Identifier: pathwayoflifeint00talm (find matches)
Title: The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902
Subjects: Christian life and character
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pub. and manufactured by Historical Pub. Co. for the Christian Herald
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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ns than does man, and laceration of them in her case is moreapt to be a dementia and a fatality. In .some regions of this land the promi.se ofmarriage is considered to have no solemnity or binding force. It was only madein fun. They may change their mind. The engagement may stand until someone more attractive in person or opulent in estate appears on the scene; then therings are returned and the amatory letters and all relationship ceases. And .sothere are 10,000 Jephthahs daughters sacrificed as burnt offerings. The wholesubject needs to be taken out of the realm of comedy into tragedy, and men andwomen need to understand that, while there are exceptions to the rule, once havingsolemnly pledged to each other, heart and hand, the forfeiture and abandonment ofthat pledge makes the transgressor, in the sight of God, a perjurer, and so theday of judgment will reveal it. 1 .-^ one has lied to the other; and all liars shallhave their place in the lake that bun. .th with fire and brimstone.
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jEphThas daughter bewailing her sacrifice.—/^r();« ///(• Paintins; by W. Hohnan Hunt. 1127) 128 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. If a man or woman make a promise in the business world, is there any obliga-tion to fulfill it ? If a man sign a note for $500, ought he to pa) it ? If a contractbe signed involving the building of a house or the furnishing of a bill of goods,ought they stand by that contract? Oh, yes, always answered. Then I askthe further question : Is the heart, the happiness, the welfare, the temporal andeternal destiny of a man or woman worth as much as the house, worth $500, worthanything? The realm of profligacy is filled with men and women as a result ofthe wrong answer to that question. The most aggravating, stupendous and God-defying lie is a lie in the shape of broken espousal. But suppose a man changes his mind, ought he not back out ? Not once in10,000 times. What if I changed my mind about a promissory note and declineto pay it, and suddenly put my property in such, s

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