Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-06-08
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S Sun.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: .'Martyrs of the Needle"

] small gate NJ the side OF the Tug gate Al fhi
entrance Of the wall OF the ancient city, asst
generally interpreted. or the eye Of N needle
such ~ is now han lied in sewing a CARMEN
! 10 not say. In either case II would be
/ tight thing fOra camel to 20 through the ey,
J OLA needle But there are whole caravans
fatigues AMI hHriships going through the
| eve OF the sewing woman's needle.
! Very long ago the needle was busy. "
! was considered honorable for women To tot
| In oI,Ieu time Alexander the Great stood in
his palace showing garments made 10y his
! own mother. The finest tap '-trirs at BAyeuX
were made hy the Queen OF William the Con
/ aueror Augustus, the Emperor, would
! not wear any garments except those tnat
were fashioned by some member ot his royal
family. So let the toler everywhere he re-
/ spectcd.
The greatest blessing that could have hap
| pened to our first PARENTS was being turnai
| out OF Eden after they had done wrong.
| Adam and Eve, In their perfect state. might
| have got along without work or only such
| slight employment as perfect garden, with
no weeds in IL, demanded. But Rs soon az
they had snned the hest thing for them was
to be turned out where they would have to
work. We know what n whitening thing il
is for n man 10 have nothing TO do. Good old
Ashhel Green, at iourscOra years, when asked
why he kept on working. said al do so to
keep out of mischief We $40 that a man
who has large amount OF money to start
with has no chance. or the thousand pros.
porous and honorable men TINT You know,
g99 had to work vigorously at tho beginning.
But am now to tell you that industry Is
Just as important for u woman safety and
happiness. The most unhappy women in
our communities today are those who have
no engagements to call them up in the morn
ing who, on - having risen and break TASTED.
| lounge through the duh forenoon in slippers
| down at the heel and with dishev+lad hair,
reading the last novel, and who, having
| drag Ied through wretcEed forenoon ant
| taken their afternoon sleep, aui having
! spent an hour aud II half at their toilet, IicS
! up their cardcase aud ~ ont To maze calls,
and who pass their evenings waiting for
| somebody to come IN an | break up the mo-
! nOtOnY. Arahella Stuart never was lmprls-
| one in so dark dungeon rs that.
! There is no happiness in an idle woman
| 1t may be with hund, it may he with brain,
! it may be with foot, tut work she must or
be wretchei forever The little girls of our
| families must be started with that idea. The
| curse of on: American society is that our
! Young women are taught that the first. ser-
| ond third, fourth. NTH, sixth, seventh
! tenth, tlftieth. thousan It'll thing In their life
| is to get somebody to take care of them. In
| stead OF that the first lesson should be how,
under God they may take care OF themselves,
The simple fact is that a ma orty O,them do
| have to take care OF themselves, AMI that,
too. after having, through the false notions
| of their parents wasted the years in which
| they ought TO have learned how successfully
! to maintain themselves. We now aud here
| declare the inhu mainly cruelty aud outrage
| OF that father and mother who pass their
daughters into wOmanhool. having given
them no facility for earning their livelihood
| Nine. de Stael said, ut ia not these writings
that | am proud Of but the TACT that have
| facility in ten occupations. In any one of
| which could make livelihood
You say you have a fortune to leave tncm
| o man AMI woman. have you not learned
! that, Ike Vulturos, like hawks, Ike eagles,
riches have wings and fly away? Though
! YOU should be successful in leaving com
potency behind you, the tricHery Of cxecu-
| tors may swamp 1t in night. or some elders
or deacons Of our churches may get up u
fictitious company an in luce your orphans
| to put their money into it, AMI II 1t be lost
prove to them that 1t WAS eternnlly d"crsel
that that was the way they were to lose it,
and that 1t went IN the most orthO lOX m
heavenly style.
Oh, the damnable schemes that proftsse
Christians will engage i'll until Goiputs His
fingers into the collar OF the hypoirIte's rohe
and rips II clear down the bottom You
have no right, because you are we'll Off to
conclude that your children are going to bs
rs we'll off. A man died, leaving n large
fortune His son fell dead in "A Philadelphia
grOgshop. His Old comrades came IN and
said rs they bent over his corpse. What Is
the matter with you, BoSSseyE" The
surgeon standing over him said Hush up '
He's dead ~ All, he is dead - they slii.
Come, boys. let MS 30 ani take drink in
memory OF poor BoGgsey'
Have you nothing better than money to
leave your children II you have not, but
send your daughters into the world with
empty brain and unskilel hand, you are
guilty Of assassination, homicide regciie
infantcide. There are women toilng In our
cities FOR % and 81 per week who were tho
daughters OF merchant princes. These SUI
fering ones now would be glad to have the
crumbs that once fell from their fathers
table. That wornOut broken shoe that She
wears is the lneal descendant OF the sl2
CATERS in which her mother walked, anl
that torn and faded calico had an
cestry OF magnificent brocade that
swept Broadway clean without any OK
penSe TO the street commissioners.
Though you live in an elegant residence an
fare sumptuously every day, let your dtuSh
tiers feel 1t Is u disgrace TO them not to know
how to work. | denounce the idea, preva-
lent in society, that though our young wo-
men may embroider slippers and crochet
and make mats for lamps to stand on with
out disgrace, the idea OF doing anything for
| a livelihood Is diShOnorable 1t Is a shame
for Il young woman, belonging to a large
family TO be inefficient when the father tolls
his life away for her support. 1t Is Il shame
for daughter to be idle while her mother
tolls ut the washtub II is as honorable to
| sweep house, make beds or trim hats as 1t Is
to twist u watch chain.
As far rs can understand the line OF re-
spectabiity lies between that which is useful
and that which Is useless. IL women do that
| which is OF no value, their work IL hOnora-
bic. II they do practical work, 1t Is dishon-
orable That our young women may escape
the ceusure of doing dishonorable work |
shall particularze. You may knit tidy for
the back OF an armchair, but by no means
make the money whercwith 10 buy the chair.
You may, with delicate brush, beautiiY Il
mantel ornament, but die rather than earn
enough to buy II marble manteL You may
learn artistic music until you eau squat
italian. but never sing "Ortonvlle' or 'Old
Hundred" Do nothing practical II you
would In the eyes Of refined society preserve
your responsibility. | scout these fnical
notions. tell you no woman, any more
than man. has right to occupy place 10
this world unless she pays rent for 1t.
In the course Of II lifetime you consume
! whole harvests aud droves ofcattle, and every
day you live breathe forty hogsheads of gooI
pure air. You must by some kind OF useful
ness pay for all this. Our race WAS the last
thing created-the birds and fishes on the
fourth day, the cattle and lizards on the nh
day and man on the sixth day. II geol-
ogisls are right, the earth was million OF
years In the possession OF the insects, beasts
and birds before our race came upon 1t. In
one sense We were innovators. The cattle,
the lizards aud the hawks had presumption
right. The question Is not what We are to
do with the lizards and summer Insects, but
what the lizards and summer insects are to
do with us.
If we want place In this world, we must
earn II. The partridge makes Its own nest
before it occupies 1t. The lark by its morn
ing song earns its breakfast before It eats IT.