Beautiful Girlhood compiled by Debra Maffett
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
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her husband's means, and make his path hard in the beginning of their lives<br />
together.<br />
Last of all — but far from least — the girl should learn to love little<br />
children and to make them her friends. She ought to learn how to care for<br />
infants, and how to build up in her heart a desire for motherhood.<br />
No, my girls, it is not a thing to be ashamed of, that desire in you for little<br />
children. God put it there, and if you really feel, as some girls will lightly say<br />
of themselves, that you never want to be bothered with babies — then you<br />
are an unnatural girl. Somewhere poison has been put into your mind and<br />
heart, which should be purged out, and right principles of life implanted<br />
instead.<br />
Getting ready for womanhood is serious business, and not to be taken<br />
lightly. Every girl should have a thorough knowledge of herself and of the<br />
proper care of her body. There are books that treat on this very subject, and<br />
from them every girl can learn what she needs and desires to know about<br />
herself.<br />
The true woman's life is so filled with love and gladness, that all the<br />
suffering and pain that must come as a portion of motherhood, is forgotten<br />
in the joy it brings. May God bless the dear mothers to be, and help them to<br />
get ready for the work that will be theirs.<br />
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