A Solemn Appeal - James White

perform a part in the removal of this evil from
society, have an eye to correct and sufficiently
moral, physical, and intellectual education. A good,
moral education is of the highest importance in this
matter. As the moral sentiments do most to form
the character, so should they be most carefully
educated. Children should be taught the importance
of right and wrong, and the consequences of them.
They should be early taught to make right a
primary source of enjoyment, and to look upon
wrong as a primary source of misery. They will
then see that a life of mere sensuality is quite
unworthy of their dignity, and hence will look
higher into the sublimer region of the moral virtues
for the means of happiness.
The intellectual education of children must also
be attended to. The power of perception and of
reasoning from causes to consequences must be
early improved. Then will they be far more likely
to see and flee from the sins of destruction. They
will be more capable of appreciating any
arguments used with them against their evil
practices--and indeed they will be far more likely
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