Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-10


Wanted 80 Social Custom in Moderation
Good For the Word-The Power Of Society
Defined and Illustrated Mseries in High
Life-Bad Effects of Folly-The Day OF
Reckoning.
BROOKLYN, n. Y. Jan. 29.-The Rev. +. De-
Wit Talmage, ID, preached to-day in the
Brooklyn tabernacle the fourth OF the series
OF Sermons To the Women Of America with
important Hints to Mcu." The subject Of the
sermon was: "Dominion OF Fashion" and the
text was from deuteronomy, xxi, 3: The
woman shall not wear that which pertaineth
unto man, neither shall a man put on a
woman's garment for all that do SO are an
abomInatIon unto the Lord thy God; Gle
said:
la this, the fourth sermon OF the series OF
sermons | wish those who hear TO bear in
mind that | take into consideration not only
those whom | have before me on Sabbath
days, but the wider audience opened through
the printing press, and while some things may
not be particularly appropriate for one local
lily they are appropriate for many other local.
tiles And here / will tell "a secret that have
never before told in public. About twenty
years ago began 10 pray that God would open
secular newspaper press The religious papers
In which nv sermons had been published chief
ly went TO positively religious families. So |
asked God for the wider field In which TO pro-
cain the great truths OF religion and good
morals. In a strange way the answer came
And the syndicates having charge OF these
matters inform me that every week there are
now 100000 copies OF my dlscourses pub
lished IN this country, aud about 1900, 900 in
other lands, whether Engllsh-speaking coun-
tries or by translation in many foreign
/ tongues. want people TO understand that 1t
Is all In answer to prayer to God that this OPP
/ porlunity has come, and pray for grace to oc-
cup, the field. 1t is not, therefore, presump-
tuous when ! give wide scope 10 those dis
/ courses and address them so the Women of
America, with Important Hints 10 Men,
THE BIBLE on DRESS.
/ God thought womany attire of enough iIn.
/ portance to have II discussed in the Bible.
/ Paul the apostle, by no means sentIneu.
talist, and accustomed 10 dwell on the great
themes OF God and the resurrection, writes
about the arrangement of woman's hair and
the style Of her jewelry, and in my text, Mos
/ 70, his ear yet filled with the thunder of
Mount SINAI, declares that wOmauly attire
must be In marked contrast with masculine
attire, and attraction OF that law excItes the
/ Indignation OF high heaven. Just in prOpOr-
ton a. the mortal. OF a country or an aye are
depressed is that law deiei. show me the
ia.hlOn plates Of any century from the time
OF the deluge 10 this, and will tell you tie
exact state or public morals BoOmerIn in
this country wears ago seemed about TO break
down this deylue Law, but there was enough
OF good IN American society 10 beat back the
lhdeceucy. / ct ever and anon We have i'm
ported from France, OF perhaps invented on
THIS side the sea style that proposes as far
as pOssi bic to make women dress like men,
ana thousands of young women catch the
mode, until some one goes a little too far IN
Imitation of Insecurity aud the whole Gus
tom by the good seuse of American woman
hood IS Obliterated.
The costumes OF the countries are different
ana ia the same country may change, but
there is "A div neiy ordered dssim larty which
, must be forever observed. Any divergence
from THIS Is administrative OF vice aud runs
against the keen thrust OF the text which
saws: The woman shall not wear that winch
pertaiueth unto man, neither shall a man
put on wonau's garment, for all that DO 50
are abominatOn unto the Lord thy God"
Many years a1O French authoress signing
herself George Sand by her corrupt but
brilliant writings depravcd homes aud
Libraries iuuumerable and was literar,
grandmother OF all the present French and
American authors who have written things 50
much worse that they have made her putre-
faction quite presentable That French
authOress put on masculine attire. She was
consistent Her writings and her behavior
were Perfectly accOrdaut.
No SIN MIXTURES WANTED.
My text 10y Implication aOhors masculine
women and wOfneuly men. What sickrulng
thing IL Is 10 see "A man copying the speech,
the walk, the manner Of woman. The
trouble is that they do not initiate "A sensible
woman but some female imbecile. And they
shipper aud they 20 with mlncing step and
lisp and scream AT nothing and take on a
lsuguishng look and bang their hair aud are
the nauseatiou OF honest folks OF both sexes
4 ma. l. "A N.u lel IN
spectacle sex The starting figure OF the
human race Was Il man. Do not try TO cross
over and 50 become hybrid neither one nor
the other, but failure, half way between.
Alike repugnant are masculine women. They
copy mans stalking gait aud 60 down the
street with the stride OF walking beam They
talk boisterOusly aud try to sing bass. They
do not laugh, they roar. They eau not quite
manage the broad profanity Of the sex they
, rival, but their conversation Is often half
swear; and II the, said 30, Lord, " in earnest
prayer IA often ss they say IL in lghtness,
they would be high up in ssnthood. Withal
there is an assumed rugOs!ty OF apparel, and
they wear mans hat Ouly changed 10y being
IN two or three places smashed in and dead
canary clinging 10 the general wreck, aud
mans coat tucked In here aud there accord
lug to unaccountsblc csthetics. q, woman,
stay yomsnl You also belong to very re-
spectacle sex. The second figure OF the human
race was woman aud sometimes "A second
edition Of volume is the first edition im-
proved and corrected. Do not try 10 cross
over. II you do you will be failure as "a
woman and ony uondescrlpt OF "A man. We
already have enough intellect and moral
/ bsnkrupts in our sex without your coming
over to make worse the deficit.
In my text as by parable or figure OF
/ speech II is made evident that Moses, the
! inspired writer as vehemently as ourselves
/ reprehendcd the eflrmiuate man aud the
/ masculine woman The woman shall not
! wear that which pertslncth unto n man, nei-
4 ther shall a man put on womsns garment;
/ for all that do SO are abominstion unto the
/ Lord thy God
FASHION IN THIS WORLD.
Nv text also sanctions fashions. Indeed IL
! sets 4 fashion There Ia great deal Of sense
/ less cant on the subject of fashion. woman
/ or man who does not regard 1t Is unfit for
/ good neighborhood. The only question is
/ what is right fashion and what is wrong fash
| ioni Before | stop want To show you that
fashion has been one of the most potent OF re-
former. aud one 81 the vilest of usurpers.
Sometimes II has been All angel from heaven
and at others 1t has been the mother Of sbom-
nations. As the world grows better there
will be as much fashion as now but II will be
a righteous fashion. In the future life white
I rcbas a1UaVs veil be m the fashion