A Solemn Appeal - James White

three of 'Love' shows that the morbid, painful,
diseased action of the propensities constitutes
depravity; and this section shows that this excess
diseases both the cerebellum and the body, with
both of which the animal propensities are so
intimately related that whatever deranges the
former, thereby perverts the latter, and this causes
depravity. Or thus: Excessive indulgence inflames
the sexual organs, the whole body, and
Amativeness, located in the cerebellum, in
particular, and this inflames and depraves the
whole animal group of organs, and thereby creates
sin in all its forms. Corresponding with, and
explained by, this, is the FACT that lust, the world
over, is the concomitant and parent of all other
sins. In what portions of our cities, towns, and
villages, is perpetrated the most wickedness?
Wherever are congregated the votaries of Venus.
Where will groggeries be found the most abundant,
the most frequented? In the streets and lanes of
wantonness. Where are you most liable to be
robbed? There also. And by whom? Its inhabitants.
What but prostitution could make woman, aye,
amiable woman, swear, and lie, and cheat, and
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