"Cleanliness is next to Godliness"

YTMezoan · January 1, 2004, 12:41am

What is the source of the adage in the subject line?
Thanks.

OneYogini · January 1, 2004, 12:46am

“Cleanliness is next to godliness,” isn’t in the Bible at all; this famous expression came from the sermon “On Dress,” by John Wesley." - Billy Graham, Decision Magazine article.

samclem · January 1, 2004, 2:27am

John Wesley, 1788.

OneYogini got it

AskNott · January 1, 2004, 7:53pm

Godliness, of course, is next to impossible. --Nott

Brandus · January 1, 2004, 8:02pm

I believe Billy Corgan said it in “Zero”.

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"Cleanliness is next to Godliness"

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