A Solemn Appeal - James White

sensual indulgence merely, but all its forms. It is
inherent in all forms, and appertains alike to
matrimonial, promiscuous, and personal
indulgence in all their stages. Animals, one and all,
before their first indulgence, experience only a
moderate power of this impulse; but afterwards
become uncontrollable. The less it is exercised, the
more easily can it be held in check.
"Beware, then, O youth! how you unchain this
roaring lion till walled in by wedlock; else
propensity will haunt and goad you night and day,
clamorous for indulgence, yet never satisfied till
your ruin is complete. Indulge but once, and you
will have no peace of your life, but will be dashed
hither and yon, with those waves of passion into
which "one false step" plunges you. If you have no
regard for the sin committed, yet regard your own
subsequent peace and happiness of life.
"Mark; we do not put this matter on its moral
turpitude, but on its necessarily consequent evils
and sufferings; first, because the latter involves the
former, and is the cause or rationale of all sin--the
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