Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-26
From The philadslphi, Recorder.
DRESS INDlc ALIVE OF CHARACTER

from the philadelphia Recorder.
DRESS Indie ALIVE OF CHARACTER
Were circle OF ladies from the
higher walks OF lite jus, rising from
knerllne npon their knees around the
altar Of Inc meek and lowly Jesus.
where their sonls had been penetrated
with sense OF his smagIng love IN
DYING Tor them, and whese ,he strict
ness. the self-denial, the exceeding
purily Of religion which they profess
had heen evidently set before their
eyes--to h. sol-mnly addressed on the
subject OF sinful extravaganza 10 dress,
1 feel coniidep, that . very deep sea
sstien would be produced. What! can
no difference TO disceIned between
these separated, rsnsom-d and sealed
servants Of the Lord, and their gay
csmpaniaas who remain behind or
have Jeff the church, What! Has it
never struck this dclica,e'y ssositive
and remarkably jpdicious little circle,
how strange il mist seem TO the ininis-
ter 10 be almost iorced from his proper
station and hindred from taking the
sual circuit with the cepsecraied ele-
msn.s by towering ornaments and
nedd,sg r'umes? Gan i, he, That they
have never ask 4 themselves how 1t
must hive struck a stranger. TO have
heard in he ep,slie "iei women ad0rn
themselves in modest apparel. With
sh me fscedn IS and sobrlety, not with
bto,dered hair, or gold, or pearls. or
costly srray," and immediately after
wards 10 nave seen oil the professors
Of goodness crowd forward with great
apparent sincerity and devotion. ne.
decked lar more excepeonar ly than
.tho.e whom hr apostle had censu' eds
Stange strange ;nIatu ton and bird
ness If some OF the very best people
who are to be found upon the face Of
the earihs
How are we 10 account for this?
Wny. by saying that the tyrant Gus
TOM has held tnem all their lives in
bondage-not only eEacIirg care and
expense, and endless troohle al their
han s: hui also absolutely so hlinding
thei, eyes and hardening their hearts
that they have never yet perceived or
felt the tu'h Of God, gu this moment.
Gus suffice, OF practical consistency AID
duty.
Another caose may be the sinial
negligence Of ministers and picus pa.
rents in not holding up The scripIUrsl
standard, and insisting thai plain, lin.
pie, chasie, tasteful. modes, apparel, is
as much an enjoined deity, as the Oh
Servance of the LORDS day
But the great cause is to be sought
In the pride cf,he sinful heart Fond
ness for show, ornament brilliant ap
pesrsnce. and The love Of dlstincli0n
and applause, ate natural 10 The depra.
we'd heart, and OH hcrFid perverSon
Of what is called educaiiorl they are
sedulously, steadily and universally in
'sIilled ir.o the hearts OF ,hs young, and
especially of young wemen, untIl not
the wishes of parents, not the impeTi
Gus mandates of uecessity-no--no'
even the obliga'ions of rehgioo, can
bring the absurd, psluy. selfish and
odIous passion under proper control
How would a christian dress % .
funeral, when no, attending as mouF
ner? Flow would she drrss Il sh~
seriously cOnsideredthe subject, whrn
kneeling like penitent Mary al the We
ny feet Of she Lord Jesus Christ? How
would she dress il she expected O..
meet HIM personally IN the house OF
prayer Surely il IS not too much g.
So, that thos should she always dress!