Daniel T. Bourdeau - The Eternal Gospel Church

But to keep our bodies pure, we must not only wash the
body and its garments; we must divest ourselves of all
impure physical habits, and see to it that we eat clean
food, and breathe pure air, and that our dwellings and all
that pertains to them, be kept clean; and healthy results
will follow. Thus we see that cleanliness should be
attended to as a matter of self-preservation. p. 73, Para.
2, [HOLINESS].
To attend to cleanliness evinces self-respect and respect
for others. By neglecting cleanliness, we show a lack of
respect for our own persons, and for those with whom we
associate, and dishonor the Creator. p. 73, Para. 3,
[HOLINESS].
Lovers of purity cannot look with complacency upon persons
of filthy habits, neither can they fully delight themselves
in their society. And will the Holy Spirit and good angels
approbate and delight to abide with filthy persons? When
persons who love taste and purity expect a visit from those
whom they respect, how natural it is for them to clean up,
that they may be in a condition to receive them. So should
we purify our bodies as well as our minds, that we may be
in readiness to receive the Holy Spirit and the
ministration of good angels, and to worship the Lord with
his saints. p. 73, Para. 4, [HOLINESS].
Nature itself teaches us that we should keep our persons
clean. Even individuals of unclean habits, who have not
entirely lost their fine feelings and sense of propriety,
will appear ashamed when they fall in with the clean and
tidy unawares. And how would they feel if they were
introduced into the presence of the pure in Heaven. Yet
known to the Lord is the condition of all; for all things
are naked and opened to the eyes of Him with whom we have
to do. p. 74, Para. 1, [HOLINESS].
Real filthy persons are unrefined in their taste for, and
discernment of, spiritual things, and cannot fully
appreciate the pure and elevating truths of God's word
unless they reform by addicting themselves to clean and
refined physical habits. And though we may to a certain
degree attend to physical purity without being pure in
heart, yet we cannot be said to be wholly sanctified if we
neglect bodily cleanliness. p. 74, Para. 2, [HOLINESS].
The AFFECTIONS. p. 74, Para. 3, [HOLINESS].