Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

others who are not obliged to earn their own living.
These youth have nothing to put into the treasury
of God. And their time is so thoroughly occupied
in making their dress as fashionable as that of their
sisters, that they have no time for the improvement
of the mind, for the study of God’s word, for secret
prayer, or for the prayer meeting. The mind is
entirely taken up with planning how to appear as
well as their sisters. To accomplish this end,
physical, mental, and moral health is sacrificed.
Happiness and the favor of God are laid upon the
altar of fashion.
Many will not attend the service of God upon
the Sabbath, because their dress would appear so
unlike that of their Christian sisters in style and
adornment. Will my sisters consider these things as
they are, and will they fully realize the weight of
their influence upon others? By walking in a
forbidden path themselves, they lead others in the
same way of disobedience and backsliding.
Christian simplicity is sacrificed to outward
display. My sisters, how shall we change all this?
How shall we recover ourselves from the snare of
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