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 FEW FAULTS DISCUSSED<br />
"To him who overcomes, I will give to eat of the hidden manna."<br />
Revelation 2:17<br />
There are none among us who can truthfully boast of faultlessness. I wish<br />
to speak particularly now to those who are earnestly endeavoring to live a<br />
Christian life. Such girls will have seasons of inward searchings and<br />
examinations which will bring them face to face with their own<br />
shortcomings and weakness. What shall they do with them?<br />
There is the fault of irresolution. A person, to be of strong character,<br />
must be able to make up his mind, to make decisions and to stand <strong>by</strong> those<br />
decisions in the face of hindrances and opposition. He who is irresolute, is<br />
not sure of himself. He is ever going back to see whether or not he made a<br />
mistake in his decision. We have read of the character in Pilgrim's Progress<br />
who saw lions in the way, and was not strong enough to march up to them.<br />
They who did face their lions, found them bound so that they could not<br />
reach the path. But he who is irresolute never gets that far.<br />
The girl who has acquired the habit of halting between opinions, of never<br />
making up her mind on anything — needs to take herself in hand sternly,<br />
look problems in the face, march right out to meet them, and fight her own<br />
battles through. To the one who is determined to win, victory will come.<br />
Self-consciousness is a sister of irresolution. This causes the victim to<br />
keep his eyes on only himself, to study his own thoughts and feelings and<br />
acts. When he goes into the company of others, he feels that all eyes are<br />
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