, 1886-02-21
THE MARRIAGE RING.
MR.. TALMAeE's SERMON AT ttz
TABERNACLE.

Talmage's discourse on the marriage reln-
ton was this morning greater than ever be-
fore. The spring like morning brought out
throngs. and on all the lines OF cars running
in the direction OF the great church were
people going TO swell the crowds around the
doors Whom tho services were opened
every seat and all available space on tho
main floor and in the galleries was occupied.
The preacher in his opening prayer re-
ferred TO the death within the past week OF
the great general
After the 5000 people had fairly shaken
the great church in singing Stand up, stand
up for Jesus" DIR. TalmAge said; | am
preaching n series Of Sabbath morning dis
courses on tho Marriage Ring and kindred
subjects, and | shall continue from Sabbath
morning TO Sabbath morning until /
have discussed all those questions
which l think Ie at the very founda-
ton OF society. My text is in
Isaiah iii, 10. IS, 10. 81 and =
because the daughters OF Zion are
naughty. and walk with stretched forth
necks and wanton eyes, walking and mine
ing n they 20, and making a tinkling with
their feet In that day the Lord will take
nway the bravery Of their tinkling orna-
ments about their feet, and their cauls, and
their round tires like the moon. the chains,
and the bracelets, and the mufiers. the
ring, and nose jewels, the ~changoable suits
Of apparel, and the nantes, and the vim
pies, and the crisping pins"
Tho preacher read his text twice, and then
in his loud. clear and peculiar voice. said;
This e. n Jerusalem fashion plate. IL
takes Us back ~twenty-nv hundred years
and sets us down in an ancient city.
Professions OF people are moving up and
down the streets. The season is at its height
OF fashion. While sensible men and women
pass along without attracting our attention
on those streets, my text calls attention to
the daughters OF Jerusalem who go leaning
far forward, leaning very far forwnrd,
Leaning No very far for ward that 1t is un-
natural; lettering. wabbling, wriggling.
flirting. or MS my text says, walking with
stretched-forth necks, walking and mincing
as they co.
In astounding style have they arranged
heir bonnets and their entire apparel. aud
they arc going through the streets, taking
more Of the pavement than they are entitled
70. and sweeping along with a kind OF grace
which my text describes as ground tires
like the moon" Seei that Is n princess
Look that is a Damascus swordmaker
Look that l. a Syrian merchant
The tinkling OF the chains, tho flash OF
the head bands, and tue exhibitions OF the
universal swagger, attract the attention of
the prophet Isaiah, and he brings his AM
era TO bear upon the scene. and takes "A
picture for all nges. Where is that scenei
Vanished Where are those gay streotsi
Vermin-colored population pass through
them. Where arc the hands, the neck. the
forehead, the shoulders, the feet. that sup
ported all that magnincencel ASHES, ashesl
that we should all be clad Is proved by
the opening OF the first wardrobe In Para-
disc. with its apparel of dark green. That
we should ali DO beautifully and gracefully
nppareled, so far as our means will allow, is
proved by the fact that God never mnde IA
way but that he gilded II, or n tree but that
he gnrlnndel IL with blossoms or n sky but
that he studded it with stars, or allowed
even the smoke OF "A furnace to nscend ex-
cept il be scrolled aud arched and turreted
aud lowered and domed, and beautiful In
outline and in indescribable g~racefulness
When lsee the apple orchard In the SPRING
time, and tho autumnal pageantry OF the
forest, l como to tho conclusion that IL
nature eyer does join the church, while she
my DO n Quaker in the silence of her wor-
ship, yet she will mover DO a Quaker in the
style OF her dress Why tho notches on the
l,an why tho stem on the water lilyf why.
when day departs, does Il leave a folding
door and heaven wide open so long when II
might be quickly closedi On a summer
morning / have seen an army OF a million
spears, oach adorned with n diamond Of the
first water-l mean tho grass with tho dow
on IL
When the prodieal got back his father
not only put n coat on his back, but he put
jewelry on his hands Christ wore a beard.
Paul, the bachelor apostle, affected with no
sentimentality, admired the arrangement OF
n woman hair when he saidi "If she wear
lonu hair A. Ia n ulorv unto har
There shall certainly DO fashion in heaven
as on earth, only "A different style OF fashion.
II will decide the color OF tho dress; all the
population in that land shall wear white.
say those things as a background 10 my
sermon, so you know | have no prim, pro
Csc. prudishor cast-iron theory in regard
TO human apparel But, the fact is, tho god.
dess OF fashion has erected her throne. aud
at the sound Of her eYmbals we are all ex-
pected to bow down and worship There
are thousands OF victims smoking on the
altar.
In the temple arc four people in tho organ
loft, standing, while from t~hemthers drizxles
down cold music that freezes the ears of the
worshipperS nave noticed that there are
as many masculine victims as feminine
Men sometimes make an opon TRADE against
woman, as though she were the chief wor-
shipper at the shrine, and / have no doubt
IN the moro conspicuous parts Of tho pews,
some have already turned and iooks1 at
their n~eighborS and have admired the appi
cation OF ths sermon TO others What |
shall to-day say shall he us proper for one
end of the pow- as for the other. Men arc
ns much tho disciples Of fashion as
arc the women, though they may
make their sacrifice on a different
part Of the altar. 1t is their wine suppera,
their club house, their yachting expeditions
and the cigars which b their fashion;
500. 000, 900 worth of tobacco, smoked and
che wed up by mon every year-that Is their
fashion. In England n man Is left $3.50, 900
a. a fortune He went all through It. He
sent his agent 10 all parts OF tho world and
gathered up all the rarest Injuries for his
Palate, Sometimes he had a dish that would
cost $500 or 500, but after awhile he got
down 10 tho last guinea, and with that he
bought n woodcock. had IL well dressed and
cooked and sat down and ate H. He gave
two hours to digestion AMI then walked out
OF Westminster bridge, leaped into the
wnter and died Doing on a large scale
what you and ! have seen people do on n
small scale.
Men are as much the victims OF fashion a.
are womon. IL Il not through any superb
GRITTY or love for simplicity that the men do
not have the same attire a. the women, for
such uppendages would be a blockade on all
business What would long sashes and trails,
three or four yards in length, do on the
stock MARKET there arc men who sacrifice
themselves IN the=e directiunS some mon
nhVo boot % ught that they cannot Tatk
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