“Self denial and self-sacrifice will mark the Christian’s life.  Evidence that the taste is really converted will be seen in the dress of all who walk the narrow path of holiness, the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in.”  6MR:160.4.

 

“Self-denial and sacrifice will mark the Christian’s life.  Evidence that the taste is converted will be seen in the dress of all who walk in the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord.”  AA:523.2.

 

“Dress your children simply and plainly.  Let their clothes be made of durable material.  Keep them sweet and clean.  Teach them to hate anything like dirt and filth.

 

“CN 99.3 (Español (Spanish))

ВД 107.3 (Pусский (Russian))

CG 107.3 (中国的 (Chinese))

OC 63.4 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 107.3 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 76.6 (Polski (Polish))

Let the strength which is now given to the unnecessary planning of what you shall eat and drink, and wherewithal you shall be clothed, be directed to keeping their persons clean and their clothes neat.  Do not misunderstand me in this.  I do not say that you must keep them indoors, like dolls.  There is nothing impure in clean sand and dry earth; it is the emanations from the body that defile, requiring the clothing to be changed and the body washed.”  Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 141; CG:107; Manuscript 79, 1901.

 

“Begin early to teach the little ones to take care of their clothing.  Let them have a place to lay their things away and be taught to fold every article neatly and put it in its place.  If you cannot afford even a cheap bureau, use a dry-goods box, fitting it with shelves and covering it with some bright, pretty-figured cloth.  This work of teaching neatness and order will take a little time each day, but it will pay in the future of your children, and in the end will save you much time and care.”  Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 142; CG:111.2.

 

“In all respects the dress should be healthful.”  CG:398.1.

 

“In dress, as in all things else, it is our privilege to honor our Creator.  He desires our clothing to be not only neat and healthful, but appropriate and becoming.”  Ed:248; CG:413.1.

 

“We judge of a person’s character by the style of dress worn.  A modest, godly woman will dress modestly.  A refined taste, a cultivated mind, will be revealed in the choice of a simple, appropriate attire. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.”  CG:413.5.

 

“If the world introduce a modest, convenient, and healthful mode of dress, which is in accordance with the Bible, it will not change our relation to God or to the world to adopt such a style of dress.  Christians should follow Christ and make their dress conform to God’s Word.  They should shun extremes.  They should humbly pursue a straightforward course, irrespective of applause or of censure, and should cling to the right because of its own merits.”  Testimonies For The Church 1:458, 459.

CG:414.3.

CN 388.4 (Español (Spanish))

ВД 414.3 (Pусский (Russian))

CG 414.3 (中国的 (Chinese))

OC 270.1 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 414.3 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 303.2 (Polski (Polish))

“Avoid Extremes -- Do not occupy your time by endeavoring to follow all the foolish fashions in dress.  Dress neatly and becomingly, but do not make yourself the subject of remarks either by being overdressed or by dressing in a lax, untidy manner.  Act as though you knew that the eye of Heaven is upon you, and that you are living under the approbation or disapprobation of God.”  Manuscript 53, 1912; CG:415.1.

 

“Christ noticed the devotion to dress, and He cautioned, yea, He Commanded, His followers not to bestow too much thought upon it.  ‘Why take ye thought for raiment?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.’ . . . [94] Pride and extravagance in dress are sins to which woman is especially prone; hence these injunctions relate directly to her.  Of how little value are gold or pearls or costly array, when compared with the meekness and loveliness of Christ!”  Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 93, 94; CG 415.4.

 

“The love of dress endangers the morals and makes woman the opposite of the Christian lady, characterized by modesty and sobriety.  Showy, extravagant dress too often encourages lust in the heart of the wearer and awakens base passions in the heart of the beholder.  God sees that the ruin of the character is frequently preceded by the indulgence of pride and vanity in dress.  He sees that the costly apparel stifles the desire to do good.”  4T:645; CG:416.4.

 

“Dress as Christians should dress -- simply, plainly adorn yourselves as becometh women professing godliness, with good works.”  The Review and Herald, December 6, 1881. {CG:421.3}

 

“CN 395.4 (Español (Spanish))

ВД 421.3 (Pусский (Russian))

CG 421.3 (中国的 (Chinese))

OC 275.3 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 421.2 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 308.6 (Polski (Polish))

Many, in order to keep pace with absurd fashion, lose their taste for natural simplicity and are charmed with the artificial.  They sacrifice time and money, the vigor of intellect, and true elevation of soul, and devote their entire being to the claims of fashionable life.”  Health Reformer, April, 1872; CG:421.3-4.

 

CN 395.5 (Español (Spanish))

ВД 421.4 (Pусский (Russian))

CG 421.4 (中国的 (Chinese))

OC 275.4 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 421.3 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 308.7 (Polski (Polish))

“Dear youth, a disposition in you to dress according to the fashion, and to wear lace, and gold, and artificials for display, will not recommend to others your religion or the truth that you profess.  People of discernment will look upon your attempts to beautify the external as proof of weak minds and proud hearts.”  3T:376; CG:421.5.

 

“The Bible teaches modesty in dress.  ‘In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel.’  1 Timothy 2:9.  This forbids display in dress, gaudy colors, profuse ornamentation.  Any device designed to attract attention to the wearer or to excite admiration is excluded from the modest apparel which God’s Word enjoins.”  Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 302; CG:423.2.

 

CN 397.3 (Español (Spanish))

ВД 423.2 (Pусский (Russian))

CG 423.2 (中国的 (Chinese))

OC 276.5 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 423.2 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 310.2 (Polski (Polish))

“Self-denial in dress is a part of our Christian duty.  To dress plainly and abstain from display of jewelry and ornaments of every kind is in keeping with our faith.”  CG:423.3.

 

“The dress should fit easily, obstructing neither the circulation of the blood nor a free, full, natural respiration.  The feet should be suitably protected from cold and damp.  Clad in this way, we can take exercise in the open air, even in the dew of morning or evening, or after a fall of rain or snow, without fear of taking cold.”  Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 89, 90; CG:425.3.

 

“CN 400.1 (Español (Spanish))

ВД 425.3 (Pусский (Russian))

CG 425.3 (中国的 (Chinese))

OC 278 (Português (Portuguese))

OC 278.4 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 425.3 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 311.6 (Polski (Polish))

If the dress of the child combines warmth, protection, and comfort, one of the chief causes of irritation and restlessness will be removed.  The little one will have better health, and the mother will not find the care of the child so heavy a tax upon her strength and time.”  CG:425.4.

 

“Parents who dress their children with the extremities naked, or nearly so, are sacrificing the health and lives of their children to fashion.  If these parts are not so warm as the body, the circulation is not equalized.  When the extremities, which are remote from the vital organs, are not properly clad, the blood is driven to the head, causing headache or nosebleed; or there is a sense of fullness about the chest, producing cough or palpitation of the heart, on account of too much blood in that locality; or the stomach has too much blood, causing indigestion.”  CG:426.2.

 

“God designed that there should be a plain distinction between the dress of men and women, and has considered the matter of sufficient importance to give explicit directions in regard to it; for the same dress worn by both sexes would cause confusion and great increase of crime.”  Testimonies For The Church 1:457-460.

CG:427.3.

 

“Pride and vanity are manifested everywhere; but those who are inclined to look into the mirror to admire themselves will have little inclination to look into the Law of God, the great moral mirror.  This idolatry of dress destroys all that is humble, meek, and lovely in character.  It consumes the precious hours that should be devoted to meditation, to searching the heart, to the prayerful study of God’s Word. . . No Christian can conform to the demoralizing fashions of the world without imperiling his soul’s salvation.”  The Review and Herald, March 31, 1891; CG:433.2.

 

“Having the clothing neat and clean will be one means of keeping the thoughts pure and sweet.  Every article of dress should be plain and simple, without unnecessary adornment, so that it will be but little work to wash and iron it.  Especially should every article which comes in contact with the skin be kept clean and free from any offensive odor.  Nothing of an irritating character should touch the bodies of children, nor should their clothing be allowed to bind them in any way.  If more attention were given to this subject, far less impurity would be practiced.”  Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 142; CG:461.3.

 

“The length of the fashionable dress is objectionable for several reasons: {HL:125.3}

 

“1. It is extravagant and unnecessary to have a dress of such length that it will sweep the sidewalk and street. {HL:126.1}

 

“2. A dress thus long gathers dew from the grass and mud from the streets, and is therefore uncleanly. {HL:126.2}

 

“3. In its bedraggled condition it comes in contact with the sensitive ankles, which are not sufficiently protected, quickly chilling them, and thus endangering health and life.  This is one of the greatest causes of catarrh and scrofulous swellings. {HL:126.3}

 

“4. The unnecessary length is an additional weight upon the hips and bowels. {HL:126.4}

 

“5. It hinders the walking, and is also often in other people’s way. {1T:459; HL:126.5}

 

“If women would wear their dresses so as to clear the filth of the street an inch or two, their dresses would be modest, and they could be kept clean much more easily, and would wear longer.”  HL:125.3-126.6; 1T:458.

 

“Sisters, when about their work, should not put on clothing which would make them look like images to frighten the crows from the corn.  It is more gratifying to their husbands and children to see them in a becoming, well-fitting attire than it can be to mere visitors or strangers.  Some wives and mothers seem to think it is no matter how they look when about their work and when they are seen only by their husbands and children, but they are very particular to dress in taste for the eyes of those who have no special claims upon them.  Is not the esteem and love of husband and children more to be prized than that of strangers or common friends?  The happiness of husband and children should be more sacred to every wife and mother than that of all others. [AH:252.3]

 

“HC 227.3 (Español (Spanish))

FC 243.3 (Français (French))

GFH 89 (Deutsch (German))

GFH 89.2 (Deutsch (German))

FC 107 (Italiano (Italian))

FC 107.1 (Italiano (Italian))

ХД 252.3 (Pусский (Russian))

AH 253.1 (中国的 (Chinese))

LA 252 (Português (Portuguese))

LA 252.3 (Português (Portuguese))

CA 252.3 (Română (Romanian))

ХР 202.2 (Українська (Ukrainian))

ChD 156.2 (Polski (Polish))

Wear clothing that is becoming to you.  This will increase the respect of your children for you.  See to it that they, too, are dressed in a becoming manner.  Do not allow them to fall into habits of untidiness.”  Letter 47a, 1902; AH:252-253.1.

 

“The clothing should be varied according to the weather.  During sudden changes and the chill of morning and evening, warmer garments and additional wraps are essential to health.  The feet, in particular, should be well protected.  Whatever the weather, they need to be kept warm and dry.”  Gospel Health, April 1, 1898, par. 17.

CN 402.1 (Español (Spanish))

“We do not wear the style of dress here represented to be odd, -- that we may attract notice.  We do not differ from the common style of woman’s dress for any such object.  We choose to agree with others in theory and in practice, if we can do so, and at the same time be in harmony with the Law of God, and with the laws of our being.  We believe it wrong to differ from others unless it be necessary to differ in order to be right.  In bearing the cross of adopting the reform dress we are led by a sense of duty.  And although it may appear objectionable to those who are governed by fashion, we claim that it is the most convenient, the most truly modest, and the most healthful style of dress worn by woman.”  RH, April 14, 1868.

 

“Anything eight or nine inches from the floor is not the reform dress. . . Taste should be manifested as to colors.  Uniformity in this respect with those who adopt this style of dress, is desirable so far as convenient.  Complexion, however, may be taken into the account.  Modest colors should be sought for.  When figured colors are used, those that are large and fiery, showing vanity and shallow pride in those who choose them, should be avoided.  And a fantastic taste in putting on different colors, is bad,” RH, April 14, 1868.

 

ВД 427.3 (Pусский (Russian))

OC 280.1 (Português (Portuguese))

ÎC 427.3 (Română (Romanian))

JWD 313.2 (Polski (Polish))