Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene - Ellen G. White

nor so long as to gather the dampness and filth of
the ground, and their weight should be suspended
from the shoulders. 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
snow or rain, without fear of taking cold. Exercise
in the invigorating air of heaven is necessary to a
healthy circulation of the blood. It is the best
safeguard against colds, coughs, and the internal
congestions which lay the foundation of so many
diseases. True dress reform regulates every article
of clothing. If those ladies who are failing in health
would lay off their fashionable robes, clothe
themselves suitably for out-door enjoyment, and
exercise in the open air, carefully at first,
increasing the amount as they can endure it, many
of them might recover health, and live to bless the
world with their example and the work of their
hands.
It is not the will of God that men and women
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