Monday, February 27, 2012

An excerpt from the Standards of the Bible Missionary Church, 1959.  It's no wonder I, as a child, didn't understand why it was wrong to do anything at all that was enjoyable, and why many young people who rebelled against the complete suppression of personality were chastised. 

"The formal professor of religion does not wish to expose himself to the burning experience
of holiness. Holiness has always been a rebuke to worldly pride. Women who profess religion and
still cut their hair, wear jewelry and dress immodestly along with people who watch television
and attend such worldly places of amusement as the dance, the show, the race track, rodeos,
skating rinks, ball games and bowling alleys may all be at ease in a cold formal atmosphere. But
let the Holy Ghost descend in mighty power, with blessings for the saints and conviction for
sinners and their hearts will be pricked and condemned before God. Jesus had His greatest trouble
from cold professors of religion, so did Paul and so do true people of God today. A spirit of
complacency cannot exist simultaneously with a burning experience of holiness. "Woe unto them
that call evil good, and .good evil; that out darkness for fight, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their
own sight!" (Isa. 5:20-21)"

3 comments:

  1. Do you have a copy of the BMC manual?

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  2. I do not have a copy of the BMC Manual. I've been looking for the one I believe my Mother had in the late 1950's. I've done some research to make sure my childhood memories are not exaggerated or embellished.

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    1. Who made up the dress code and behavior code of this religious group? Who decided what modesty meant? Who decided that children couldn't play with toys? How do they decide who is holy?

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