Will a woman go to hell for NOT wearing black stockings?

Subdued · #1 06-12-2007, 02:57 PM

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The first sister workers we ever met wore them. Women who professed were expected to wear them and when they did, it seemed they were in a different class from those who didn't. Those (few) who didn't wear them were considered to be ‘without understanding.’ As a young teenager, I thought that this was required toward salvation.

My most vivid childhood memory is of the women having to wear black stockings. There was always a lot of controversy about them, as well as a lot of rebellion, and many a good Christian girl fell by the wayside because she refused to go out in public wearing her uniform. Black stockings, you see, were only one part of this stringent category, and long skirts, long hair, and long faces - the longer the better - were other prescribed signs of holiness and submission to the will of God. (In Vain They do Worship, by Willis Young, pp. 36-37)

Subdued · #2 06-12-2007, 03:23 PM

In the early 1900's, black stockings were viewed as a sign of being whole-hearted and submissive. Will those who no longer adhere to this standard be lost?

Steve Epley · #3 06-12-2007, 03:25 PM

I never heard of that before?

Sherri · #4 06-12-2007, 03:26 PM

When we went to Adamsville in 1984, we had two young couples who had come out of "Free Pentecost", as they called it. They had to wear dark opaque stockings and could not shave their legs when they were in the other church. I had never heard this before, but where I come from, there is no "Free Pentecost" that I know of.

Margies3 · #5 06-12-2007, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Subdued

In the early 1900's, black stockings were viewed as a sign of being whole-hearted and submissive. Will those who no longer adhere to this standard be lost?

Definately

NOT!!

Felicity · #6 06-12-2007, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Subdued

In the early 1900's, black stockings were viewed as a sign of being whole-hearted and submissive. Will those who no longer adhere to this standard be lost?

I have black pantihose. Will they do?

Hopefully that will be enough to keep me out of the bad place.

Barb · #7 06-12-2007, 03:27 PM

Substance honey, I will be headed straight for the Pearly Gates then 'cause I have worn off black or jet black for years...

Brother Price · #8 06-12-2007, 03:28 PM

Wow! Since when have we went to judging the color of stockings? If this is the case, then I am in trouble for wearing my red shirt on Sundays..

Barb · #9 06-12-2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Felicity

I have black pantihose. Will they do?

Hopefully that will be enough to keep me out of the bad place.

Yes, not the heavy stockings like my granny used to wear...

Subdued · #10 06-12-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Felicity

I have black pantihose. Will they do?

Hopefully that will be enough to keep me out of the bad place.

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Originally Posted by Barb

Substance honey, I will be headed straight for the Pearly Gates then 'cause I have worn off black or jet black for years...

Seems you two are the holiest ladies on the board! Good for you!