Evening star., 1912-07-13
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Christian Such expressions are mere
pleasing forms of rhetoric. The grace of
God comes when there Is penitence In
the soul-when there is neatness and
cleanliness in the heart and not other
wise.
| Christ said, Take no thought for your
life, what We shall eat, or what We shall
drink; nor yet for your body what ye
shall put on. Is not the life more than
meat, and the body than raiment. And
why take ye thought for raiment? Con-
slider the lilies of the field, how they
grow; they toll not neither do they spin;
and yet / say unto you, that even Sol
omon in all his glory was not arrayed
thought, saying. what shall we eat? or
what shall we drink? or wherewithal
shall we be clothed? for your heavenly
Father knoweth that We have need of all
these things.
God knoweth that we need clothes as
We'll as food and drink; but in reference
to them He says. Seek ye first the king
dom of God and His righteousness and all
these things shall be added unto you"
Clothes are put in the same class with
food and drink. While we are not to be
| overanxious about these things. we are to
seek for the best kind of food and drink
and the best kind of clothes that our cir
| cumstances enable us to procure. If 1T
| is right to eat good food it Is right to
wear good clothes.
! Neatness in dress puts US in harmony
with nature-God dressed the world in
| beauty. He who clothed the fields in
verdure, gave to the flowers sweetness
and fragrance, and set His bow of prom
| ise and beauty in the skies, has thus
| taught us that attractiveness in appear
ance is one of the orders Of the uni
verse. God in taking thought Of the
beauty and grace in the works Of His
hands, teaches that it is right for Chris
| tians to give thought to their personal
! appearance We are out OF harmony with
Gods thought If our appearance is not
in harmony with what is pleasing and
attractive.
| We have all both seen and read Of
some very queer exhibitions in the line
:! of personal adornment. Every day we
see examples of incongruity in dress
representing woeful lack of taste which
detracts greatly not only from the ap-
pearance, but the usefulness of the wear
er. A love Of dress sometimes goes to a
| very odd extreme.
| A remarkable instance is given by W..
H. Milburn, showing singular kind OF
| love for personal adornment:
"A man following the occupation Of
wood-cutting wrought with exemplary
zeal the six working days, boarding every
! cent not required to furnish him with
the most frugal fare. AS his pile in
creased. he invested 1t in gold ornaments
| Watch chains of massive links, shirt and
sleeve buttons. shoe buckles, then but
/! tons for vest and coat, g. hatband of the
precious metal, a neaVy gOld-neaQed cane,
and in short wherever an ounce Of gold
could be bestowed upon his person. in or
out of taste, 1t was done.
| THE glory of his life, his sole ambition
was to don this curious attire (Which was
i deposited for safe keeping during the
| week in a bank) on Sunday morning, and
then spend the day, the observed OF all
observers lounging about the office or
barroom Of the ST. Charles. He never
drank and rarely spoke Mystery seemed
! fn him No Enayy whence he
came or the origin of his whim. Year
| after year his narrow savings were
| measured by the increase of his gold Or
naments, until at length the value of his
anomalous garments came to be estimat-
| ed by many thousands of dollars.
by 10 o'clock each Sunday night the
exhibition was closed. His one day of
disqualification enjoyed, his costly ward
robe was returned to the bank vault. and
he went back into the obscurity of a
woodchopper.
While there are surely not many in the
world like that man, there are great
number who are fond of showing of their
attire Sunday and in church. Well,
even IL it is in display and not in worship,
it is much better place to be in than
| barroom. But I do not advise initiating
the woodchopper. either as to style or
place Of exhibition. l approve Of good,
even fine. clothes on Sunday and IN