Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

continual want, through fear that sometime in the future they shall want. All thesefears originate with Satan. He excites the organs which lead to slavish fears andjealousies which corrupt nobleness of soul and destroy elevated thoughts and feelings.Such persons are insane upon the subject of money. If they would take the positionwhich God would have them, their last days might be their best and happiest. Thosewho have children in whose honesty and judicious management they have reason toconfide, should let their children make them happy. Unless they do this, Satan willtake advantage of their lack of mental strength and will manage for them. They shouldlay aside anxiety and burdens, and occupy their time as happily as they can, and beripening up for heaven.*****Chap. 78 - Extremes in DressWe do not think it in accordance with our faith to dress in the American costume, towear hoops, or to go to an extreme in wearing long dresses which sweep the sidewalksand streets. If women would wear their dresses so as to clear the filth of the streets aninch or two, their dresses would be modest, and they could be kept clean much moreeasily, and would wear longer. Such a dress would be in accordance with our faith.I have received several letters from sisters inquiring my opinion in regard to wearingcorded skirts. These questions were answered in a letter which I sent to a sister inWisconsin. I will give the letter here for the benefit of others:“We as a people do not believe it our duty to go out of the world to be out of thefashion. If we have a neat, plain, modest, and comfortable plan of dress, and worldlingschoose to dress as we do, shall we change this mode of dress in order to be differentfrom the world? No, we should not be odd or singular424