1844-07-20-Mourning

The Prophet v1n10 20 July 1844, pg 2

Many of our brethren are of opinion that the wearing of crape as a sign of grief, owes its origin to sectarian innovations�not so�it was a custom in the earliest ages of the Church of God, to mourn for the death of those God had exalted in the Church as Prophets or Patriarchs,and to manifest to the world their respect for the deceased by appropriate symbols, among which was the use of black crapes.