Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-08-25

ISl4G az La 4ct~ y a AokNs -
rhey ali go down toSesher-the husband to
the prison, the wife 20 the sewing machine.
the children 20 be taken care Of By those who
were called poor relations. Oh. for sonenev
Shakespeare 10 arise and write the tragedy
OF human clothes
Will you forgive ne II l say in tersat
shape possible that some of the men have TO
'orge an 10 geriure and 30 swinile 10 pay
fortheir wives dresses. / will say II whether
you forgive De or not.
Again. inorlina.e fashion Is the soA 0: all
Christian aimsgivin1. Men and women put
50 much II personal display that thy often
have nothing for God ami the cause o. sui
tering humanity. Christian man cracking
lis Palais Royal glove across the back ~
shutting up hi. hani TO hidethe cent he puts
into the poorkoI. A Christian woman. at
the story OF tho Hottentots. crying cop'ous
tears into 4 325 handkerchief and then Civ
ing a two cent piece TO the collection. thrust
IN. il under bills 50 people will not know but
i was a 30 goidpiece. One hundred dol
lars :or incense 10 fashion two cents for
Got Col gives Us ninety cents out ofevery
dollar. The other tan cents by command OF
His Bible belong TO Hun. Is no. Col liberal
ACCORDING 10 His tith,ny system laid down
in the Ola T~-s,auent2 Is not God liberal in
giving Us ninety cents out Of a dollar when
He takeS bur ten? We DO not like that. Va
want 10 have ni~nety-nine cents Tor ourselves
an ona 'cr God.
Now. | would a great deal rather steal ten
cents from you than from God. Think ono
reason why Il great many people DO not get
alon. II worldly accumulation faster Is be-
cause they 20 not observe this lirine rlle.
God SAYS. We'll. II that man IL not satisfied
with nineiv cs2ts Of Il dollar. then | Will
,ske the wnoiad dollar. ana / will give it to
III. man or woman who is honest with No
The greatest o~'Stacle TO charity III the Chris
tian church to-!.y * the 'a"t that men ex-
pend so mu"h money on their table. ana NO.
gen 80 much on tneir lrrs~. they nave got
/ nothing iett for the work OF God AMI the
| worlds H~ettermtnt. In my first settlement
ut B.ilevi.I IL. Y. j., the cause o. missions
VAS BENZ presented one SABBATH. and a plea
tor the charity o. the people Was being made,
when au Old Christian man IN the audience
lost his balance an said right out IN the
midst Of tn" sermon. Mr.. Talmage. how are
We to give !ihrrally 70 those grand AMI Siori-
Gus causes wnen our families arnss As they
To- | did not answer that question. Ii
vas the nntv tim. In my life wnen | hal
lothIng 10 say.
Again. inoriinate fashion is distraction TO
puhIic WORSHIP. You know very we'll there
are "A goo many people VINO come TO church
lust as thpv 20 20 the races-to see who viii
come out first. What a hutter it makes in
church wnen soma woman with extraorli-
nary display OF 1HS1iO1 comes IN max u
love Of Il noanaf says Onr. "Wnat a per-
e.rt fright - saws 500. For the most merci-
lrss critics in the world are fashion critics.
Men and women with soulsto be saye1 pass
ing the nour in wondering where that man
rot MS cravat or what store that woman
patronIZee.
In many Of our churches the preliminary
exercises nre taken up with the discussion
OF warirobts. 1t is pitiaole. Is it not Won
der'ul that the Lori does not strike the
meeting houses with lightDinG? What DIS
traction Of public worship Dying men and
and women, whose bodies are soon to be
turned into dust. yet before three worlds
struttIuE IIh- pr.i:Oca>. tn- Hwful question
Of The souls destiny submerged by the Ques-
rion Of navy blue velvet and long fan train
skirt. long enoug TO drag up the church
aisle. the husbands store, office. shop, fac
tory. fortune and the admiration OF half the
people in the building! Men and women
come late to church to show their clothes.
People sitting down in a pew or taking up a
hymnbook. all absorbed at the same time In
personal array, to sing.
Rise. nv soul, and stretch thy wings;
Thy better portion trace.
Rise from transitory things
Toward heaven, tiny native place.
Iadopt the Episcopelian prayer and say,
Good Lord. deliver us"
1nsatiate fashion also belittles the intel
lect. Our minds are enlarged or they dwin-
die Just in proportion to the importance o.
he subject on which We constantly dwell.
Can you imagine anything more dwarf1ng to
the human intellect than the study OF fash
ION? | see men on the street who. judging
rom their elaboration. must have taken two
hours to arrange their apparel. After Il few
wears Of that kind OF absorption. which one
Of McAllister's magnifyinS glasses will be
powerful enough to make the mans charae-
ter visible? They all land in idiocy.
h va caop ms 2f tho Gil m ms 'yDafopinc
places. through fashion, the mere wreck O.
what they once were. Sallow Of cheek
Meagre OF limb. Hollow at the chest. Show
ing no animation save in rushing across q
room to pick up a lady's fan. Simperine
along the corridors the same compliments
they simpered twenty years ago. A New
York lawyer at United States Hotel. Sara
,oya, within our hearing, rushed across 6
room to say to a sensible woman. "You ar,
as sweet as peaches" The fools OF fashion
are myriad. Fashion not only destroys tn,
body, but i. makes idiotic the intellect.
Yet. my friends, l have given YOU only tn,
milder phase Of this evil. 1t shuts 4 grea
multitude out of heaven. The first peal O
thunder that shook Sinai declared. Tho,
shalt have no other God before Me" an.
you will have to choose between the goodies
OF fashion and the Christian God. Their
are a great many seats in heaven, and the
are all easy seats, but not one seat for tn
devotee of fashion. Heaven is for meek an,
quiet spirits. Heaven is for those who thin
more Of their souls than OF their bodies
Heaven is for those who have more joy ii
Christian charity than in dry goods religion
Why, If you. with your idolatry OF fashion
xhould somehow get into heaven. you woul
De for putting a French roof on the ''hous
or many mansions" Give up this idelatr
81 fashion or give up heaven. What woul
YOU do standing beside the Countess c
Huntington. whose JOY 1t was to bull
chapels for the poor. or with that Christia
woman OF Boston who fed 1900 children c
the street at Faneuil Hall on New Year
Jay. giving out as a sort o. doxolocy at III
md OF the meeting a pair Of shoes TO ear
one OF them, or those Decreases of moder
society who nave consecratcd their needle
IL the Lord. and WHO will sc, eternal rewar
;or every stitch they take?
on. men and women, give up the idolaty
% fashion The rlvalries ana the conpet
;tons Of such a llfe are Il stupendous wretct
e4ures. You will always tini some one wi;
1rl-hter array anu Win more palatiaI res
dence. AMI with lavender kid gloves ina
E1ase a tighter ~. And IL YOU tuv this thin
ami wear Il ycu will wish yoa hal hou-t