The daily gazette., 1879-01-07
"The Puetiux ON or Geld"

At the Preachers meeting held yes ter.
day morning, at St. fauls NJ r. Church,
tn. subject of criticism OF The Elders :
essay, The putting ON ofgold and costly
apparel WAS To have hrcu discussed, but
i WAS on motion laid upon the tablr.
Bro. A. Thatcher had prepared th-
following remarks upon the suhj'ct:
10 get Mt the putting on of gold, We
VIII have to \ ami Ne into the putting on
OF fcostly apparel" That, ~ understand,
means 10 put on your clothes, Whatever
they may be, or in other words, to dress
yours, II, cover yourself over with gar
ment, costly apparel, that's forbidden
aud 81 II uug ght Ia be-, for costly apparel
means not ouly the covering Of The body
but to decorate It, What docs the put.
ting on OF gold" mean The word "on'
means being in contact with the surface
or uSp-r part OF a thing, and supported
10y 1t, placed or lying in contact VITA the
surface, upper part, or outside of any
! thing, as, ON AN instrument OF music
| This. TO my mind, m- aus 10 decorate the
garment or person with gold on the out
SIDE 81 II may be seen, such A. the putting
ON uf gold chains around the neck, with
crosses hanei ny 10 them, ear rings, finger
| rings, bracelets. and laces IL is the eter-
/ raj decorating OF the person who wears
them, and " hat cond, inns them in the
| sight OF God and our dl, ciphne is they
are OF 10 value or use TO the one thar
puts them on. Now for the gold watches
ana spectacles. how is this with the put
ltug on OF goh ?" think have proven
by Webster that putting on" means TO
be attached to the outside, put ON don't
mean put in, therefore putting your
watch n your pocket dos not come un-
der the head OF putting on OF gold ."
Let u, suppose case. A person wAs
hi. % -lnU.a. N his hap ~ n
day, aud WAS 10 say 10 him. You had
better put your gloves on aud keep your
bands warm, and he was 10 put them in
his pocket, would thai be putting them
on Now l say hat a gold watch is no
part Of he apparel, and the woris of the
discipline docs noi reach It. No more
than Apiece II gold coin that may De in
your pocket watch l. no part ot our
dress, amt while il Is in the POCKET II Is
NO ornament
The wearing Of spec,acl,-s is one OF the
misfouunes of hfr: and no one wars
them merely for show, but 10 protect
their eyes, or call back or 10 help their
sight. They are no part Of our dress,
ami they arc not worn tor An ornament,
no one weuA he bothered with them for
that purpose No, they are n, cessary,
ami worn ~ such. Gold and steel are
more preferable than any other metal.
AtiN ~ soll Is thr ulO>l clrAnlS II nAs the
preference. have said they are no part
OF dress, not worn ~ apparel, and not 20
adorn the person, therefore they d. not
eome under The rule of putting on OF
gold
And ~ started out in tie first place
70 defend our general rules, believing
them 10 ee not only advisory, but mau-
dl;ory, ain only sorry tha; We have
not ooeyed them A. We ought 10 have
done, and while cannot zee how rig'd
enforcement Of them could lie done AZ
thus tlnr, yet IL would be advisable for
Is 10 oe more str c, u the future than We
have been n the PAST,
The rva>on why took some exception
10 cur Elders essay WAS that he wIs di,-
posed 70 De- little too easy in his re-
marSSon our general rules. Taking the
ground iha. they were only advisory, |
may have been mistaken, but surely the
iAilrr clause Of said rul-s point out them
Who hAhstuAly breAS any, aud that
they have 10 + acr among u. Therefore
II tAsy Arr uot mandatory n the true
- nse OF the ~oFd, they po!uI TO rules
thai Ar