The Wedding Ring

About this eBook

Author

Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902

Title

The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Marriage

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22343

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22343

Release Date

August 16, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Wedding Ring. — A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony. — By
2. 2.T. DE WITT TALMAGE. — Reprinted from THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. — CONTENTS. — The Wedding Ring. — THE CHOICE OF A WIFE. ToC — BEAUTIFUL JEWESSES. — MODERN FEMALE LOVELINESS. — NO NEED TO MARRY A FOOL. — MARRIAGE NOT FOR ALL. — THE FIRST STEP. — EMINENT BLUNDERERS. — HELLS ON EARTH — NUMEROUS PITFALLS. — A MISTAKE IRREPARABLE. — NOBLE WIVES. — AVOID MATCHMAKERS. — AVOID SCOFFERS. — TWO ESSENTIAL QUALITIES. — BEAUTY A BENEDICTION. — A WIFE'S DEATH. — THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND. ToC — VOLUNTARY CELIBACY. — A BENEFICENT SPINSTERHOOD. — A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN. — ILLUSTRIOUS SPINSTERS. — A DIFFICULT BUSINESS. — PARTNERS TO AVOID. — HUSBANDS SELDOM REFORM. — MEN WEDDED TO THE WORLD. — PREDESTINATION IN MARRIAGE. — THE TWO JOURNEYS; — THE ADVERTISING BRUTE. — MARRY INDEPENDENT MEN. — AVOID PERFECT MEN. — PLENTY OF GOOD HUSBANDS. — FIDELITY IN ADVERSITY. — THE WEDDING. — VISIT THE OLD HOME. — CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. ToC — KINK IN THE HUMAN RACE — DEPLORABLE LAXITY. — GROWING POPULARITY. — A MATRIMONIAL TRAGEDY. — THE DIME NOVEL. — THE SCHEME OF BAD MEN. — SOCIAL DEGRADATION. — OX AND EAGLE. — REVERSED RELATIONS. — INVOLVES DECEPTION. — CONFIDE IN PARENTS. — UNDER THE LIGHT. — DUTIES OF HUSBANDS TO WIVES. ToC — THE NUPTIAL MEETING. — THE RESPONSIBILITY UNDERTAKEN. — A RISKY VOYAGE. — THE WIFE'S TEMERITY. — ENTITLED TO ADMIRATION. — LOVERS' PROMISES BINDING. — A WESTERN EDEN. — LOVERS' ATTENTIONS. — DON'T BE PREOCCUPIED. — THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. — NEVER FLIRT. — TONE UP. — RESPECT HER PIETY. — THE PRIEST OF THE HOUSEHOLD. — A HUSBAND IMPRISONED. — DUTIES OF WIVES TO HUSBANDS. ToC — A FAIR PROPITIATOR. — ABIGAIL'S BAD BARGAIN. — RESPECT SELF-SACRIFICE. — BE LOVABLE. — DO NOT COMPLAIN. — AVOID MEDDLERS. — BE INTELLIGENT. — ADORN THE HOME. — THE TRUE SPHERE. — A PRESSING WANT. — A DEADLY SIN. — THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. — A CONTRAST. — FOOTNOTES: — COSTUME AND MORALS. ToC — THE FIRST WARDROBE — THE GODDESS OF FASHION. — MASCULINE FOLLIES. — INDELICATE APPAREL. — STAGE COSTUMES. — DRAWING-ROOM RIVALRY. — EXTRAVAGANCE. — AN INCENTIVE TO DISHONESTY. — THE TRAGEDY OF CLOTHES! — CURTAILS BENEVOLENCE. — DISTRACTS ATTENTION. — MENTAL IMPOVERISHMENT. — BARS HEAVEN. — PERPETUAL ENVY. — JUDGMENT TO COME. — FOOTNOTES: — HUSBANDS AND WIVES. ToC — A MOST CONGRATULATORY THOUGHT — PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DOMESTIC HAPPINESS; — CONSULTATION. — A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. — A BANKER — NO SECRETS — FORBEARANCE. — RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS. — CULTIVATE EACH OTHER'S RELIGIOUS WELFARE. — COTTON MATHER'S DESCRIPTION — WHAT THE LORD THINKS OF IT? — MATRIMONIAL DISCORDS. ToC — THE SOCIAL BALANCE. — A RELIC OF EDEN. — THE HOME ASSAULTED. — THE ASSAULT OF THE SORDID. — THE BENEFICENT GUEST. — FORBEARANCE NEEDED. — A GRANDFATHER'S APOLOGY. — A GODLESS MOTHER'S GRIEF. — MATRIMONIAL CONGENIALITY. — GENTEEL BUSINESS. — LOVE TO PRESIDE. — A HOUSE NOT A HOME. — LIGHTS OUT. — HAPPINESS IN POVERTY. — HOTELS VERSUS HOMES. ToC — THE VALUE OF HOTELS. — QUEENLY CATERERS. — PROMOTERS OF GOSSIP. — A PANDEMONIUM — A WRONG TO CHILDREN. — THE LONG WIDE NET — WHAT A HOME IS. — HAZARDOUS TO MORALS. — THE LARES AND PENATES. — HOSPITALITY CURTAILED. — CUP OF TEN CURVES, — SMALL HOMES NEEDED — SOMETHING TO SAVE FOR. — A DAILY WRESTLE — CHRIST IN THE HOME. — EASY DIVORCE. ToC — "UNHAPPILY MARRIED" — THE ALLEVIATION — OUR NATIONAL SCOURGES. — POLYGAMY IN UTAH. — PUSTULOUS LITERATURE, — HOW EASY IT IS NOW. — WHAT WE WANT — HOW IS IT NOW? — UNIFORM LAW — THE FATAL MISTAKE — INCONSIDERATE MARRIAGES. — ADVICE TO LOVERS. — ASK FATHER AND MOTHER'S COUNSEL — ASK GOD. — AVOID FIRST QUARRELS; — FOOTNOTES: — MATERNITY. ToC — THE MODEL CHRISTIAN MOTHER. — AN INDUSTRIOUS MOTHER. — A HEATHENISH IDEA — INFLUENTIAL WOMEN — AN INTELLIGENT MOTHER. — BRINGING UP A CHILD. — A CHRISTIAN MOTHER. — ANXIOUS MOTHERS — A WORLDLY MOTHER — THE REWARDED MOTHER. — THE OLD CHRISTIAN MOTHER, — THE CHILDREN'S PATRIMONY. ToC — BEHOLD A TABLEAU: — I BELIEVE IN BLOOD — ROYAL RASCALS. — FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS. — TWO INACCURACIES. — YOUR DUTY. — THE OLD FOLKS. — CHRISTIAN ANCESTRY. — AN UNWRITTEN WILL — THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT. — THE TRUSTEE OF PIETY — AN OLD CRADLE, — AN ENTRY IN A DIARY. — "MY MOTHER'S BIBLE. — EVIL PARENTAGE, — IT MAY BE RESISTED, — CONQUER YOUR WILL. — ADOPTED CHILDREN. — THE MOTHER OF ALL. ToC — A CORRESPONDING INTELLIGENCE — THE RESIDENCE OF THE WOMAN — THE FIRST MARRIAGE. — A FORBIDDEN TREE — "THE WORLD IS LOST!" — INQUISITIVENESS? — HEALTHFUL CURIOSITY — CURIOSITY BLASTED HER — TREES OF MYSTERY — THIS GODDESS OF SPLUTTER. — FRENCH NOVELS, — TREACHEROUS FRUIT. — SWEET AT THE START, — PERDITION BOUGHT FOR A SIXPENCE. — VOTARIES OF PLEASURE. — HIDEOUS ATTRACTIVENESS. — A TERRIBLE OFFSET — INFLUENCE OF WOMAN. — WIVES AND MOTHERS — ONE MODEL, — SISTERLY INFLUENCE. ToC — MIRIAM'S VIGIL. — AN ADROIT MAIDEN. — HEBREW LEGENDS. — UNIQUE BURIAL. — THE WORLD INDEBTED. — THE ELDER SISTER'S POWER. — HER TOILSOME LIFE. — HELP TO MAKE MEN. — TEASING A FAMILY CURSE. — BEWARE OF JEALOUSY. — FAMILY QUARRELS. — THE ROTHSCHILDS. — THE FAMILY BOND. — A RUSSIAN BANQUET. — BE AGREEABLE. — TRIALS OF HOUSEKEEPING. ToC — THE WELCOME TO CHRIST. — DIFFERENCE IN SISTERS. — TROUBLE IN THE KITCHEN. — NON-APPRECIATION. — A WEARING LIFE. — ASSURED SYMPATHY. — SEVERE ECONOMY. — A PREPARATION. — THE TRIAL OF SICKNESS. — THE PROSE OF MATRIMONY. — GLORIOUS SELF-SACRIFICE. — A BARBAROUS PEDAGOGUE. — A CHRISTIAN HOUSEKEEPER. — FOOTNOTES: — WOMAN ENTHRONED. ToC — COMFORTING THE SICK. — "WHERE IS MOTHER?" — WE WANT TO DIE AT HOME. — THE CHRONICLES OF HEAVEN, — WOMEN DID THEIR WORK — CARE OF THE POOR. — AMONG THE DESTITUTE! — THE HAUNTS OF INIQUITY — IN THE MISSION SCHOOL; — SOLICITATION OF CHARITIES. — RIGHT TO COMFORT — TELL YOUR WIFE — BRING TO US THE KINGDOM — THE GREATEST SERMONS — "MY MOTHER'S PRAYERS — AN IMMORTAL MARRIAGE, — THE CAUSE OF MY RUIN." — TO REACH HEAVEN. — A BANQUET. — THE OLD FOLKS' VISIT. ToC — A BAD LOT OF BOYS. — THE NEWS WAS TOO SUDDEN — ROYALTY AND RUSTICITY, — A VERY TENDER SORROW. — CHILDREN IN HEAVEN, — A THRILLING VISIT — A GREAT DAY WITH YOU — KINDLY PROVISION — POOR RELATIONS!" — SHARE YOUR SUCCESSES — SELF-SACRIFICING ONES — QUEEN OF SELF-SACRIFICE — CELIBATES. — IN THE KING'S PALACE. — THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE. ToC — EVERY MAN'S OPPORTUNITY. — WHAT A HOME IS. — HOME MANNERS. — AUDUBON'S GREATNESS. — HOME A REFUGE. — A POLITICAL SAFEGUARD. — AS A SCHOOL. — CHEERFUL HOMES. — CHILDREN'S CURSES. — THE EXILE. — HOMESICKNESS. — THE HOME-GATHERING. — A DREAM. — "WE HAVE NO POOR

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