Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-11-23
A WORD WITH WOMEN
Ssg DR.. TALMAGE CHOOSES AN IN.
TERESTiNG TOPIC.

Ssg. DR.. TALMAGE CHOOSES AN IN
TERESTlNG TOPIC.
his Views Of the New Woman Spiritual
and Physical Ucai;h-A Word For Moth
rrs Their Influence and Counsel-A
Strong Pcroration.
WAsHrNGToX, NOV. l7.-Rev. DIR. Tai
mage took for the subject of today 5 ser
mon "a We'd With Women" the text
FOR the occasion hciug the following letter
received 10y the distinguished preacher:
REVEREND SiH-You delivered discourse in
answer a. a ,tcr from six young men Of Fay
cite. o. requesting you To- preach sermon on
"Alvice to Young Men" Are we justified in
asking ynu 20 preach a sermon ON "Advicc 70
Young Women
LETTER siGNED ny SIX YoUNG WOMEN.
Christ, who took his text from flock
AZ birds flying overhead. laying, Behold
ihr fowls Of the air." and from the flow
ers In the valley. saving. Consider the
lilies of the field. " and from the clucking
uf barnard fowl. saying, AS hen
gaihcrcth hcr chickens under her wing,
and from "a crystal II salt picked up by III,
roadside saying. salt is good" viii
grant us blessing II. instead Of taking 4
text from the Bible, | take for my text
this letter from Cincinnati, which Is only
one Of many letters which have received
from young women In New York, New
Orleans san Francisco. London, Edin
hurgh and from the ends Of the earth, all
implying that, having some months age
preached the sermon on Advice 10 Young
Mem" | could not, without neglect OF
duty, refuse Ia preach "a sermon on "Ad
vice to Young Women
1t + the more important that the pulpi,
be heard ON this subject ai this time when
wa are having such an illimtablc discus
sion about what l. called the new WON
an, = rs though some new creature Of God
had arrived on earth or were about TO ar-
rive One theory Is that she will be an
athlete and boxing glove and football and
pugilistic encounter will characterize her.
Another theory i that she will Supcrin-
tend ballot boxes. sit in congressional hall
and through improved politics bring the
millennium by the evil she will cxtirpatC
and the good she will install. Another
theory Is that she will adopt masculine ut
tire and make sacred vulgarisn positive
~ horrific. Another theory Is that she
will BE- 80 aesthetic that broom handle and
rolling pin and coal scuttlc will be picto
rializcd with tints from soft skies or sug
ecstions of Rembrandt and Raphael
The New Woman.
Heaven deliver the church and the world
from any one of these styles OF new WON
an. She will never come. have so much
faith In the evangclistic triumph and In tho
progress of all things In the right direction
that prophcsy that style Of new woman
will never arrive She would hand ovel
this world tn diabolism. and from being, a.
she is now, the mighticst agency for tn,
worlds uplifting she would be the might
est force for its down thrust. will tel
You who the new woman will be. Sh,
will be the good woman Of all the age,
past. Here and there difference of attir'
rs the temporary custom may command
but the same good, honest, lovely, Chris
tian. all influential being that your moth
er and mine was. OF that kind Of woman
was Christian Eddy who, talking TO a MAJ
who was so much Of AN unbclicver he ha,
names. his two children Noltairc and Ton
| Paine, nevertheless saw him converted, HI
| breaking down with emotion as he said I,
her: Il cannot stand you. You talk lik,
my mother And telling the story of hi
Il tuINtEcAbI ~ MiO ilttu Rtti
blatant opposcrs Of religion they asked he
to come and see them also and tell them o
/ Christ. and four of them were converted
and all the Others greatly changed, and tn,
leader of the band, departing for heaven
shouted: Joyful! Joyful, Joyful
II you know any better style of woman
than that. where Is she: The world can
not improve ON that kind The new
4 A.
cause she will have more books, but sh,
will have no more common sense tina,
that which tried To manage and disciplin,
and educate us and did as well rs sh,
could with such unpromising material
She may have more health than the won
an OF other days, for the sewing machin,
and the sanitary regulations and added in
tclligencc on the subjects Of diet, ventila
tion and exercise and rescue from many
forms Of drudgcry may allow her NOR,
longevity, but she will have the sam,
characteristics which God gave her In par
adise. with tho exception OF the nervous
shock and moral jolt OF the fall she go
that day when not noticing where sh'
stepped she looked up into the branches
of the fruit tree.
But must be specific. This letter DO
fore me wants advice TO young women.
The First Need.
Advice the first: Get your soul righi
with God and you will be In the best atti
tude for everything that comes. New
ways of yOyaging by sea, new ways oil
travelling by land. new ways Of thrashinl
the harycsts, new ways of printing books
and the patent Office Is enough 10 enchani
IA man who has mechanical ingenuity and
| knows good deal of levers and wheels
and we hardly do anything rs 1t used e
be done; invention after invention, in
yention on top Of invention. But in the
matter Of getting right with God there
has not bccL an invention for 6, 900 years
1t Is on tho same line Of repentance that
David exercised about his sins, and tn,
same old style OF prayer that the publican
used when he emphasized II by an inward
stroke of both hands, and the same faith
in Christ that Paul suggested to the jailcl
the night the pcnitcntiary broke down.
Aye. that j. the reason have more con
fidencc In IL. II has been tried by mort
millions than dare To state lest com,
far short of the brilliant facts All who
through Christ earnestly tried to get right
with God are right and always viii bs
right. That gives the young woman who
gets that position superiority over all rival
rics, all jralousirs, all misfurtunes, al
health failings, all social disasters and al
the combined troubles Of so years II sh,
shall live 20 be AN octogcnarian. II III,
world fails To appreciate her, she says
God loves me, the angels In heaven ar,
In sympathy with me, and can afford e
he patient until the day when the imperia
chariot shall wheel TO my door to take III,
mp 10 my coronation" II health goes sh,
says - can endure the present distress
for ann on the WAY 10 climate the first
breath of which will make mo proof against
even the slightest discomfort. II she b,
iostlcd with pcriurhatiuns of social life
she can say, Well. when begin my III,
among the thrones OF heaven and the king
and queens unto God shall lie my associ
Rtes. IL will not make much difference who
on earth forgot me when the Invitations e
that reception were made out. All right
with God. you are all right with every
/ thing
Martin Luther. writing letter Of con
iolencc 10 one of his friends who had loSi
bis daughter, began by saying. "This Is I
hard world for girls" II Is for those VIII,
nrc dependent upon their own wits and tn
whims Of tho world AM the preferences o.
human favor. but those who take the Etcr
nal God for their portion not later than Il
yenrs OF age, and that Is ten years late
than II ought to he will find Tint whill