UNCHASTITT 263 



remarks were made by the Rev. Dr. B. F. De Costa, 

 elucidating the objects of the organization as follows: 



*'If a woman sins, you know what becomes of her. 

 Is there any place for her except the street? If a man 

 sins, where does he find his place? Does he not find 

 it in the highest society and the best and purest homes, 

 while the miserable victim of his lust is trodden under- ■ 

 foot? What are you going to do about that, young 

 men? Are you going to tolerate a double standard! 

 If there be manhood among you, I call upon you to 

 treat woman as you would be treated yourself. If a 

 woman falls, she falls forever. Her own sex disown 

 her, and reduce her to despair. Though she reform, 

 and rise to a true and pure life,— become as pure as 

 Mary Magdalene, aye, as chaste as the icicles upon the 

 temple of Diana,— her own sex refuse to receive her, 

 and scarce allow her to come into their kitchens to 

 scrub the floor. Now I say to you, young men, be pure 

 on account of her. Whom do I mean? Mother? Sis- 

 ter? Yes, and another. Sometime there will be one 

 whom you will regard with the tenderest love and affec- 

 tion as the personification of purity, beauty, and truth. 

 You may not have found her yet, but you will find her. 

 What do you desire her to think of you? If she loves 

 you truly, you know she will consider you the epitome 

 of goodness, honor, and truth. Will you not so live 

 that when the time comes, you may go to her with a 

 clean and pure heart, so that she may know that you 

 are all her fancy paints you? God forbid that you 

 should go to her and tell her a lie under whose cloud 

 you must live for a lifetime." 



Branch associations of this organization should be 

 formed in every town and city and village in the United 

 States. Those who wish further information concern- 



