Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-07-05
Follow the Fashions.

follow the iashioa-take the popular coi'se
Nomatter whether the bonnet was trimmed
with white blue red or scarlet, tur 'ed up or
turfed down, on the back side OF the head
or on The trout side stuck on the forehead or
th back Of the neck looks beautiful!
No matter whether the dress be long or
short hoped or not hoped, Bloomer or not
Bloomsr, up TO the knee or trailing IN the
mud or dirt, so bet is the fashion. u II |
is fashionable to wear tight shoes, pinch the
feet and toes, wear them-corns or no eorns,
all the same. IL it is fashionable to wear
jewellery, wear it--on The breast, The arms,
the fingers, in the ears, on the noSe-ioad
them down, Bible or Bible, cost or no cost.
If dress or a shawl cost fifty, hundred
or two hundred dollars more, instead OF i've
or lemon with them, bankruptcy or no bank |
ruptcy--it's the fashion-we go 1t, sink or
swim.
IL high.crowned hats are in vogue wear
them-if low, low. II short bruins, wear
short brims--if long, long. If bob-talled
coats are the cut OF the day wear bol'-tailed
coats--if long, long. If stocks to choke the
neck and high collars become popu'ar,buckle
them on tight as drum head, breath or no
breath, bronchitis or no bronchitis, all the
same. If the fashion come round TO wear
long boards and mustaches cover the chin,up-
rer lip and lower lip, stop the mouth, look
like beast, a bear, a wolf, a goat or an
owl All right, minister or no MINISTER
church-members, deacons, class-leaderS all
the same-its the fashion.
II lis fashionable to write, puff, and read
novels, 90 to the theatre, the dance, and play
the fiddle, follow The wake On with the
dance, let joy be unconiined.'
If it is fashionable to pay five, ten, twenty
or hundred dollars for a ticket to hear
Jenny Lind sing in a thesier or church,to
fill Barnums pockets ,hurrah for Jenny Lind,
hurrah! On they 90 ministers and people
its the fashion, its popular
II it is fashionable to make holiday fensts,
New Years calls, load the tables and side
boards with wines, cordials, rich dainties,
poisonous confectioneries, eat drink, german
die, play the glutton, the drunkard and
starve the poor, 90 ahead, it's the fashion
no matter, all right =" Like priests like
people" If it is fashionable to hold fancy
fairs, tea parties, soirees, oyster suppers,
pic-ncs, nc, to raise money 10 sustain the
pastor, pay off church debts, cushion the
pulpit &c, have jolly time of it, eat and
drink to the full, return home before the
morning dawns--no matter, let US do evil
that good may come. Sometimes, also,
sinners, men Of the world, have balls, dam
cling parties, &c, for the benefit of the poor.
The widows and orphans on the same prin-
cipe--it's the fashion.
Its the fashion now to have high steep
les, away up in the air out Of sight, that
cost two, three, four, perhaps ten thousand
dollars! 1t is the fashion, moreover, 10 have
fashionably ornamented churches, costing
one or two thousand dollars, with fashion
able choirs, organs. Instrumental music, after
the temple worship, or popish worship
sing by proxy, pray by proxy, live by proxy,
This is the fashion Once it was custom
AIRY to kneel in prayer before God or rise
up before the King of Kings, but now the
easy sitting posture is the fashion. Once
the house Of God was open TO the poor, but
now the fashion is to sell the slips, rent the
pews, knock them off under the auctioneer':
hammer to the highest bidder, make God;
house a house of merchandise. "Once
twice, three, going, going, gone" = two
three, five or ten thousand dollars for pew
rents is quite an object these hard times, tc
pay the minister, the sexton, aud churcl
incidentals--no matter about seats for The
poor. Christ, TO be sure remembered tn,
poor, preached the gospel TO them especial
ly but the times are changed. Ours is
progressive age. The rich man with gol,
ring, in goody apparel, is told "Set tho,
here in good places" TO the poor, "Stant
thou there, or sit under my footstoo.'
Churches, once meek, humble, Christ
like, on which the candle of the Lor,
shone brightly, that looked upon the cloi
system, instrumental music in the house Q
God. building costly, ornamental churche.
renting pew-seats under the hammer, sttin
idly and indolenily in prayer-iime, singin
by proxy, &c. as little better than sacri
lege OF blasphcmy, have gradually yelde
the palm, fallen into the popular wake
"Give us a king also, like the nations aroun
u.s." All right 1t is fashion. Going
church now in silver slippers, with COL
rings, gold studs, dangling watch chains
keys aud seals, and itching ears, is the fasl
Jon.
No matter for the poor, the .oppresse,
the perishing; this is an age of steam, c
progress, of telegraph. The Biblel Poh
What have we to do with the Bible? II
fher, Wesley, Whilefeld, Baxter, Bunya
Doddridge,-thesew were good men in the
day; but we are in the advance. Oar az
is progressive, telegraphic. The old star
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