Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-06
THE TRAGEDY OF DRESS.
REsPoNsIBmITY ron WHAT WE
WEAR OK OUR BODIES.
Rev. DIR. TnImnge on the inhue"ee VI
the Idol of Fnshion-nusinesS IN"
character shIpwrecked on 'he
Wnrdrobe-A Practical Sermon

BRooKLTS, Aug 5.-Bev. DR.. TallnhBo,
who is now in Melbourne on his round
the world tour, has chosen rs the subject
Of his sermon for today throug. the press
1.-THE Tragedy Of Dress the text selected
being | Peter Ill, ., 4. Whose adorLinB
let It not be that outward adjoining OF plan,
ing the hair and the wearing OF gold or oil
putting on OF apparel, but lett be the ma
den man Of the heart
That we should all he clad Is proved by
the opening OF the first wardrobe IN para
disc with its apparel Of dark grcon. Ihht
yc should ALL as far as our means allow
us. he beautifully and gracefully apparel
ed IA proved by the fact that God never
made n wave but he pilded 1t with gOllen
sunbeams, or tree but he gnrlanueu 10
with blossoms, or u tsy but he studded 10
with stars. or allowed cyon tho smoke OF
a furnace to ascend but he columned and
turruted and dUmcd and scrollcd 1t into
outlines Of understandable gracefulness'
when sec thenpplc orchard Of the spring
and the pngcantry Of the autumnal for
csts. l como to the conclusion that II ma
turp ever does Join the church, while she
may be n Quaker In the silence Of her
worship. she mover VIII be Quaker in tho
style Of her dress, Why the notches OF
fern leaf or the stamcn Of water lilyF
Why, when the day departs, does 1t let the
folding doors Of heaven stay open so long
when 1t might 60 In so quickly
One summer morning l saw an army OF
a million spears each one adorned with n
diamond OF tho first wntcr--I mean the
grass with the dow on it. When the prod
lgnl came home, his father not only put
coat on his back, but juwelry on his hand.
Christ wore beard Paul tho bachelor
npo,tlc, not afflicted with any sentimpn-
tility, admired tie arrangement OF wom-
ms hnir when he said In his epistlc, III u
woman have long hair, it Is u glory unto
her" There will DO fashion in heaven
as ON earth, but 1t will be different kind
of fashion. II will decide the color Of the
dress, and the population of that country,
by u beautiful law, will wear white. / say
these things as background to my ser.
mon. to show you that / have no prim,
precise, prudish or cast iron theories on
the subject Of human apparel. But the
goddess OF fashion has set up her throne
/ In this world and at the sound of the tim
/ brals we are all expected to fall down and
worship. The Old and New Testament uf
/ her Bible uro the fashion plates. Her affairs
smoke with the sacrifice of the bodies
minds aud souls Of Of 10000 victims. In
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