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79101 The Story of our Health Message, p. 121 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
Mrs. White’s Remarks on Dress
79102 The Story of our Health Message, p. 121.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
Concerning the view given her at that time, Mrs. White wrote:
79103 The Story of our Health Message, p. 122.5 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
In the latter part of 1861 Mrs. White said of this oddity: “Hoops, I was shown, were an abomination, and every Sabbathkeeper’s influence should be a rebuke to this ridiculous fashion, which has been a screen to iniquity.”— Ibid., August 27, 1861 .
79104 The Story of our Health Message, p. 123.3 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… G. White. In 1863, in writing of the “cause in the East,” where some had taken extreme positions and others had run into fanaticism, she stated:
79105 The Story of our Health Message, p. 124.1 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
Mrs. White wrote also of the influence that might be exerted against Seventh-day Adventists were they to adopt this extreme form of dress, pointing out that they might be mistaken for spiritualists if they were to adopt it:
79106 The Story of our Health Message, p. 124.4 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… Mrs. White and she wrote against the adoption of it by our sisters, yet she was equally clear regarding the objectionable features of the prevailing styles …
79107 The Story of our Health Message, p. 125.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
A fuller presentation of the subject of dress was prepared by Mrs. White for the concluding and sixth article as later presented in “How to Live.” In this we may discover the following basic principles upon which a true reform must be built:
79108 The Story of our Health Message, p. 126.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
To those who might object to such a costume on the grounds that it would be old-fashioned, Mrs. White replied with emphasis:
79109 The Story of our Health Message, p. 126.6 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… Mrs. White made their visit to Dr. Jackson’s institution at Dansville, New York. A definite stand had been taken against hoops. Mrs. White had spoken specifically …
79110 The Story of our Health Message, p. 127.1 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… , Mrs. White and her husband had opportunity to observe at close hand the mode of dress that she had formerly declared to be unsuitable for Seventh-day Adventists …
79111 The Story of our Health Message, p. 127.3 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
A similar recognition of the need for a reformed dress that might be adopted by Seventh-day Adventist women is voiced in a letter written by Mrs. White to friends during the time of her visit to Dansville:
79112 The Story of our Health Message, p. 128.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… . G. White Letter 1a, 1864. (Italics mine.)
79113 The Story of our Health Message, p. 128.3 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… Mrs. White had “been shown” certain principles that should govern a reform in dress, there had been no detailed, specified pattern revealed to her. Later she …
79114 The Story of our Health Message, p. 129 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
Mrs. White Tries the Dress
79115 The Story of our Health Message, p. 129.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… , Mrs. White put on such a dress, which she wore for a time “excepting at meetings, in the crowded streets of villages and cities, and when visiting distant relatives …
79116 The Story of our Health Message, p. 129.5 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
Mrs. White’s advocacy of the health reform dress came thirteen years after Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Stanton, and Mrs. Bloomer had initiated in the United States the …
79117 The Story of our Health Message, p. 130.1 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… , Mrs. White presented adequate reasons given to her why it was unsuitable for Seventh-day Adventists, and she determined to help her fellow sisters to find …
79118 The Story of our Health Message, p. 130.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
The particular costume adopted at the Health Reform Institute and recommended by Mrs. White was worn by many Seventh-day Adventist women for some years. The reasons for its being discarded afterward will be given in a later chapter. See pp. 166-169.
79119 The Story of our Health Message, p. 131.2 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… James White and J. P. Kellogg, were members of this committee. Battle Creek Journal, October 24, 1862 .
79120 The Story of our Health Message, p. 131.3 (Dores Eugene Robinson)
… ,” Mrs. White also added, in giving her testimony relating to voluntary enlistment: