462 PLAIN PACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



others suffer, for there is no way of escape. The 

 penalty will surely come. Make haste to return to 

 the paths of purity before it is too late to mend the 

 past. It may take years of pure and upright living to 

 repair the evil already done; but do not hesitate to 

 begin at once. With the help of God, resolve to be- 

 come pure again. God can cleanse you from all un- 

 righteousness. He can enable you to chase from your 

 mind and heart every impure thought and unclean de- 

 sire. Through his grace you can successfully battle 

 with temptation, and redeem the black record of the 

 past. 



TO BOYS AND GIRLS 



We have a few words to say to boys and girls to- 

 gether. You are to become the men and women of the 

 next generation, when your fathers and mothers have 

 retired from active life. Twenty years from to-day 

 the world will be just what the present boys and girls 

 shall make it. Boys who are chaste, honest, obedient, 

 and industrious, will become noble and useful men, 

 husbands, and fathers. Girls who are pure, innocent, 

 and dutiful, will become honored and lovely women, 

 wives, and mothers. 



Boys and girls are placed in families together, and 

 thus are evidently designed by nature to associate to- 

 gether, to obtain their education and preparation for 

 life together. When secluded wholly from each other's 

 society, both suffer a loss. But while this is true, it is 

 also true that certain evils may and often do grow out 

 of the early association of the two sexes, so serious in 

 character that many wise and good men and women 

 have felt that the sexes should be reared and educated 



