has really ever improved upon in this area. He declared,. “A Christian woman should so dress that people will not recall what she had on, but rather her Christian gentleness and modesty.” I like that, for these are days of extremes in women’s apparel. Although there may be standards accepted by the general course of this world, this doesn’t mean that they are appropriate for a Christian woman. It’s not “in what” but “in where” DON'T WAIT A MINUTE If you have hard work to do, Do it now. Tomorrow clouds may come in view, Yesterday is not for you,— Do it now. If you have a song to sing, Sing it now, Let the notes of gladness ring, Clear as song of birds in spring, Let each day some music bring,— Sing it now. If you have kind words to say, Say them now. Tomorrow may not come your way, So do a kindness while you may, Loved ones will not always stay,— Say them now. If you have a smile to show. Show it now. Make hearts happy, roses grow. Let the friends around you know. The love you have before they go,— Show it now. the adorning is done that should be of paramount concern. Unfortunate ly, the modernism of a Christian wo man’s apparel can sometimes nullify the fundamentalism of her Gospel message. The extreme at either end is obviously wrong. There is the danger of being over ly conscious of style and likewise of being careless and dowdy. To quote from our friend, Dr. Vance Havner, “For a Christian woman to be ‘all out’ for Christ doesn’t mean she has 6
of a redeemed life, for instance, if your temper flares as it did before you knew the Lord, if you are as distrustful and fearful as one with out Christ, then there will be little to commend itself for positive action by your mate. The term chaste is something often overlooked in this age so character ized by sexual impurity. When Na than came to David because of the latter’s great sin, he told the king: “Because by this deed thou hast giv en great occasion to the enemies of Lord to blaspheme . . (II Sam. 12:14). An enemy of God, remem ber, is one who doesn’t know Jesus Christ as personal Saviour. Some one is most certainly watching your life today. Next, notice how the Apostle Peter brings in the word fear. This doesn’t mean the fear of the future, of death, of losing social prestige and security, but is rather a reverential trust in God; a fear lest the husband see something in the life of his wife which would turn him away from the Gospel of Christ. What message of exhortation to women and wives would be complete without talking about the subject of clothes? Far be it from me, having been married only 19 years, to try to tell any woman what she should wear! I Peter 3 :3 reminds the Christian wife, “Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel.” It should be remembered that there were many wealthy Jewish women in Peter’s au dience. They had been converted and had joined the church. Problems were evident for here were two ex tremes. There were those of the up per social strata, as well as poor slaves, dressed in the most meager of clothing with little time to spend on themselves in personal grooming. John Newton wrote once a sug gestion which I don’t think anyone
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