A Solemn Appeal - James White

passively folding your arms, to which you are
inclined. Be it, that a cure requires hard work, are
not LIFE, HEALTH,happiness, worth working
hard to obtain? If in Niagara rapids, and certain to
be precipitated over its yawning precipice in case
you remain passive, but could save yourself by
powerful effort, would you fold your hands?
Would you not tax every energy of life to its
utmost? What will not man do for his LIFE? And
your life is at stake, and the prize of effort. I hear
your eager inquiry, 'What shall I do to be saved?'
Abstain totally
"The least indulgence weakens hope, and is like
paddling the canoe down the Niagara rapids,
instead of toward its banks. Gradual emancipation,
like leaving off drinking by degrees, will certainly
increase both indulgence and suffering. This is true
of all bad habits--is a law of things, and especially
applicable here. 'Now is the accepted time; behold
now is the day of salvation.' Some of my
contemporaries advise occasional indulgence.
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