The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-07
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
TIE DROovLYN DIvtvE's sun
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Martyrs OF the Needle"

sUlHil gato NJ tne slns OF tue Dig cato nt the
entrnnce OF the wall OF the ancient city as IA
generally interprete' :. or the eve OF n nee ile
such rs is now han He'd in sewing n garment
do not say. In either case IL would bs n
tight thing for n camelt 10 go through the eve
ola needle. But there are whole caravans of
fatigues and hardships going through the
eye OF the sewing womnn's needle.
Very long ago the needle was busy. II
was considered honorable for women 10 toll
in oldtn time. Alexander the Great stood in
his palhce showing garments made by his
own mother. The I'm sst tapestries AZ B1yeux
were made by the Queen OF William the Com
queror. Augustus. the Emperor, would
not wear any garments except those thnt
were fashioned hy some member OF his royal
family. SO let the toiler everywhere be re-
spectel.
Tho greatest blessing that could have hap-
nened TO our first PARENTS was being turned
out OF Eden after they had done wrong
Adam an1 Eve. IN their perfect state. might
have got along without work or only such
slight employment as a perfect garden. with
no weeds in II. demanded. But as soon as
they had sinned the best thing for them was
10 be turned out where they would have TO
work. We know what n withering thing n
j. Tor man TO bav" nothing to do. Good old
Ashhel Green, at iourscore years, when asked
why he kept on working. said, III do so TO
keep out OF mischief" We see that "A man
with has no chance. OF the thousand pros
porous and honorable men that you know.
999 had TO work vigorously at the beginning
But | am now to tell you that industry Il
just ne important for a woman's safety and
happiness. The most unhappy women In
our communities to-day are thoss who have
no engagements 10 call them up in the morn
ing who, once having risen and break fnsted,
lounge through the dull forenoon In slippers
down at tho heel and with disheveled hair,
reading the last novel, and who, having
dragged through wretched forenoon and
taken their afternoon sleep. and having
spent an hour and hall at their tc!!et. rick
up their caricass and go out TO make 'alls,
and VINO pass their evenings waiting fot
somebody to come In and break up the mo-
notony. Arabella Stuart never was impris-
one in so dark u dungeon as that.
There Is no happiness in IN idle woman
il may be with hand, II may be with BRAIN
II may be with foot, but work she must or
be wretched forever The little girls OF our
families must be started with that idea. The
curse OF our American society is that our
young women are taught that the first, Sec
ond, third, fourth, flIth, sixth, seventh,
tenth, hnie,h, thousandth thing In their life
Is 10 set 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 jority 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
TO maintain themselves. We now anh hero
declare the inhumanity, cruelty and outrage
OF that father ani mother who pass their
daughters into womanhood, having given
them no facility for earning their livelihood.
Nine de Stacl said, at Ia not these writings
that am proud OF. but the fact that have
facility in ten occupations. in any one OF
which i could make a LIVELIHOOD"
. iou say you have fortune TO leave them.
o nan nn' -'~'' -. l~,,..ss
ncn fave wings and fly away? Though
YOU should be successful in leaving a con-
potency behind you, the trlckery OF execu-
tors may swamp 1t In night, or some elders
or deacons Of our churches may get up a
fictitious company AMI induce your orphans
TO put their money into Il, and Il II be lost
prove 10 them that II WAS eternaly dscreed
that that was the way they were 10 lose IL,
and that II went In the most ortho iox ana
heavenly style.
Oh. the damnable schemes that professei
CHRISTIANS will engage in-until Go1pu,s His
fingers into the collar o' the hypocrite's robe
ana rips 1t clear down the bottom You
have no right, because you ara well OF, 10
conclude that your children are going TO be
rs well or. man died, leaving "a large
fortune. H!sson iell dead In Philadelphia
grogshop His old comrades came In and
said rs they bent over his corpse. What is
tne matter with you, BossseyI" The
surgeon standing over him said Hush up
Hes dead !! "Ah, he is dead !" they snii.
Come, boys. let us 20 and take drink In
memory OF poor Bocgsey"'
Have you nothing better than money 10
leave your children? II you have not, but
send your daughters into tho world with
empty brain and unskillel hand, YOU ara
entity OF us.ug.ipuafnn hAa,t.,gl.
infantclde. There are women toillny In our
cities Tor s3 ani - per week who were tho
daughters OF merchant princes. These suf- |
ierlng ones now would be glad to have tho
crumbs that once fell from their fathers !
table. That wornout, broken shoe that sac |
wears Is the lineal descendant, OF tho sl2 |
CATERS IN which her mother walked, aud |
that torn and fnied calico had an-
cestry OF magnificent brocade that |
swept Broadway clean without any ex- |
pense TO the street commissioners. |
Though you live In an elegant resldencegni |
lare sumptuously every day, lot your daugh-
ters feel II Is a disgrace TO tnsm not TO know
now 10 work. denounce the idea. preva-
lent In society, that, though our young wo-
men may emhroder slippers ana croche,
ana make mats tor lamps TO stand on with
out disgrace, the idea Of doing anything for
a livelihood Is dishonorable. II is "A shame
Tor young woman, belonging to a largo
lhHi4g W ub Wntn lne 1Atner tOllS
hisllie away for her support. 1t is a shame
Tor daughter to DO idle while her mother
tolls at the washtub. II Is as honorable 10
sweep house, make beds or trim hats as It Is
10 twist watch chain.
As far as l can understand, tho line OF re-
spectability lies between that which Ia useful
and that which Is useless. II women do that
which Is OF no value. their work IL honora-
BILE. II they do practical work, 1t Is dishon-
orable. That our young women may escape
the censure OF doing dishonorable work
shall particularlze. You may knit tidy for
the back OF an armchair, but by no means
make the money wherewlth TO buy the chair.
You may, with delicate brush, beautify a
mantel ornament, but die rather than earn
enough 10 buy a marble mantel. You may
earn artistic music until you can squall
Italian, but never sing ''Ortonville" or "Old
Hundred" Do nothing practical II you
would in the eyes OF refined society preserve
your responsibility. / scout these finicai
notions. tell you no woman, any mora
han man. has right 10 occupy a place In
this world unless she pays u rent for IL.
In the course OF a lifetime you consume
whole harvests and droves OF cattle, and every