A Solemn Appeal - James White

supervenes.
The only hope for those who practice vile
habits is to leave them forever, if they place any
value upon health here, and salvation hereafter.
When these habits have been indulged in for quite
a length of time, it requires a determined effort to
resist temptation, and refuse the corrupt
indulgence. Those who destroy themselves by their
own acts will never have eternal life. They that will
continue to abuse the health and life given them of
God in this world, would not make a right use of
health and immortal life were they granted them in
God's everlasting kingdom.
The practice of secret habits surely destroys the
vital forces of the system. All unnecessary vital
action will be followed by corresponding
depression. Among the young, the vital capital, and
the brain, are so severely taxed at an early age, that
there is a deficiency and great exhaustion, which
leave the system exposed to diseases of various
kinds. But the most common of these is
consumption. None can live when their vital
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