B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — The Disadvantages of Celibacy (1919)
“ It is a fact well answered by statistics that there is more crime committed, more vices practiced, and more immorality among single men than among married men. Let the young man be pure in heart like Bunyan's Pilgrim, and he can pass the deadly dens, the roaring lions, and overcome the ravenous fires of passion, unscathed. ”
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — The Disadvantages of Celibacy (1919)
“ The vices of single men support the most flagrant of evils of modern society, hence let every young man beware and keep his body clean and pure. His future happiness largely depends upon his chastity while a single man. ”
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — The Disadvantages of Celibacy (1919)
“ To live the life of a bachelor has many advantages and many disadvantages. The man who commits neither fornication, adultery nor secret vice, and is pure in mind, surely has all the moral virtues that make a good man and a good citizen, whether married or unmarried. ”
