A Solemn Appeal - James White

of your children as soon as their minds open
sufficiently to receive them. John Newton said he
had no fear of the enemy's filling the hearts of the
young with tares if he could first get them filled
with wheat. But be assured, parent, that in order to
get the advance of Satan in this matter, you must
begin early, even at break of day.
Your own example, as we have elsewhere
intimated, must be every way correct. You must
make your children see that you discountenance
and detest unchastity in all its forms. You must
watch the social influences which your children are
receiving from abroad. It is easy to crush the viper
in the egg. Whenever your children become
impurely insinuating, as is too often the case
among children generally, correct at once by
judicious measures (but always more by moral
suasion than by force), the dangerous symptom.
Pay strict regard to diet, to cleanliness, to
education. Be judicious in the selection of pictures,
books, etc., for the amusement and improvement of
your children. But for more of this see above,
where we have already considered some of these
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