A Solemn Appeal - James White

down to a low level.
The sisters should encourage true meekness.
They should not be forward, talkative, and bold,
but modest and slow to speak. They should be
courteous. To be kind, tender, pitiful, forgiving,
and humble, would be becoming and well pleasing
to God. If they occupy this position, they will not
be burdened with undue attention from gentlemen.
It will be felt by all that there is a sacred circle of
purity around these God-fearing women, which
shields them from any unwarrantable liberties.
There is too much careless, loose, coarse freedom
of manner by some women professing godliness,
which leads to greater wrongs. Those godly women
who occupy their minds and hearts in meditating
upon themes which strengthen purity of life, which
elevate the soul to commune with God, will not be
easily ledastray from the path of rectitude and
virtue. They will be fortified against the sophistry
of Satan, and prepared to withstand his seductive
arts.
The fashion of the world, the desire of the eye,
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