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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21<br />
A NEW AWAKENING<br />
"Remember your Creator in the days of your youth." Ecclesiastes 12:1<br />
Every girl who has had ordinary religious training knows that there is a God<br />
who is all wise and powerful rules over all. She also knows the story of<br />
Christ's life and death, why He came to earth to suffer and to die. She has<br />
heard and read of Heaven and Hell. She has also been taught that we owe<br />
our service to God, that we ought to do right and not evil all the days of our<br />
lives. She has been made to feel that when she does wrong — it grieves God<br />
and brings His displeasure upon her. With many of a deeply impressionable<br />
nature, has come a desire to profess Christ, and to serve Him fully, while<br />
they are yet but little girls.<br />
As the child passes into her teens, there comes a deeper awakening, and<br />
sometimes this new awakening seems to bring the girl into the presence of<br />
God Himself. Somewhere along in these years, the child who felt<br />
responsible only to her parents for her actions — now begins to realize that<br />
she must answer to God Himself. Before, this child thought of wrong only<br />
as something forbidden <strong>by</strong> her parents — but now she begins to answer to a<br />
higher court. It is in this sense, a solemn time.<br />
When the girl reaches the age where she feels accountable to God for her<br />
own actions, she begins to feel the need of God's help in order to do right.<br />
She looks with a new questioning upon the conduct of others, even of her<br />
parents — and sees in their lives, a lack of true conduct or motive. She finds<br />
herself unable to do what she knows she should do, and realizes that her<br />
help must come from a higher power than herself.<br />
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