The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-03
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Sixth Discourse Of the Series On
"The Marriage Ring"
Dress ~ Related 70 Morals-EvIl ERsets
q Improper Attire-Ths Responsibility
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q Improper Attire-Ths Responsibility
81 the stage for Its Undress UNI
form Parsdss.
Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage took for the
subject of his sixth discourse Of the series
ON "The Marriage Ring" "Costums and
Morals" taking for his text:
Moreover the Lord said Because the
daughters Of Zion are naughty and walk
with street.-The forth necks aud wanton
eyes, Walking and minclng as they go, and
making tinkiing with their feet, In that
day che Lord will take away the brave Of
their tinkling ornaments about their feet,
and their cauls, and their round tires like
the moon, the. cha Ms. and the bracelets and
the muffiers the O0nness. and the ornaments
OF the legs, and the head lands. and the tab.
iets and the suits o. appare and tn, man.
tics and he wimpies, and the crisping pins,
the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods,
and the walls Isaiah ILL.,, 10, lS--23.
This is q Jeru. alem fashion. plate. Il
puts US $500 years back, and sets US down
in an ancient city. The procession of men
and women Is moving up and down the
gay streets. 1t 10 the height Of the fash.
ionable season. The sensible men and
women move with so much modesty that
they do not attract our attention. But
here come the naughty daughters of Jeru-
salem! They lean forward; they lean very
much forward: so far forward as to be I'M
misunderstanding, wobbling, wriggling,
flirting, or Is my text describes it, they
"walk with stretched forth necks. walking
and mincing as they CO." They have in
most astounding style arranged their bon
nets and their walls and their entire ap-
parel, and now 90 through the streets tax
ing more Of the pavement than they
are entitled to. sweeping along with skirts
that the text describes a. ground tires like
tho moon" Sesi That Is a princess!
Look! That IL Damascus sword
maker! Look! That is Syrian msr-
chant! The jingling of the chains and
the clashing Of the headbands, and the
exhibitions of universal swaggsT, attract
tho attention Of the Prophet Isaiah, and
scene, and takes a picture for all the
ages. But where Is that scene! Van
ished. Where are those gay streets? Yer.
min-covered population pass through
them. Where are the hands, and the
necks, and the foreheads, and the shoul-
ders, and tho feet that sported all that
magniacence! Ashes, ashes!
That we should all be clad 10 proved by
the opening Of the first wardrobe In
Paradise, with its apparel Of dark green.
That We should all Is far IS our means
allow % DO beautifully and gracefully
apparsled, 10 proved by the fact that God
mover made wave but he gilded it with
golden sunbeams, or . tree but he gar
landed It with blossoms, or sky but he
studded Il with stars, or allowed even the
smoke Of Q furnace to ascend but he
columned and turreted, and doled and
scrollsd Il into outlines Of indescribable
graosfulness. When see the apple.
orchards Of the spring and the paSeAntry
Of the autumnal forests, I come to the
conclusion that II nature ever does Join
the Church, while she may be Quaker
In tho silence Of her worship, she
never win Do . Quaker in tho style Of
her dress. Why the notches of . fern
leaf or the staman Of water lily, Why,
when the day departs, does it let the fold
ing doors Of Heaven stay open 20 long,
when II might 60 in 80 quickly. One sum.
mer morning saw an army Of million
spears, each one adorned with diamond
Of the first water-I mean the grass with
the dew ON II. When the prodigal came
home his father not only put coat ON his
back, but jewelry on his hand. Christ
wore beard, Paul, the bachelor apostle,
not afflicted with any sentimsntality, ad.
mired the arrangement of a woman's hair
when he said in his epistle:
II . woman have long hair IL V glory
INTO her. MH
There will be fashion in Heaven q on
earth, but II viii be . different kind of
fashion. II will decide the color Of the
dress, and the population Of that country,
by beautiful law, will wear white.
say these things as "a background to
my sermon to show you that have ne
prim, precise, prudish or cast-iron theories
on the subject of human apparel; but the
goddess of fashion has setu her throne in
this country, and at the sound Of the tim
brels we are all expected to fall down and
worship. Her affairs smoke with the sacra-
Ace Of the bodies and souls Of 10000
victims In her temple four people stand
in the organ loft. and from there comes
down cold drizsle of music, freezing on
the ears of her worshippers. This god
dess Of fashion has become rival Of the
Lord Of Heaven and sarths and " 10 high
time we uniimoered our batteries against
this idolstry. When come to count the
victims OF fashion find as many mascu
line as feminine. Men make an easy TRADE
against women, as though she were the
chief worshipsr at this idolatrous shine.
and no doubt some men In the more con.
spiouous part Of the pew have already cast
glances At the more retired part Of the
pew, their look prophecy Of a generous
distribution. Ny sermon shall be as ap.
propriate for one end Of the pew Is for the
other.
Men ere a. much idolaters Of fashion a.
women, but they sacrifice on . different
part Of the altar. With men the fashion
goes to cigars and clu6.rooms and parties
and wine suppsrs. In the United States
the men chew up and smoke one hundred
millions Of dollars worth of tobacco every
year. That il their fashion. In London
not long ago, . man died who started il
life with $7b0,0O0. But he ate it all up in
gluttonies, sending his agents to all part.
Of the earth for some rare delicacy for thu
palate, sometimes one plate of food costing
him three or four hundred dollars. He at,
mp his whole fortune and had only ont
guinea left. With that he bought wood