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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A PURE HEART<br />
"Blessed are the pure in heart — for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8<br />
What a pleasure to look forth upon the bosom of the earth on a clear<br />
morning after a snowstorm, when over all is spread the covering of pure<br />
whiteness, hiding every defect and blemish, surmounting all that is unclean<br />
and ugly, transforming every stick and clod into things of beauty, leaving<br />
only blue sky above and pure whiteness below!<br />
Or what a pleasure to stand at the brink of a clear, calm pool, looking into<br />
its depths without observing one thing unclean, and then to put to your lips<br />
a cup of the crystal liquid fresh from the spring that feeds the pool, and<br />
drink to your fill!<br />
What a sense of the Infinite God, one feels standing on the top of the<br />
mountain height, far above the dust and smoke of the lower regions, and<br />
there drinking in the pure air, and gazing as far as the eye can carry in every<br />
direction, the sight unobstructed <strong>by</strong> the thickness and gloom of lower<br />
levels! Or, again, what a sense of the Infinite God, one feels out under the<br />
clear sky, there beholding the stars shining forth with all their beauty and<br />
brightness, pure revelations of the mighty power of God!<br />
To look into the depths of a child's innocent eyes, and see there its purity,<br />
will soften the hard heart. To look into the clear, fearless eye of the man or<br />
woman whose heart is free from condemnation of sin, or to see the<br />
quietness and confidence of old age that has come to its own with cleanness<br />
of hands and purity of heart — gives strength to those who falter. The look<br />
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