A Solemn Appeal - James White

affected, yet, as nature restores a broken bone, or
flesh wound, so here, she will often repair breaches
apparently irreparable. Though, as a broken bone
or a sprained joint is more liable to subsequent
injury than if it had never been impaired, yet, as
long and as far as life and constitution remain, they
hold out the blessed promise of recovery and
happiness. Unfortunate reader, however foolish and
sinful you may have been, never despair; first,
because discouragement greatly impedes cure; and
secondly, because the constitutional tendency of
your disease is to render you more gloomy and
disheartened than you need be. Be it that your case
is bad, you regard it as much worse than it really is.
If it were fatal, you would be now literally dying.
The flag of truce is yet flying. Because you have
entered the broad road, you are not compelled to go
down to final ruin. The door of escape is yet open.
Few cases are desperate. Most men can be well
nigh cured. Listen then to the means of salvation.
"You must cure yourselves. Nor is the task
easy, but it requires effort, perseverance, and
temporary self-denial. You must DO, instead of
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