The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-10-16
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,nsc. They are. indeed. - far under
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that they act like animals, and sacri.
6co themselves In namss that tho worll )
experience has shown IN bs fatal.
A single passion. which need not BE-
no named. further than ~ say that.
whom hsllowel BY love aud legitimate
gin oflifc 10 lifo, Il ~ pnrc ~ any pas
sion Of the soul. --is one of tho candles
around whirh tho human moths lie In
'nyriads Of disgusting deaths II any
thing has been proved By tho obscrv-
alton aud experience Of tho world II il
that liccntious, and oil Illicit grsti6-
cation of tho passion involved In Il, are
sins against mans own nature. that
by |. the wings are signed MT only.
but body md soul arc degraded and
spoiled. Out OF al Illicit indulgence
come weakness. = perverted moral na-
turc. degradation of character. gross
bcn stiffness. hcnumbed sensibilitics. 1
disgusting lie, and dissrsccful death.
Before iss baleful Grs the sancity Of
wo'nanhood fades away. tho romance
Of Ire dies. and che bssutiful world
loacs ali i,s charm. The lives wrecked
upon the rock of ssnsualisy srs strewa
IN every direction. Again and again.
with endlcas repetition, young mon
yield N tho song Of the siren that be-
guilss them 10 their death. They learn
nothing. shey SEQ nothing, they know
nothing but .hci, wild desire, and on
they e. to destruction and tho devil.
Every young man Who reads this y.
ticle has 10 lives before hln,. He
may choo.s ei.hor. Ils may throw
himself away on ) few illsgitimats d..
lights. which over bic brow with shame
IN the presence u hin mother, and bo-
como IN old man before biz time. with
all tho wine drained oAt of his lie; Or
hs may grow up Into pure. strong
manhood. held IL healthy relation 70
Ill The joys that pertain 70 that high
estate. Ns may b. bcAst In biz
'aeart. or he may have ) wife whom ho
Morthirs. children whom hs dslighss
IL. aclf.rcspcct which snablss him "
moot unaLashsl the noblest woman, and
m undisputci place in good saciesy,
Hs may have ! dirty Imagination. or
ono that hates AMI spnrra Ill impurisy
~ both disgusting aud poisonous. IN
brief. he may b. man, with : mans
powers and immunities. Or 4 sham u
man. - whitcd sspulchre. consciousl
that he carries with him his own dead
bones. and all unclsanness. Il i a
matter entirely II choice. lie kno~s
what ono life II. aud where Il snds
tho essential quality and certain dcs-
tiny of tho other. lie Who says he
cannot control himself not only ,.cs.
but places his Maker In blanc. Hs
can control himsslf; Il hs does NOT, he
is both ! fool and ! boast. The ssnsc
d security and purity aud SELF respect
that como u confluence, entertained
for single day, u worth more than
tho Illicit pleasures II wofld for al
.ime. The pure In heart 80 0.d IN
everything, and 20 Him everywhere.
and they are supremsly blest.
Wine aud strong drink form another
candle In which millions Of men have
aingcd themselves. aud destroyed both
body aud soal. Here the signs u dam
or aro more apparent than IN The old.
sr form VI ssnsuality. bccsass there u
lcas secrecy. The candle burns in OPP