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 neighborhood, in the congregation, everywhere — a godly woman is a<br />
mighty force among women.<br />
And just as powerful is the influence of a woman who is not good. It lies in<br />
the power of woman to lift up — or terribly in her power to pull down and<br />
destroy.<br />
The woman has influence unbounded with mankind. A godly woman can<br />
be like a star of hope, a beacon light, a safe retreat, to the man who is<br />
struggling against the obstacles of the world. In her, he can see the ideal of<br />
purity and truth, and the manhood in him will strive to be worthy of her.<br />
But if she steps down from the path of true, virtuous womanhood — and<br />
becomes petty or sinful — she will be his downfall. There is no true woman<br />
who does not know that in a great measure, she is her brother's keeper.<br />
Then comes the influence of a true woman upon the youth of her<br />
acquaintance. It may be that the boys and girls around her seem to be full of<br />
nonsense and foolishness, that they do not see her example of earnest,<br />
lovely nobility; but in a few years more she will see that her life does bear<br />
fruit among those with whom she associates. Every girl has her ideal<br />
woman — and that woman is picked from among her acquaintances. No<br />
woman can live to herself.<br />
If the influence of a bad woman is great among her sisters, and yet more so<br />
among her brothers — it is far worse among the young! A woman with a<br />
sweet, smiling face, and a heart that is impure — is as great a curse as can<br />
come into the life of either a boy or girl.<br />
Oh, girls! girls! Life is so great, so wonderful, so full of possibilities — that<br />
none of us can afford to be anything but what is noble and pure and true!<br />
Let us make the perfect rose an emblem of our womanhood — and strive<br />
that its fragrance shall bless all who come in contact with it!<br />
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