Strongly and forcefully, Talmage, in The Abominations of Modern Society, vehemently decries the evils that oppress man, predominantly the pressure of fashion, dances, gambling, drinking, swearing and lying, etc! Warning how fashion dictates the rules of behavior, the make-up of religious belief, which church to attend, and what religious tenets to adopt, including what goes into the pulpit, to the suit, and the style of rhetoric! Hollow pretenses and inane flattery, hypocrisy and intellectual depletion, all result from a life without God. Hard hitting and appropriate!
