Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

The Lord has not moved upon any of our sisters
to adopt the reform dress. The difficulties that we
once had to meet are not to be brought in again.
There was so much resistance among our people
that it was removed from them. It would then have
proved a blessing. But there must be no new
branching out into singular forms of dress.
There have been plenty of strange doings in
Battle Creek with the bicycle craze, which has
greatly displeased the Lord and greatly dishonored
the cause of present truth. God holds those
responsible who have expended money in this
direction. They have greatly injured the influence
of the work and cause of God. Let there be no tests
manufactured now to absorb time and minds, to
bring in new reforms. We have now to face
tremendous issues, and all the time and power of
our thought are to be called to the living issues
before us. I know that the voice raised to create
something new in the matter of dress now should
be quenched. Put all there is of you into working to
get as close as possible to perishing souls. See if
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