<TITLE>06. Par 21-25</TITLE>L-21 And she said... Just so, that like, just dressed like a man and you know the Bible says, "that a woman that'll put on a garment that looks like a man's is an abomination to God." You know the Scripture says that. It's the truth.
And look, young ladies, if you'll just leave all that there stuff off, you'll look a lot prettier. That's right. Just take a little James 5:14 and mix with the little John 3:16, and add it all together and stir it up; that's the best make-up you'll ever have. Is that right? It's true.
Let me tell you something, young ladies, as you're coming up. If your mother does it, shame her. But look. There was only one woman in the whole Bible that ever painted herself. And you don't paint yourself to see God. You paint yourself to come before men.

L-22 I can prove by the Bible that any woman that'll bob her hair has a legal right in the sight of God for her husband to divorce her. Hair... That's the Scripture. Now, if you don't believe it, lay the question up here tomorrow night, and I'll show you. That's right. That's right, but what do we do? The Bible says it's a common, sinful thing for a woman pray with her hair cut short. That's right.
And yet we... You put all this make-up on, but what does it do, friend? There's only one woman done that, and you know what God did to her? He fed her to the dogs. So if you see a woman wearing that, say, "Howdy do, Miss Dog-meat." That's exactly what she was. God fed her to the dogs: Jezebel. You know you don't want to be of her daughters, but I don't blame it on you. It's because it's tradition. It's handed right down, and it's a disgrace.

L-23 Now, them things was permitted from the pulpit. No wonder you can't teach Divine healing and things like... Isn't that right? No wonder you can't. It's a pity. It's true. No wonder they get... God wanted love. God wanted holiness, love, cooperation, but today we...?... ourself off. "My church don't believe in this. Mine does this, and mine does that."
Here not long ago, a young lady in our city... We had a young lady up there at the Tabernacle. She was kindly old fashion looking, I guess. She combed her hair right back so slick that her face shined. She was a lady, and so there was another young lady that belonged to very prominent church, and brother, she was pretty wild. And she went out to dances and carried on all the time.

L-24 And she used to meet this little lady was up at the--come up there to church, and she said, "You know what's the matter with you?" Said, "It's that crazy preacher you got up there. That's what it is." Said, "He believes in all that stuff." Said, "I wouldn't pay no attention to that."
She said, "It's not my preacher; it's my Lord that's in me that tells me not to do it." See?
And she said, "Why, you're just," said, "he is just narrow minded. That's all there is to it."
Said there... And she said, "You mean my Lord is narrow minded." She said, "No matter what my preacher would say," she said, "my Lord in my heart tells me that women should dress in modest apparel." See? And she said... And this girl made fun of her, and at school she'd always make fun of her. So she was--this young lady from the other church become a very prominent girl in her church.

L-25 Frankly, she become a Sunday school teacher, and it happened to be that my cousin's girl was--went to this Sunday school; what they had of a morning was what the date was the night before and so forth, fifteen minutes of time they had to get out.
So the girl went out with a boy that carried a little flask in his pocket. The first thing you know, she got to running out and she got sick. The doctors got to it too late.
Mr. Perkins, which works for the Coots Funeral Company, is a good friend of mine. He works for the Vising Motor Company in Jeffersonville now. He did work then for the Coots Undertaker. He was an embalmer.


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