A Solemn Appeal - James White

efore they are by the side of little girls about their
own age, accompanying them home, and making
love to them. And the parents are so completely in
bondage through their own indulgence, and their
mistaken love for their children, that they dare not
pursue a decided course to make a change, and
restrain their too fast children.
With many young ladies, the boys is the theme
of conversation, and with the young men, it is the
girls. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh. They talk of those subjects upon which
their minds mostly run. The recording angel is
writing the words of these professed Christian boys
and girls. How will they be confused and ashamed
when they meet them again in the day of God.
There are too many children who are a sort of
pious hypocrites. The youth who have not made a
profession of religion stumble over these
hypocritical ones, and are hardened against any
effort that may be made by those interested in their
salvation. Oh! that we could rouse fathers and
mothers to have a sense of their duty. Oh! that they
would feel deeply the weight of responsibility
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