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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 18, 1981
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God says: "The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." Also, "There is a
way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death."
When rumors leaped over telephone wires during the recent Feast that I
had made a remark about cosmetics, a few protesting letters came in,
informing me of "the woman's viewpoint." Of course I was concerned with our
women's viewpoint, but far more with the way GOD looks at it. It's one
thing to say, "Here's how
I
look at it"--and quite another thing to be
concerned with how GOD looks-at it!
I
want to quote a woman's viewpoint when she heard the rumor, and also
after she had read the article in the WORLDWIDE NEWS:
"Dear Mr. Armstrong:
"!.�YOU! I have just read your article in the WORLDWIDE NEWS
on make-up.
While reading through ,I could feel the love and
concern you have for us women. You are like a very dear and very
wise father to us.
"When
I
first heard about the issue of make-up, more or less four
weeks ago through my husband who works in the Johannesburg
office, who heard from Mr. Frank Nelte who just returned from a
ministerial conference--my heart sank!
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Then
I
analysed my feelings. Of course you are right. It is
vanity. But I didn't fully realise how it, the use of make-up,
debased God by exalting the self, until
I
read your words. God
forgive us women for doing that and our husbands for allowing it,
and help us to start again on the right road.
"Recently the pastor of the Johannesburg Church in a sermon said,
'Let us be concerned with what Jesus Christ would have us do or
be.
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"He is choosing His bride; He wants her to have a clean face.
Soon we will be changed and will shine like the sun.
What
comparison to have a painted face for a few years and that? None!
Thank you for your loyalty to God and the good example you set for
us all.
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Here at the Headquarters Church, as soon as the rumor spread our
women, the very next Sabbath, almost universally appeared in Church without
make-up. There has been NOT ONE complaint from this largest of all our
congregations. GOD BLESS OUR WOMEN!
Let me give you a few other letters from women after having read my
article. These letters begin on the following page.