Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-06

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ton Of half the people in the buildingl
Men and women cDme late to Church 10
show their clothes People sitting down
in a pow or taking up = hymnbook, all
absoTbcd at the same time in personal
array, To ring:
Eife. nj soul. and stretch thy wings.
Tiy b~t;cr portion trace.
R.se from trznsi;Ory thlHgs
TCWaF.i heaven, thy native place.
7 adopt the Episcopalian prayer and
az. Good Lord, deliver usl"
Ingatiste foahion also belittles the in
tcllect. Our minds are enlarged on they
dwiDdle Just in proportion to the i'm
Iortmce of the subject ON which we
constantly dwell Can you imagine any
thing more dWarfng to the human in
tallcct than the study Of fashion? see
taen on the street who, judging from
their elaboration, ! think must have
fzsIlen two hours TO arrange their APP
DareL After few years Of that kind
II absorption, which one Of McAllister's
,aagnifying glasses will be powerful
enough to make the mans character
yisiblel They all land in idiocy
/ have seen men at the summer wa
gering places, through fashion. the mere
wreck Of what they once were Sallow
of cheek Meager Of limb. Hollow at
:bo chest Showing no animation save
in rushing across a room to pick up
lady's fan Simperipg along the cOrri-
Jors tine same compliments they sim
Dered 20 years ago A New York law.
ser at United States hotel, Saratoga,
within our hearing, rushed across a room
20 s9y TO "A sensible woman, lyon are
~ sweet az peachesP The fools Of fash.
iJu are myriad Fashion not only de.
;roys the body, but it makes idiotic the
intellect
Yet, NY friends. have given you
MY the milder phase d this evil II
,liuts great multitude out If heaven.
ghc frst peal Of thunder that shook ST.
Gai declared, Thou shalt have no other
God before me, " and you will have to
choose between the goddess Of fashion
and the Christian God There are great
many seats in heaven, and they are all
cay seats, but not one seat for the dey-
otec Of fashion. Heaven Is for meek and
quiet spirits. Heaven is for those who
think more Of their Eouls than Of their
bodies. Heaven is for those who have
more Joy in Christian charity than in
dry goods religion. Why, If you, with
your idOlatry Of fashion, shOuld some
how get into heaven, you would be fOr
putting French roof ON the "houge OF
many mansions. Give up this idolatry
Of fashion or give up heaven. What
would you do standing beside the Count
egs Of Huntington, whose Joy it was to
build chapels for the poor, or with that
Christian woman Of Boston who fed
l,5C0 children Of the street at Faneuil
laIl On New Years day, giving out as a
5Ort Of doxoloSy at the end Of the meet
ing pair Of shoes TO each one Of them,
m those Decreases Of modern society who
have cODsecrated their needles to the
Lord, and who will get eternal reward
for every stitch they take.
Oh, men and women, give up the
.dolatry Of fashiOnl The rivalries and
the competitions Of such a life are
stupendOns wretchednesG You will al
ways find some one with brighter array
and with more palatial residence, and
with lavender kid gloves that make a
tighter fit. And IL yOn buy this thing
and wear IL yOn will wish you had
bought something else and worn It.
And the frets Of such life will bring
the crows feet 10 your temples before
they are due, and when you come 20 die
you will have miserable time / have
seen men and women Of fashion die,
ard never saw one Of them die well.
The trappings of, there they lay On the
tumbled pillow, and there were Just
two things that bothered them--a vast
ID life and coming eternity. could
not pacify them, for their body, mind
AID soul had been exhausted In the wOr.
ship Of fashion, and they could not ap-
preciate the gospel. When | knelt by
their bedside, they were mUmbliBg out
their regrets and saying 30 GOdi
. Cody Their garments hung mp In
the wardrobe, never again 10 be seen by
them. Without any exception. 30 far a.
my memory seryes me, they died with
out hope aud went into eternity unpre-
pared
The most gbastly deathbeds on earth
are the Que where q man dies Of delir.
INN tremens aud the other wher0
woman dies after having sacrificed all
her faculties Of body, mind and soul IN
the worship Of fashion, Ny friends, We
must appear IN Judgment 20 answer TO
what we have worn On our bodies a.
well ~ for what repentances We hay
exercised with our EOulE
on that day 800 coming la Beau
Brummel VI the last century, without
his CLOAK, like which All England got Z
cloak, and without his cane, ike Yhic!.
all England gOt q cane, without bis
snDfbox, like which all England got
snntfb0x-~he, the top Of the ages, par
pcular about everything bat his morals,
and Aaron Burr without tbe lettels
that down 10 old aye be showed IN pddl
~ prove bis early wicked gallaDiTies,
aud Absal0m without bis hair and
Aarcbiopess POuDaaOuT without heI
titles aud MTs Arnold, tils bells u
Wall street, Bhep that wss tho ceDteg
Of fashion, without hsT fJippeTles VI