A Solemn Appeal - James White

former it shall be said:
"Ye knew your duty, but ye did it not!"
Parents have hitherto been generally and
deplorably ignorant of the destructiveness of some
of the forms of unchastity, and of solitary vice in
particular. The consequence of this ignorance is
just what might have been expected. Their
children, altogether uninstructed in their danger,
have sought enjoyment in what seemed to them but
an innocent gratification, and thus they have been
ruined.
We notice bad diet as a cause of unchastity. By
bad diet we mean the use of food and drinks of bad
qualities and unreasonable quantities. Nothing
pertaining to the body is more important to man
than to know when to eat, what to eat, and how
much to eat; and when to drink, what to drink, and
how much to drink. Man is made over again every
few years; and the new bones, blood, and muscles,
are manufactured from what is eaten and drank.
The physical health and strength of man must,
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