, 1875-01-31
Prominent Candidates for Bishop
The Chicago Delegates.
Biography of Mrs. Maggie
Van Oott.
The First Church Established in
Chicago.
Opinions Of the Religious, Press---Notes
and Personals at Home and
Abroad.

ADTOao.
Church Services To-Day.
A'LAY SERMON.
"dAS EA1D FORGET HER ORNAMENTS OF 4
ER1DE nEB ATTKE?"
The theme Of my discourse Inst Sunday was
Charity. and while sn&sl endcavor, in my SER
mon Of to-day, to avoid giving onense to any, i
hardly dare hope that all OF my hearers will Sc
quit me OF the charge Of uncha1itableness. We
who are set upon the walls of Zion must speak
tbs truth it is revealed to rs, whether men (or
womcn) will hear o. forbear. It is not pleas
ant duty to point out to our friends their faults,
bat real friendship often demands that ne per-
form this service, and propose to address few
remarks TO 11y eisters to-day which thlnk they
will Go well to ponder over, eren though they
may NOT deem them complimentary md want
them to believe that nothing but sircete re-
gard for their veal prompts me to perform the
ungracious task, and trust they will receive my
remarks in the same spirit ct love and kindness
which incites their utte1ance. Ny object ia to
beneGt, not to wound.
Tie passion for personal adornmonts, which
3 new thing under the SUM- but dates back as far
as We have any recorded history; and although
We do not find tho facts stated in Genesis, hayo
no doubt that Mother Eve, when she first douned
her suit of ds-lesves stepped to the brink Of the
clear waters of Eden, and As she beheld her fair
form thus arrayed, reflected in NATURES own
m;lror, said to Adam, "A 'Don't you think green ia
very becoming to my compleHou?" And pre-
sumo as she walked away she assumed some little
coquct:lsh airs WHICH ale had never dreamed Of
before the serpent begriled her. From that day
to the present her daughters have devoted much
Of their time and thoughts to the ado.unent Of
tlcir persons. This is ali very well, and cou-
:ECudabie when not carried to excess. indeed,
It il duty which woman OWES to herself npd the
world to render herself attractive, and to be
neatly and beconingly dressed, bus when sho
becomes tue deyotoe OF fashion, and submits
herself to the control Of the French modistes,
ucelcctirg her high wouaaly duties mud the
ntio-uing Of her mind she becomes AZ useless to
the world as the fay figures, gorgeously arrayed.
which we See in shop windows, or the wonderful
EauiliIo,
Tie present is called the age of female extrav-
sEnnco aud folly, and yet it is nothing new. In
this in other respects, hiatory repeats Itself.
There hnTo been Flora nc McFilmsFs In every age
of the world and no race or people, civilized or
b21baroua, Christian or Pagan but Eaye furnish
cd her prototypes.
When We read descriptions of tho manner in
which the inmates Of the saraglios and hsrems
ic the East spend their liros, relatod IN Sew
E1d's travels. we arc moved with pity. Their
cole occupation is to t,edack their persons With
Gnery, each eadcavorlng to outr1e the others, in
the hope that they may win the admiration Of
taeir lord sud maat61; and yet We lear there are
many dc1otees Of fashion IN our Owl country
whose lives are almost rs aimless and proftless
rs those whose condition We comm1serate; and
when Te meat some of our society ladies ia
ChicaGo, with their distorted FORMS aud forced.
unnatural carriage, we are reminded of Hdmlefs
rude speech to Upheliu, when lie MAS suggesting
to her to retire to q uunnerE.
have heard of your paintings too, ven enough;
BOD has gixsn you on* facs and you make yourselves
tnoshFr aoo ne, yoo a1nhac md sou nsp and nick
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rernfcd of a liza ;ncisant ~ hic occnrrsd soma
rcsrs s"o ua,t r. sse - caehr.ted 1,.;nt;n1.
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n|,sorhe3 IN cnntemo1at,,nr +ha stnv uh;ci, the
-t;e1 had nortraveo ~ xir;1fv tvo yopna l.a;es
ana in and geated the1nseirea near rna Ther
.reled their classes at the painting and. aftsT
rcw minutes ona Of them snote to hcr con,nan-
an az follows: Ibid you nrer sea snch a mn
7ifceut frame2 It's be.utiful Ain't il snle1-
l,d2 I am going to teaaa pa until he eota
ne lust iike it for nv portrait That
am having painted for Harry."
/ fe,s months alter when read IN the papers
# her marriage With Harry, and q clowing de-
cripticn Of tho wedding reception, the rich