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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THE FULL-BLOWN ROSE<br />
"And God saw everything that he had made,<br />
and, behold, it was very good." Genesis 1:31<br />
A thing of beauty is a rose in full bloom. What a pleasure to hold in the<br />
hand a perfect rose and admire its soft, velvety petals, to smell of its rich<br />
fragrance, and to feast upon its beauty of coloring! One would be tempted<br />
to say, "In this, nature has done her best." But nature, and the God of<br />
nature, gave us many beautiful and glorious things.<br />
After the uncertainties of girlhood, when the crudeness and lack of<br />
symmetry in body and mind have been put away, and the woman of<br />
promise is before us in all her beauty and grace — we are privileged to see<br />
in her who was once the girl, one of the most blessed of God's creation — a<br />
noble, true woman. Just such a fulfillment of hope and expectancy, every<br />
true mother wants in her daughter.<br />
The grown woman who stands just at the door of life's responsibilities,<br />
ready to enter in upon her life work — represents unbounded powers and<br />
possibilities. Her influence in the world is sure to survive to the end of time.<br />
It is impossible that she should live entirely for and to herself.<br />
First is her influence upon womankind. There are none of us so weak and<br />
insignificant, but that someone will pattern after us, or draw courage from<br />
us. By our trueness to principle, our loyalty to right and truth — we can<br />
each be a stay and fortress to the weaker sisters about us. In the home, in<br />
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