A Solemn Appeal - James White

years before its time, and hence, mainly, its
perversion. Ye who labor and pray for the
banishment of lust, and the moral purity of man,
mark well the CAUSE OF CAUSES of man's
carnality in all its forms. It is the ARTIFICIAL
STIMULATION, and the PREMATURE
DEVELOPMENT of the sexual instinct. Mark the
following incentives of premature love, and its
morbid, sensual direction, from Fowler on
Matrimony:
" 'The conduct and conversation of adults
before children and youth. How often have I
blushed with shame and kindled with indignation at
the conversation of parents, and especially of
mothers, to their children! "John, go and kiss
Harriet, for she is your sweetheart." Well may
shame make him hesitate and hang his head. "Why,
John, I did not think you so great a coward. Afraid
of the girls, are you? That will never do. Come, go
along, and hug and kiss her. There, that's a man. I
guess you will love the girls yet."
" 'Continually is he teased about the girls, and
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