The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-11-08
Tho Christian Law Of Dress.

70 DO ali things for the glory Of
! God is the christians law. I'LL
things tic apostle specifics among
them cutting and driAhiag. Uo
means evidently that . Christian
is 10 eat and drink those things and
! in those measures which conducc to
! his hi CHEST efficiency Of mind and
: body, for this reflects honor upon
the Creator: the healthier, the
happier, the better in :siI respects
Il man is, the more glory is re-
flcctcd upon tho wisdom and good
ness OF God. The raIc, to cat aad
drink to the glory Of God. is not
obcycd by moroIy stopping short
Of drunkenness and gIuttony; it is
not enough that II man do not
hurt himself, be not q slave to ap-
petite, but he must make his cat
ing and his drinking q revenue Of
good to himself and honor to the
Being that made him.
BY parity ofreasonins mast the
Christian drc$S 10 the glory OF
God. This surAly is included in
the ali things TO which the rulo
applies and it is not il Hhia thing.
but Il great thing; it is to b" ranked
next to, If not alongside Of eating
ard drinking, as Il manifestation
vi The Christian life. Estimates
arc often made Of what intcmpcr-
aucv costs i'll respect Of money:
the amount tranSccndS conception,
and rises among the cinl!nlties. Who
has ever computed tie expense Of
cNtravagant dressing? Who can
do it? 1t iSat The present moment:
beyond question. 1T the root Of the
most tlightIGl evils Of society.
Bankruptcies innamcr"blc and
most disastrous arc to be traced to
il. 10 meet it, husbands and
fathers arc melted to speculation,
and so to diSyrace-to ovcr-cXcr
ton, and so to dcath.-Many q
woman, who has not i tal her or Il
husband; has been led by it to
sclt-imlnoIation. Honor, peace, i'm
mortal hope, all have been paid Us
the price.
But this is only the first item in
the long catalogue ofmiscric7 pro-
luced by extlavagant dressing.
1t acts rs Ill incentive - envy,
malice, crime, and every evil.
Each new dress that is q novelty
of fashion and costlincss, is respon-
sib!c for 4 new era of fashionable
folly; the crowd is set in motion,
and pride or envy, and oftcncst
both, rule the hour. The poorer
classes envy the rich tho rich
envy one another. The toi!ing
! scamStrcsscs toll later and Iutcr in
to the night, competition presses
harder and harder upon the lower
order Of workers; they must add
mo'c hours, Or take less pay per
hour. The complicated and terri
bic problem Of the relation Of capi-
! tai to idbor is made more compli-
Gated and terrible and who shall tell
! how mnch fashion and extravaganza
! in dress is responsible for, in the
bitterness that is spriuging up be
tween the employees and employ
crs ? How happens it that the city
which is the focus ofiashion and
! luxury, from which come the
m0dr$. and where are made the
! tr0u&Scnus Of brides in al! lands,
! has become Tie gaZ'ng-stOck OF al:
nations, while her palaces have
gone up in smoke to heaven, and
, her artisans, made and female, and
especially female, drunk with
blood have danced amid the
flames? VIII any one dare to say
that it has had nothing to 90 with
the iounlIcss extravaganza Of our
! times? viii any be bold enough
to deny that Communiwt is in part
! the outhurst Of the envy whlch
the unoriIoHs pro,iIgnlity o! The
age has provoked?
However this may be, the Chris
! tian law is too rIain to be m;saa-
derstoo;i. st. Peter and ST. Paul
alike have laid it down. "Out-
ward alorning" is in express
terms put under tho ban, spcci:i
cations are made, just such rs tho
times need. "Broidcrcd hair, GOLD,
pearls, costly array" In precise
! AID cli-consiiHrcd terms, "lnodcst
apparc!' is required good works
! in place OF gay clothing; the man
! ifcstations OF the hidden man Of
: the heart" even the incorruptiblc
! ':oruamcnt OF i meek and quiet
spirit, which is III the sight Of ti2d
OF great price,
: Now, isthis an unprecedented Law
; for Christian in these later
! times? So i*: from it. is as rca-
onahIe rs it is Sc:iptura!. The
! extravaganza Of the rciSning iAsh
! ions is rs truly. perhaps 1t is not
going TOO i;.! TO Say, as mich tor-
; bidlrn by good taste is by apos;o-