Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

There must not be these efforts made to ape the
world’s customs. This is common, not sacred, fire.
The living bread must not only be admired, but
eaten. That bread which cometh down from heaven
will give life to the soul. It is the leaven which
absorbs all the elements of the character into a
oneness with the character of Christ and molds the
objectionable hereditary and cultivated tendencies
after the divine similitude.—MS 96, 1898.
Christ and Conformity.—How wonderful is
the work of grace upon the human heart! It gives
mental power, wisdom to use the talent of means,
not in self-pleasing but through self-denial, to carry
forward missionary work. Christ, the Son of God,
was a missionary to our world. He says, “Whoso
will follow, let him forsake all.” You cannot love
Him while copying the fashions of the world or
enjoying worldly society.—Lt 238, 1907.
Conformity Lowers Standards.—Conformity
to worldly customs converts the church to the
world; it never converts the world to Christ.
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