| Show LIFES FOLLIES ARE DISCUSSED FoiBles Foi les of Fashion Scored by Dr in Lecture in Methodist M Church MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING PRACTICE OF APING OTHERS LEADS TO EVIL 4 1 j he Rev Dr William Spurgeon the e noted English evangelist delivered xa a lecture last evening In the First Meth Methodist Methodist Methodist odist church In which he devoted no small email degree of or attention to the follies in which the world Indulges Dr Spur Spurgeons Spurgeons geons lecture was filled with sparkling humor of ot the wholesome sort and his Illustrations were apt word pictures of ot s some me of ot the things in life lire that with profit might be Improved Dr Spurgeon took occasion to dwell on the foibles of ot fashion the uselessness of ot accumulating lating millions upon millions the utter Idleness of the swearing swear Im habit and touched on many other matters of ot every day concern I Speaking of ot following the fashion said Dr Spurgeon I 1 would like to tomy say pay that the attempt of to ap app ape others Is the cause of mor f nanc al trouble than any other thing For ex ox example example ample a man has two good stout legs but he wakes uP and sees that his neighbor has a and bug buggy buggy lg gy y Immediately he must have two horses and a carriage It n is the con constant constant stant effort to outdo one another in int 4 t f the fashion that causes cause no end or of orr orS wretchedness 7 S I iT r How Fashions Are Arc Built II I have noticed that fashions are arc built to suit the occasion A commit committee tee of a few gets together and com corn combines combines bines a bow of ot ribbon and a knot here and there and we have a ladies ladles bon bonnet bonnet bonnet net Others I have noticed when the whole poultry yard Is called upon to contribute to the hat Then again I there Is i 1 the great flow tIow of ot lace curtains that stream and sail about abouL It is all allIn allin allIn In the fashion and the fashion must be followed Over Oer in the old country countr when the present king was Prince of Wales he was much given to handshaking One day he had a boil boll under his right arm aria L 0 in ill SUCh a U as compelled him mm to bring the arm over his shoulder and his hand downward as far as possible which very far Within a day da dathe the elevated handshake was the fash fashion fashIon ion lon and the ridiculous fad was all the v result of a boll boil under the Prince Prin e of or iL Wales arm arn armA arnA A Pain in the Back When Wh n the queen of England was Princess PrInces of Wales she suffered from froman an Illness which left lert her a pain in the back The first time she sho appeared in inthe Inthe inthe the drawing room she assisted herself hers lf with a cane ane Soon everywhere one saw I dames walking with canes and aping as nearly as possible the attitude of ot the sufferer who was w s afflicted with 11 a b pain in the he back j Dr Spurgeon dealt with the long train In no uncertain terms He re related related related many humorous Instances of how the train and the wearer had both come to grief and declared that it was wasa a sinful waste of money to put yards and yards of ot material Into ridiculously long trains when many a poor child needed that 0 material to protect Its body bod from rom cold Dr Spurgeon saId Mid that tight lacing Is one of the curses of the young wo woman woman woman man Do you know what tight lacing leads to asked Dr Spurgeon Do you know that there are short ribs and long ribs in the human body bod ant and andI that these ribs surround and protect I the lungs Veil Well when the tight lacing Is applied there Is a pressure and that pressure leads to consumption in the end Swearing Is Useless Swearing declared the speaker is the most useless and foul toul habit I find it indulged in here to a shocking degree said Dr Surgeon It never served ene a good g od purpose e and n never lever can ca On Un tile other nana hand indulgence in prayer does serve a good purpose You will find that if a man swears through throughout out his lifetime when the end is near he swears no more but begins to pray I dont think you ou ever heard of or any anyone anyone anyone one having havin the praying habit giving it ur for swearing Dr Spurgeon said he feared the peo pee people people plo in this country really did worship the almighty dollar too much He had no sympathy for the practice that sends the American heiress into mar marriage marriage marriage I with a foreign nobleman The marriage he declared dec ared Is 15 usually un unhappy unI unhappy happy or a compromise Dr Spurgeon understand what John D I Rockefeller would want to accumulate all his vast ast wealth for if he were In Inthe Inthe inthe the knowledge that it will be of little use to him Mr Rockefeller has of ot offered offered for tor a new stomach said Dr Spurgeon Why Id rather live on brick cheese and a glass of water than have all of Mr Rockefellers Rockefellers lers lees millions and his stomach In conclusion Dr Spurgeon advised all aU young men to put their shoulder to the wheel to pat themselves on the back and nd to set foot on the ladder and mount upward Dr Spurgeon will deliver three lec lee lectures lectures tures Sunday |
