T. L. Haines and L. W. Yaggy, The Royal Path of Life — Church Dress (1882)
“ It is impossible for poverty in rags and patches, or even in decent but humble costume, to take its seat, if it should be so fortunate as to find a place, by the side of wealth in brocade and broadcloth. ”
T. L. Haines and L. W. Yaggy, The Royal Path of Life — Church Dress (1882)
“ The poor are so awed by the pretension of superior dress and "the proud man's costume," that they naturally avoid too close a proximity to them. The church being the only place on this side of the grave designed for the rich and the poor to meet together in equal prostration before God, it certainly should always be kept free for this common humiliation and brotherhood. ”
T. L. Haines and L. W. Yaggy, The Royal Path of Life — Church Dress (1882)
“ The adoption of more simple apparel for church on the part of the rich, in this country, would have the effect, certainly not of diminishing their own personal piety, but probably of increasing the disposition for religious observance on the part of the poor. ”
