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Show It F. SOLVIT ) N s Adopted thr Fin. Youni Lad;- L;'-pariuitHt L;'-pariuitHt of the Ladies'" Cj-ooa-atUs Le'rendwn ' A.uockttion, S. I. . ('v'y, E-iohxd. That, realizing ounelvesto be wives ami daughters of Apostles, Prophets and Klders of Israel . and, as such, that high responsibilities rest upon up-on us, and that we sdiall be held accountable ac-countable to (lod, not only for the privileges we Inherit from our fathers, nut also for the Llesaings we enjoy as Latter-day Saiuts, we feel to unite"abd co-operate with, and do mutually pledge ourselves that we will uphold and sustain sus-tain each other in doing uood. Itt sol' , (l. That, inasmuch as the Saints have been commanded to gather out from Babylon ami "n t partake of her sins, that they receive not of her plagues,'' we feel that we should not condescend to imitate the pride, f.;i!y anil fashions of the world; and inasmuch inas-much as the church of Jesus l'hrit is likened unto a city set on a hill to be a beacon of light to all na'ion?, it is our duty to set examples for others, instead of seeking to pattern after thetn. y.V.-Oi'i.'' . That we will respect ancient an-cient aud modern apostolic instructions. St. Paul exhorted Timothy to teach "the women to adorn themselves m modest apparel not with braided hair, or gold or pearls, or costly array; but which becomelh women proes,iiig godiiness, with good works.'' Peter, also, in his lirst epi tie, in ppeakingof women, says, "Whose adorning, let ii not be that outward adorning of plaiting plait-ing the hair, and wearing of gold, or of putting on apprrel; but lot it be tho hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament or-nament of a meek and quiet ppuit, which is in the sight of God, of great price: for after this manner in old time, the holy women also, who tru-ted in God, adorned themselves." In a revelation reve-lation given to tho Latter-day Saints in lbJll, the Lord said, "Thou shalt not be proml in thy heart; let ali thy garments be plain, and their beauty, the beauty of the work of thine own hands." All of which, wo accept as true principle, and such as should lie fully illustrated iu our practice. Jlrsnlvrd. That, with a firm aud settled set-tled determination to honor the foregoing forego-ing retirements, and being deeply sensible) of the sinful ambition and vanity in dress among the daughters of ion, which are calculated to foster the pride of the world, and shut out the spirit of God from the heart, we mutually mutu-ally agree to exert our inlluence, both by precept atid by example, to .suppress, and to eventually eradicate these evils. ''c.s'tlird. That, admitting variety has its charms, we know that real beauty appears to greater advautage iu a plain dress than when bedizened with finery, and while we disappio-bate disappio-bate extravagance aud waste, we would not, like the Quakers, leeommend a uniform, but would have each one to choose the style best adapted to her own tltsto ftllil poreon: At tha cauio tllllO Vve shall avoid, and iguore as obsolete with us, all extremes which are opposed to good sense, or repulsive to modesty. Jii.tohrd. That, inasmuch as cleanliness clean-liness is a characteristic of a Haiut, aud an imperative duty, we shall discard the dragging skirts, and, for decency's sake, those disgustingly short ones, extending ex-tending no lower than the boot tops. We also regard "paniers" and whatever approximates in appearance towards the "Grecian Bend," a burlesque on the natural beauty and dignity of the human female form, and will not disgrace dis-grace our persons by wearing them. And, also, as fast as it shall be expedi-e expedi-e 1 1, we shall adopt the wearing of homo-made articles, and exercise our united inlluence in rendering: them fashionable. Mrs. Ella Y. Empv, Pres. Mrs. Emily Y. Clawson, Mrs. Zixa Y. Williams, Mk5. Maria Y. McDoiual, Mrs. Carolixk Y. Croxai.l, Miss Dora Youno, Miss Phkle Yorxti, Counselors. |