• Worker Ken Pagington, Durban, September 22, 1996: "Another sign of Herod's leaven is fashion. Fashions change and hardly ever last longer than some years. There is no change of standard in GOD's kingdom; modesty and moderation. Obviously one would dress differently on the beach but one can always stay modes. In Madagascar, the first lady who ever professed was my language teacher. When Lucie professed her dresses were ok but not what we liked. One day I got a picture form her to send to friends. It was an old picture and I got a felt tip pen, lowered the dress and asked a photographer if its ok to take a new photo of the picture. I showed Lucie and within two weeks all her dresses were long."

• Why the truthers can't see that a relationship with God has nothing to do with appearance is beyond me.

• >>It is this HAUGHTINESS that makes the 2x2's so repulsive to me. It is this attitude, which is so FAKE, that makes it so difficult for me to speak the truth in love!! Whenever problems arose, they would be swept under the carpet at ALL costs in order to maintain this appearance of serenity, humility, and calmness. << **You mentioned "It is this HAUGHTINESS that makes the 2x2's so repulsive to me." I feel a bit like that now, too, and I do understand what you mean. But you and I have "been there" and know what is going on with them. Outsiders don't understand that. They see calm, serene, etc. FOR THE MOST PART. **

• I certainly never felt proud of how different I looked! .........hmmmmm, come to think of it I do recall having a "higher than thou" feeling at least once. I was attending an indoor horse show. Anyway there were a few thousand people in attendance. I scanned the audience and could NOT find one other female in a skirt or dress! YES, that day I DID feel proud. Proud that "I could show them!!!" *I* was dressed like a lady! The way a LADY should dress! I doubt if anyone noticed unless it was to wonder why on earth a female would wear a dress to such a function! But that was likely one of the only times I felt proud of my appearance. And even then I wonder if I wasn't really taking on the proud attitude so as to comfort myself for looking so different. Sort of "sour grapes" you know.

• Professing women & women workers didn't wear short sleeves some years ago, here in the midwest white shoes were a no-no until a decade or two ago. Still sister workers don't wear white shoes here--other places? Things that are totally "NOT TO BE DONE" here (clothing-wise) may fly in other parts of the US or world.

• A proper outward appearance was needed so one could blend with the other terrified, brain-washed children of the "Truth."

• The more I modeled my appearance and behavior after the workers the more pride I felt; the more spiritual I felt.

TTT  stocks the following
by Ralph Woodrow, which I highly recommend, and some of you may be
interested in reading:

WOMEN'S ADORNMENT:  Does the Bible forbid women to wear slacks, jewelry
and make-up?  Did Paul forbid Christian women to cut their hair?  Was it
a "shame" that some men in the Bible had long hair?  This book exposes
the folly of external strictness, or legalism.

Women's Adornment is $5.00 USA funds.

Professing women in the 'early days' used to have to wear black stockings. As a result in some areas the sect was nick-named THE BLACK STOCKINGS. Refer to the section on VOT about BLACK STOCKINGS.