Original Merger Letter

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by keith4him

From Howard Goss's book The Winds of God page 69

"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day.....silks....satins.... jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducive in the early years.

It was not until long after, when former holiness preachers had become part of us that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.

Although entire sanctification was preached at the beginning of the movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the holiness movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for what everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seeming never occurred to any of us."

Keith4him talking, it seems there has been a change since the early days, theoretically we believe in Finished work doctrine, but in practice there seems to be an emphasis that the Lord needs our help.

It dawned on me reading his book last week, most of the early holiness preachers believed in the 2nd work of Grace, or that someone had to be sanctified completely after justification. Well as a movement we don't believe that, but you know I think in practice that many still embrace this.

Honestly this was her opinion not necessarily his. She was the author.