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This may be done by wearing lined pants gathered into a band and
fastened about the ankle, or made full and tapering at the bottom; and
these should come down long enough to meet the shoe. The limbs and
ankles thus clothed are protected against a current of air. If the limbs
and feet are kept comfortable with warm clothing, the circulation will
be equalized, and the blood will remain healthy and pure, because it is
not chilled or hindered in its natural passage through the system.—How
to Live, No. 6, pp. 57-64.
The attention of the reader is called to the fact that While Mrs.
White ever kept before the church the importance of attire that was
healthful, modest, economical, and in conformity with Christian sim-
plicity, she recognized also that within the bounds of these principles
the dress should be that which is “appropriate for this age.” In 1897,
when certain Seventh-day Adventist women questioned whether, in
loyalty to the Spirit of Prophecy counsels, they should return to the par-
ticular style adopted in the 1860s, she counseled that “no one precise
style” had been given her “as the exact rule to guide all in their dress.”
She wrote: “the Lord has not indicated that it is the duty of our sisters
to go back to the reform dress.” Her statement, setting forth the reasons
for her position, appears in full as an appendix in D. E. Robinson’s
The Story of Our Health Message, 112-130, 166-169, 427-431
1965
edition,.—Compilers.
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