Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-06-22
Ch.sistian style.

o"np. surely 90, ~ ne "phu
never have made you, sister"
Jane. But, seriously now, if the
Lord likes beautiful things Himself,
what objection can he have to our
liking tfem p
John. "Nonc at ALL What
cricves our Father is, that we like 50
many ugly things. He who male
The birds and the flowers; who sci
the stars in their courses, and His
rainbow in the clouds, is not the one
/ to find fault with Ills children for Tx,
ing beautiful things"
Jane. "Then, why should our
minister tell II. we mustn't erear bean
tiful thine. %
Jphu didu', know he haA.n
Jane. Wen, he SAID We must be
careful how we dress, and mol dress
too much nor too we.i--just rs if We
couldr
JOHN. "Yo> I did hear him say
something like that. But there is
nothing in that cOndemning beauty.
He meant to say--whIch is, undoub,.
eddy, true--thet when people are too
much fixed up they exhibit some
things that are ugly, for example {;
vanity. Now enjoy a peacock He
is one Of Gods beautiful! things. HIS
personal vanity is quite natural if not
quite becoming, but when | see IA
man or woman putting on the pea
cock style, il looks ugly"
Jane. NV hat do you call The pea.
cock style ?"
John. "WcIl, yon know, what
we most notice and talk about, as re.
CARDS the peacock is, what he has on
the way he is drcs>cd--his outsile
show. Now, whenever you are so
fixed up that people are impressed
by what you have ON, than by any.
thing else about you, you so far re-
senblc the peacock, and have hi4
sb le."
Jane. Do yon know any one who
come, out in IN this style 2"
John. Sc, wish didn't, but there's
Miss Mlnccr and her ir;cnd Mr..
Strut
Jane. 81 don't care they look
nice"
John. 1t is their 1oohs then that
impress yQn Just SO | II is ho,c they
took, that people think about, and not
'rhut they are. And so lar as the
world is concerned they have about
the same uses as peacocks, except
that they accomplish some mischief, |
of which the birds aforesaid, arc in.
nocent.'
Jane. Come now, John, do tell, |
what mischief can they possibly do 7"
John. "They do themselves mis-
chief. They deprave themselves of
precious time ard precious money. -
They cheat themselves, thus, ont of
opportunities of usefulness to others, |
such as might gaia for them u wealth
Of good Twill and gratitude. They +,
hurt themselves, by cultlvating van
ily which repcls, instead of humility
which attracts. They wrong them
selves, by ruling themselves out Of the /
trnest and noblest hearts. (Great
and noble natures, are always at,
tractcd by me,, and ,oomen, and
never by useless trappings,) and
worst Of AL, ,hey rule themselves ont
Of his favor, who said the body is
more than raimcnl,' Tor their prac.
tee, If not thcir life, ailirms that raj
mcnt is more than the body"
Jane. "Well, it's a comf,rt that
they don't iujure other people,
John. Bnt they do-most of all,
they do mischief among the young
people are easily takch by their eyes
and ears They see the fine array.--
They hear, how splendid Isn't it
charming OF course they admire
and then they desire. Some will be
able to get the fine things, sonic will
not. This gives rise to distiuctiors,
based, not upon character hut upon
clothes distinctions, fruitful only of
evil, tending away from Chris, and
toward the world, looking directly TO
ward caste, and quite away from that
grand and blessed brotherhood which
is to be found only in unity with him
who is the First.horn, the Elder
brother"
Jane. Would you have every.
body dressed then like the shakers ?"
John. " No, | would have people