Plain Dressing

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 16, 1903

A YOUNG Christian woman a while ago started to go to Kansas. On the way the conductor of the train sat down opposite her, and politely asked: “Why do you dress so plain?” She inquired what his motive was in asking this question. He replied that his wife always talked about the necessity of women dressing plainly, while he did not see any reason for doing so. The young lady looked at him and said: “Why do you wear this special uniform?” He replied: “Because I serve the Rock Island Company, and comply with its orders in wearing it.” “So do I,” was the quick reply; “I have joined the church of Christ, and am in the service of my Master, whose orders I must obey in my dress, according to 1 Tim. 2: 9, where he states that women shall adorn themselves in modest apparel.”

Let Christian women put on this uniform, and save time, money, labor, strength, and even life itself.—Selected.