B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

Name: Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character
Author: B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

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“Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character”, published in 1919, is a work by B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols. It explores elements such as social impurity, little chickens and chastity.

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ THE SECOND LESSON.—The second lesson came with the question, "But where is the nest?" The ice is now broken, as it were; it was an easy matter for the mother to say, "The nest in which you grew, dear, was close to your mother's heart inside her body. All things that do not grow inside the egg itself, and which are kept warm by the mother's body, begin to grow from the egg in a nest inside the mother's body." ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ CHASTITY is the purest and brightest jewel in human character. Dr. Pierce in his widely known Medical Adviser says: For the full and perfect development of mankind, both mental and physical, chastity is necessary. The health demands abstinence from unlawful intercourse. Therefore children should be instructed to avoid all impure works of fiction, which tend to inflame the mind and excite the passions. Only in total abstinence from illicit pleasures is there safety, morals, and health, while integrity, peace and happiness are the conscious rewards of virtue. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ IGNORANCE DOES NOT MEAN INNOCENCE.—It is a current idea, especially among our good common people, that the child should be kept in ignorance regarding the mystery of his own body and how he was created or came into the world. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ When questions arise that can not be answered by observation, reply to each as simply and directly as you answer questions upon other subjects, giving scientific names and facts, and such explanations as are suited to the comprehension of the child. Treat nature and her laws always with serious, respectful attention. Treat the holy mysteries of parenthood reverently, never losing sight of the great law upon which are founded all others the law of love. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ SILLY DIRTY TRASH.—But I hear some mother say "Such silly dirty trash to tell a child!" It is not dirty nor silly; it is nature's untarnished truth. God has ordained that children should thus be brought into the world, do you call the works of God silly? Remember, kind mother, and don't forget it, if you fail to teach your children, boys or girls, these important lessons early in life, they will learn them from other sources, perhaps long ere you dream of it, and ninety-nine times out of one hundred they will get improper, perverted, impure and vile ideas of these important truths ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ Parents must know that the sources of social impurity are great, and the child is a hundred times more liable to have his young mind poisoned if entirely ignorant of the functions of his nature than if judiciously enlightened on these important truths by the parent. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ Impurity travels downward with intemperance, obscenity and corrupting diseases, to degradation and death. A dissolute, licentious, free-and-easy life is filled with the dregs of human suffering, iniquity and despair. The penalties which follow a violation of the law of chastity are found to be severe and swiftly retributive. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER.—Observation and common sense should teach every parent that lack of knowledge on these subjects and proper counsel and advice in later years is the main cause of so many charming girls being seduced and led astray, and so many bright promising boys wrecked by self-abuse or social impurity. Make your children your confidants early in life, especially in these things, have frequent talks with them on nature, and you will never, other things being equal, mourn over a ruined daughter or a wreckless, debased son. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ DELAY IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER.—Knowledge on a subject so vitally connected with moral health must not be deferred. It is safe to say that no child, no boy at least in these days of excitement and unrest, reaches the age of ten years without getting some idea of nature's laws regarding parenthood. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ THE UNION of the sexes in holy Matrimony is a law of nature, finding sanction in both morals and legislation. Even some of the lower animals unite in this union for life and instinctively observe the law of conjugal fidelity with a consistency which might put to blush other animals more highly endowed. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ CONFLICTING VIEWS.—There is a great difference of opinion regarding the age at which the child should be taught the mysteries of nature: some maintain that he cannot comprehend the subject before the age of puberty; others say "they will find it out soon enough, it is not best to have them over-wise while they are so young. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ And, think you, that your son and daughter, later in life will make you their confidant as they ought? Will your beautiful daughter hand the first letters she receives from her lover to mamma to read, and seek her counsel and advice when she replies to them? ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ Hence parents ought to understand the value to their children of mental and physical labor, to elevate and strengthen the intellectual and moral faculties, to develop the muscular system and direct the energies of the blood into healthful channels. Vigorous employment of mind and body engrosses the vital energies and diverts them from undue excitement of the sexual desires. ”

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B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Chastity and Purity of Character (1919)

“ Give your young people plenty of outdoor amusement; less of dancing and more of croquet and lawn tennis. Stimulate the methods of pure thoughts in innocent amusement, and your sons and daughters will mature to manhood and womanhood pure and chaste in character. ”

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