A Solemn Appeal - James White

egards the beastly indulgence of whites with
blacks, and the number of rakes and harlots among
the latter! Our world is literally FULL of
sensuality!
"O, virtue! how few worship at thy holy shrine,
or keep thy robe of spotless innocence unstained
with carnality! To say what proportion keep their
robes white, and know only their lawful
companions, it is difficult to say, but not many
stones would be cast if they alone cast them. Alas!
how few observe the seventh commandment! And
how almost universally is chastity sacrificed to
lust, in one or other of its forms!
"But even this is not all; is not the most; is not
the worst! One other form of this vice is doubtless
little less appalling, and another is probably even
more so! Reference is had, first, to excessive
indulgence in wedlock, and next, to private
sensuality. Few know that any excess of the
former, however great, can possibly be sinful, and
almost all suppose that marriage entitles to its right
in any desired excess. But does marriage entitle the
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