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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OPENING FLOWERS<br />
"Rejoice in your youth; and let your heart cheer you<br />
in the days of your youth." Ecclesiastes 11:9<br />
Have you ever watched the development of a rose from the tiny bud, to the<br />
open flower? The bud held little more promise of beauty, than the foliage<br />
about it; but day <strong>by</strong> day it grew until it was full and round. One day you saw<br />
a thread of color — promise of the rose to be, peeping through the covering<br />
of green. Each morning you saw the thread of color widening until the bud<br />
burst asunder and the flower was revealed. You looked upon this bursting<br />
bud with admiration and delight, though yet you did not see the rose in its<br />
full size and beauty. You had to wait until it was full grown and fully open,<br />
until it had reached its maturity, before you could behold the complete<br />
flower. But in the opening blossom you had the beauty of the mature<br />
rose blended with the grace and charm of the bud.<br />
<strong>Girlhood</strong> is the opening flower of womanhood. It has charms all its own.<br />
The wonderful change from the child to the woman, the marvelous<br />
blossoming of young, healthy girlhood — will ever be God's great miracle in<br />
life's garden. Like a half-open rose is girlhood. We are charmed, both <strong>by</strong><br />
the beauty of the bud, and <strong>by</strong> the wonderful coloring of the rose. We behold<br />
the familiar traits of childhood that have always charmed us and held our<br />
affections — but blended with these in ever-changing variety are the graces<br />
and powers of womanhood.<br />
Do you, dear girls, appreciate the golden days in which you are living? You<br />
have your perplexities and vexations, of course — yet you are enjoying the<br />
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