Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-11
/" TIE VEIL OF lI0DESTY.'
DIR. TALmAGG's FIFTH SERMON TO
THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.

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probation OF Nonmn-iIlghtiest Influ-
enccs Are Ever tho 3Inst Silent
BRooELyN, Feb 1.-The annual pow lot
ting il Brooklyn Tabernacle has just takcn
place, and the rental exceeds all previous
years. For the best pews FIVE six, sovcn and
eight hundred dollars werc paid. But parts
Of tho house urc kept free, SO that no ono can
truthiuly say that he cannot attend church
hero for lack of means
Ii this iln;ncnsc structure wcro twice as
large it would not cuntail al who desire to
worship here b. the time TIE services be-
gins tic streets are Blocked with people going
away.
Tie Rev 7. Dewitt Talmagc, D. D., tho
pastor, preached this morning the l:fth i'll the
s'sSerirs of Sermons to the Women of Amer
ica, with Important Hints to Men" His sub
jcct was, .Thc Veil Of Modcsty," and his
text Esther i, L.: "Thc Queen V;,3hti refused
to COME"
If you will accept my arm will escort you
into Il throne ROOM In this fifth sermon OF
the series of sermons there arc certain woman
" excellcncics which wish to commend, but
instead Of putting them in dry abstraction,
present YOU their iinperSonation i'll one who
seldom, if ever, gets scrinonic recognition.
We stand amid the palaces of ShuSlian.
/ The pinnacles arc uname with tho morning
| light Tile coluElrs rise fcStooncd and
MreatleI, the wclGh of empires flashing
/ from tho grooves; the ceilings adorned with
images Of bird and beast, aIJ scenes OF
proves and conquest. THO walls aro hung
with shields, aud cmbu:oued until it seems
that the whole round OF splendors is OK
hanstcd Each arcl is mighty leap of
architectural achievement. C;ollcn stars,
shining down Oh glowing arabcsIue. Hang
ings of embroidered work, ill which nlinglc
tho bluencss Of tho Sky, tho grcenncss OF
the grass and tho whitcnoSS OF the sea- foam.
Ia7cstrie, hang on silver rings, wedding to-
cethcr the pillars Of marble. Puvilons
reaching ONT in every direction These for
rcpose, filed with luxuri;int couchcs, in
which weary limbs sink uIiil ell fatigue is
submerged These for caro;ls;l, where kings
! drink down a Kingdom ut one swallow.
Amazing spectacle Light OF silver dripping
down over stairs Of ivory OH shields of gold.
Floors of stained marble, sunset red and
right black, and inaid with cleaning pearl.
Why, it seems us if heavenly vision of
amethyst, and jacnth, and topaz, and
chrysopraslis had descended and alishtcd
upon thushan 1t seems as ii
h;ilow Of celestial glory had dashed
clear over heavens hattlemcnts upon
this metropolis of Persia. IN con-
rcctior with this palace there is n garden,
where The mighty men Of forti n lands arc
seated 1T n banquet. Under the spread of
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arranged. The breath Of honevsucklc and
frankinccnse fills the air. Fountains leapup
Into the light, tie Sprny struck through with
rainbows falling i'll crystalline lapt.sm upon
towering shrubs-thcn rolling 'iown through
channels Of marble, ind widening out here
and there into pools swirlng with the finny
/ tribes Of foreign uquurums, bordcrcd with
Scarlet ane:nones, hypericums, and many col
orc.l raliuncul,ls Meats of rarcst bird and
beast smoking up amid wrcaths ofaromatics
Tie VASES flied with aprcotS and almonds
The baskets piled UP with apricots, and
dates, ard figs and oranges, and ponlcgran.
atcs. Melons tastofully twincd. with leaves
I'of- acacia The bright waters of Eulaeus
filing the urEs, and sweating outside the
rim in flashing beads amid the tracerics
Wine from tue royal va;s of Ispahan and
{ .iras in bottles Of tinsed shell, and lily
Snapped cups of silver, and 1agous and tank
ards; of solid gold. The music rises higher,
.=, thr rcvc!ry breaks out into wilder trans
,nl' n:al the wine has flushed the check and
ioli,.c. the brain, nnd louder than all other
VOICES arc tue hiccougl. of the incbriates, the
;-lhhlc of fools and the song Of The drunk
ards.
In another part Of thopalace Queen Vashti
is entertaining the princeSses of Persia at q
barurict Drunken .lhasrcruS says to his
servants "You go out and fetch Vnshti
from that banquet with the women; and
b.ing her to this banquet with the men, and
let Inc display her beauty" The servants
Immediately start TO obey the kings COM
maui, but there WAS II l1llo in Oriental soci-
cty that no woman might appear il public
without having ler face yelled. Yet here
w.:s n mandate that no ono dare dispute, de-
rnanding that Vasilti como in unvoilcd before
the multitude. However, there was i'll Nashti's
soul principle moro regal than Ahasucrus,
more brilliant than tho gold of Ghushan, OF
more wealth than the reveIuo OF Persia,
which commanded her 10 dsoboy the order
of the King; alid so all the Righteousness
md holiness and modcsty of her nature
rises UP into orc subli;nc refusal. She
SAYS: 81 will not go into tho banquet
u.:vcilel.n OF course Ahasuerus was in
furir.c; and Vashti, robbed OF her position
en-: Ec; estate, is driven forth il poverty and
ruin t. suffer tho scorn Of anation, and yet
to receive the applause Of after generations
who shall rise up to admire this martyr to
l::rrly insolcncc WELL the last vcStigo of
that feast is conc; the last garland has faded;
TIC last arch has fallen; tic last taal:arl has
been destroyed, and SAushan is q ruin; but
as long as the world s:and.; there will DO
multtndcs OF mon and women, familiar with
the Bible, who will como into this picture
gallery Of God and admire tho divine portrait
of Vas,iti the queen, Tashti tho yelled,
ynshti the sacrifice, Fashti tic silent.
In the first place, want you 10 look ups
Vashti the queen. A blue ribbon, raycd
with white, drawn around her forehead, in
Dictated her qaecnly position 1t was no
small honor to lie queen in such n realm rs
that Harl to the rustic OF her robesl See
the blaze of her jewcls And yet, my friends,
it is not necessary to hayo palace and regal
robe in order to be Qucenlj'. When SEQ
woman with stout faith in Cod, putting her
| foot upoa all meanncss. and sclfishness, md
goddess display, going right forward to serve
Christ and the race by grand and glorious
service, I say: "That woman is Il qneen,"
md the ranks of heaven look over the
battlcraents upon the coronation; and
whether she come up from the shanty on
the Commons or the mansion OF tho
fashionable square, greet her with the
shout: "4lI hail! Queen Vastt;.' What
Glory was there Oh tie brow Of Mary, of
Scotland; or Elizabeth, of England; or
Margaret, of France; or Catherine, of Rus
sia, compared with the worth of some Of our
Christian plothers, lnas.y Of them gone into
glory!-cr of that woman mentioned in the
i;:riptures vino put her MI into the Lords
trcasulyl--or Of Jcpl,t.;:h:; daughter, who
mule demonstration OF uilselrs:' patriotisrai
IN. of Ahrail. who rescued the herds and