A Solemn Appeal - James White

present occur to our mind for the pre-eminently-sad
physical consequences of solitary vice. But
whatever view the reader take of these causes, we
charge him never to hazard their consequences!
And this charge we give in the name of his own
health and life. Whatever be his age, and however
temperate he resolve to be, he must not indulge in
this sin. Total abstinence must be his law. One
glass excites the appetite for another. One enemy
admitted, another clamors for admission; while the
one admitted is weakening his power of resistance.
In a word, in the language of Deslandes, "It is clear
that there is no possible security for the onanist."
But especially let every praying man either cease to
sip of this cup of foulness, or cease to pray, "Lead
us not into temptation." Otherwise "his prayer itself
will become sin."
Effects of unchastity upon the mind
Unchastity, as we have already seen, deranges,
debilitates and ruins the body. Now, out of this
startling fact arises another fact, if possible more
startling. It is that unchastity deranges, debilitates
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