The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-19
OF HOME.
Dr.. Talmage breaches on a
Question Of Domestic Interest.
THE INFLUENCE OF HOME.
Points Out the Disadvantages
of a Life Spent in Ao-
tel sand Boarding
Houses.

Houses.
Home life versus hotel life is the
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 text is
Luke <, 81, As: And brought him to
ar inn and took care Of him. An 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 whatever thou spendest more
when come again | will repay thee.
This is the good Samaritan paying
the hotel bill Of man who had been
robbed and almost killed by bandits.
The good Samaritan had found the un
fortunate on lonely, rocky road, where
to this very day depredations are some,
times committed upon travellers, ana
had put the injured man into the sad
die. while this merciful and well to 90
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 It's accomnods-
tions, for, though in the country, the
landlord was paid at the rate of what
in our country would be 81 or S3 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, because 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 well.
Hotel aud boarding houses are neces-
sites. In very ancient times they
were unknown, because the world had
comparatively few inhabitants, and
those were not much given to travel,
and private hospitality met all the
wants of sojourners, as when Abraham
rushed out at Mamre to invite the three
men to sit down to a dinner of veal; as
when the people were positively com
manded to be gwen to hospitality; as IN
many of the places in the east these
ancient customs are practiced today.
But we have now hotels presided over
by good landlords, and boarding houses
presided over by excellent host or hos
tess in all negbborhoods, villages and
cities, and it is our congratulation that
those Of our land surpass all other
lands. They rightly become the per
nant residence Of many people, such as
those who are without families, sucn as
those whose business keeps them migra-
tory, such as those who ought not for
various reasons Of health or popularity
Of circumstances, to take upon them
selves the cares of bookkeeping.
Many man falling sick in one Of
these boarding houses or hotels has
been kindly watched and nursed; and ty
the memory of her OWE suderings and
losses the lady at the head of such q
house has done all that a mother could
do for a sick child, and the slumberless
eve of God sees and appreciates hel
sacrifices in behalf Of the stranger.
Among the most marvellous cases Of
patience and Christian fidelity are many
of those who keep boarding houses,
enduring without resentment the un,
reasonable demands Of their guests fol
expensive food and attentions for which
they are not willing to pay an equlval'
ent-a lot of cranky men and women
who are not worth to tie the shoe Of
their queenly caterer. The outrageous
yay in which boarders sometimes act
to their landlords and ian1ladies shows
that these critical guests had bad early
rearing and that in the making up ot
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 ot
today keep hotels and boarding houses
But one Of the great evils Of this day
is found in the fact that a large popula
tion Of our towns and cities are giviDe
up and have give up their homes anc
taken apartments, that they may have
more freedom from domestic duties anc
more time for social life and because
they ike the whirl Of publicity better
than the quiet and privacy of resi-
dence they can call their own. The
lawful use Of these hotels and boarding
houses is for most people while they arc
in trsnsitu, but as terminus they are
many cases demoralizations, utter
and complete. That is the point a
which families innumerable have begun
to dis:ntegrate. There never has beer
a time when so many families, healthy
and abundantly able to support and
direct homes Of their own, have struck
tent and taken permanent abode in
these public establishments. 1t IS an
evil wide as Christendom, and by voice
and through the newspaper press l ut;
ter warning and burning protest and
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 gantlet
of general inspection-hoW they look
when they come down in the morning
and when they get il at night, and
what they do for a living, and who they
receive as guests in their rooms, and
what they wear and what they do not
wear, and how they eat, and what they
eat, and how much they eat, and how
little they eat. If a man proposes IN
such place to be isolated and reticeat
and alone, they will begin to guess
about him: Who is he? Where did be
come from? How long is he going tc
stay? Has he paid his board? How
much does he pay? Perhaps he has
committed some crime and does not
want to be known. There must be
something wrong about him, or he