Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-03-29
Dr.TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIviNE'S ELOQUENT
MESSAGE
Subject: The Needles Havoc-An Appeal
For Mercy For Oppressed Womanhood
-Let Eer Have an Ia ual Chance With
Nan in tho Struggle of Life.

Pd~yGtuSCI!tu 10 LIbSS SlIuSSElIS iOI q
.t~relihood; text, Ecclesiastes, iy., /. BE
hold the tears Of such rs were oppressed,
and they had no comforter"
Very long ago tho needle vas busy. It
was considered honorable for women TO
tell IN olden times. Alexander the Great
stood III lis palace showing garments made
by his Own :aother The finest tapestries
a Eayenx was made ~ the queen OF Will
IAN the Conqueror. Augustus, the en-
p"r0r, would not wear any garments cx-
eept those that wert fashioned by some
member ~ his royal family. 50 Lex the
ioiler everywhere he respected.
TAe needle las slain NOR, than the
swor1. Wheu The sowing machino wa7 in
vented, .2ma thought THAT invention would
alleviate wOman's Toll AMI pat an end to
tho desIo:ism ~ tho nee he. But no.
While the sewing machine has been Z great
blessing to wcil-t0-do ilniiic3 in nanv
eases il has added t. the stab OF thc needle
tho crush 81 the wheel. AID mu!ti:udes Of
women, Notwithstanding the rc-enforrc-
Incnt u the sewing Machine. can Only
make, work h0r1 IS tAey viii, between 81
and q a week.
The greatest blessing tina could have
happened 70 our first PARENTS was being
Turned out OF Eden alt"r they had done
wrong. Adam ant Eye, in their n~ersect
state, might have got along without work
Or only suc!i elight employment as G per.
f"ct garden with 81 weeds ia il demanded.
Bot ~ soon as they had sinncl the best
thing for them vas 70 he turned out where
they would have 10 work. We know what
& whitening thing it is Tor Il nan to have
nothing - d.. OF the thousand prosper
cas- and hpngr0bic inci tnat vow know J99
hs3 70 work vigorously AZ the hee!nring.
But ! am NV - tell y0u that iudustr: is
Just a. lmp0rtiLt Tor Il woman 3safety and
happiness, The most unhappy women in
our communities today arc those who have
10 engagements is. call them up III the
morning; vino, oLce having risen ana
breasfastei, lounge through tie dull fore
noon in slippers down at the heel and with
dlshevcleI hair, reading the last novel,
anl VINO, having s~lragcod through u
Eretched forenoon and taken thei. after
noon sleep amt having passed an hour and
q bali Ht their toilet, pick y? their card
case ant g ont [. make calls, aG1 who
pass their evenings waiting for somebody
- cpinc III and break up the monotonv.
Arabella Stuart never was Imprisoned ia
SO dark Il dungeon as that.
There is &c happiness In IN IDLE woman.
1t may bo with land, it may lie Will; brain,
II may be with foot, bu- work she must or
DC wretchct forever. The little girls OF
our families must be started with that
idea. The curse oi American society IS
that our young Wainen are taught that the
Hrst. second, l+ill, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh. tenth, liftielh, thcusandth thing
ia their life il to get somebody to take care
Of them. Instead q that tho first lesson
should be how under God they may take
care Of Themselves. The simple fact is
that a rnaicri.y OF them DO have to take
care themselves, aud that, too. after hav.
ing through the false notions oe their par
cnts wasted the years in which they ought
10 have learned how successfully to main
tain themselves. WenoT and here declare
the inhumanity, cruelty and outrage Of
that father aud mother who pass their
daughters INTO w~onanhOOd. having given
them no faculty for earning their liveli-
hood.
Mu.a. de Staei said, at Is 20. these
writings that ! am proud Of, but the tact
hat 1 have facility in ten occupations, IN
any one Of which | could make a livell-
hood You say you have a fortune to
! leave them. Oh, man and Z have
Yot not learned that. like vUitures. like
hawks, like eagles, riches have wings aud
lily away though YOU should be success
ful IN leaving ~ potency behind YOU,
the trickery Of executors may swamp it in
Il night or some official in our churches
may get up Il mining company and induce
! Jour orphans 10 fut their money into a
ho!cin Colorado AMI II by the most skil!fnl
machinery the sUnHcn money cannot be
brought up again prove to them that 1t
was c.ernally dtcreed that that was
the way they were to lose it and that
- 49, A41t'N tSiNk l1dAN
eniy style. Oh, the i0mnabic schemes that
proiessed Christians will engage in until
God pats His fingers into the collar OF tht
hypocrite's robe and strips it clear down
10 the bottom! You have no right, because
you are we'll of, to conclude that your chill.
dren arc going to be we'll Off. A man died
leaving a lar ,e fortune. His sonfell dead
IN a Philadelphia grogshop. His old com
rades came in and said as they heat oyel
his corpse, "What is the matter with you
BoGgsy:' Thu surgeon standing over hin
said: Hush ye. He is dead on, he il
dead! they said. Come, boys: lot Us &
and take Il drink in memory OF poo,
BosG-y.' Have YOU nothing better thai
money to leave sour children? Ii you have
not, but send your daughters into th'
world WITH empty brain and un<kii!e,
hand. you are Gnilty Of assassination
homiclde, infanticile.
There are women toiiing in our cities 70
81 or 3 Il week who were the daughters 0
merchant princes. These suffering one
now would be glad to have the crumt:
that once fell from their fathers table
That worn out broken shoe that she wear
is the Iiueai descendant Of the 5i2 caiter il
which her mother walked and that tori
aud faded calico bad ancrstery OF magniti
cent brocade that swrpt Pennsylvania ay
enue and Broadway Z can without any eX
pen-e TO the street commissioners. Though
you iivc III an elegant residence ana FAR
s~umptnou-iy every day. let you daughter
feel il is a Disgrace for them not TO know
how 70 work. | denUunce the idea prev
Hlent in society that, though our youu.
women may entbroider slippers and croche
and make mats for lamp s to stand en- with
out disgrace. the idea OF doing anythin;
for u livelihood is dishonorabie. It is
shame for Il Young woman belonging to
large family to he inefficient when he
fatuey tolls his life away for her support
L i 4 shame Tor n daughter to be ict
while her mother tolls at the washtub. 1t
- honorable 70 sweep house, make beds 0
tim hats a. il j. to twist "a watch chain.
50 far as | can un!erstand the line q re
srectUliiity lies betWeen that which Is use
tai and I =: which is useless. II wome
do that which i OF 10 value. their work
honorable. l. th.v DO practical work. it
dt>honorabie. That our young wome
may escape the censure ofdoing dishonol
Allie Work t shall particulariZe. You ma
knit atiiv for the back OF an arin-chai
but by no means make the money " ere
with to buy the chair. You may with
delicate brush beautifv a mHntel Crnt
meat. bGt Ae rather thar Earn euougl
buy a marble antei. You may lear
artistic music until y0u can squat Isaiial
1T: never sing "OrtonvilIe' or Old uai
6rei:C.' Do notaiDS practical il 70
would ir the eyes u relaet society II
serve Your Responsibility. sc0Ut TIE: