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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 11, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 35, No. 3.

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An Excellent Example.

To ALL thoughtful young women everywhere, we commend the following, clipped from the Vermont Chronicle. The example it gives ought to be followed by all girls, in reference to all young men of any evil practices whatever:
“Why did you not take the arm of my brother last night?” said a young lady to her friend, a very intelligent girl, about nineteen, in a large town near Lake Ontario.
She replied, “Because I know him to be a licentious young man.”
“Nonsense!” was the answer of the sister; “if you refuse the attentions of all licentious young men, you will have none, I can assure you.”
“Very well,” said her friend, “then I can dispense with them altogether, for my resolution on the subject is unalterably fixed.”
How long would it take to revolutionize society—and for the better—were all young ladies to adopt this resolution?