The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-18


of tho IIottontots crying ooplous tears into a
sab handkerchief, and then giving 4-cent
piece TO tho collection, thrustlng II down under
the bills no people will not know but u was
0lO gold peco One hundred dollars for In
cense 10 fashlon-9 cents for God God gives
us 90 cents out OF every dollar, The other 10
cents, by command OF his Bible, belong To Him
"a NOT God liberal according TO this tthing
systom laid down In the Old TestamontS ID
not God liberal In giving us 20 oents out of
every dollar whom hs takes but 10Y We do moi
like that We want 10 have 90 Ocnh for our
selves and for God
Now would great deal rather stoal 10 oenty
from you than God think one reason whyA
great many people do not got along In worldly
accumulation faster Ia because thoy do not OBJ
serve this divine rule God saysi SWELL, II
that man Ia not satisfied with 90 cents out OF q
dollar, then will take the whole dollar and II
will give II to the man or woman who Ia honest
with Me-" The greatest obstacle 10 charity In
the Christian church to-day is the fact that
men expend 80 much on their table and women
80 much on their dress that they have got
nothing loft for the work Of God and the worlds
bettorment
Again, extrayagant costume Ia distraction 10
public worship, You know very well there arc
agood many people who go to church Just "a
they 90 to tho races, to SEQ who will come out
first Men and women with souls TO bo saved
passing the hour In wondering whore that man
got his crayat, or what store that woman pat
ronizes, In many Of our churches tho pro-
liminary exercises arc takon up with tho dis
cussion Of wardrobos, II Ia ptlablo, Ii II not
wonderful that the Lord docs not strike the
Westinghouse with lighnlngY What dlatrao-
ton Of public worship Dying mon and wo-
men, whose bodies arc soon TO DO turned Into
dust yet before tho world strutting like pea
cocks, People sitting down In pew or taking
up hymn book, all absorbed at the Same time
In personal array to sing;
Rise my soul, and stretch thy Wings
Thy better portion haoei
Rise from trNnaltory thlnga
Toward heaven, thynatlyo placol
Iadopt the EpiscopalIan prayorandsayi 'dood
Lord, deliyorus"
EStrayagant costume bellttles tho intellect
Our minds are enlarged or they dwindlo just in
proportion 10 the importance Of the subject on
which we constantly dwell. Can you imagine
anything more dwarAng TO the human intellect
than the study Of dresaY / 500 men on tho
street who judging from their elaboration,
think must have takon two hours 10 arrange
their apparel Aflor a few years Of that kind
Of absorption, which one OF MoAllstOrs mag
nifylng glasses will bepoworfu enough tomaks
ila ma ahoVaoIap Niatl,Ia0 NVlaI tall Ia laA
Of q woman's intellect aftor giving years and
years TO tho discussion Of such quostionsi
They all land In docy hayo soon mon al
tho summer watering places through fashion
the moro wreck Of what they once were, sAllow
OF chock, Moagor Of limb Hollow At the
Ghost Showing no animation say0 In rushing
across q room to pick ny ladys fan slmpcr-
Ing along the corridors the aamo compliments
they simpored twonty years ago.
Yet, my friendu have given YOU only the
midor phase Of this evil II shuts great
multitude out Of heaven. Tho first poal Of
thunder that shook Sinai doclarod @Thou
shalt have no other gods before No." and you
will have TO choose between tho goddess Of
fashion and the Christian God There are
great many seats In heaven, aud thoy arc all
easy soats, but not ono seat for tho doyotoo Of
costume, Heaven Ia for meek and quio
HpIrta Heaven Ia for those who think moro
OF their souls than Of their bodioa Why II
you with your ldolatry OF costume should
somehow got into heaven, you would bo for
putting Fronoh roof on tho "houso Of many
mansions" and you would bo for introducing
The patterns OF BUttcrieks Quarterly Deiined-
tor
Give up this idolatry OF fashion or give up
heaven What would you do standing beside
tho Countoas Of Huntington, whose Joy twas 10
build ehapols for tho poor, or with that Chris
tan woman OF Boston who fod 1900 ohlldron
OF tho street at Fanuoil Hall ono Now Years
day, giving out Ns sort OF doxology al The
meeting pair Of shoes 10 each ono OF thom,
or those Doroaeos Of modern society who
have coneooratod their needles TO tho Lord, and
who will got their eternal reward for oyory
stitch thoy takoY o, mon and women, give up
this idolatry Of costume Tho riyalrios and the
competition OF such u llfo aro stupondous
wrotchodnoss, You will always find someone
with brighter array and with moro palatIal
residence and with lavender kid gloves that
mako tighter Gt And II you buy this thing
and wear II you will wish you had bought
something else and worn II And tho frota OF
such life will bring tho orows-foot 10 your
temples before they are due, and whom you
como 10 die you will have miserable timo.
l have soon men and womon Of excessive
costume die, and never saw ono Of thom die
woll Tho irarplngu or, thoro thoy lay on tho
inmhlol nliinw aud llesa ,yorn l,aI l.,a li,I,...
that bothered ihom--a wasted ifo and oom-
ing otornity lcould not pacify thom, for thoir
bodies, mind, and souls had boon exhausted In
tho worehip Of costume, and they could not
appreciate tho gospel. Whom knclt by their
bodaidoe thoy were mumbling out thoIr regrets
and saying 10 dod o GodlS Thor garments
hung up In tho wardrobe noyor again 10 be
soon by thom, Without any exception, no far
as my memory serves me- they dIod without
hope and went into eternity unproparod. Tho
two most ghaetly doathbodn on oarth aro the
ono whore man dIoH Of delirium tromons, and
tho olhor whore woman dies after having sac
rAocd all her faculties Of body, mind, and
soul In the worship OF costume
My friends, we must appear In Judgment 10
answer for what wo have worn on our bodies
40 well ae for what ropentancoe wo have c1or-
oaod with our souls, On that day 500 oom-
Ing In Beau Brummol, Of Tho Ian, oonsury, with
out hiS cloak, lko which all England got .
cloak and without his cane, like which all
England got canel without hln muif-bor,
like which all England got snuff- boz s--ho,
Mo fop OF Tho asos, particular about ovsrythin
bat his moralsi and Aaron Durr, without tAs
las,ore that dovn 10 old ago 10 sAowod In Pride
70 provo his oarly wicked gAllansSies, and Alb
salon without HIS hair, and Marchionoau Pom.
padour without her utlesj and Mrs, Arnol4 I
Tho bollo Of Wall stroot, whom tha. was the ON
tcr OF fashion, without her frIpporlos Of fss-
turc r rnt hft
Aud In great hagsardncss shoy shall 10 away
Into otornal oxpatriatlon, vhilo among The