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and defilement from the heart....
You say you did not commit adultery. God charges adultery against
everyone who doeth these things, and all who will communicate these
vile practices to another are polluting that soul with vile imaginations.
Can you not see, can you not understand by your own experience, that
you are leading youth into this habit of self abuse? You have given
them the fruit of the tree of knowledge [of good and evil], and every
evil communicated is causing them to partake of the fruit of the tree of
knowledge [of good and evil], which God has forbidden to be eaten....
How can I frame words to express the enormity of this awful sin?
How can I present it in such a manner that you will no longer look upon
it, as you have done, as no great wrong? I have granddaughters, the
children of my son, W. C. White. If I were forced to choose whether
these children should be exposed to these temptations, educated in
these evil practices, or be cut down by death, I would say, Let them
die in their innocency. Let them not be corrupted by eating the apples
of Sodom....
If you will take hold of Christ by living faith, and humble your
soul before Him, He will undertake your case and angels will guard
you. But you must resist the devil. You must educate yourself to a
different train of thought. Put no confidence in yourself. Never seek the
companionship of women or girls. Keep away from them. Your moral
taste is so perverted that you will ruin yourself and ruin many souls if
you do not turn square about. Educate your mind to study the Word of
God. Study it with your whole heart and pray much. Everlasting life is
worth a lifelong, persevering, untiring effort. Educate that mind which
you have misused and directed in wrong channels of thought. Educate
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it to dwell on the life, the character, and the lessons of Christ....
Do not feel that the worst thing for you is to lose your credentials.
You are not worthy to be entrusted with the care of the flock. You must
know this without my telling you. A little time of probation is still
granted you; make the most of it in searching the Word. Every lost
blessing is a great loss to you, but if you come into a right position
before God you may now receive forgiveness for the past, but do not
let your future life have the dark blot of the past....
You ask me if you shall make a public confession. I say, No. Do
not dishonor the Master by making public the fact that one ministering
in the Word could be guilty of such sin as you have committed. It