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in her as a beacon to others as well as to show her appreciation of a priceless possession. Each day she has innumerable opportunities to express the Christ in her--her spirituality--in the neatness of her apparel, and in the tidiness of her home and yard. She may take her religion--her Christ--into the kitchen and express Him and the 100 per cent spirituality in her cooking, sweeping, and in her dish washing. Doing things well expresses the proportion of the Christ--the perfection--the 100 per cent in us. The more Christ one claims, the better should one express Christ in his daily labor as every-day evidence. A low daily percentage is a poor record for one who claims spirituality on Sunday. No untidy church, home, or school expresses Christ--for Christ represents perfection in cleanliness and order. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" we are told. Cleanliness shows the spiritual, the God, but dirt in any form is an expression of the opposite. Dirt under a bed and a prayer beside it are not compatible, to say the least, unless the "pray-er" is unable to sweep. The Christ principles properly interpreted and applied would spiritualize a broom and duster and all the utensils of a home or the tools of a trade. Order is an expression of the God-part which makes us more orderly in the habits of life if we make pretensions as Christians. God is not only all that is perfect in cleanliness, order and harmony, but He is also all that is perfect in color and sound. God is in the body and all its parts, the hair, teeth--all. As harmony and color are expressions of Spirituality so good taste in dressing expresses the God in us. By observing and studying Nature one learns God's taste in color and what is harmonious. We should dress to suit the color of the face and the physical attributes that have been given to us. God has appropriately garbed each object in Nature. Colored people should study themselves and dress accordingly. The bright, gay colors are not suitable to all. Many violate the laws of harmony of color, and unconsciously expose the ugliest in their appearance by wearing gaudy, unbecoming, inappropriate clothes. As the harmony of sound comes from God, so an eloquent voice expresses God. Christians should make their voices more elegant and eloquent. A loud, coarse voice expresses the opposite of God. Coarseness in thought and speech is unlike Christ and serves to reveal opposite attributes to thos
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