these pubic re-
sorts they VIII nave picked up all the pad
things that can be furnished by the pruri-