Your ShelfYour Projects

Custom and Fashion as Ruling Powers

50%

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 7, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 41, No. 4.

Read the full edition

Custom and Fashion as Ruling Powers

CUSTOMS and fashions are the ruling powers of earth. Men seldom think for themselves—seldom weigh ideas, thoughts, and problems, and meditate upon them. Men are like sheep—one jumps, and all will jump in the same place, whether there is anything to jump at or not. Custom is the bell that humanity follows. It dictates food that kills us, and foolish, uncomfortable styles of dress. Custom says we must follow these fashions, if we sacrifice health, comfort, peace of mind, physical endurance, or the soul’s interests. We follow custom without thought.