of our being, its abuse must be the very
lowest and unclean in the depravity of man.

That this sacred passion has been most degradingly abused is witnessed to
upon almost every hand. If man could behold in one scene the awful
consequences of this abuse it would be the most beastly and hellish that
could possibly be pictured. The misery, wretchedness and woe entailed upon
mortals by these secret indulgences is untold. It is a lust of the flesh
that brings disease upon the body, destroys the vitality of human life and
sows the seeds of death in the soul, which shall be harvested in the
eternal fires of torment. These sins of the dark have gone far to obscure
the pure light of a Christian life. "Ye are the light of the world," can
never be spoken of those who yield to the temptations of this monster
vice. The Moon in her clear reflection of the Sun is unspotted by such
evils. Young reader, have you any admiration for a pure life? Does there
not slumber in the better faculties of your nature a love and esteem for
the virtuous walks of life? What is nobler or more heavenly here upon the
earth than a pure, untarnished soul? Oh, the sublimity of a Christian
life! A youth or maiden with pure affections and holy desires, seeking
after the character of God, is the admiration of angels. As God at one
time said in the delight of his heart to Satan, "Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an
upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil?" so the lovely queen
Virtue can say to the hideous monster Vice, "Hast thou beheld my admiring
youth and maiden? There is none like them in all the earth, ones that love
chastity and escheweth evil indulgences."

Chapter XV. The Trinity.

The wonderful grace of God removes sin and its nature from the heart. It
restores to man's heart holy and pure affections. It will turn away the
love for sin and fill your soul with peace and purity and your mind with a
train of holy thoughts.

That the New Testament teaches a trinity in the Godhead is made obvious in
Eph. 4:4-6. "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in
one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and
Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Also in
Mat. 28:19: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." And in 1 Pet.
1:2: "Elect a