Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

immodestly expose themselves would be hissed at; but modesty and decency must besacrificed to the God of fashion. May the Lord deliver His people from this grievoussin! God will not pity those who will be slaves to fashion. But supposing there is somelittle convenience in wearing hoops, does this prove that it is right to wear them? Letthe fashion change, and convenience would no longer be mentioned. It is the duty ofevery child of God to inquire: “Wherein am I separate from the world?” Let us suffera little inconvenience, and be on the safe side. What crosses do God’s people bear?They mingle with the world, partake of their spirit, dress, talk, and act like them.Read 1 Timothy 2:9, 10: “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves inmodest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, orpearls, or costly array; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with goodworks.” Also 1 Peter 3:3-5: “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning ofplaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be thehidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meekand quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner inthe old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being insubjection unto their own husbands.”The power of example is great. Sister A ventures to wear small hoops. Sister Bsays: It is no worse for me to wear hoops than for Sister A, and she wears them a littlelarger. Sister C imitates the example of Sisters A and B, and wears her hoops a littlelarger than A and B, but all contend that their hoops are small.Parents who would teach their children the evil of following the fashions of theworld, have a hard battle. They are met with: “Why, mother, Sisters A, B, and C wearhoops; if it is wicked for me, it is for them.” What can the parents278