A Solemn Appeal - James White

estraint? Have you not been alarmed at their
disregard of parental authority,which has bowed
down the hearts of their parents with grief, and
prematurely sprinkled their heads with gray hairs?
Have you not witnessed the lack of that noble
frankness in your children which they once
possessed, and which you admired in them? Some
children even express in their countenances a
hardened look of depravity. Have you not felt
distressed and anxious as you have seen the strong
desire in your children to be with the other sex, and
the overpowering disposition they possessed to
form attachments when quite young? With your
daughters, the boys have been the theme of
conversation; and with your sons, it has been the
girls. They manifest preference for particular ones,
and your advice and warnings produce but little
change. Blind passion overrules sensible
considerations.
And although you may check the outward
manifestations, and you credit the promises of
amendment, yet, to your sorrow, you find there is
no change, only to conceal the matter from you.
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