Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-06-15
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divino's Sun-
day Sermon.
Subject: MARTYRS of tho Needle"

XIX. a.
Whether this eve ofthe needle" be the
small gate at the side % the big gate at the
entrance Of the wall OF the ancient city, as is
generally interprete J. or the eye OF needle
such as is now han lie / in sewing garment
I Go not say. In either case it would be
tight thing fora camel to go through the eye
ola needle. But there are whole caravans OF
fatgues AMI hardships going through the
eve OF the sewing wOman's needle.
Very long ago the needle was busy. It
WAS considered honorable for women to toll
in Olden time. Alexander the Great stood in
his palace Showing garments made by his
own mother TGe finest tapestries at BlyeuX
were made ty the Queen Of William the Con-
Quer0r. Augustus, the En- ,,5r6r, would
not wear any garments except those that
were fashioned by some member Of his royal
family so let the tOiier everywhere be re-
spected.
The greatest blessing that could have hap.
pened to our first Parents was being turned
out OF Ellen after they hal done wrong
Adam aud Eve, in their p9riect state might
have got along without work or only such
slight employment as perfect garden, with
no weeds in if. Geman1el. But nc soon rs
they had sinned the best thing for them was
10 be turned out where they would have to
work. We know what whitening thing it
is for a man to have nothing TO do. GOOD old
Ashhel Green. at fOurscOre years, when asked
Why he kept on working. said, "i do so to
keep out of mischief We see that man
who has a large amount OF money TO start
with has no chance OF he thousand pros
porous and honorable men that you know,
999 had to work vigorously ut the beginning.
But am now TO tell YOU that in lustry is
just as important for woman's safety and
happiness. The most unhappy women in
our communities to-day are thOss VINO have
no engagements TO call them uD in the morn
ing who, once having risen and breakfasted,
lounge through tho dull forenoon in slippers
down at the heel and vito disheveled hair,
reading the last novel, and who. having
dragged through a wretcEei forenoon AMI
taken their afternoon sleep, and having
spent an hour and half ut their toilet, Pick
mp their caricase and go ont to make calls,
and who pass their evenings waiting for
somebody 10 come In an break up the mo-
notOny ArabellG Stuart never was impris-
oned in so dark dungeon as thai.
There is 10 happiness in an Idle woman
IT may be with hand, it may be with brain,
it may be with foot, but work she must or
he wretched forever. The little girls of our
families must be started with that idea. The
curse Of our American society IS that OUT
Young women are taught that the first. sec
ond, thrl, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
tenth, fiteih, thousan1th 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 TACT is that majority ofthem DO
have to take care OF themselves, and that,
TOO, after having through the false notions
Of their parents, wasted the years in which
they ought 10 have learned how successfully
10 maintain themselves. We now and here
declare the inhuNanity, cruelty and outrage
OF that father and mother WHO pass their
daughters into womanhOod, having given
them no facility for earning their livelihood
Nine. de Stael said, at is not these writings
that am proud OF. but tns fact that have
facility in ten occupations. in any one OF
which I could make a livelihood
You say YOU have a fortune TO leave them
O man and womlh have you not learned
that. like vulturcS. Ike HAWKS, like eagles,
riches have wings ana hy away? Though
vol should be successful in leaving com
potency behind YOU, tho tric&ery OF eXec1-
to-s may swamp it in night. or some ELDERS
or deacons OF oGr{ churches may GIT up
fictitious company and i'll iu;e your orphans
to nut their money into il, and II it be lost
prove 10 them that it WIS etsrnaliy decre3l
that that was the way thsy were 10 lose it,
and that it went in the most OrthO lOX an
heavenly
on, the damnable schemes that prOiessal
Christians will engage in-Intll Golpuls HIS
fingers into the collar OF the hypOcrite's ROBE
and rips it clear down the bottom You
have.no right, because you are wall OIL to
conclude that your children are gong to b3
ms we'll off. man died. leaving a large
fortune His son fell dead in Philade'pAla
- grogshop..s His old comrades came ir and
said as they bent over his corpse, "What is
the matter with YOU Boggsey:" The
surgeon standing over him said: "Hush up!
He's deadw "Ah, he is dsal!' they sail.
"C0me, boys. let us 20 an take drink ID
memory OF poor BoResey
Have YOU nothing better than money 10
leave your children? II you have not, but
send your daughters into the wOrt with
empty brain and uns6illei hand, you are
guilty OF assassination. homicide, reSicide,
infanticide. There are women tOiinG in QUE
cities for 50 and 81 per week who were the
daughters OF merchant princes. These SUI
fering ones now wOuli be gia to have tla
crumbs that ones fell from their fathers
table That wornout, broken shoe that sne
wears is the lineal descendant OF the Si2
cutters in which her mother walked, ana
that torn and faded calico had an
cestry OF magnificent brocade thar
swept Broadway eieal without any eX-
pense 10 the street commissioners
Though you live in an elegant residence an
lNrt SUIQDluOuSlN every Jay lSb wa N"N
ters feel il is dis race TO them not to know
how TO work. l denounce the idea, prev'1-
lent in society, that, though our young WO-
men may embrOlder slippers an crocnet
and MAKE mats for lamps to stand on with
out disgrace, the idea of doing anything fot
a livelihood is dishOuOrable. 1t is a shame
fora Young woman. belonging 20 largo
family, to be inefficient when the iatherto!s
his life away for her support 1t IS saADle
for daughter to be idle while hsI mother
tolls az the washtub. 1t is rs honorable to
sweep house, make beIS OF Trim MATS - Il ID
10 twist watch chain.
AZ faras T can understand, the line OF re-
specta5iity lies between that which is useful
and that which is useless. II women dotnat
which is Of no value, their work is honora-
bile If thew do practical WORK, 1t Is disaon-
orable That our young women may escape
the censure of doing dishonoraoe WORK L
shall partlcularize. You msy knit tidy for
tae back OF an armchair, bu' by no means
make the money wherewth TO 0uy the c1alr
You NAV. with delicate brush. beautify
mantel ornament but die rather than earn
enough TO buy & marble mantei. You may
learn artistic music until you can squall
italian. but never sing "OrtOnyille' or "OI
Hundred" Do nothing practical II you
would in the eyes OF refined society preserve
your responsibility. / scoot these nhica'
notions. | tell you no woman, any more
than man, has right to occupy place Id
this world unless site pays a rent for II.
In the course OF il etime you consume
5'wholeAaryests ana dr9xes ofcaitle' ana every
dav YOU live breathe forty hogsheads OF goo
pure air. You must by some kind OF useiu.'
ness nav for all ehis.- Ou:r>ce WIS the last
Tim e5rrpared-the birds and fisher Oh the
foesff6 day. the cattle and lizarts on the NTH
IoN6 md man on the sixth day. Ii geOl-