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Taln1agc's Fourth Sermon to the
Won7en of America.

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.nookhYN, Jan. a9.-The Rev. 7.
Witt Talmage, D. d., preached to-day
,oe brooklyn tabernacle the fourth of
y '' ,o,;es of ''Sermons TO the Women of
he sgrt9' With Important Hints to Men. "
~ Inject of the sermon was: "Dominion
= n osb;on." and the text was from Deu-
ANY xxi. D: 1.-THE woman shall not
chat That which pertaineth unto a man,
..ber shall man put on woman's gar
,r, for all that do SO are abomination
n.a,he Lord thy God" DR.. Talmage
In tbis. the fourth sermon of the series
: sa,mons, wish those who hear to bear
n;nl That / take into consideration not
nn1r those whom | have before me on Sab
a a4b laws, but the wider audience opened
hrn,,oA the printing press, and while some
sb;nas may not be particularly appropriate
.n ,,'l one locality, they are appropriate for
Dny other localities. And here l will tell
.5syet that have never before told in
,nrlic About twenty years ago began
T. nray that God would open to me the OPP
roftunity of preaching through the secu-
Eor newspaper press. The religious
,ooers in which my sermons had been
nnblished chiefly went to positively. relig-
?ons families. SO 1 asked God for the
Ez;ler ield in which to proclaim the great
,ntbs of religion and good morals. In q
TRANCE way the answer came. And the
ryniicates having charge of these matters
nform me that every week there are now
r. sa0, 900 copies of my discourses pub
E;sbed in this country, and about 10000
In other lands, whether English speaking
countries or by translation in many foreign
Eonoues. ! want people to understand
That it is all in answer to prayer to God
HAT this opportunity has come, and pray
for Grace to occupy the field. It is not.
therefore, presumptuous when give wide
scope to these discourses ard address them
etothe Women of America, with Important
Hints to Men,"
God thought womanly attire of enough
6mportance to havo it discussed in the
Bible. Paul, the apostle, by no means a
spntimentalist, and accustomed to dwell on
the great themes Of God and the resurrec-
ton. writes about the arrangement of wo-
mans hair and the style of her jewelry,
and in my text Moses, his ear yet filled
with the thunder of Mount Sinai, declares
that womanly attire must be in marked
contrast with masculine attire, and infrac-
ton of that law excites the indignation of
nigh Heaven. Just in proportion as the
morals of country or an age are depressed
' is that law detied. Show me the fashion
plates of any century, from the time of the
deluge to this, and l will tell you the exact
country years ago seemed about to break
down this divine law, but there was enough
of good in American society to beat back
The ndecency. Yet ever and anon we have
imported from France, or perhaps invented
on this side of the sea, style that pro-
poses, as far as possible, to make women
dress like men, and thousands of young
women catch the mode, until some one
goes little too far in imitation of mascu-
Unity, and the whole custom, by the good
sense OF American womanhood, is OBJ
liberated.
The costumes of the countries are differ
emit, and in the same country may change,
but there is a divinely- ordered dissimilar-
lily which must be forever observed. ANY
divergence from this is administrative of
vice and runs against the keen thrust of
the text, which says: "The woman shall
hot wear that which pertaineth unto man,
neither shall man put on woman's gar
ment; for all that do so are abomination
unto the Lord thy God"
Many years ago q French authoress.
|signing herself George Sand, by her cor
| rupt but brilliant writings DEPRIVED homes
and libraries innumerable, and was a
literary grandmother of all the present
french and American authors who have
written things so much worse that they
have made her pntrefaction quite present
Fable, The French authoress put on mas
Fcullne attire. She was consistent. Her
writings and her behavior were perfectly
|accordant.
My text by implication abho.s masculine
women and wonenly men. What siclen-
ing tnlng 1t is to see man copying the
|sPeech, the walk, the manner of a woman.
l. he trouble is that they do not initiate q
sensible women, but some female imbecile.
Ahuthey shipper. and they go with mincing
|s1eP and lisp, and scream ut nothing, and
'ake on lansuishing look, and bang their
mar, aud are the nauseation of honest
folks of both sexes. Oh, man, be man!
, You belong to quite respectable sex.
lhe starting figure of the human race was
II man. DO not try to cross over, and SO
become hybrid, neither one nor the other,
oo, a, failure, half way between.
r., Aike repugnant are masculine women.
i1hey copy mans stalking gait and 80
|uoWn the street with the stride of a walk
ing beam. They wish they could smoke
cigarettes, and some of them do. They
o'S'SioOStS lIy " OiiSS.
hey DO not laugh, they roar. They can
Elot cutie manage the broad profanity of
[!he sex they rival, but their conversation
Is often half swear; and if they said ooh,
Lore" IN earnest prayer US often as they
Fay 1t IN lightness they would be high up
Eh salnthood. Wlthal there is an assumed
R,nssoslty OF apparel, and they wear mans
|hat' only changed by being in two or three
I, ;! smashed in and dead canary
Ennelng to the general wreck, and mans
goat tucked in here and there according to
f'n unaccountable esthetics. Oh, woman,
stay woman! You also belong to very
respectable sex. The second figure of the
human race was woman, and sometimes
! second edition of a volume is the first
tultlon improved and corrected. Do not
E k.!, 10 cross over. II you do you will be q
[@'4ure as Il woman and only a nondescript
p man. We already have enough intel
toetual and moral bankrupts in our sex
Y II uncut your coming over to make worse
/ he deficit
N my text, as by parable or figure of
epeech, 1t is made evident that Moses, the
(nssplred writer, as vehemently as our
felyes, rcprehended the etfeminate man
flio 'he masculine woman: "Ihe woman
Aall not wear that which pertaineth unto
/, man, neither shall man put on q
E,omans garment: for all that do SO are
|F'Dso 1 unto the Lord, thy God"
! NY lext also sanctions fashion. Indeed,
SETS fashion! There is great deal Of
PeuSGleSS can't ~, fl,o e,,I,;ook oT foob;o,