An Important Book by W. C. G.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 15, 1870

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 35, Nos. 8 & 9.

An Important Book.

By W. C. G.

THE Association has just issued a work, entitled “A Solemn Appeal relative to Solitary Vice, and the Abuses and Excesses of the Marriage Relation,” compiled and edited by Bro. White. The evils which this book so faithfully points out, are the crying sins of the age, and are fast bringing our race to a level with the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. Medical men everywhere bear testimony to the fearful prevalence of licentiousness among all classes, old and young, high and low, while the sickening details of crimes of this character, are to be found in every issue of our public journals. The importance of a judicious and general circulation of works of this description cannot therefore be overestimated.

We have no hesitancy in pronouncing this work the best of its class we have ever seen. While it faithfully points out the awful results of licentiousness in all its forms, and gives the testimony of eminent physicians on the subject, there is breathed through its pages a spirit of Christian tenderness for the erring, and an earnest desire to render them timely aid ere it shall be forever too late. Its faithful and solemn exhortations, although couched in chaste language, are sufficient to stir the pools of iniquity to their very depths, and rouse the latent spark of manhood and womanhood into life and activity, until, by the help of God, the fetters of sin shall be shaken off, and the victims of indiscretion and ignorance become free men and women, and useful members of society.

A portion of the work is devoted to the hygienic treatment of the diseases and weaknesses which are rendered so prominent in its pages. If these directions are faithfully carried out, the greater portion of these difficulties may be partially or entirely remedied.

A large edition of the book has been published, and we bespeak for it a wide circulation. It should be in the hands of every young man and woman in the land. The married should read and heed its counsels, and the innocent and virtuous should be placed on their guard against the evils to which they are liable. In short, all classes, old or young, married or single, may find instruction and profit from a careful perusal of its pages. Let the philanthropic engage in its circulation and distribution among the afflicted everywhere. Let parents and guardians see that those under their charge are faithfully warned, lest their blood be found in their garments.

The book comprises 272 pages, and is issued in pamphlet form, at 30 cts., postage 4 cts.; in muslin, at 50 cts., postage 8 cts. W. C. G.