Chastity In A Course Of Lectures To Young Men

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Excerpt from Graham's Lectures on Chastity: Specially Intended for the Serious Consideration of Young Men and Parents Reader, stay, and read not the advices of the following pages, nu less thou hast a. Chaste spirit, or desirest to be chaste, or at least are apt to consider whether you ought or no. For there are some spirits so wholly imbued with uncleanness, that they turn the most prudent and chaste discourses into filthy ap rehensions - like diseased stomachs, changing their very Cordials an medicine into bitterness; and; in a literal sense, turning the grace of God into wantonness. N cases of conscience in the matter of carnal sins, not to avoid, ways how to offend God and pollute themselves and search their houses with a sunbeam, that they may be instructed in all the corners of filthi ness. I have used all the care I could in the following periods, that I might neither be wanting to assist those who, used it, 1101' et minister any occasion of fancy or vainer thoughts to those that n them not. If any man will snatch the pure taper from my hand, and hold it to the devil, he will only burn his own fingers, 'but shall not rob me of the reward of my care and good ntion, since 1 have taken heed how to express the following duties, and given him caution how to read them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Graham's Lectures on Chastity: Specially Intended for the Serious Consideration of Young Men and Parents With Preface to the English Edition The Rev. E. M. P. Wells, who has distinguished himself, perhaps, more than any other gentleman in New England, by his successful management of boys of every description, assures me that he finds no dim culty in bringing this subject before his pupils, and in instructing them concerning their sexual organs and appetites, with perfect freedom. Occasionally, says he, an impure minded boy, when he first hears me speak on the subject, will evince, by his looks and manners, that his mind has been corrupted. But in a few days all this disappears, and he learns, like the other members of the school, to listen to my instruc tions of this kind, just as he listens to my instructions in regard to any other organs and instincts of the body. - See also remarks from Annals of Education, page 1, and Mr. Wells's Letter, Note G. 0. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.