A Solemn Appeal

KEEP DOING

“‘An idle brain is Satan’s workshop,’ in this respect pre-eminently. Keep your mind employed, and lewd feelings can find no entrance; but, unoccupied, they come unbidden, and renew former associations and habits. SOAP 259.2

“But be very careful not to over-do - especially, over-lift. As you recover, you are in great danger of considering yourself stronger than you really are, and thus strain your back, and bring on a relapse of your night difficulty. Mark this caution. SOAP 260.1

“Graham’s recommendation to touch these organs as little as possible, and to bring up children thus, I cordially indorse, because contact necessarily promotes both desire and inflammation. SOAP 260.2