A Solemn Appeal - James White

sure work of ruin upon their constitutions, if they
continue the course they have begun; that as they
debilitate the physical and mental, so, also, the
moral must feel the decay, and they are sinning, not
only against themselves, but against God.
You should make them feel, if possible, that it
is God, the pure and holy God, that they have been
sinning against; that the great Searcher of hearts is
displeased with their course; that nothing is
concealed from him. If you can so impress your
children, that they will exercise that repentance
which is acceptable to God, that godly sorrow
which worketh repentance unto salvation, not to be
repented of, the work will be thorough, the reform
certain. They will not feel sorrow merely because
their sins are known; but they will view their sinful
practices in their aggravated character, and will be
led to confess them to God, without reserve, and
will forsake them. They will feel to sorrow for their
wrong course, because they have displeased God,
and sinned against him, and dishonored their
bodies before Him who created them, and has
required them to present their bodies a living
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