. Camps and firesides of the revolution . heard that Josiah Willard hadcut off his hair (a very full head of hair) and put ona wig, I went to him this morning. When I told hismother what I came about, she called him. Where-upon I inquired of him what extreme need had forcedhim to put off his own hair and put on a wig ? Heanswered, none at all ; he said that his hair wasstraight, and that it parted behind. He seemed to argue that men might as well shavetheir hair off their head, as off their face. I answered that boys grew to be menbefore they had hair ontheir faces ; and that halfof mankind ne
. Camps and firesides of the revolution . heard that Josiah Willard hadcut off his hair (a very full head of hair) and put ona wig, I went to him this morning. When I told hismother what I came about, she called him. Where-upon I inquired of him what extreme need had forcedhim to put off his own hair and put on a wig ? Heanswered, none at all ; he said that his hair wasstraight, and that it parted behind. He seemed to argue that men might as well shavetheir hair off their head, as off their face. I answered that boys grew to be menbefore they had hair ontheir faces ; and that halfof mankind never haveany beards. I told himthat God seems to havecreated our hair as a test,to see whether we canbring our minds to becontent at what he givesus ; or whether we wouldbe our own carvers andcome back to him fornothing more. We mightdislike our skin or nails,as he disliked his hair;but in our case no thanksare due to us, that we cutthem not off ; for pain and danger restrain us. Yourduty, said I, is to teach men self-denial. I told him,. JOSHUA GREENS WIG. no. 3] Wigs and Wills 5 further, that it would be displeasing and burdensometo good men for him to wear a wig ; and they thatcare not what men think of them, care not what Godthinks of them. I told him that he must remember that wigs werecondemned by a meeting of ministers at Northamp-ton. I told him of the solemnity of the covenantwhich he and I had lately entered into, which putupon me the duty of discoursing to him. He seemed to say that he would leave off his wigwhen his hair was grown again. I spoke to hisfather of it a day or two afterwards and he thankedme for reasoning with his son. He told me his son had promised to leave off hiswig when his hair was grown to cover his ears. Ifthe father bad known of it, he would have forbiddenhim to cut off his hair. His mother heard him talkof it ; but was afraid to forbid him, for fear he shoulddo it in spite of her, and so be more faulty than ifshe had let him go his own way. 3.
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