The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-07
THE VEIL OF MODESTY
DR.. Talmage breaches the Sixth
of the Series of
SERMONS TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA

place. and the rental exceeds all previous
years For the best pews five, six, seven and
eight hundred dollars we're paid. But parts
of the house are kept free, so that no one can
truthfuly say that he cannot attend church
here for lack Of means
If this immense structure were twice as large
It would not contain ali who desire to worship
here by the time the service begins the
htreets are blocked with people going away.
The Rev. f. DE Witt TaImage, ID. d., the
pastor, preached this morning the fifth in the
iSerias of Sermons to the Women OF America,
with Important Hints TO Men" His subject
was, Tho Veil OF Modesty," and his text,
Esther /, II, "The Queen Nashtl refused to
some"
II you will accept my arm l will escort you
Into q throne-room. In, this fifth sermon OF
the series of sermons there are certain woman
ly excellences which | wish to commend, but
Instead Of putting them in dry abstraction, l
present you their impersonation in one who
Eeldom if ever gets sermonic recognition.
We stand amid the palaces of Shushan.
The pinpcles are afame with the morning
light The columns rise festooned and
wreathed, the wealth Of empires flashing from
the grooves the ceilings adorned with images
of bird and beast, and scenes of proves and
conquest. The walls are hung with shields,
md emblazoned until it seems that the whole
round OF spendors is exhausted. Each arch
s. "A mighty leap of architectural achievement
Golden stars shining down on glow
Ing arabesque. Hangngs OF embroidered
work in which mingle the .blueness
of tho Sky. the grecnness OF the grass, and the
whiteness of the sea foam. Tapestries hing
On silver rings, wedding together the pillars of
marble Payions reaching ont in every di-
'o0'''"' no. ~ P''
rant couche'' IA "h'cn weary r,iiip' S,iiA un-
I'll all ia'lgue is SuDnlefsed' Ihese ior ca
r0usal where kings drink down II kingdom at
ono swallow Amazing spectacle! Light of
silver dripping down over stairs of ivory on
shields of gold Floors of stained marble sun
aet red and night black. and nlaid with glcam-
Iug poau Why II seems as if a heavenly WIS.,
icn of enethVst and inCnth and topa2 and
clrysopra4rls had descended and alightcd upon
ShnshAn 1t seems AZ II bllow of celestial
ul.,y had dashed clear over heavens battle
ment, upgn this metropolis of Persia
In connection with this palace there
"a a garden where the mighty men Of
FOREIGN lands are seated at a
banuuet Under the spread of oak and lin
den. and acacia. the tables are arranged. The
meath OF honeysuchle and franbincense fills
the air Fountains leap up into the light. the
sp.ny struck through with rainbows falling IN
crystalline baptism upon lowering shrubs.
ihcn rolling down through channels of marble
md Widening ont here and there into pools
ewirIing wiih the Gnny tribes. of foreign
n1uuli,ins. borlered with scarlet anemones.
hyporieunls. and many colored ranunculus.
Meats OF rarest bird and beast smoking up
amid wrcaths of aroma'ics. The vases filed
with nuricots and almonds. The baskets piled
,u with apricots, and dates. and figs and
ORANGES and uomerranatcs Melons tostcful-
" twined with lcaVra of acacia. The bright
watere of Eulapus filing the urns and sweat
ing outside the rim In flashing beads amid tho
traceries Wine from the royal watts of Ispahan
and Shiraz in bottles of tinped
shell and lily-shaped Guns of silver
nnd Hagons and tnnkards of
solid gold The music rises higher. and tho
Tevelry breaks out into wilder TRANSPORTS and
the wine has flushed the cheek and touched
the brain and louder than all other voices arc
the hiccough of the inebriatos, the gable of
fools and the song of the drunkards
in another part of the palace Queen Vasld
is entertaining the princesses of Persia nj n
BANQUET Drunken Ahasuerus saws 10 his ser.
wants "l on go out and fetch Vasht from that
banquet with the women. and bring her 10 this
BANQUET Will, the men and let me disnlav her
beauty" The servants Immediately START 10
pbey the kings command but there was a
rule in Oriental society that no woman might
appear in public without having her face
yelled Yet here was a mandate that no one
dare DISPUTE. demanding that Nashti come in
unveiled before the multitude However
there Ns.s in NaslitiS soul a princinle moro
regol than Ahnsueri,s more brilliant tLon no
gold OF Shushan. Of more wealth than tho
realm If Persia which commanded her "a AZ
obey ,fie order Of the KIM. and So ali he
rightcsu ssess. and holiness. and rnodesiv ~
her nature ri@. mn into one snblim. refys,l
Shs saws Il ,f3il NOT 20 into no han,,pat mn
veiles ui course A nasuerrs was In }nyi,te5
and a4bti. robbed of hor i,,siti,T, ami Lsr a.
Tale f. tri,.u forth i'm I,,,rt, and r,,i 10 ~
fer tA. ,e.srt. Of "A nation and ,.t to receive, ,bc
applau>r at after generations io shall rise M,
10 adm. Pa. Inns luart4r tp L-r,l, ireo}.,,,.tt
We'll tu,. i,>t y,..ti,e Of t)at f,.tst il ',o,, tb
Lass garland },s. faded. M. l,.t arch i,as al
en- H., last kalJ la. b.eu do.t ~,,.eJ 80
Shu.f,u i, a rain. bum. limo az ia ,rrrj5
stand. fher, ,sill be mnlItu5es ~ mo-, AMI
vUti,.t. familiar will tlt EIse ~ ,.;n
come iut.. his ticiuf. Ir,,l,rv Of t,o5 and ~
uiret.se divine t.rir4it of WASN'T, H., NC,
WASN'T th, f,.iled Na,hti Tho .trrihGa Nr.bt;
the .,ut
IN t,e Inst place want Won Il, look n,,o,
WASN'T, The ,,aeeu. A blue ribbon rtye3 with
white. drawn around her forehead. Indicated
her g,icrnly POSITION IL was no small io,,or
q b. Queen IA such a realm A. tbat. uarI To
the rustic Of her robes See the 1lare Of her
Jewels And vet. ms friends. IL is rlnt ue.es
sAry to have palace and Iesal robe In order 10
be queruIy When scc a woman with stopt
faf.h stt al rsHs.t.s f..r -. .,,..-.