Arizona republican., 1911-09-11
FIRST FASHION SHOW
 IN GARDEN OF EDEN
ITS PURPOSE WAS CONCEAL
 MENT OF MANS INIQUiTY
Second Sermon in Series of Special Oiscourses by Rev. J. Harvey Deere.

one garment each. made in the same fashion. out of the same material. And they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons"
 Far different is it with us today. The complexities in fashion. the kalei doscopic change in styles, the fret and fever some people show in their de termination to be "up-to-d date" in dress almost make one wonder if the race of today sustains any real relation to it's forebears whose simplicity was so marked.
 Pastor Wagner's plea for the simple of today.
 Dr. R. A. Torrey's suggestion that women pray for wisdom in the selec- tion of hat when they enter the mil linery store. We have little reason to believe has been taken seriously
 Lovers of simplicity in style and common sense in dress are sometimes almost ready to assent to pr. Lem c. Broughton's facetious claim: san Francisco gets her styles from Chi cago. Chicago from New York, New York from Paris. Paris from the devil"
 The first fashion show was an index to the life Eden's first inhabitants lived The clothing does not make the man. but it discloses his tastes and tastes reveal character.
 As soon as we see Adam and Eve walking amid the haunts of Eden clad  in their fig leaf girdles We know that they held some things to be weightier than clothing, and that they exalted the unseen and the eternal above the things that appear
 On the other hand, could take you to a home in not distant city where you would see expensive gowns sus- pended from the ceiling of room made for the purpose. Dress after dress would you see, representing sums of money hung up to admire, while at the same time there can be found in that very city scores of worthy people. who through misfortune can scarcely get enough to eat
 The pocket book is mirror that images character. Use it only on self adornment and self qualification, and your money sets you off as proud, self centered. unmindful of your deft to your fellows. and as guilty of eN- alting the material above the spirit ual
 A fine sentiment did I meet the other day A person of wealth had died. but before his departure he dis approved the suggestion of the family that large sum be put in lifeless, cold monument. His money, above the price of sensible stone, would he have used to bless mankind instead
 How much happier this world would be if this noble sentiment were to find application to many an overstocked wardrobe So long as there are child ren crying for bread, SD long as gaunt misfortune visits the human family, so long as poverty's relentless pinch is felt until the doors of education are closed to some who must toll instead to help support the family there will he reason for practicing economy and common sense in dress in order that the hungry may be fed. the naked clothed. the ignorant schooled and the sorrowing comforted.
 The first fashion show was the out growth of the fall of the race. Prior to their sin Adam and Eve had lived in nudity and. yet, they were not aware of any lack of DrOprietv-
 Listen, And the Lord God called unto Adam. and said unto him. where art thou? And he said. I heard thy voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked: and I hid my self. And he said who told thee that thou vast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree. whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?"
 Yes. they had eaten, and with that transgression came the consciousness of their nakedness and their need of clothing. "So they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons Had you realized before that the be- ginning of sin was also the beginning of clothing? But for sin we should not need clothing, except for protec- tio from heat and cold. A holy mind knows no impurity. To the babe all things are pure. Let us pray. there fore. for the child's mind even tho We have the body of an adult.
 Would God the race were as quick to initiate the good as it is to repro duce the bad. Like Adam and Eve of old thousands are yet attempting to hide their guilt behind their garb. We must admit that this is physi- caIly true. Many is the man, with a record that will not bear the light who nevertheless. is seeking to cover it up with the veneer of stylish cloth ing and polished bearing. He may sue ceed in passing as a good fellow un- iii. at last. his friends who once held him in suspicion began to say: Well after all he seems so gentlemanly and looks SO we'll that we have certainly been deceived. He is alright"
 He has carried his point He has hidden in his wardrobe. He has de- ceived his fellows. But God is not mocked. whatsoever man soweth that shall he also reap"
 Covered up sin God does not for give. The unfailing promise of mercy is this: "If we confess our sins. He is faithful and just to forgive ouI sins and to cleanse us from all un- righteousness" O prodigal. come with ' words of confession on your lips and with sorrow in your heart and the