A Solemn Appeal - James White

pause a minute over this last quotation, and ask
himself, whether is it better that man should be
governed by passion, than that passion should itself
be subject to enlightened reason, and he be
governed by the latter, aided by revelation? If it be
not better, then let reason be enlightened upon the
subject. If light is better than darkness (and Jesus
says he that walketh in the dark stumbleth), then let
light be poured upon the path of every son and
daughter of Adam. Raise the light over the shoals!
Lift the beacon indicating the whirlpool. Hoist the
flag over the precipice! Point to the cloud in which
wrathful fires are gathering, and cry in the ears of
all, DANGER! DANGER! "Do thyself no harm!"
"Because there is wrath, beware!!!" In a word, say
anything--do anything which can serve to alarm the
old, the young, the middle aged, of the dangers
from any and all the forms of unchastity.
The prevention and cure of unchastity require
strict attention to diet. It requires neither feasting,
nor fasting, however; but a plain, moderate, and yet
sufficient, diet. A living made up of articles of food
which, while they are sufficiently nutritious, and
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