“Ye Still Persist in the Wearing of Costly Apparel”

Bryan Richards

Hugh Nibley

"I've always been taken up with costly apparel. It's so much in the Book of Mormon, and I've read it since I was a little kid. I loathe the costly apparel. I get all my duds at Deseret-all this outfit comes from Deseret Industries-except that I have kids who make me wear other things occasionally. They'd sooner be found dead in a back lot than shopping at Deseret Industries. I don't know why. The only thing wrong with these is the linings sometimes fall out, and the zippers misbehave. But why not, when you get this for four bucks and the pants for three? You can't beat it. But you're not supposed to wear 'costly apparel and [set] your hearts upon the vain things of the world, upon your riches.' It summarizes all that here. Here we are again on this theme." (Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Lecture 47, p. 293)

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