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 OILS OF LIFE<br />
"Do not let kindness and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck —<br />
write them on the tablet of your heart!" Proverbs 3:3<br />
The great engine upon the track might have every part complete, with fire<br />
in the box and steam in the boiler — but it will not go as it should, unless it<br />
is well-oiled. While perfect workmanship and steam are all necessary,<br />
the oil is needed also.<br />
Just so it is with our lives. We may build high ideals and have lofty<br />
aspirations; we may do many good deeds and be prepared for usefulness in<br />
many ways — but if there is not in our lives the oils that lubricate the<br />
machinery of life, we shall be unable to make progress.<br />
You have heard the creak and groan of wheels that needed oil, and you may<br />
have tried to use a machine whose oil cups had become dry, friction<br />
dragging the whole machine.<br />
Unoiled lives are just the same — running hard, with much complaining.<br />
You can tell them <strong>by</strong> their lamentations and murmurings, and <strong>by</strong> the<br />
friction they produce.<br />
There is the oil of kindness, which should go down into the heart, and<br />
which, working out from there, will make the daily life go smoothly. In fact,<br />
this oil is of little use if it does not go down into the heart; for any that is<br />
only put on the tongue or over some special act for the time being, will soon<br />
wear off and leave the machine as creaky as before! But she who gets<br />
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