The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-09-06
Star
TIE NEW WOMAN.

in the person OF DR.. J. Il. Hawthorne.
The doctor Is II fearless, God loving.
man-defying champion OF the Gospel.
lie believes In Il personal devil and
real hell Of fire and birthstone; lie IL
no compromise ser with sin; lie plants
himself on the Scriptures and pouIs
fourth, In burning el0Quence, the
wrath Of true and faithful soldier OF
the cross upon all wrOng.doing and
all wrong-docrs. Dr. Hawthorne ap.
pears to be Of the old school OF gcn.
tlemen, with the reyet epce. Of that
school for modest, gentle and lOvinu
women /: and Of course he has no tol.
Grafton for the New Woman her
boomers and bicycles. lie has spoken
his mind on these pernicious things
In a manner that pleases US extremely.
and has thereby invoked upon his dc.
voted head the fiery wrath and de-
nunciati0ns Of the New Woman
aud some newspapers who fall into
line with every fad from boomers to
free silver and chewing gum. In
late sermon, reported In the Atlanta
Constitution, DIR. Hawthorne 'comes
back" ut his assailants In u manner
which gives the New Woman and
other sinners u taste ~ the future
they arc preparing for themselves In
the Hereafter. In the course Of his
sermon the good and fearless preacher
said:
"Ungcncratc men do not like To be
told that they are depraved, that they
are moral lepcrs, that they are rebels
against Gods government, that the
highest court In the universe has
pronounced them guilty, that they
are criminals under sentence OF death,
that they must become penitent, and
with the humility OF bcggars fall at
the feet Of Christ and implorc His
forgiveness, or be turned into hell
with all that forget and dcspise God.
They rebel against such treatment.
They r~etaliatc by calling the preacher
IA fanatic or 'scnsatiopalist.' or "a
pharai>ee,' or I hyp)critc.' That men
and women are tempted by personal
devils is Il doctrine us old as sin. 1t
was devil in the form Of a serpent
that tempted our mother, EVE, to
drink the poisoned cup which tainted
AL our blood. II was Il personal
devil that tempted our Savior in the
wilderness, and to whom he said,
Get thee behind me, satin 1t was
a personal devil that entered into Ju.
dus lscariot, and inspired him to
commit the deed which makes the
blacklist picture in the book Of time.
1t was a personal devil that tempted
Peter to rcbuke his Lord, and to
whom the Lord said again, Get thee
behind me. satin 1t Is Il personal
demon Of whom God speaks when he
says: Resist the devil and he will
fec from YOU 1t is the personality
OF evil which lie emphasizes when He
declares that Satan, like Il roaring
lion, gocth about seeking whom he
NAV devour.' 1t was that he might
overthrow the wlrks Of the devil that
the Son of hamc into the world
to teach and suffer and die. But not
understanding the antiquity upon
every page Of holy writ and that has
been proclaimed by every preacher Of
righteousness from the birth Of re-
ligion to the present hour, II seem to
be Il doctrine OF which the ncwSpa-
pers and the Immortal 400 were absO-
lutcly Ignorant, until | announced
from this pulpit that II Is Il personal
devil which tempts Il woman to put
: on Il blOOmcr costume, straddle a BIZ
cycle and ride through the thorough
fares Of Il great city to outrage the
scnsibilitics Of people who have right
conceptions Of feminine m0dcsty. BE
cause | have obcycd tie scriptures in
putting a difference between such
unclcanncss and those things that arc
pure aud lovely and Christlikc and OF
good report, l am denounced as
'scnsati0nalist' and held up to the
ridicule of Il Christ-rejccting aud vir'
. tue-despising world.
~ I'm not surprised ut such treat
ment. ! have studied the history
and nature of sin long enough Il
- know that no man can smitc it will
impunity. The seed Of the woman
shall bruisc the scrpent's head Thu
gospel of Jesus Christ is an instru
mcnt which God puts In the hands o
every preacher to be used In brIisint
the old serpent Of hell. The bruisin,
. is anything but an agreeable expcr
fence to him, and, therefore, we can
not expect him to do otherwise thar
protest against 1t.
"Of curse be will open his venO
% nous mouth and hiss, and all his ser
pcnt breed on earth and beneath
will hiss with him. l struck hin
squarcly on the head when sm"t
the tomboyism Of the new woman
,SS and eyer since the air OF this cont
O5 nent has been vibrating with the hiss
es Of the u~nrightcous thrOng who al
~ plaudcd the vulgar and wicked way
gS OF the new woman. As the Lord CO.
81 lIvcth, none OF these things stal
% move me. l will stand up In tn
81 midst OF them an answering sent
= mel of truth and virtue-likc Milton
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