A Solemn Appeal - James White

without destroying their accountability.
It is the parent of very much of that moral
corruption so generally ascribed to the fall of
Adam! Sapping the moral nature early, it saps it
effectually. Reason and conscience, struggling
ineffectually for a season, at length throw loose the
controlling reins, and then the work is done. Few,
if any, confirmed onanists, but are depraved to the
level of any and every form of venereal sin. And
certainly, they who are thus depraved, will shrink
from very few acts of crime, whenever their
interest or their passion shall summon them to
wickedness. Selfish and interested motives may, to
be sure, afford many, and sometimes strong,
restraints. But when right--right in the sight of
God--moral right is the only question, it is believed
that the subjects of licentiousness will generally
care but little for it.
Causes of unchastity
We notice bad education as a cause of
unchastity. Children are born in a perfectly
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