A Solemn Appeal - James White

of offending your neighbors by sending their
children to their own home, or gratify them, and let
them lodge with your children, and thus expose
them to be instructed in that knowledge which
would be a life-long curse to them.
To save my children from being corrupted, I
have not allowed them to sleep in the same bed,
nor in the same room, with other boys, and have, as
occasion has required, when traveling, made a
scanty bed upon the floor for them, rather than
have them lodge with others. I have tried to keep
them from associating with rough, rude boys, and
have presented inducements before them to make
their employment at home cheerful and happy. By
keeping their minds and hands occupied, they have
had but little time, or disposition, to play in the
street with other boys, and obtain a street
education.
A misfortune, which occurred when I was
about nine years old, ruined my health. I looked
upon this as a great calamity, and murmured
because of it. In a few years I viewed the matter
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