Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-06-23
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE>6 SUN
DAY SERMON.

Whether this teye Of the needle" be thr
small gate at the aide OF the big gate At thr
Entrance OF the wall of the ancient city. as If
generally iniefptesn'. or the ~ya OF A needle
such "a Is now han lie III sewing a carmen.
] do not say. In vnhrf nasA Il would be a
tight thing 10. 4 camel to go through the eye
ola neesil~. But there are whole caravans Of
t~atigues an bari.hips going through the
81" o'tha sewing woman's needle.
: Very long ago the media Was bhsv. r
was Considered hnnorahi- for women I'd tnil
In ol.ien time. A~,exanaeF the treat steoiin
his piiar~ showing cafnhants made by his
own mother. The fhAss tapestries at Bayeux
w-r. made ty the Qnaen OF W,i!ian tine Con-
nu-ror. Augustus. the Emperor. would
pot wear any garments ex.eot those nat
We're fashioned by some member OF his royat
family. SO let the tolier evervyaar, be re-
specfet.
The creates. blessing that COIL | have hap.
pened 10 our first Z arents wss bain, tlfist
on. Of Elem afirt they hal done Hroay.
Alan an! Ev', in Their perfect state. might
have 90, along without work or only such
slight employment as y perfect gar len. with
no wee Is in II. deman LEI =. But IA soon as
they had sinn-a the best thin !: for them Was
10 b." turned out where they would have to
work. w. know what n whitening thin Il
10 'or n man TO have nothing 20 do. TOOL old
Ashhel Grs"r. IT fou-s"or-v 'ar-. when askel
wny he KEEP; on WORKING. said. 81 do 50 TO
keep out OF mischief" We SEE that Il man
wfo has a large amount OF money to start
with has No chance. or tn" thousand pros
I"rous and honorable men that YOU know.
.99 had to work vigorously at the beginning.
Put | am now to tell you that Industry Is
JUL as important for a wOman's safety and
happin@ss. The most unhappy women in
our communities to- Law are thO5. who have
no engagements 10 call them .up in the morn
fnT who. once hsv,ng ris-n and break fastei.
lounge through the dull forenoon in slippers
down at the heel anil with disnevAlei hair.
readin. the last move. aud wno. having
dragged through Il wretcEai forenoon an
taken their afternoon sleep. anil having
spent an hour AMI a half at their toilet. ric<
up thar car lease AMI 60 out to max" calls,
Hnt WAC pass their evaninys waiting for
60 n"ho ~ TO come in an break mp the mo-
%notony. Arabe!la Stuart never was impris-
Oh . in so dark a dun .eOn AS thai.
Th"re is no happ ness in an ld'a woman
1t may br with han), it may lie with brain.
It may be with foot. hut work she must o.
be wretrbei forever. The little gir.s Of our
antilles must be started 18th that idea. The
ours" OF our American society is that our
young women are taught that the first. Sec
oni. thir'. fourth. fifth. sixth. seventh.
tenth. ffti-th. thousan 18th 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 sim pie fact Is that a majority Ofthem do
have to take care OF themselves, and that,
too. after having. through the false notions
u their parents, wasted the years in which
they ought TO have learned how successfully
TO maintain themselves. We now and here
declare the inhumnnity, 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, 1T Is not these writings
that | am pronl Of, but the fact that l have
facility in ten occupations. in any one Of
which l could make u livelihood"
You say you have a fortune to leave them.
0 man and woman, nave you not learned
that, like vultures. like hawks, like eagles,
riches have wings and fly away? Though
YOU should be successful in leaving 4 COM
potency behind YOU. the trickery of execu-
tors may swamp 1t in n night. or some elders
or deacons Of our churches may get up Il
fictitious company ami induce your orphans
TO put their money into 1t. and IL it be lost
prove TO them that it was eternally decreed
that that was the way they were to lose ii,
and that 1t went in the most ortho Lex ami
heavenly style.
Oh. the damnable schemes that professed
Christians will ngage in-until Godputs His
fingers into the collar OF the hypocrite's robe
and rips it clear down the bottom! You
have no right. because you are we'll of, to
NoAhR'u a. hANbN ONt ~ 4otAh w OL
rs we'll of. A man died. leaving a large
fortune. His son fell dead in a Philadelphia
grogshop. His old comrades came IT. ant
said ms they bent over his corpse. ''What Il
the matter with you. Boggsey?" The
surgeon standing over him said flush up
HIS dead" "Ah. he is dead they said
Come. boys. let US 30 and take a drink IL
memory OF poor Bocgsey"
HIVE you nothing better than money te
leav- Your rhiidren? II you have not, but
sen 1 your daughters into the world with
empty brain and unskilled hand. you ar,
guilty OF assassination. homicide. re2icide
intanticile. There are women to,iin9 In on
cities for 81 and - per W. Elk who were tn
daughters OF merchant princes. These sui
ferlnc ones now would be glad to have tn
CRUMBS that once fell fro m their fathers
table. That WORKOUT, broken shoe that sh
wears is the iin-al descendant OF the 81
CATERS IN which her mother walked, ant
that torn and faded calico had an
cestry OF magnificent brocade tina
swept Brotlway clean without anv e1
pense To the street commissioner
Though you live in m elegan, residence an
fare ~sumptuously every day, lie, your daugf
tefs feel II is Il disgrace 10 them not to kno,
J how to work. d%enounce the idea. preva
lent in society, that. though our young w
md may e.ntroider slippers and croche
t, ami max" mats for lamps to stand on With
out disgrace. the idea OF doing anything 10
a livelihood IL d~ishonorahle II Is IA shan
for y young ona belonging to = iarS
family. TO be inefficient when the father toll
his life away for her support. 1t is a sham
Tor a daughter TO he idle while her mothe
tolls at the wash,uh. II is as honorable
sweep house, make heds or trim hats rs ite
TO twist a watch chain.
As far AS can understand, the line OF r
sp-ctahiii,y lies between that which Is usef,
and that which Is useless. II women do th,
which is OF no value. their work IS honor
hl~. I'th~y DO practical work. 1t Is disho,
orabie. That our young women may escar
the ccnsure OF doing ~disnonoraole work
shall parttcularizr. You may knie 4 tidy X
the back OF an armchair. but by no m.A,
make the money whercwtth 10 buy the chat
You may. vito delicate crush. beautify
mantei ornament. but die rather than al,
enough 10 buy n maroi- mante!. You ms
learn artistic music until YOU can squs
Italian. but nsvsEs in- "Or;onvili." o. 20
Hundred" Do io'n:ns Practical ii "
would in the eyes Of n Tue society p-sssr'
your respectabi!isy. | scout these Hnic
notions. tell you Il. woman, any mo
than mar. has a rich, to o>cupy "A place
this word uulsss >u- pay a r-u. for
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