My sister, bind your children to your heart by affection. Give them proper care and attention in all things. Furnish them with becoming garments, that they may not be mortified by their appearance, for this would be injurious to their self-respect. You have seen that the world is devoted to fashion and dress, neglecting the mind and morals to decorate the person; but in avoiding this evil you verge upon the opposite extreme, and do not pay sufficient attention to your own dress and that of your children. It is always right to be neat and to be clad appropriately in a manner becoming to your age and station in life. {4T 142.3}

Min søster, bind dine børn til dit hjerte ved hjælp af kærlighed. Giv dem den rette omsorg og opmærksomhed i alle ting. Giv dem de rette klæder, så de ikke krænkes i deres udseende, for denne verden er skadende for deres selvrespekt. Du har set at verden giver sig af med moder og klæder, men dekorerer ikke personens sind og moral. Undgår du dette onde, nærmer du dig den modsatte yderlighed og giver ikke dine egne klæder tilstrækkelig opmærksomhed og så heller ikke dine børns. Det er altid rigtigt at være ordentlig og være klædt behørigt efter din alder og livsstadie.