A Solemn Appeal

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE3
CHASTITY. DEFINITION OF UNCHASTITY.7
UNCHASTITY IN THE SIGHT OF GOD8
EFFECTS OF UNCHASTITY UPON THE BODY9
SOLITARY VICE10
EFFECTS OF UNCHASTITY UPON THE MIND15
EFFECTS OF LICENTIOUSNESS UPON THE MORALS20
CAUSES OF UNCHASTITY21
CURE OF UNCHASTITY37
APPEAL TO MOTHERS49
EXHAUSTED VITALITY81
DERANGEMENTS OBSERVABLE IN MANKIND81
ABUSE OF THE SEXUAL FUNCTION A PRIME CAUSE OF DERANGEMENTS82
SELF-ABUSE84
INFLUENCE UPON THE MIND90
EFFECTS OF SELF-ABUSE UPON CHILDREN91
EFFECTS UPON WOMEN92
SPERMATORRHEA93
PREDISPOSING AND EXCITING CAUSES OF SELF-ABUSE94
MATRIMONIAL EXCESSES98
ABORTION100
THE MARRIAGE RELATION102
THE CARE OF CHILDREN112
ERRORS IN EDUCATION130
OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW OF GOD140
FEMALE MODESTY147
SENTIMENTALISM157
EVILS AND REMEDY181
EFFECTS196
IT INJURES HEALTH198
IT EXHAUSTS THE BODY198
IT ENFEEBLES THE MIND199
IT INFLAMES THE WHOLE SYSTEM204
IT DETERIORATES THE SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS207
IT DISEASES THE WHOLE SYSTEM210
IT IMPAIRS DIGESTION AND CIRCULATION212
IT DERANGES THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM213
IT ENGENDERS DEPRAVITY IN ALL ITS FORMS224
IT PERPETUATES AND RE-AUGMENTS ITSELF227
THE EFFECTS OF PROMISCUOUS INDULGENCE, MATRIMONIAL EXCESS, AND SELF-ABUSE, COMPARED230
LICENTIOUSNESS230
MATRIMONIAL EXCESS233
IT DETERIORATES WOMAN IN THE ESTIMATION OF MAN236
PRIVATE SENSUALITY240
SIGNS OF SENSUALITY IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS243
REMEDIES248
ABSTAIN TOTALLY250
REGAIN YOUR HEALTH253
AVOID ALL STIMULANTS AND IRRITANTS255
KEEP DOING259
PREVENTION260
THE PREMATURE DEVELOPMENT OF AMATIVENESS,261
READING NOVELS, LOVE TALES, ETC., INJURIOUS265
HYGIENIC TREATMENT267