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THE
SEXOAL ORGANS
THEIR
USE AND ABUSE.
THE SUBJECT UPON WHICH MEN AND
, WOMEN KNOW THE LEAST, YET
OUGHT TO KNOW
THE MOST.
GUIDE TO MAN
<:^BY<^
Dr. J. E. Heller Hett.
Pi'BLIHflKn KY THK AlTHOR
BERLIN, ONT. 1899. BUFFALO, N. Y.
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Entered according to Act of Parliament of
Canada, in the year one thouMand eight hundred
and ninety-nine, by J. E. H. Hett, M. B., at
the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
Printed bt
RlTTIHOeR <■ MOTZ.
BKRLIN, ONT.
Dedicated
to
Single and Man-iod,
Young and Middle Aged
Men and Women,
With the hope that they may live heftei',
pui-er and happier lives.
CONTENTS.
PAET I.
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Page
Inroduction 2
Sj£LF- KNOWLEDGE 9
Sex-wokship j2
Origin AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAN 19
Influences which affect the foetus 25
The physiology of the sexual organs 31
The sexual act 3g
Fre(^uency of sexual intercourse 40
Maternal impressions 43
The social evil 52
The consequences of impurity 57
If orsEH of prostitution 63
Abortion ^2
Gonorrhoea gQ
Soft chancre gg
Syphilis gg
Self pollution 95
Conjugal onanism 1Q3
PART IJ. . >
Laziness ...... 112
Temper J2g
I>^'TY .'.'."!."..'.' 122
Patriotic di;ty 130
The law of cause and effect 140
Scientific reijgious instruction , . 141
Cycles i^r^
Amusements Igg
Conclusion 172
INTMOD UCTION,
In the context of tliis boolc there is found
much plain advice whicli is given to the men
of the age with all the Himplcnoss oftj-iith, so
that it can be readily comprehended. The
words in the chaptei's are not written by faith,
but on the other hand it is the intention of the
author to dispel ignorance by i-eason. Oomnion
sen&e is at the basis of the whole work, and if
the reader can gi-asp the truths, which ai-e
herein so plainly given, he will bo saved many
troubles, trials and ti-ibidations, whicli are sim-
ply burning up their victims on every hand.
The reason for giving this book to the
world is for the purpose of enlightenment, so
that men will be able to understand the true
teachings, so that they can fortify themselves
against all forms of temptations. Y^ry few
people, comparatively speaking, really live.
They only exist. Living is the ^^n-eatest art in
the world, and if men could but understand the
eternal laws, they would rise out of their
enslaven condition and would realize the one-
ness with God and that they are a part of the
univei'sal whole.
The reader should remember, in the first
place, that the author did not jump at these
conclusions, but thai llioy ai'e the results of
many years of close stiidy and observation. I
might state that I have been enjo that men and
women will oxei-ciso their divine lights in re-
generation and the establishment of vhe king-
dom of heaven upon earth. Then will the
hopes of the race be raised and then can we
appreciate the quiet lines of IJennell I?odd, in
which this poet 'oclares:
•'Tliey shall build their new romances, new dreams
of a world to ];o ;
Conceive a sublinier outcome than the end of the
world we see ;
And the maids shall be pure as mornin;i- and their
youth shall be taught no lie ;
But all siiall be smooth and oj.en to all men beneath
the sky,
And the shadow shall pass that we dwell in, till
under the self-samr sun ;
The names of the ni} riad nation are writ in the name
of one."
Oil man ! seek to rule yourself, for "Yei-ily
he that rnlctii his own self is greater than he
that taketh a city." Do not simply exist -but
Li -e! Live!— "He most lives who thinks most,
ieeh the noblest, acts the best."
The aristocracy of blood i-ules Europe; the
aristocracy of money rules America; but the
Mstocracy of character is open to all. There
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are but veiy few tliingy we can take with us
into tlie Aiture life. Money, fame, riches, rank
all must be dropped at the threBhold of the
grave, but character i.s the only thing tluxt we
can take with us. Isn't character then the
greatest treasure we fshould strive for ? Yeriiy,
it is, and he who is anxious to know the truth
must live it, and to him who lives it God will
open the eternal hopes and joys of a celestial
life.
Since many other evils accompany the per-
versions of sex, the author has taken the liberty
in the iattei* part of this work of describing
some and showing how they can bo lesisted and
overcome. The reader will consequently find
this book vei'y valuable to him, for it is a faith-
ful guide which not only shows the dangers in
the world, but also teaches him how to resist the
sea of temptations, and how to become a true
man or a ti'ue woman.
The subject upon which men and women
know the least, yet ought to know the most i^,
"The Sexur.l Organs, their Use and Abuse.''
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SELF-KNOWLEDGE.
"Man know thyself !" Without this knowledge, all
Beside is vanity. Thou who eouldst scan
The heavens above, and count the myriad stars,
Trace through its orl)it every planet,
jVlark thj! true course of the eccentric comet,
Its journey prophesy, foretell tlie time of its
Return : couldst read the history of each
Far nebula as in an open book ;
Though thou couldst sound the depths of ocean
As with a plummet—calculate its tides ;
Know all the various forms that dwell within
Its wide expanse, and all the mysteries
lliddou beneath its waters ; tL.-ugh tliou couldst
Well describe the form, the motions, and the
Growth through countless ages of our Mother
Earth, and all the forms of life that have come
Into being, and have fed upon her bosom.
Have lived their allotted time, and passed away,
Yielding to other forms and higher types
Evolved from those below ; though thou couldst
With a prophet's ken, pierce through the endless
Ages of eternity, and couldst know the secret
Counsels of the Infinite, and wert able
To interpret them to men ; and thereby
Fix their destiny througli all eternity
By thine own tiat, calling it God's will ;
Though thou shouldst in thyself embody all
The human knowledge of the past, and yet
Knewest not the good and evil in thyself,
And how' to cultivate, or to restrain
The thoughts and actions of thy mind
And bring forth tones of sweet accord—of
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Harmony, throii,','h the most wondrous instrument
The human brain ; then all thy learniii^^
Were as nauyht, and thine Earthdife a failure.
Then hast thou still to ontt>r onco again
The primal school, aivl l;Mni to rule tliy Spirit
With a master's liand. ilcttvn- to rule thyself
Than all the \v(ndd beside. B>'llov to know
Tlie powers and rapabilities of thine own mind
Than to hoard up what men call wealth, yet know
That tliou art destitute of nobleness
And trutli, and hast no store of moral worth
To make thee rich indeed.
What art thou, Man?
Dost ever stop to think, and ask thyself
The question? Not oft, I ween! And yet
Thou lookst around upon tiie various forms
Of life, and knowest thou art nobler far
Than these ; and why? Because thou hast a junver
They have not. Thou canst think and utter forth
Thy thoughts ; compare, and analyse all things
Beneath thee : and feel witliin thy (piickened
Soul the germs of immortality. And yet
It is a fearful gift, unless thou knowest
To use it rightly.
Thou art a child of God !
Formed in the image of Divinity, endowed!
With infinite possibilities, yet these,
Perverted or misunderstood, have wrought
Thee misery instead of purest happiness.
Learn now to use thy powers aright
And like some skilled musician, whose deft hand
Can touch tlie insensate keys o r strings of
Some dumb instrument, and thence call forth sweet
Sounds of harmony : learn thou to so call forth
The sweeter chords, the music of thy soul,
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Through that grand instrument the human brain.
The keynote is, and e'er must be, Love.
No grander sentiment can ever be linown—
Love of the good, the grand, the beautiful ;
Of children, hom^s and all the world as well,
And of thy fellow-men, to do them good.
Perverted into love of self alone,
It hath wrought thee misery in counth^-s ways,
Learn, then, to here obtain the perfect chord
That thy whole life may l)o attuned to muolc sweet
And thou mayest maice of it an Anthem grand,
Praising the All-Wise Giver.
Yet not alone the keynote makes the Hymn :
Still other tones and chords must enter in
To make or mar its harmony. The grave.
The gay must intermingled be,, to form
The perfect whole : else It would tiro the ear
With its monotony. The dirge, or chant,
Too long continued makes us sad ; we sigh
For sweeter, wilder tones, to soothe and calm
Or rouse our souls to quicker, fuller life.
In all things imitate the Divine Musician,
And Diviner Artist, God— whose handiwork
Above, around, beneath, within the;^, speaks
Of endless change and progress.
Tliou art His child !
And all eternity is thine, in which
To live and learn. In thine own hands, thou boldest
Thy destiny for good or ill. Choose wisely
And act nobly. Learn to utilize thy gifts
Aright, and strive for perfectness : tlion tliou
Mayst rightly claim thy kinship with the
Infinite, and know thy work "well done "
And tliy soul anchored in sweet hope and peace.
L. T. IX. Akin.
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SEX WORSHIP.
In lookiiio- iij) the literature pertaining to the
first worship of God by the ancients, we becomo
very much surprised at the great importance
they atti'ibuted to tlie sexual functions. They
recognized tlie generative functions to be the
immediate means o the soul's birth into mat-
ter, and consequent ■ elevated them into divine
significance. Tlie i, tion of creation is the
highest and most wonderful with which the
mind can invest Diety, and consequently the
imitative law must become the noblest and most
sacred function of God's cresition.
If we study and meditate upon the forma-
tion of the child, a world of beauty is open to
us. If we examine the two microscopic cells of
a spermatozoon and an ovum and then begin to
tiace and follow the glorious evolution of the
cells until a child is born, we have something to
think about which should make us meditate
upon the divine work of the eternal laws which
mold and form our ver}'^ beings. Is there any-
thing equal to the forniatiou of man with his
beautiful body and marvellous mind with all
its diveritsies of thought and the wondrous and
stupendous spiiitual attainments which he can
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reach ? All other objects u^ion the earth sink
into insignificance, and consequently if man has
sprung through the sexual function, is it not
more than right that we should look upon the
sacredness of the same ?
We believe, in the beginning of eai-thly
existence, it was thus esteemed, and conse-
quently it is not so veiy strange that sex
worship was incorporated into a religious sys-
tem ; the highest and noblest elements of
human thought clustered around the subject of
generation and elevated it to the topmost pin-
nacle of human woi-shij). • Their emblems wei*e
consequently set up as fit subjects for religious
revsrence.
In process of time the instinctive ap^ietites
of man's sensual nature stimulated sex worship
into excess and degraded a holy idea into gross
licentiousness. This was the abuse, not the
true origin of sex worsh ip. Physical generation
was once esteemed as the gate by which the
soul entered upon the stupendous pathway of
pi-ogress, and became fitted for its angelic des-
tiny in the celestial heavens; but like all ^aci-ed
ideas, when translated into matter, the law of
physical genei-ation became to be regaixied as a
mere phj'sical enjoyment ; it sank into sensual-
ity, and hence the necessity, which the wise and
philosophic priesthood of old pei*ceived, of veil-
u
ing all teachings on this subject in mysteries
and expressing all ideas in its connection in
obscure symbolism.
Tlic cxpl(M-ers of ancient India, Hgj'pt,
Greece and Eome have wisely distrusted the
propriety of giving veiy grai)hic ivpiesenta-
tions or close descriptions of monumental
remains. Most of the pojiularAvriters oi» these
lands have c(mtentcd themselves with hintinir
that sex M'orship prevailed amongst the
ancients, and that its emblems are abundantly
intei'spersed with other records; but the truth
is that all the records arc overlaid with emblems
of Phallic worship, and that there is scarcely a
monumerit or inscription of antiquity which
docs not, in some form or other, per]>etuate the
ideas of Solar or sex woi'ship.
Most of the names bestowed on Hindoo,
Egyptian, Greek, Horn an and Hebrew gods
bear the same interpretation or else aie applici-
able in a double sense to Solar or sex worship.
The names of the twelve tribes of Israel have
direct reference to the generative functions.
Scattered throughout the Old Testament are
found many refeiences to the practices of sex
worship, but it is needless to go into any
details. The histories of the races more than
two thousand j'cars ago, inform us plainly of
the idolatries of the times, with their frightful
ravages in lust.
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Christ came into tho woild, taught and
lived virtuous, and showed peoj)!© how the
passions were controlled and how wo should
live in purity and virtue, but J am sorry to say
that the Christian churches at the present time
and throughout these many years have almost
neglected this most important subject and
allowed its devotees to bo eii wrapped in the fires
of passion. The sexual functions in their true
light are without doubt the highest and noblest
elements pertaining to man, and should conse
quontly be kept sacjcd.
Does the Church hold tho organs of sex
sacred ? This is a question which is called
delicate, but speaking as I do from the stand-
point of expoi'ience of eight years in medical
practice and having every oi)portunity to study
the so-called Christians, I am very, very sorry
that it vail take many Christian missionaries in
our ow;i midst to teach the people the tnie
philosophy pertaining to generation. Humanity
at the present time is rotten. Virtue's snows
are continually being melted by tho fires of
passion and the time is now at hand that we
should rise and think of the sacredness of the
organs of generation.
Christ and His apostles taught purity and
love and the control of the passiot^. It should
be the duty of every divine to do t..e same.
The organs of sex are for the noble pm-pose
of reproduction, not for pleasure ; yet we find
the Churches to-day allowing persons to carry
on the sexual act ad infinitum, provided the
marriage ceremony has been duly jierforraed.
Many, many times have I spoken to peo-
ple who are known in the community as good
Christians, for indeed they are the most moral
people we have, concerning the sacj-edness of
the sexual act, yet I am sorry to say that often
they did not admit this to be the case and the
writer was laughed at.
Whether the writer is wrong or right in
this respect, I will leave to the Infinite God,
and will consequently not heed the narrow and
cnsIavcB minds of the masses. I shall, how-
ever, endeavor to throw further light upon this
subject and will kindly ask all lovers of man-
hood and womanhood to consider in a spiritual
light the sacred Law of Creation.
Thousands of years ago when sex worship
existed, humanity laid great stress upon the
importance of the production of offspring, but
to-day sex is worshipped in a different manner
and children are not wanted. In former ages
the world was multiplied in population, but in
some countries to-day the population is decreas-
ing. The birth rate in Ontario is exce( dingly
low, and it is no wonder that the clergy in their
assemblieg are beginning to discuss the causes
concerning the low birth rate.
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Young men and women to-day are becom-
ing educated in tlio metlKxIs of preventing
conception, and wlicii the truth is known it is
remarkable how much they know of this dirty
work. Abortions are frightfully on the increase
and our women are becoming adept in the
manipulations of the same.
Various instruments to prevent conception
arc also being peddled tin-oughout the country.
Every physician knows this to bo the case,
and since the writer has met with thousands of
cases of sexual abuse, it becomes Iiis sacred duty
to say a few words upon this subject with the
hope of enlightening ouryoung men and won.on
of the true sexual functions. He therefoie
invites them in a spirit of truth to meditate
upon these (luestions so as to avoid troubles for
themselves and their friends.
In the ideal state of marriaerma[ozoa.
Normally in each ejaculation, tens of thousands
of spermatozoa ai-e present. Strange it a2)pears
that so many are present, but it seems thi^t
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impregnation is to bo insured. Only one is
necessary to catch the ovum, and after tlio
spermatozoa are ejected into the vagina, they
travel by the movement of their long slender
tail.'? through the cervix into the uterus Uxid into
the f'allo])ian tube where they seem to be on
the lookout for the ova. Only one or two^ if
any at all, become attached to the ovum. The
others become disintegrated afterwards and 2)a8s
away again.
Nature is everywhere lavish with the re-
productive elements of the two sexes. This
<»ccurs in plants as well as in animals. The
male fecundating elements of flowering plants
which arc called pollen are extremely abundant
and are borne by the breezes far and wide, but
only a few reach the female fertilizing cells.
Soon after the sjjcrmatozoon and ovum are
initcd the single cell Avhich is formed enlarges
slightly and then becomes divided into two
parts, .10 a little larger than the other. These
again are then divided, and then thei'c are four
l)arts. These again are divided into eight
parts, then sixteen, etc., etc. In this mrnnor
the multiplication of the cells is attained and
the growing child owes its evolution into adult
life to this process of division and growth of
the cells. This process goes on with great
rapidity. In about eight to ten days the ovum
is as large as a pea. Duriug this time it
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usually remains in the falloj^ian tube, but soon
passes into the uterus, where it continues to
mature.
It is indeed a wonderful study to examine
closely the growth of the ovum. It is not the
purpose here to desci-ibe this process; that
interesting subject can bo studied by refen-ing
to books upon that Hubject.
At the end of the fourth week the ovum is
about the size of a pigeon's egg. At three
months, the embryo is about three and a half
inches long. The eyes, ears, fingers, and sexual
organs can now be determined. At six months,
tlie foetus is a little more than a foot in length
and weighs about two pounds. At the end of
eight months, the foetus is about sixt-c, inches
in length and weighs about five pounds. What
is meant by a month in this description is a
lunar month of twenty-eight days. At the end
of nine months, the foetus weighs about six
pounds, whilst at the end of the tenth lunar
month, or aftei* two hundred and eighty days, it
weighs from seven to eight pounds.
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INFLUENCES WHICH AFFECT THE FOETUS.
In order to study this question carefully it
is absolutely necessary for us to undoi-stand that
spermatozoa are endowed with wonderful char-
acteristics, and that in that small cell is the
suostance of the germ of the real man inherent
in its very beinj,'. This is a little difficult to
understand ; yet, nevertheless, we do perceive
that a child may look like and resemble its
fathei-. The question arises : Are all of the
future qu'iiitios of the father or motlier ahoady
imbedded in the imjjiegiiated ovum or are new
elements added day by da}-?
The spermatozoa are formed thiough the
process of the thought of the man. If a man
had never any thought of a sexual nature,
spermatozoa would never be formed. Every
time a man thinks about these matters and has
a sexual desire, spermatozoa are in the process
of formation. These physical little objects cer-
tainly are foimed by u pi-ocess of thought,
and herein is the law of ci-eation. The greater
desire a man has for sexual pleasures, the
more rapidly the spermatozoa are formed, and
vice versa. Thus we see thai thoughts become
things.
Tlio question now arises : Are those littlo
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objects physical things merely or are they
endowed with siiiritiiality. We have seen
above tliat they have a wondeiful tenacity in
holding on to lite, and if wc study tlie question
deeply, we certainly mu.st come to the conclii.
sion, that what is really thei-e is the sum and
Bubstance of a spiritual entity.
The bani« law holds good throughout all
nature, whether it be plant or animal, and if
Ave will study this njomentous question far
enough we must come to the conclusion that
matter is only alow state of vibration, which
gives to it the appearance and reality of a solid.
Now, if the nature of the man's physique is
inherent in the spermatozoa, and since the
spermatozoa are formed by man's thought, it is
easy to imagine that whatever the man thinks,
speaks or acts, will certainly have an influence
upon the nature of the cell; likewise what he
eats, drinks, and all the habits in which he lives
will affect the spermatozoa.
After the spermatozoa have entered the
vagina, the man has no conti-ol over them
whatever, unless he does so through the instru-
mentality of the woman who has charge of the
cell.
Ifthis question is clearly understood, it can
readily be seen how the good and bad qualities
of the father are transmitted into his offspring.
Jf the father is at the time afflicted with some
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hereditary disease, as syphilis, llic chances are
that tlie child will liavo .some i)hy8ical ailment.
Likewise, if he suffers from the etfeets of an
ugly temper or is intoxicated or enwrapped in
excessive venery, then those qualities aie trans-
mitted into the spei'matozoa.
It is true that the sins of the parents affect
the children into the thii'd and fourth genera-
tion. It certainly is high time that humanity
will think aad meditate upon this subject, and
all readoi-s of this book are earnestly requested
to ponder this subject Avell. Man has been told
thousands of years: ''Whh all thy getting, got
knowledge and wisdom," and here certainly is
a place to receive it. Likewise it is said : "Seek
ye tirst the kingdom of God, and then all other
things will be added unto thee," which is very
important and appropriate wdien we go back to
the origin of man.
At the moment of impregnation, the mother
takes iull control of the developing child. It is
liable to be affected favorably or injuriously
by all tlie causes which affect her in one Avay
or the other. If she is disordered or defective
in her vital functions, in digestion, in respira-
tion, circulation, exertion, etc., etc., its vital
structures must suffer, and if she is disturbed in
her mental functions, angered, grieved, de-
pressed, etc., etc., its mental powers must be
damaged.
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Wl)en the> by
having sexual intercourse? Should ?iot such
children be pitied, instead of condemned ?
A veiy, very grave mistake Avhich pai'onts
often commit is the fact that they do not desist
from sexual intercourse when the wife is
enciente. If this isn't a dirly thing, there is
nothing dirty ui)on the face of the earth. No
farmer would permit his mare or cows or
even his sows to have sexual intercourse
whilst they were pregnant, but with their
own wife they carry it on. That is a hellish
thing. Is it any wonder, that when the child
gains puberty or adolesense, it has fornica-
tion in its brains? Little do parents as yet
realize the terrible ])assions which they are
sowing into their children. It is no wonder
that children turn out so badly, and that so
many are passionates, whoremongers and
prostitutes. Little do parents realize the
great injury they are inflicting by indulging
in their sexual pleasures at the terrible
expense of their own children. These are
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mighty questions, and cwery man and woman
ought to be well posted on them.
It is a well known fact that many cliild-
ren are born with what are called birth
marks, and by many it is believed that these
marks result from frights of the mother dur-
ing pregnacy. If this subject is carefully
studied, we must come to the conclusion that
in many instances it certainly is the case,
whilst in others the facts usually exist, but
the causes are often looked on too lightly.
Numerous cases have come to my own per-
sonal notice, and there is consequently no
hesitation on my part to a«lmit these facts.
Now if physical defects can bo engraven
upon the child through the thought of the
mother, it can readily be understood how her
thoughts can influence the mind of her child.
From personal observation of many
young boys and girls who allowed their pas-
sions to run away with them, I have been
able to trace those acts back to the time
when they were in utero. Those outbursts
of passion can invariably be traced back to
the parents who indulged in their sexual
desires whilst the innocent forms were in the
process of formation. The secrets in the
closets of many parents are often revealed to
the physicians, and it is in this manner that
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the parents have over and over again admit-
ted their guilt.
Parents are entirely ignorant, however,
of the great injury they inflict by their dirty
lusts. Strange, but nevertheless true, it is
that not one parent in a hundred ever thinks
that their sexual intercourse may affect their
children and that they are sowing the desire
of fornication in their children. Many will
consecjuently not agree with the author, but
that can't be helped. Facts are facts. We
do not blame the parents, for they haven't
been taught better, and they don't know
anything concerning this law. As soon as
men and women will understand and realize
this law, then there is a great hope that pure
children will be born.
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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SEXUAL ORGANS.
Since the sexual organs are tlie instru-
ments through which the divine work of
creation is constantly taking place, it be-
comes a question of the most profound
importance that we should know some-
thing about them. It is commonly known
that the organs of tex are somewhat con-
nected with the brain, but this close
connection is alas to little .dwelled upon.
When the male child arrives at the age
of puberty, wonderful changes occur through-
out the whole nature of the child. The
voice of the boy changes, so that the thin,
childish treble becomes a deep manly bass.
More blood is transmitted to his sexual
organs, which enlarge and become matured,
The whole character of the boy gradually
changes, his former playthings are gradually
dropped and he has a longing for matters
pertaining to the fully developed man.
In the girl the transition from girlhood
to womanhood occurs at an earlier age than
in the boy. In her, the changes in the phy-
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sical form and mentality are far more com-
plex than in her brother. The supply of
blood to her generative organs is far greater
than in the male on account of the greater
area to be supplied and the greater function
of the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and
breasts. Her body becomes more rounded
at the hips and gradually she assumes the
characteristic feminine attire throughout her
whole form. The voice also changes and be-
comes more liquid, musical, tender and
gentle.
The most important occurrence of all,
however, is the periodical occurrence of men-
struation, the most marked phenomenon of
which is a bloody discharge from the genitals
normally every twenty-eight days. Many
are under the impression that the menses
occur every calendar month normally, but in
fact tl^ey occur according to the lunar
months.
Each woman usually has a definite
periodicity in her menstruation, this period
in the greater majority of cases being every
twenty-eight days; in some cases every
twenty-one days, and less frequently every
twenty-seven days, whilst for others tlie
period may occur every thirty or thirty-
two days.
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As Boon as menstruation is establiBhed, the
woman becomes capable of child-bearing. The
amount of blood lost during these periods aver-
ages from six to eight ounces, but variations
occur ; the discharge usually lasts from two to
six daj's.
A woman, when she is menstiniating, is
very often physically unfitted for the active
pursuits followed by men. Before menstrua-
tion begins, there is a feeling of mental irrita^
tion and lassitude, fatigue in the lower limbs,
sensitiveness or pressure' over tho abdomen,
feelings of heat and cold, disorders of appetita
and digestion, and various other systemic dis-
turbances.
We have just seen th6 wonderful etfect that
the growth and perfection of the sexual organs
has in making the man and woman. We will
now take a look at the results of the annihila-
tion or obliteration of the organs and see what
effect that has upon the system.
I . case the ovaries or testicles have been
early removed^ or where they have been con-
genitally deficient or vitiated in their functions
before maturity, the man or woman becomes so
distorted that the whole mentality and physical
«ntity becomes neither masculine nor feminine ;
there occurs such a change that the man seems
.to take on some feminine attributes, whilst the
woman tends to assume some masculine charac-
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teriHtics. In the case of an uiiBoxod man, he
does not disphiy the Huperioi- size and muscular
development, the dei)th of chest, the courage
and ruggednosH of the virile man. Eunuchs
are natural slaves and cowards and are ex-
tremely weak, morally and physically.
In ancient times and to this day in oriental
nations, unfortunate eunuchs are found. They
are usually slaves who have suffered mritilaticA
at a tender age, and are employed to superin-
tend the harems of the wealthy. The eunuch,
as seen in Constantinople to-day, is said by
travellei-s to bo easily recognized by his pecu-
liarities. He is describeil as being "taller than
the average man but not ix)werful ; his coun-
tenance is distinctive; the chest is narrow; the
hips are broad ; the gait is peculiar, owing to
the feminine tendency to knock-knee; the
voice is shrill, inclining to falsetto, and about
an octave above the masculine register; the
face and pubes are almost devoid of hair; the
disposition is harsh, unmerciful and servile.
They age rapidly and then become thin and
terribly wrinkled."— Scott (Sexual Instinct).
On account of the pccularity of the voice,
mutilation of boys was a very common occur-
ence during the middle ages. They wei-e
employed to sing in the concerts and especially
in the churches, in the choirs of which women
yfeve not allowed. Pope Clement XIV. abo^
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shod the hoi'rihle practice of castration in the
eighteenth century.
Since girls were not mutilated in the earlier
ages, though no doubt ^^outd have been if
their unmerciful mastcis could have accom-
plished the act, there are no historical
accounts and the literature upon the subject is
not abundant. However, in cases of disease,
where young girls had their ovaiies destroyed,
they invariably take on a masculine appear-
ance. Many prostitutes, who have had their
ovaries destroyed by disease, become masculine
in physique, voice, strength, quality of mind,
pugnacity etc.
From the above descrij^tion it is quite
evident that a close connection exists between
the organs of sex and the whole mijn, physi-
cally, mentally and spirilnally.
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THE SEXUAL ACT.
It has i^'^en clearly demonstrated above
that the organs of sex are sacred, and that
through them all the creative influences which
aft'ect men are brought to bear. It becomes of
paramount importance then that something
should be knowji concerning the sexual act,
when, and how often it should bo accomplished.
The performance of the sexual act should
be for a purpose. Shall it be for pleasure or
shall it be for the purpose of the reproduction
of the race? This is a great question, about
whtch the opinions of ordinary men arc very
disgusting. From the careful study of the
question for many years, it is very plain to us
that the organs of sex are to be used for the
purpose of creation, not for pleasure, and we
hope that in this book sufficient reasons will be
, unfolded w^hich will convince the reader that
such is the divine j)ui'pofee of our Creator.
The sexual act is the strongest of all in-
stincts and the most uncontrollable passion. All
ignorance and evil and all knowledge and
good are ( lustered ai'ound this central, mysteri-
ous power.
In connection with the creative sexual
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intercoui'HO there should follow with it the true
love which is the binding pnncipal between the
true man and wife. If sexual intercour.se is
carried on for pleasure, and there follows witli
it what is commonly called love between the
parties, it is absolutely sale to infer that that
form of love is nothing but a delusion, a pas-
sion wliich sooner or later will end in bitter
fruits.
If man were physically, mentally and
spiritually well balanced, he would never desire
sexual intercourse moro than he would food or
drink, except when it was both best for himself
and the woman to whose desire he would re-
spond. Such models, w^ho are married, cannot
be found, but nevertheless we have had grand
models throughout the ages who taught the law
of purity Kid of virtue in controlling the sexual
passions. The greatest Teacher taught that
spirituality can only bo attained by the control
of the sex. Christ and llis apostles taught this
great law, but we tail to *io these teachings
brought forth at the present time. Thanks,
however, to all the greatest teachers in the
world, who endeavored to grow in s])irituality
by keeping in check their animal passions.
Strange it seems, but nevertheless true,
that nearly all the Christian denominations
have a Holy I'everence for the purity of the
mother of Christ, yet they do not teach the true
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philosopliy of tlic organs of sex that they
should be controlled and revered as sacretl, but
Ihcy give men and women licenses to have
sexual interoourse as much as they please.
This is plain talk, bnt nevertheless true, and
many mariiages Avhich exist are nothing more
than licensed sexual intercourses, or at all
events that is at the basis of the whole union.
Now, wo do not wish our readers to infer that
this is throwing a slur up(m the marriage law
or upon the church. Far from it, we must
have marriages of all kinds of peo])le, and the
churches are the greatest instrumentalities to
bind men and women togethei-, but it is pitiable
when the play of the passions is given fj-ee
vent and no sexual law is shown and unfolded
to the people at lai'ge.
We certainly know and admit that none
are perfect, but, nevertheless, a clear knowledge
of this huv should be taught by the church, for
ui)on the undei'standing of this divine law,
spiritualit}' really stands.
To illustrate how ignorant mnny people
are concerning these laws, I might state that
often have 1 seen people get u^; in church say-
ing that they were sanctiiied and without sin,
whilst at the same time I knew they had no
control of their passions, and practiced the
sexual act upon their faithful wives frequently
whilst they were enciente. Now, these people
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really are in earnest, but the secrets of spiritual
life they do not possess.
The same law concerning the physiology
of sex should bo known by physicians, but it is
pitiable that there are but few who realize and
understand this sacred law. They cannot see
the harm sexual intercoui-se does to the b(xly
providing it isn't carried into extremes and
providing no diseases are contracted. Many phy-
sicians recommend to unman-icd men who
are masturbatoi-s to indulge in intercoui-se.
Medical works aie written upon this subject
by eminent physicians in which they advocate
it. It is doubtful, however, if they would
recommend it to their own sons.
Medical men, who give such advice, don't
undei-stand man properly at all. If they under-
stood the grand laws of creation, they would
not give such disgusting advice.
Men who give way to their passions cannot
understand and lealize the beauty of creation.
It is utteily impossible for them to understand
the mighty laws in which we live and have our
being. 1 1 takes reason to understand the' divine
law, but reason is the first thing that is blunted
when the sexual thoughts are perverted.
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FREQUENCY OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
In the foi-(5golng chapter, the true place of
the sexual act has been clearly shown. To
those who strive to be perfect men and women
it becomes of paramount impojtance that they
should always have tliat high and sacied ideal
before them when thinking upon these matters.
By doing that, it will assist them in overcoming
their wasting desires. Men and women should
endeavor to strive with all their might to try
and live up to the sacred law.
It is a well known fact, however, that men
and women in their bodily vigor in this age
cannot live up to such a strict law, and married
people will have their share of indulgence. The
same is true of many unmarried, who will also
have their indulgence. To those who are not
married, the best advice for them is to have
their thoughts diverted into different channels.
They should nake up their minds firmly never
to submit to sexual intercourse, until they are
married. For married peojde the best advice
is, the less the indulgence the better.
By far the greater majority of young j^or-
Bons unite in matrimony with no education
whatever on this subject; and habits, right or
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wrong, are soon formed which are apt to be
continued throughout life. There are many peo-
ple, and good church people at that, who shame-
fully indulge in their 8exual appetites for
3'enr8. These people simply don't know better.
Many a man has destroyed not only the life of
his wife, and at times a number of them, whilst
at the same time he simply existed upoii the
road of degradation — and didn't know wliat he
was really doing.
With many married men ^ exnal intercourse
is not necessarily sensual, but it becomes a
habit like eating, drinking or sleeping. Little
do they think of the injury they are inflicting
upon their wives and upon their children. It
is not the purpose here to say how frequently
sexual intercourse can be carried on without
detriment, but suffice it to say,the less the better.
Many readers will doubtless find fault with
these teachings, for they will ai-gue that nature
demands sexual intercourse frequently with
them. Yes, it is true that the act is often
demanded, but it is because they indulge too
much in sensual thoughts. If they had different
thoughts, the acts would not be so fiequently
demanded. The sexual act is always secondary
to the thoughts, and in order to lessen the acts,
the thoughts must be placed upon a higher
plane. If married men and women are not
able to control their passions, we would caution
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them to try liard to do so, hut if thej' are too
weak to overcome their faults, it i« to ho hoped
that they will at all events strive Avith all their
might to control themselves at least during
the time the Avife should be hearing a child.
It takes a great deal of moral i-trength to
live up to the ideal married life, and in this
age few will he able to do so, but if they try
hard to divert their thoughts upon a higher
plane, the purer childi-en will they have, which
shall give them far greater hopes and joys than
they would receive by their sexual pleasures.
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MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS.
"A great new world looms into sight, like some
splendid 8hip,long waited for. The world of heredity,
or pre-natal influence, the greatest right of which we
can conceive, the right of a child to be well born is
slowly, surely recognized."
Francis E. AVillard.
The world is ignorant concorning maternal
impressions. The only thing that people hear
of is that birth marks are caused by the mother
taking fright and then they simply stop to
consider or ask further questions. To many,
and including some physicians, birth marks are
considered to be caused by other things than
fright, and that the mother has nothing to do
with them. True it is tliat some mothers re-
ceive severe frights, yet nothing appears on the
child. In those cases it is necessary to under-
stand that there are many conditions and Jaws
concerning the mother that must be undei-stood.
In the case of a woman of a phlegmatic tem-
l)erament or one who is on a low plane as re-
gai-ds nervous development, the impression
liasn't by any means as much effect as when
the nervous system of the woman is highly
developed.
Birth marks are established facts. Wo
should not stop there. If physical effects are
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produced upon the child through the thought of
the mothei", comiAon sense will toll us that
every idea, conceit, notion and longing of the
mothei' will afl'ect tiie child. We all know
that the child inherits its physical body fjoni
the parents. Is it then not eaey to uiulerstimd
that it also inherits its mind ? When we exam-
ine a number of children in one family, we are
struck at the great difteiences between them.
Some will turn out good, whilst others turn out
to be deficient in many waya.
They may all have had similar environ-
ments, but it seems a puzzle how it is that some
are so different. Envii'onment does affect child-
ren to a certain extent, but still behind all there
are the pre-natal influences which have a far
greater Aveight than anything else. Many
parents excuse themselves fioni all blame when
*heir children turn out bad and attribute it all
to the environments and temptations of the
school or of other places, but these reasons are
not sufficient — and we sincerely hope that men
and women, who expect to become parents,
will become enlightened so that they will have
better and purer children.
In sujjport of these statements the words
of a few prominent medical men arehei'c given.
Dr. W. C. Dabney sa^'s: "From time im-
memorial there has been a popular belief that
impressions made ujpon the miiid of a prospec-
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tive mother would cause defects in her child.
There are two classes of defects — mental and
bodily— and they should be considered separ-
ately. The mental defect may be due to violent,
emotional disturbances of the mother before the
birth of her child. It is generally acknowledged
by those, who have given the most attention to
the subject, that the character of the impression
is of great importance. Anxiety and grief seem
to hold the first place, and fear the second. So
far as I can learn, great joy has produced no
appreciable effect."
Dr. Hirst says : "A great fright, if it does
not kill the child, may diminish it£ mental
capacity. We must admit that while we can-
not explain the susceptibility displayed by an
unborn child, we are obliged to allow that the
fact is as well established as any in medicine.
I had occasion to administer hypochlorinic injec-
tions to a woman in the early stages. The
child was born with identical spots on its arms."
Dr. Talcot, surgeon at the Woman's Hos-
pital, New York, says : "I must say that I
always had considerable skepticism as to mater-
nal impressions, and it arose from my ignorance
on the subject. If sudden fright will produce
malformation, why will not fits of anger or
depression also affect the prospective child."
Many other quotations could be given to
prove that the physical and mental part of a
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child is influenced by the mind of the mother,
but enou^^h has boon given to show the opinion
of medical men.
There are many cases also where the
women take flight, yet nothing can hv detected
upon the child. These cases do not disprove
that the fl-ights of the mother affect the child,
for the child may have some mental defect
which is at tii'st not so easily detected. Then
we must remember also that some women are
far more impi'ossional than others.
We should not lose sight of the fact that
we are living in an age of great mental activity.
Until a comparatively recent time men and
women were not endowed with so much men-
tality as they are at present. Physical strength
reigned supreme, and consequently, since so
many improvements have been made in the
arts and sciences with all the labor-saving
machinery, we find that men are not subjected
so much to manual labor as in former yeai-s.
Labor is now more upon the mental plane,
and since there is great activity everywhere,'
the mind is gradually becoming more devel*
oped (good and bad) as it were in the coming
generations. This is the retison why there is so
much increase in the different nervous diseases,
insanities, suicides, murders, criminals, etc., etc!
Now, since the minds of the people ai-e
becoming more powerful, we may readily expect
that tlio mental impressions of mothers to-day
carry greater weight than they did one hundred
yeare ago. Novels and newspapers which print
so much about ciimo and vice, are insti-uments
which play havoc with many childing mothei*s,
. and women who indulge in that literature will
sui-ely brand those thoughts upon their children.
In speaking of pre-natal impressions to an
educated lady recently, I was very much
amused at her statement. She says: "Well, I
think the people pay too little attention to pre-
natal conditions. The idea of so many pregnant
women working hai-d is tcriible." I thought,
well here is one lady's opinion of pre-natal
condition, so I said to her : "Do you think they
should be lazy and produce lazy children ?" I
informed her, however, that it was perfectly
right and proper for women to work, but the
greatest evil of all was for men having inter-
coui-se with their pregnant wives, thus branding
fornication into their children. This almost
shocked her, not because a delicate subject was
spoken of, but on account of the consciousness
of her o\vn guilt in this respect. "Why," she
exclaimed, "I never heard of such a thought
before." This shows exactly how ignorant
people are upon the subject.
I informed the lady that if men and
women carry on sexual intercourse whilst the
wife is pregnant, those thoughts are impressed
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upon the child, .ind aH Hoon as the cliild reaches
puberty it wants to give play to its sexual
oi'gans. Now, I do not care how much dis-
credit may be thrown upon this statement, it
will stand the test of ages, and the time is com-
ing when men and women will be taught the
laws regarding creative influences.
From a careful study of young men and
women who have given full play to their sexual
passions, there is not the slightest doubt on my
mind, that that evil was born in them. Reason
becomes at times blunted and although they
know they are doing wrong, they simply roll
along with the tide regardless of consequences.
Within the past week the writer received two
pitiable letters from two unfortunate girls. The
one was from a girl who was brought up by a
a very good family with strict religion. In the
letter the poor girl wrote that she would com-
mit suicide and that she considered herself lost
fo The other was from a highly educated
no had hold a very responsible position,
J. in her letter she stated that she was simply
ruined. Now, what does all this mecn ? Why
is it that our girls are so easily seduced ? From
a careful study of many cases, there is no other
explanation but that sexual intercourse or pas-
sion is bora within them, and that it takes but a
spark fi-om the tempter to touch the button as
it were, and then the inborn passion will yield
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regardless of the consequences. The time is
certainly at hand that men and women should
know something about their sex. Oh men I
men ! stop I stop ! and leave your wives alone
when thy are bearing children I
(Men ai-e not to infer from this that here
they Iiave an excuse for running after other
women.)
Many readei-s of this book will be amazed
at these statements, and at the first glance will
think that the writer is a ciank. We cannot
blame them, because they don't know any bet-
ter, and, since sexual intercourse is carried on
to such a great extent at the present time out-
side and inside ot the marriage relations, each
man will express his views on the matter in
the light in wh:oh he sees it. Now, in the
past men could not see any wrong in their own
actions, though doubtless they often wondered
how it was that their children tuvaed out so bad.
It would be well if the advocates of tem-
perance would study a little more about pre-
natal impressions instead of prohibition. Many
poor unfortunate drunkai-ds are such, because
they inherited the thii-st for liquors, whilst the
mothers were tipplers or the fathers drunkards.
It is not sufficient to treat men as if they weie
childi-en and have their playthings taken away.
K is fi, very difficult thing to treat men in this
manner, and the sooner some attention is placed
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upon the control of the forces which make men
powerful in moral strength, the better it \vill
be for the coming races. May the light of
common senile brighten, until reason will find a
jitable soil in the intellects of our race, so that
men and women will honor childing mothers
and not ridicule them. Tf there are women worthy
of honor, they are those who faithfully obey
God's will and make use of God's laws in
endeavoring to assist in perfecting their children
to the best of their ability.
Now, since there is loss manual labor than
there was fifty years ago, and since the men-
tality ol the race is being njore developed, we
find also that there is more abuse of the sexual
organs now than then.
If a man works hard, he is not as sensual
as when he does not. In a former chapter
the writer referred to the farmer having sexual
intercourse with his pregnant wife, the reader
is not to infer from that, that the farmer is more
sensual than others, not by any means, but the
farmers who work hard are less sensual than
others. In spite of the progress of our race
there is greater sensuality also. The church is
powerless at present to check it, and we sin-
cerely hope that clergymen will recognize the
importance of educating our people upon these
imiK)rtant questions.
Clerg)'men are doing noble work, but they
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can at pi-esent onlv deal with the effects which
« ©x:«t, and that, only, to a very limited extent.
I We must trace the effects back further, and to
do so we must educate men and women in the
great problem of the sexual question, and if the
parentu can be convinced of the great wrongs
which they are implanting into their offspring
by indulging in sensuality whilst the children
are growing in utero, Christianity will gain a
mighty victoi-y, and if they sacrifice their dirty
pleasures, they will be repaid a thousand-told
by having purer and better children.
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THE SOCIAL EVIL.
The woild is intoxicatsd in Rensuality.
The greatest am and cui'se of our entire race,
from pro-historic times down through Sodom
and Eome, and in almost every nation and
kindred and tongue upon the earth, has been
the worshipping of the sensual goddess. The
worship of ancient Venus was nothing but a
public and most continuous debauchery, and
whei: we read the historic recoi-ds of the Bible,
we find horrible accounts of the different tribes
and races. This great evil can be clearly traced
in the histories of all nations, and the worship-
ping of the sexual passions has been the means
of tearing down more races and empires than
the sword. Likewise, if we examine the courts
of Europe, taking for example the courts of
Henry the Eighth, Charles the Second, of all
the Bourbons, Stuarts and Louis, yes, all the
thrones of the old world ever since they stood
until comparatively modern times, we find they
were rotten to the core.
If the highest courts in the land have been
sensualized in passions, what could be expected
from the masses of the people ?
Man^ a nation ha^ fi^lleu thi-ough the s^d*
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suality of its people. Take for instance that
once glorious and powerful country, France. To
what is its weakness due to-day? Nothing
more than sensuality. In licentious Paris the
majority of children are born without the sacred
pale of wedlock; yet, while this is the case,
statistics show that the population of France is
decreasing; virtue is counted a weakness, whilst
venery is the goddess.
Paris lias simply been taken as an exam-
ple, but doubtless there are many cities in
Europe and America which are just asbad, though
they may not have the reputation. We can
travel through the fashionable walks of all our
great cities, and we can readily see the crowds
ot ballots proclaiming their own shame without
a blush and setting themselves up for a price.
Dens of infamy infest every street of all our
cities, they pollute all our towns and disgrace
every village. The magnetics of hell seem to
open everywhere, into which the loveliest spoci-
ments of female innocence and perfection are
continually being drawn and are continually
exposed to the bui-ning passions of destruction.
The vast concourse of those, who buy and
sell the polluting embrace for a price, is not a
fourth part of all the evil and misery. Venery
is so great at the present time tliat absf)lute
virtue is confined to a very small proportion of
tlie households in our land. This is a statement
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which no doubt will shock many readers, but
we cannot help that. It is the ti-uth and every
honest physician will say the same. Little do
the ijood sisters know how often their brothers
are intoxicated in venery, whilst the poor
mothera never dream what her good sons are
doing out so late at night.
Do not think that this state of affaii-s is
overrated. The author could describe many
pitiable incidencts, which seem so incredible,
yet, if they were written in their true light,
it would almost be enough to raise one's hair
on end. Now, I do not wish to defame our
race, far from it, but convincing facts and tes-
timony, which can neither be denied nor re-
sisted, extort the reluctant declaration, that few
have more than the faintest conception of the
fearful extent to which this vice in all its appal-
ing forms is practiced.
It is high time that these truths should be
known and the physiology of the laws concera-
ing sex should be taught. Oh, Christians!
Think of the virtue of Christ and His apostlf 9.
It would be extremely painful and pitiable to
give herein an account of the lives of clergymen,
who have been tempted and who have fallen into
the great maelstrom of venery, in which they
not only disgracetl themselves and their fami-
lies, but also the creed which they taught.
Jt is needless to say that temptations are
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, the cause of men falling. With the case of
intemperance liquor is usually blamed as
being the tempter, but alcohol B We
build houses in which we protect our mater-
ial belongings. We insure everything. Wg
educate the children how to earn their living.
We teach them the histories of the past and
make them memorize hundreds of battles.
We educate people in fact in everything
except in the greatest treasure, namely,
character building. Oh ! may the veil of
mock modesty be lifted, so that men and
women will perceive the glorious light of
creation as it is continually brightening, and
may they be taught how to create Christ-like
characters !
Character cannot be bought by money.
It is the greatest, noblest, and sublimest
treasure which we should strive to reach. It
is within yourselves, and if you control your
sexual passions and your selfishness you can
attain to undreamed-of heights, but only
by doing your duty. Character is open to
all men, and if you grasp the inward
truth, it will gradually unfold like a
budding rose, and will continue to beau-
tify your thoughts with kind and loving
deeds, which will make life worth while living
for.
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPDRITY.
As soon as a youth or man tastes the
forbidden fruit, there is a transformation in
his personality immediately. It matters not
what kind of a woman he first embraces and
has sexual intercourse with, he nevertheless
has already polluted himself. Many are of
the opinion that providing the woman does
not conceive or as long as he does not con-
tract a disease, no harm follows. Herein
lies the delusion, in which he is attracted,
and we hope in this work to be able to show
that great harm invariably follows physically,
mentally and spiritually. The great trouble
with men and women of the world is that
they cannot see judgment as it really is, and
whilst they believe in it in a kind of a way,
they shove it out, far into the future. Now
to begin with this or any subject the reader
should know and realize that the judgment
is ^ NOW — this very minute, this hour,
this day, and extends into the future. What
we are to-day in the sum and substance of
our past experiences, and what we are to-
morrow is the sum and substance of our past
experiences, plus the experiences of today.
This law invariably follows us from clay to
day, for all our thoughts, words and actions
are written upon our very selves. We can
never escape from the all seeing eye. It is
imix>ssible. If we could run away from our-
selves we could escape the scrutinizing eye
of the book of life. It takes but very little
thought to convince us that such is an im-
possibility.
In ihe previous chapter we laid great
stress ui>on the close affinity between spirit-
uality and the sexual furictions, and now you
may rest assured that when man perverts his
spiritual thoughts into passions and makes
pleasures out of them, he transgresses the
divine law, and evil effects must fol-
low. In the following chapters it is to be
hoped that the reader will see sufficient
evidences of the fruits one receives by sowing
"wild oats," and if therein he can also see a
counterpart of himself, he should be able to
understand this law all the more strongly,
and should make a firm effort to retract his
steps, for otherwise he will fall more and
more deeply into the snares which are
already binding him.
When once the sexual appetite has been
fiwakened, the spark is kindled. This begins
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to play upon his fancy and his thoughts will
revel in sexual matters, and soon again the
same act will be repeated. Then follows the
third, then the fourth, and then others in
quick succession.
After the first intercourse the youth may
feel a little shame and may argue with him-
self concerning the right or wrong of it, but
his mind becomes shifted on a scale, as it
were, until he meets the same girl or a simi-
lar one, and then the balance is quickly
drawn down by the lascivious thoughts of
the tempter.
After a few acts, the mind thinks little
of right or wrong, but simply follows the
sensual notions, and reason is out of the
question. Reason becomes blunted, and this
blunting process follows man continually
until it becomes almost entirely lost. Often
has the writer spoken to "sports" about the
awful condition and slavery they were in,
whereupon they simply replied, "You don't
know the fun you are missing." The state
of their reason is here shown. The further
down men and women fall, the less and less
reason will they have. Now, what can be
man's judgment when hi.s brain is inflated with
passion? They think and act accordinL' to
their standpoint of judgment. Is it any wonder
that so many wrongs exist in the world ?
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The sexual embraces pollute not onl3^ the
physical l)od3' but also the mind as well.
There are very many varieties, for ^reat dif-
terences exist between the many ibrms (»f
IbrnicatioiiH and adultcricH. The more a nmn
2)ollute8 himself the more he wants to. The
desires for sexual intercourse /gradually take a
hold of him stronger and str(mger, until he
sinks far below the level of the brjitc. The
greater the desires become, the more he falls
into licentiousness. His mind becomes cor-
rupted, and even if he should be lucky enough
to escape venereal diseases, he is terribly pun-
ished already. Of course, the world tails to
see wherein the punishment of such a man
consists. True, by simply taking the physical
form into consideration, he seems not much
the worse, but look at the rottenness of his
mind and his thoughts ! Isn't that hell al-
ready? Ponder and study this subject well,
and the truth M'ill be revealed to you.
Sooner or later, however, almost every
man who keeps on indulging, will meet with
some venereal disease, either in the form of
Gonorrhoea, Chancroid or Syphilis. It may
seem strange to many why these diseases
exist at all, but they are for a purpose. They
do to a certain extent put a check upon exces-
sive venery, and although thousands die a
living death through these ailments every
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year, men are so blind that they heed not the
warningH at all, and therefore they must also
suffer the physical consequences a-jwoll as the
mental and spiritual.
Men who are on the right track of life
grow better and bettor when they gi-ow older.
The reverse is also true, that men who aie on
the road of impurity, degenerate more and
more into miserable types of men.
When a crop is sown, the reaper gathers
in much moi-e than ho sows; the same law
holds good as regards vonery. The crop that
sports receive is awful and their bitter fruits
are the hells which fall inevitably upon thorn.
The fruits will ripen sooner or later, and tho*
one that sows them must put up with them •
he cannot throw them off very easily, for ho
becomes so entangled that reason is lost and ho
becomes tormented in a veritable hell of his
own making.
When the fires of passion are ignited his
associations quickly change. He seeks filthy
literature and enjoys dirty conversations and
stories. Imagine the dirty characters of
men who after a night's debauchery in em-
bracing filthy women come home later on
and kiss their faithful wives or their sweet-
hearts. How can human beings, who aio
called men, sit at the breakfast table with
their mothers and sisters, when just the night
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before they polluted thoanolvo.s ? Yos, thewo
incidents take j)luce in every town every day
of the wcolc. Men become ho hardened that
they think nothini^ of it whatever. It ih ho
common that they think nearly all do it, and
those that don't haven't brains enough. The
above description \h only one of a mild sport.
When the tires of passion are heated up to a
higher pitch, when they take on the appear-
ance of being ''tough" in Baccho et Venere,
the dcscirotions are too tilthy to be written.
Men, v>'?iO are dirty in mind do not see
themselves at all. We know many men and
women are so blind that they cannot see when
their physic. I bodies are dirty. Others who
are clean see it at a glance. The same law
holds good with diriy minds, and especially is
this the case with foruicator» who do not see
])urity.
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HOUSES OF PROSTITOTIOH.
There aro many different houses of ill
fame in which merchandise is made of the pol-
luting embrace with all its evils. It is a com
mon thing to hear "up-to-date sports" .ay that
they feel themselves sate in going to the better
class of sporting houses since it is the business
of the girls to keep themselves clean. Un-
doubtedly they are less liable to contract
venereal diseases ft-om a profe>sional Sport"
than fi^m an immoral servant giW or street
strumpet, and then they are also less liable to
get mto ti-ouble through blackmail or by the
woman or girl becoming pregnant. It i«
likewise true also, that the sin which man
mflicts ui)on the public prostitute h not as
gi^at as upon another woman, for it is rather
difficult to spoil a rotten eg^; as it were
h.!ly. r ^T""""" "'^''^^ ''' **^« fashionable
bit>thels where men very often contract vener-
ealdineases which at time, follows them all
their hves. If a prostitute isciosely examined,
18 this the case when she is closely examined
by the 8crutim.,ng eye of the physician. If
men could but realize the filthy places in
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which they have their enjoyment, they
wouldn't feel like digging their graves in such
dirty localities. This is what millions of men
arc continually doing every year.
Men, who are frequenters of these brothels
never reason, and simply go by the impulses of
their passions. If they wouVJ only think how
many other men co-habit with the same girla
which they cr.i*es»s (for it takes many as a rule
to koep the unfortunate women in boai*d and
clothes), they would perhaps have enough. If
they Would only see the dirty specimens of
men who have their indulgences in the very
same places as they do, they would not feel
like co-habiting with such women.
Prostitutes are very fond of perfume,
which a^?fcists them in covering up their filth
and in charming their frequenters with the
idea that they arc beautiful. In speaking of
prostitutes we can verily say, "The way of
the transgressor is hai-d." Women who work
nothing and simply earn their living by sell-
inflj their bodies, their minds, and their souls
to dirty men are objects of pity. How few are
the missionaries that come to them and say,
"Sin no more" ! Who comes to them and
tries to show them the evils that result from
the abuse of sex ! Who comes to them and
tries to reform them by instructing them that
the secret of life lies in the control of tb^
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organs of sex and the doing of one's duty ! Who
comes to them and shows them the purity of
Religion ! Ah! alas, they verily are in a hell
into ♦vhich clergymen are afraid to tread.
From a careful study of prostitution, I am
absolutely positive that if clergymen would
endeavor to reform them, thi^ir ett'orts would be
in vain. When a woman has once entei-od a
house ot prostitution she is beyond the reach of
the methodi of reformation at the present time.
If anything ever can bo accomplished, it can
only be done when clergymen will truly undeiv
stand the organs of sex, their use and abuse,
and when they make that study a part of their
teachings.
Prostitutes think that almost everybody is
as licentious as they are themselves. Often have
I hoai-d such statements. They consider
themselves just as good as the men who co-habit
with them, and in that thought they arc not go
very far astray. Their minds are filled with
nothing but obscene matters. When they look
at anything, they look at it through obscene
eyes. Nearly all prostitutes are hysterical, and
since they do not possess a strong will, they
roll along in the maelstrom of destruction,
which verily is a frightful hell. Many loose
women ai*e beautiful and kind-hearted, and if
the world would know the causes which made
^^,em seek shelter in a houb of ill-fame, moral
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people would hwsitate in treading thorn under
their feet. It is no wonder that the pathetic
song, "She may have seen better days,"
touches the soul of men in pity.
The causes which make women public
prostitutes are many, and in order to accom-
plish a reformation in this great problem, it is
not enough to deal with the effects. We must
trace the effects back to the causes, and if it is
possible to prevent the causes, if we can im-
plant moral instruction and the law concerning
Ihc true use of the organs of sex into the chil-
dren, then can wo hojio for a great change.
The irreatest cause of all is that children have
fornication born within themselves; the sons
of the land create a demand for prostitutes;
the awful rcs])onsibility that ftdls upon a man,
who robs a girl of her virginity, is not thought
ofatallin its true light. Under our present
system of laws a man may rob the virtue of
dozens of women, who afterwards are cast upon
the road of degradation, whilst he himself re-
ceives no punishment from the state, and may
associate with the best society in the land. The
world as yet cannot see that he is punished by
the eternal laws of God. lie is frightfully pun-
ished for his misdeeds, but no one can truly
understand how ho is punished until he can
truly understand the great laws of cause and
effectj, which act continually, and which we
endeavor to make clear in this book. Resides
the causes that are at work within a person, we
have other causes whicii are responsible. Thus
we have our alcohol, our erroneous system of
education, our sweat shops with starvation
wages, the accumulation of wealth in the
hands of a few at the expense of the poor
masses, thus debarring the latter from education
and allowing ignorance and passion to rule
their minds, and a host of other selfish notions.
The system of instituting reforms "a la
Parkhurst," is entirely wrong. He created a
great npheavel in New Yorlc, but wliat good
did he accomplish ? If we compare Dr. Park-
hurst's methods with those of Mr. Stead, who
visited the poor unfortunate women in Chicago
during the World's Pair, and asked their opin-
ions, what they thought of Christ, and then
wrote down his experiences and suggested re-
^brms, we have an entirely ditfeient picture. It
is wrong to trample upon the frightfully pun-
ished women, but wo must teach and show
humanity how the great evil can be preventet\y to vice is as
nothing in com])arison to the racial degradation
and er of women wlio «lio from its im-
mediate ett'ects is not k>s-( than six thousand
per annum."
These figures no douht are startling, but
they are nevertheless undoubtedly not exag-
gerated. Many people will say that though
Huch a largo percentage belongs to tho United
States, in Canada tho percentage is much less.
Probably tho percentage is less, but nevertheless
it is simply frightful.
At another place in the report of the special
committee on criminal abortion, there appear
these lines:
"It is well known that in this country the
faithful ministrations of the Catholic clergy
pi-ovcnt the commission of the crime to such .in
extent that it is very seldom committed by a
Catholic married woman, and the committee
believes that if the Protestant cleigy would
properly present the subject to their congrega-
tions, with tho assistance of the press and other
auxiliaries, the crime would soon become as
rare among the Pi'otestants as the Catholics
But the clerg}' claim to be ignorant on this
subject. They must therefore be instructed and
urged on to their duties by agitation through
the press and in assemblies like this and others
of which we have spoken. The press needs
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educating nlmoKt as much as tlio clergy, before
it can place the Hubjectin an intelligent manner
befoi'o it8 readers."
This reiK)rt was made in 1881, but we fail
t() see an}' imi>rovements whatever since that
date. On the other hand, men and women
have grown "wiser", as it wore, in this devilish
M'ork, and the number of abortions is much
greater now than then. Public opinion
upon the ci-ime ot abortion is giadually becom-
ing weaker. Abortion is so common and peo-
ple have become so accustomed to it that they
think nothing of its occurrence. That is gen-
erally speaking. Of course, (here are many
people who aie shocked when Ihoy hear about
these crimes, but very many simply take it as
a common occurrence not worth any great
attention.
It is almost impossible to pick up any daily
paj^er in which we cannot see the bold adver-
tisements ot medicines which are stated to cor-
rect irregularities, whilst in the great Ameiican
papers the criminal work of the professional
abortionist is plainly announced. Little does
the community also dream of the work of some
physicians m towns and cities, who are abor-
tionists; for seldom are they caught in the>e
nefarious doings. Little do our good mothers
dream how "smart" their daughters are in the
use of the various devices for producing abor-
tions on themselves, * ^
t6
To illustrate this, the writor will mention
one incident. A .hort time ngo I wan called
one evening to attend a beautiful young lady,
the daughter of a very good and renpcctablo
family. (T will not narrate all the details,
for "in the physician's heart many Hccrets are
licld and no one 8ave the patient holds the key.")
On investigation I found that a miscarrnigo
Avhich the girl had produced herself was going
on ; the young women afterwards, when she
saw no escape, confessed to me her trouble A
foetus of three months was expelled and al-
though the mother was in the house, strange to
say, she did not discover the trouble. The
next morning I called to sec the girl and
casually I began to read a number ot Holy
mottoes on the wall, such as, "lledeemed by
the precious blood of Christ", "The blood of
Christ cleanses us from all sin," etc. etc. Sus-
pended over the head of the bed there was a
framed picture with dirtcrent characters. 1
looked at this lor a time,but as the room wasn't
very li«'ht, the girl's mother, who was at hand,
raised ti.e curtains, so that I could have a good
view of the picture. She then began to explain
the different characters and gave quite a lecture
upon the evil effects of tobawco and alcohol.
The lecture was very lengthy and, being in full
view of the sick girl, 1 had great difficulty to
restrain myself. 1 had to take it all and say
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nothing. When the mother was gone, I gave
her daughter a lecture upon a different topic.
This narration is to the ])oint and it will
reveal a great truth to th<>»e who will tkinU and
study, for therein lies the necret of the agitati<»n
concerning ])rohil)ition. A great fight is ma«ie
by temjMjrance and prohibition oratoi's con»
corning the etfect« of alcohol, but about the evil
ro8ults flowing from the abuHo of the sex we
hear nothing. Now, I admit that there are
very many evils resulting from the over-indul-
gence in alcohol, but the evil effects from the
misuse of the texual organs are a thousand
times worse than those resulting from alcoiiol.
Since no law can be enforced which will
prevent adulteries and ail the vice and licen-
tiousness resulting from fornication, the only
way then that these evils can be overcome is by
educating men and women in the physiology of
the sexual organs and the divine laws of crea-
tion.
Intemperance to-day is overcome to a great
extent by showing people that alcohol, exces-
sively used, is injurious. Thousands of men,
however, may be around hotels, saloons
etc., and yet will never become intoxicated.
They know better; for tliey have sufficient
common sense to know when thoy have enough.
Likewise, our men and womou should be in-
structed a,bout the evil effects of the ^orversirnying:
''Thy kingdom come," but they don't btrive
very hard to eftnblish it. Thoy don't know
how to go about ic, and they never will achieve
much, until this might}' question becomes as
])lain as the alphabet.
-Deatii frequently follows abortion and little
does tha world tver dream of the suitering which
often precedes this fatal ending. Statistics
show fifteen deaths from aboition to one from
natural labor. Inflammation of the womb luid
ovaries ofte.i i-esult, likewise pelvic peritonitis.
Displacement of the wom'j with all its dis-
tressing sj'mptoms is veiy common. About
two-thirds of all the female complaints are duo
to abortions, whilst shattering of the nervous
system, which gives rise to nervous prostration
and insanity, is a very frequent eft'ect.
Women thiid< very little of the risks they
are running in these masters, and if they could
but see all the possible com])lication8, as a
physician sees them, then we would hear raiely
of those cold-bltjoded murders. Aside from
deatii, the terrib: safterlngs are frightful, and
the t ooncr women will realize the awfid crime
and itsevil consequences to their bodies ai.d their
minds, the letter it will be for t'io world. If
the physical and mental siiflerings are so hol*-
rible, what will be the spiritual ?
Many are of the opinion that abortions take
plaee mostly amongst single ^Vomen, but this is
is not the case. It is in the sanctum of the
married families that they occur most fre-
quently. Think of a woman destroying her
nearest relative! The one in whose body verily
flows the same blood as in her own! For what
cause is the murder committed? What wrong has
the child done to be put away ? Who are these
mui«dererst We find them all over, especially
amongst the women of fashion wearing gems
and jewels of piccious worth to make tliem loolf
beautiful. They can't be bothcrei, and in some instances he may become
crippled for life or die. Many women, who
contract the discase,become invalids or succumb
to it.
In the male, it attacks the mucous mem-
brane of t|ie urethra, and llie first symptom that
manifests itself is a slight burning sensation
whilst urinating. The meatus upon examinji-
tion is found swollen and a few drops of pus are
to be seen. The usual time between coition
and the onset of the disease is from two to five
days. The burning rapidly becomes worse and
the pus soon begin to ooze freely, so that the
linen becomes staineortion
of the urethra and ma}'^ not gofurtlier, but may
linger ai'ound these parts and cause vanous
forms ot complications.
The most frequent complication, that often
sets in about the fifth or sixth week or later, is
what is usually called orchitis, in which one of
the testicles becomes very sensitive and swells
up to an enormous size, throwing the man on
the broad of his back for a week. The physi-
cian usually informs the friends of the sick man
that Mr. 8o-and-So is suffering from inflamma-
tion of the bowels, and often the poor unfor-
tunate wife is seen sitting beside her adul-
terous husband pitying him in his sufferings.
She knows not what the trouble is, and if it
can't be passed off as appendicitis, it is usuaUy
atti-ibuted to an injury produced by kick or a
fall. If the patient leaves his bed in a week, he
does well, and then comes the wearing of a
suspensory for a long time. But the swelling
usually does not disappear for months and often
never. Sterility often follows these cases.
In other cases again, the bl.idder may bo-
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come involved, and iliin shreds are pasaeil with
the urine, whilst the bladder becomes very sen-
sitive and irritable. Occasionally immense
Hweliings take )»lace in the foreskin which cau'-e
sloughing of the parts,unle»8 a timely operation
is undergone. Strictures oflen occur in the
later ntages, most frequently months or years
after the first attack.
It is surprising that, although the symp-
toms of gonorrhoea are so very severe and the
sufferers oflen ciy from ]>ain and misery, so
much so tliat tiiey state they will never give
way to their passions again, just as soon as they
feel better again and the old temptations open,
the}' fall into the same trap. Sensuality is a
frightful evil, and when it is the master, its
poor unfortunate slaves are troubled and tor-
mented most bitterly. This evil is ho very
great, that but veiy few have a chance to
regenerate. '
Thousands of women die every year from
gonorrhoea, and not only prostitutes, but many
innocent Avives, who contracted the trouble
from their dirty husbands. These cases are
veiy common, and man}' husbands are more
worthy of being j)aiadcd ujton a scaitbld and
jerked into eternity than murderers. Such in-
dividuals are to he found in every village, town
and city in the land. Do not think that these
statements are exaggerated ; for such is not the
case. It is well for a young man to know the
evil confsequences of this disease, so that he will
become disguBted with its filth and hold it in
such dreud, that he will refrain from stepping
into the sporting world.
Gonon-hoea in women affects first the
vagina and then often extends into the womb.
From there it affects the fallopian tubes and
ovaries, causing abscesses in the abdominal
cavities, which often kill the poor victims.
Gonorrhoeal rheumatism is a complication which
affects some unfortunate victims and plays
havoc with them.
Very many men who have contracted this
disease do not continue treatment long enough.
The result is that they often contract a gleet or
stricture, which gives them lots of fun later on
in biting their teeth together during treatment.
Men, who have had gonorrhoea and who con-
sider themselves cured, often have the germs
latent within them, which may affect their wives
or other women, and give them a great deal of
trouble with their generative organs. The
writer has also seen cases where the husband
infected his wife, whilst slie was well advanced
in pregnancy, and then when the child was
born it developed gonorrhoea in its ©yes. Many
children are thus afflicted and come into the
world blind. Shouldn't the very devils, no
Pftat^r how bad they are, b© shoc^ecl ^t euch
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deoils ? .Wouldn't it be more justifiable to 13'noh
such men, tlmn a negro for ravaging a woman
who perliajiH liadn't protected her chastity?
Yet these slow murders are taking place con-
tinually, and the pooj- women and children are
subjected to the most horrible tortures.
Besides tlio above complications, there are
many others in which there may be discharges
of blood mixed with the pus and in which very
painful chordees cause many a sleepless night.
The suffering usually is intense in ail these
complications, and frightful to behold. A great
deal more could be written upon this subject,
but we hope enough has been said to warn the
the reader to keep away from such base things
and think more of his character and his health.
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SOFT CHANCRE.
There are two diseases which affect the
genitals which first appear as ulcers. Both
are called chancres ; the one fomi "soft," the
other, "hard." The soft chancre often is
called "chancroid." It is a local and highly
contagious ulcer, very destructive in its
course. It rarely occurs alone, but most
frequently a number of ulcers occur side by
side. It usually appears on the glands of
the penis in the male and on the vulva of
the female.
The soft chancre never is a constitutional
disease, and although it looks much more
severe than the hard chancre and causes a
great deal more suffering; it is quite cur-
able, and after playing severe havoc with its
victim for a time, leaves him with a number
of scars to remind him for the remainder of
h.s life of the sufferings whicli he once ex-
perienced. The pus from the soft chancre is
sometimes inoculated through carelessness in
a number of places, such as the lips, nose,
eyes, thighs, or any cutaneous or mucous
surface, and produce^ ulcers thereon. Tlio
period of inociilntionin the case of chancroid
is from twenty-four hours to a week. In
rare instances it takes longer time. Soon
after the painful ulcor makes it appimranco
on the glands of the penis, the inguinal
glands begin to become painful and swollen.
Xn mild cases there may l)e v b'ttle in-
volvement of the glands, but ver^ >n the
typical "bubo" develops. This may be on one
or both sides of the groin. One or more
glands may be involved and suppurate. The
pain in some cases of buboes is usually in-
tense, and those who undergo it will never
forget their experience.
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SYPHILIS.
Syphilis is a chronic, infectious, venereal
disease, which affects every organ and tissue
in the whole body and is transmissible to
poste^it3^ Of the various venereal diseases,
syphilis i)lay8 more havoc than all the others
together. It is usually contracted by impure
sexual intercourse, but innocents are also
very often affected.
The history of syphilis dates back many
thousands of years, and for very many
centuries it has played its awful destruction
in the libertinism of Europe, In America,
amongst the Indians before Columbus dis-
covered America, it was unknown. Twenty
years, however, after Columbus touched the
new world, syphilis began to destroy the
poor unfortunate Indians. Wherever Euro-
peans settled, syphilis followed, so that now
it is to be found in every country in the
world to a very alarming degree.
At the present time in many of the
country places in America it is almost ab-
sent, but in the cities and towns it is rapidly
spreading, and if no greater precautions are
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tnkeu thnii ftt the present time, the villages
and country will bec^ome infected as well. It
prevails to the greatest clegrfo in sea port
cities, but all large cities are full of it, and
thousands of vigorous young men and women
are becoming infected daily. It affects not
only the pm>r and vicious, for it is no re-
Bpector of persons and attacks the socalled
royal blood just as readily. Many persons
who have contracted this disease may go
about and no one may ever notice it ; for
"Skin and film the ulcerous place,
While rank curruption, mining all within,
Infects unseen."
Causes. — Syphilis is caused by a germ
or its virus which infests the blood of a
syphilitic person and is inoculated into
another individual through an abrasion how-
ever small, or by absorption through a
mucous surface. The chief source of the
contagion is in the fluid, which transudes
from the surface of the initial lesion or ulcer
(hard chancre) and next in order from
mucous patches. The blood of a syphilitic
also carries the i>oison and if it gets into an
abrasion, no matter how small, of another
person, it produces the disease. Likewise,
the matter or fluid from any skin lesion in
the secondary stages will produce the infec-
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tiou. The transudation from a fiaaure in
the nipple of a syphilitic nurse will, if
lodged in an abrasion upon the lips, tongue
or buccftl wall of the child, pnjduce the spe-
cific disease upon a non-syphilitic subject.
On the other hand, a syphilitic child may
inoculate a healthy nurse. The urine, tear:i
and sweat of syphilitic patients do not con-
vey the i)oison. The contagion may be in-
oculated directly and most frequently is,
but it is often conveyed also by the virus
adhering to some intermediatory agent. Thus
the contagion may be carried by cigars,
pipes, tooth brushes, drinking utensils in-
cluding communion cups, knives, forks,
Bi)oons, razors, towels, sponges, gloves, trou-
sers, lead i)er.cils, and a variety of other
articles. It is easily seen that if anyone has
syphilis he is dangerous to society, and that
many innocent persons become afflicted.
The clinical history of a typical case of
acquired syphili . is usually divided into
three stages, — pnmary, secondary, and hn-
tiary. In a majority of cases, however,
under proper treatment the tertiary stages
may be eliminated and the secondary stages
made shorter and less severe .
Primary Staoe. — At the time of inocu-
lation the abrasion may be so small as to be
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.ra..ot,cea. The vin,B romaius qniescent for
«l.o„t three weeks a.,,1 then the jmtient
noti,eHas„,alIirritate.ls„rf„ce,whichnp,K,ars
as "papule ami from the covering of which «
clear serum e^c«,«,s. At times there may be
«n eromon. I„ case there is not much irri-
tahon there may lye but little suppuration,
lie ulcer .s usually small ami oval in „„t-
t.e """Isnallow, increasing gradually from
e ponphcry U, the centre and its surface
covere seve^, of them are
affected. There is very little pain. The
hrst stages last from six to nine weeks
.SEc,,NnABv SrA«K.-The primary infec-
tion grmlually merges into the secondary bv
ab.s„rption of the poison into the whole
mtem. Headache usually .sets in as well as
shooting iMins in the limbs, back, and other
parts. The hair begins to fall out and a
person may become bald-headed in a ve-y
short time. An eruption appears on the
skin, which usually looks "copper colored"
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and often covers the whole form. Sore throat
alsosetH in, whilst white patches make their
appearance upo!i the mucous membrane of the
mouth. There is usually fever present. Tliis
may continue off an;! on for a consi
Self-abuse in known by various names
such as masturbation, onanism, self-abuse'
solitary vico, secret evil, and a variety of other
nanies It is prcdnced by playini,. or toyin..
with the sexunl or/,mn.s, which creates an ex-
cited condition, until a fluid passes; then in a
few moments all the apparently pleasant sen-
sations vanish. Were it not for these appar-
ently pleasant sensations, self-abuse would
Clever be practice.!, but it is owing to this
sensation that the evil gets hold of a per-
son. Both boys and girls become afflicted.
Ihe s.n of selfipollutionis t^io most destructive
<^vil practiced by lallen man. Jt is far worse
than illegitimate sexual intercourse, yet
strange to say, it is present mostly in the
"apparently good" children, who would bo
It is a f.ir greater evil than diphtheria
sca^det fever or small pox, yet we allow this'
awful curse to destroy youths and maidens by
the thousands, not by a genuine death, which
even would be a blessing, but by a living
clefith ; which makes thein imbeciles and d^
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piivoB Uicm of theii' reuHoii, so that they are
lit for nothing but the lunatic asylums. If all
the secret^ of the insane asyluintt were truly
known, the world would be Bhocked at the
large number of inmates whose reasons have
been destroye^l by this awfill curse. There are
many in tho-ie places, who have sunken far
beneath the level of the brute, for they even
haven't enough sen^e left to place food in their
mouths; for hours and hours they stiind or sit
in V corner staring at apparently nothing, and
the saliva trickles down upon their clothes ;
these are horrible pictures and pitiable beyond
expression.
In a former chapter, the close connection
between the organs of sex and the brain ha^
been shown, and consequently we should
expect this most unnatural abuse to show
itself in the reasoning faculties before affecting
anything else. This is exactly what take»i
place, and, coasequently when the dirty act
has been i)erformed for the first time, it will
not be long before the victim will want to do it
again. In a short time he wants to do it
ottener, until at last he resorts to the dirty act
very frequently.
Seraetimes, the unfortunate victim may
think it is wrong and will try to quit, but he
has lost telf-coutrol, whilst the momentary
©xcitoment assumes the mastership, and grad-
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ally he iH carried down into the most hellish
condition, from which there is no escape.
Ignorance of the results excuses no one,
for all masturbators commence this dirt}' habit
through ignorance. One boy shows another,
and one girl innocently tolls another. I have
met hundreds, and from a careful enquiiy, I
find the cause was nearly always the "same old
stoi-y". This great curse is so prevalent fhat at
. the present time parents have no guarantee
that their own children will not be masturba-
tore. The years from ten to twelve are the
most dangerous.
Occasionally some are masturbators on ac-
count of phimosis or other abnormalities, but
those cases are infrequent. The cui-se spreads
from one to another like a contagion, and the
sooner parents become enlightened upon this
important subject, and display enough common
sense to put their children properly on guard,
then they can protect themselves, and the less
masturbation will there be.
This is a very unpleasant subject to read
and to study, but every father and every mother
with young children, should be j^osted upon
this subject, likewise every youth. If this
knowledge were generally spread, then self-
abuse >vould be a thing of the past. Is it not
horrible to think that there are so many families
ip which there are one or more mastqrbatprs ?
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Are those juircnts not to be j)itic(], an well as
as the imfbrtimate victims ? Shall we be quiet
and say nothing about this curse, because it is
a "delicate" subject ? Heaven forbid ! I^hese
vital questions must be taught and it would be
cowai*dice to shirk' the dut}'. Let the subjects
be taught to the coming generations, and then
we will have a glorious nation.
Symptoms. — One, who has given way to
masturbation, may not notice anything for a
long time, for during this time the evil habit is
able to defy detection by coming on so gradually
that he does not notice it. It takes away his
senses and his i-eason. That fails first and be-
comes blunted J consequently, it is easy work for
this awful curse to propagate its longings and
burn its victims in a living death.
Self-buse aflects a person morally, mentally
and physically. The whole person is affected,
and not an organ in his whole body escapes
injury. The effects of this disease are so appar-
ent that it is easily recognized by the experienc-
ed observer. It is detected in his actions, in
his sjjeech, in his walk, in his handshake, in his
general appearance, and in fact there are so
many ways that it is almost impossible to men-
tion them. It is in the observation of the whole
person that I liave been enabled to detect hun-
dreds. No disease presents so strong a claim
as this, and although persons are given up to
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this habit, they never think that they are dc-
tocted by others. Nature never tlocH allow her-
self to be deluded, and she always advertises the
facts in their very persons. Every thought,
w.u-d, and jvction which we think, speak, or act,
is registered uj)on ourselves in a manner, which
is similiar to the registrations of sound vibra-
tions upon the cylinder of a })honograph.
It makes no ditierence whether they arc
good or bad, they are always registered and if
they are bad those marks themselves already
blacken our characters and punish us. On the
other hand, if our thoughts, words, or actions
are good, we are ennobled and blessed by them.
Now in tlie case of a ])erson, who practices
self-abuse, his thoughts and actions are register-
ed upon him, consequently it it is repeated often
enough, the person is so altered in his thoughts,
words, and actions, that it is easily rcadible. It
is in this manner that the affliction is read.
No microscope is required to discover the effects,
but by the general observation of the patient,
the disease is easily discovered.
The symptoms, however, come on so slowly
in the patient that he does not think there in
anything wrong. The reason for this is, because
his mind is always diseased and he does not use
wisdom or reason. The Creator has given us a
brain and a mind with which to think and
gather wisdom. In self-pollution this is the
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fii*8t thing which becomes diseased. Conse-
quently, it is in this manner that the frightful
ravages of the passions grow and prosper and
break up the vitality of a person unnoticed by
himself. It is a stran<;o fact but nevertheless
true that persons, who are subject to mastur-
bation, rarely present themselves to their physi-
cians for treatment. Very few, indeed, of my
cases had enough sense to tell me plainly what
was the matter and ask to be treated for it.
On the other hand, they presented themselves
for other complaints, some complaining of con-
tiDual headache, others of pains in the stomach,
others of constipation, and a host of other com-
plaints. >
One of the foremost symptoms of self-abuse
is a weakening of the mind, and consequently
we find that the senses cannot be centred upon
an object. There occurs a lack of energy, which
disturbs the vitalizing forces in accomplishing
their purposes, and consequently^ we have con-
fusion of ideas, aversion to study, absent-mind-
edness, and loss of self-control. Ambition be-
comes lost and the j^erson becomes like a dere-
lect upon the ocean, that is driven into all parts
accoi-ding to the influence* of t. le wind and
waves.
All thoughts, which tend towards the re-
cognition of the good, sublime, and true, become
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dwarfed, and consequently, the poor victims
cannot approciato the .>eaiitio.s in the flowers,
the trees, tiie animals, tie earth or the heavens
above, but everything appears to them as
empty as the desert.
It is true, iiowever, that they do attend
church, and it is a strange thing indeed that
many take an active interest in church matters,
but their thoughts a.e not concentrated upon
truth, they seem simply to be led to places of
worship through their friends.
Their thoughts are not concentrated upon
the sermon, but they love to sit down and think
of obscene mental pictuies, which continually
come to their view. Victims love solitude, and
whilst they sit quietly in church, their minds
are given up to dirty thoughts. The sermon to
them is a matter of inditterence, for they can-
not reason.
: Enthusiasm and nobleness find no soil in
the brains of the polluted, but on the otlier
hand they die ; what alfectsand tills others with
finthusiasm and love, leaves them cold and in-
different; they never care about games and
sports nor do they ever mingle more in the so-
ciety of gii'ls than tliey can possibly help; they
have no use for their company, but they sneak
oif to quiet recesses where they carry on their
frightful curse ; they are also very lazy, and in-
stead of romping about as children should, tliey
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lounge around and do aslittlo as they Cf*n ; they
become veiy di.s]ione^;t, and lying is to them an
easy mattei-. After a time, they become round
shouldered and the spine becomes curved. Thcli-
gait is a dragging sliuffling walk ; there seems
no life in it. They become very suspicious and
filled with fear and are continually scared about
nothing except their dirly work. There is no
manliness in them; all the principles, which
make a man, are not obeyed and oonsequently,
they exist in their miserable condition knowing
nothing of real life. They can't concentrate
their minds upon anything and they gradually
lose all control.
Possibly they may through some sources
become aware of their miserable existence, and
then may cry out for strength to overcome
their evil habits, but soon again the evil habit
assumes control and they scoff at the very idea
of regeneration. M(»rbid fancies gradually in-
crease, until melancholy sets in with all its dis-
astrous influences. Madness and suicitle is then
open to them. Little does the workl know
what is at the bottom of the n^any suicides of
young people. Evei-y once in a while we hear
of a shocking case where a poor unfortunate
has ended his life, but the world is in ignorance
about the hidden cause.
The cheeks become very pale with a dull
leaden color and the eyes have ii peculiar guilty
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exprcswion ; iho poor victim is very ylow, yet
looks anxious and often breathes quite rapidly;
he never stands erect ; nearly always theie are
stomach disorders and constipation. The whole
system is so distorted, that thei-e is nothing but
a phj'sical, mental, and moral wi-ee!:.
Conjugal Onanism is the dii-ty act of with-
drawal. There are many young !-coundrels of
men, who have sexual intej-course wit)« girls,
but in ordei* to avoid conception they resort to
this filthy evil. At the present age, however,
this bad habit is undermining the health of
many married men, who think they are very
kind in obliging their better halves who don't
want childre*:. The writer has discoveied quite
a number of men who complained about various
diseases. Some had asthma, others indigeslion,
others headache, others backache, and a host of
otlier aches and pains, whilst others had various
forms of h3'sloria. There are a lot of men run-
ning over the land in search of rcUef from their
complaints, but they hardly ever think that
this contemptible evil is the cause of the whole
trouble and they never tell their physicians.
Since it wouldn't be a wise policy for a physici-
an to ask the patients in a routine way about
these matters, it is no wonder that the trouble
is not detected by the physicians. The sufferers
run from one to another, yet they never say
anything about the evil habit,
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PhysiciaiiH, who pay a great deal of atten-
tion to the perversion of the Rex and who are
able to detect self-abuse at a glance, quickly
tumble on the trouble as it were. The act of
withdrawal is as bad as self-abuse itself. Dis-
turbances occur in the electric and magnetic
forces in the system which cause very groat
injuries to the nervous system, and consequent-
ly the whole system becomes shattered and
wrecked. Having met many men, who have
ignorantly given way to this evil, it becomes
pertinent to say a few words upon the subject.
These are questions which the laity should
know, and the sooner the barriers of ignorance
are scattered to the winds, the bettor it will be
for the lace. Every man should be acquainted
with the laws concerning sex, and it is high
time that they should be taught. The sooner
these questions aie understood the better. It is
no wonder that our insane asylums are not
large enough and that insanity is frightfully on
the increase. If the laws of sex are understood
and taught, then and not until then, are there
hopes of lessening insanity, not only that, but
all forms of evil will be lessened, whilst greater
joy and peace shall reign, and men and
women will not take pleasures in the selfish
vanities which we now see, but a general im-
pulse will be given all to respond gladly to
their posts of duty in making others happy.
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Many will doubtless wonder why it is that
the act of self-pollution is so destructive in com-
parison with natural sexual intei'coiirsc. This
is a subject that under our materialistic science
is not understood. It belongs to the domain
of pychology, which is as 3^et but in its infancy.
There are many electric and magnetic forces in
the body which are not understood. Those
forces are terribly shattered by the act of self-
abuse, and consequently since those are the
forces which jilay such a mighty part in the
nervous system, it naturally follows that the
nervous system must suffer. In the case of
natural sexual intercourse there is an intercliarge
between the male and female psychic forces,
and consequently we haven't that shattering
to the nervous system.
Treatment.
Prevention is better than cure and it is the
intention of this book to educate people so that
their evil habits will not develop, but since
there are so many unfortunate young men and
women, who require treatment, a few words
will not be out of place.
The treatment will vary according to the
gravity of the trouble and the peculiarity of
the patient. The habit must be stopped and
all the necessary efforts must be brought to
bear to bring about the desired results.
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In cases not far advanced, by a few deter-
mined efforts, the disease is conquered, but it
is absolute!}' necessary to make a determined
stand not to do the dirty thing again. That is
the first thing to do and tlion the mind must be
diverted upon different things. A suitable
amount of vvoi-k should be done every day and tlie
youth sliould never sit alone, but he should get
more life into him and get into company. He
should enjoy the hearty jokes, laughs, and tricks
of th u her boys, and if possible he should also
be i the company of ladies.
Vness and solitude must be broken, and in
its place there must be actively and life. Cour-
a<»"e is absolutely necessary, and if a firm reso-
lution is made, moral courage will join in and
help him along. A grim resolution to the
Cieator should be made at once, not to-morrow
and a dozen of times, but immediately and with
a mighty impulse. A great mistake which
many a youth makes is in asking God to do all
the work in curing him, whilst he doesn't make
an effort himself. That wont do, he must work
with all his might and strive to reach the goal.
In many cases this mental treatment is all that
is required, but in more advanced cases he re-
quires the services of a physician and he should
not neglect to receive proper treatments.
Many young men are afraid to go to their
family physician, and consequently since the
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country is full of quacks, they very often are
caught by the scoundreln, who fleece the money
from them. Quacks usually advertise "sure
cures" and circulate their frJL-htenmg literature
far and wide. Many victims are "bitten" and
when they become disgusted with one quack
they go to another. It is far better to go
straight to the family physician, providing he
is an honorable man, and to present the case to
him. The family physician will guanl the
secrets, for he will not divulge them to anyone,
so there is no necessity of being afraid. He
will look after his j^ationt's interests and guide
him safely upon the road of leformation. Many
mastuibators often think they ajc wiser than
their physicians, but in this they are mistjiken;
they should always remember that their minds
are weak and that they should follow the ad-
vice of their physicians.
One case cannot be tieated exactly like the
other, sometimes there aie some phj'sical ett'ects,
which must be lemedied, before the irritation
can bo removed. Victims of the habit should
remember that their physicians are far better
friends to them than they imagine.
It is a lamentable facts that there arc but
very few parents, who understand the subject
of masturbation, consequently if their children
are affiicted, they display so much ignorance>
that the physician and patient become disgust-
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ed. If parents nndersto(Ki this BiibjBct in the
first place, the chances are that tlieir children
would not have fallen victims at all. The great
tiouble with many parents, whose children are
masturbators, is, they never believe that thoir
'•good" children would do such a dirty thing,
and if they were told of it they would hardly
credit it.
I have become so disgusted with the actions
of many parents that I never inform them what
is the matter with their boys, unless I can't
help myself and then 1 make it a point that
only the father should know it and always for-
bid him to tell his wife. It is a hard thing for
the mothers to believe it, and if she should ask
her boy whether it was true he would almost
invariably lie about it. No matter if he is
truthful in everything else, he will lie about
the evil vice, when coiiiered up. Many a patient
was brought to me by the parents, who told me,
"he worked too haid", and then contracted
(lyspej)sia or goodness know-s what all. 1 ad-
vised him that he must work etc. and then
since I didn't inform the parents of the real
cause of the trouble, Ihey thought I must be
mistaken in my diagnosis and ofcourse didn't
appreciate the advice. The only thing to do in
euch cases is simply to go ahead and pay no at-
tention to them, unless their remarks come'tOQ
thick,
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Now nearly all physicians me«t with these
advei-sities and many parents throughout the
whole country never think of the unknown
friend, who was the means of restoring their
sons to manhood. People should rememher
that true physicians do not "blow" about their
work, but they work silently. Somehow or
other, especially in the rural districts, many
people often are ignorant and believe every
takir with long hair touching the shoulders and
weai-ing a "stove pipe" hat. They think that
that man knows moie than their honorable
physician and they pay him good fees in ad-
vance to get humbugged, whilst their physician
must wait years for money which h« honestly
earned, and then often gets nothing. Every
once in a while a new scoundrel comes around
with a different scheme and sure enough the
"suckers" are caught. A person would think
that they would soon be on to them, but if they
are, it soon wears off. It seems they are always
looking for the "miraculous". Suiely they
soon ought to know better, but "an ignorant
man thinks he is wise, and a wise man thinks
he is ignorant".
The great theatre for virtue is conscience.
Ciceno.
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PART II.
In the preceding chapters, the reader can
plainly see the use and abuse of the sexual or-
gans, and, if he will only take the advice given,
it Mill be a great blessing for him. Oo-existent
with the sexual preversion we often have other
groat faults and consequently we will also show
them up and show the law under which they
are go' rned. When the leader can grasp
these simple laws, he will then have a better
and a nobler insight into the use and purpose
of life. We will describe but two of the jvils
and if the reader can realize that ali othei*8 fol-
low in the same law he becomes master. It is
not the intention of the author to describe too
much matter which cannot be easily grasped,
but we desire throughout the whole booic to
make matters so plain that when they are read
they cannot be forgotten.
This book serves as the guide of man, for
verily herein he will find the secrets of real
life, and if he will but only use his common
sense and reason, he will rise to far higher and
happier heights than he can as yet conceive.
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LAZINESS.
There is no remedy for time misspent,
No healing for the waste of idleness,
Whose heavier languor is a punishment,
Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.
Sir Aubrey de Vere. — A song of Faith,
Devout Exercises, and Sonnets.
Activity is the law of th« Universe, and he
who is not active, will be left behind in the
darkness and ignorance of the age. If we look
about us for a moment and watch how rapidly
the earth travels and then again the moon, we
find that no matter where we are or what we
do time fairly flies.
The Earl of Chesterfield writing to his son
said: "Know t*e true value of time; snatch,
seize, and enjoy every moment of it ; no idle-
ness, no laziness, no procastination ; never put
off till to-morrow what you can do to-day."
Nature everywhere tells us the same thing,
and happy is the man who can grasp the swift
and speeding forces in which to occupy himself.
Emerson wrote : "Write it on your heart that
eywy day is the best day in the year. No man
has learned anything rightly, until he knows
that every day is Doomsday",
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Idleness always meaDs lose. Our lives arc
but very short, and if wc fool away the time in
doing nothing, we become filled with nothing
but nonsensical ideas. All great men who ever
amounted to anything have been extremely ac-
tive men. When those individuals looked back
upon their past life, they had reasons to feel
proud to think that their time was well spent.
The great advantages of life that bless us
to-day have been attained, not by idlers, but
by the workers. Idle men do not run after
work, but they must be driven to work like
mules. Happiness cannot exist in idle brains,
but all forms of corruption and vice find there
suitable soils to grow.
Laziness lends to many faults. In cliild-
hood it causes personal untidiness and slovenli^
ncss, and theee characteristics, if not overcome,
grow in persons so that they become slouches.
It is interesting to study people in their dress,
in their speech, and in their walk and from a
little study you can invariably form a very
good idea of the condition in which they live.
In the manner of doing anything there is a
great difference between an active rnd a lazy
person. The work of a lazy persoL> is not
thorough ; if he is compelled by circumstances
to do work ot some kind, it is apt to be super-
ficial. Lazy men are soon detected in their work,
and they do not find many favors among their
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bosBos. Very readily they are shipped off and
since they hav'nt energy enough to look for
other places, they go into the ranks of the un-
employed. There are very many men, who
continually complain that they cannot obtain
work, and when it \h offered to them, run away
from it.
Jt is a grand thing for the men in the worUl
that they must earn their livelihood. Men,
who never worked anything either physically
or mentally, are of no uhc to themselves and
society. They simply fall into moral degrada-
tion with all its delusior^s.
How much better would it be, if people,
who have ])lenty of money, would make them-
selves active. At the present time, work is
still regarded as degrading by a pseudo-aristo-
cracy. A vast field extends before all men, no
matter how rich they are. Knowledge and wis-
dom are ojien to all, and if they can in anyway
assist others to obtain it, they are on the eternal
road to progi-css. Their mentality and spiritu-
ality then unfold, and their life will become
harmonious.
There is plenty of employment f^r those,
who have sufficient money and are not obliged to
earn their living. If they simply sit down and
do nothing, or if they lead a gay life entirely,
the}' will degenerate. Many people simply are
on the hunt for selfish pleasures, but soon after
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finding them they tire of tliem. On the other
hand, if they try to accomplifcih some good lor
their felloM-man in some way or unothei*, they
receive joys of which they never tire. Lazy
people have no eneigy, and if they couKl only
overthrow their iselfishness and try to do some-
thing for somebody, they would soon be stimu-
lated to push aheatl in tlieir work.
It should be the aim of every one to tiy
and become useful, then their character will
become happier and nobler. Everybody detests
tramps, yet we should remember that they ai'o
lazy fellows without money, but we have many
lazy people, who mingle in society w^ho are Just
as lazy as tramps, but they were either cursed
or blessed with money, or perchance they may
have relatives, who give them the means for
their existence. Such individuals are on the
plane of parasites.
We all should try and make this world
better. Everybody can do something. There
are hundreds of little things which can bo ac-
com])lished and every time a person does some-
thing g0(Kl, he always will receive his eternal
reward. Many people excuse themselves from
all miseries etc. and think that as long as they
don't know the laws, they are not responsible
for their actions. Ignorance excuses no one,
either in the physical, mental or spiritual plane,
aijd if men and womei^ won't conform to the laws
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thoy must suffer. Ignorance really is at the
root of all evil, and if we can but transplant that
with reason, then the laws will be unfolded.
We must rea.son. There are many deaf
people and many thousands will be deaf soon,
because they don't know how to prevent the
trouble. More than seventy-five percent of the
cases would not be deaf, if they would only use
their reason by inflating the eustachian tubes
by forcibly blowing air into their nasal cham-
bers and compres^iing their nostrils. It takes
but a moment, and all have the instruments
which they can use for the purpose, which they
can use, if they notice that they are becoming
deaf.
The ti"oublo is, our people don't know this
common and simple remedy, but they let it go,
Until they can hardly hear anymore, and then
they go to their pysician and expect him to per-
form a miracle. They are truly disappointed,
when he tells them that he can't do anything.
They go to another and he tells them the same,
and then when they realize their condition,
they are very unhappy indeed. Now, if people
will meditate what it means to loose one's hear-
ing they can understand that ignorance of the
law excuses no one. They are invariably de-
prived of the grand use of their hearing which
they must bear throughout lifd. The same law
^olds good with the organs of sex, M«n and
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women should know their use, and they should
also know that when they transgress the laws,
nothing but evil follows them. The same law
holds good with laz}' j^eople, and consequently
everybody should know that thoy must either
do mental or physical work in order to become
worthy men or women.
A lazy man who does not woi'k and learn
is in continual darkness like one walking in
the night.
"The most ignorant are the most conceited.
Unless a man knows that tl.ore is something
more to be known, his inference is, of course,
that he knows nothing, * * * *. But let a
man know that there are things to be known
of which he is ignorant, and it is so much
carved out of his domain of universal know-
ledge."
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TEMPER.
"He that is slow to anger is better than the
mighty— And he that ruleth his spirit than he that
taketh a city".
A bad temper is the selfish hell which
causes destruction to all within its grasp.
If there is a fool in this world, it is he who
possesses a bad temper. Love finds no abid-
ing spot in the brain of a hot-headed man,
consequently his judgment is on the plane
of a runaway horse. If a man gives way to
his temper, he loses control over himself and
the torrents of hell are given free play. If
there is something a man should continually
watch, it is his temper. He should not allow
passionate and fierce thoughts to obtain a
soil in his personality.
A man should cultivate himself the same
as he does a garden in which all forms of
weeds are rooted out, and when they begin
to grow the careful gardener does not give
them a chance to grow to any extent ; a
gardener takes pride in his garden and con-
tinually strives to cultivate beautiful flowers
and good vegetables ; he endeavors to make
it beautiful ^s well as productive of good
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fniit; so should man cultivate his own per-
son ; he should try to grow beautiful thoughts
which will produce good fruit. Therefore,
since a man has a far more treasured garden
in himself, he should not allow his thoughts,
words, and deeds to be defiled by a destruc-
tive temper.
The man, who is hot-tempered, is noth-
ing more than a spoiled child. You all have
seen a child running about a room, until all
at once it runs its head against a table. A
good mother would say to the child: "It
serves you right, don't run your head against
the table". A mother who does'nt know how
to train a child properly would use different
language, for in order to stop the child from
crying, she would quickly pick it up and
say : "Naughty table", and in many instan-
ces would tell the child to 'hit the table".
The mother may think nothing of the foolish
advice, which she gives simply for the pur-
pose of quieting the child, but there and
then are the tempers given an opportunity
to grow in the child .
We know that manj men and women
are very irritable, and the slightest thing
makes them angry. Now those people act
no wiser than the child that knocks its head
against the table. Instead of curbing their
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tempers and blaming themselves, they con-
tinually misjudge others and in this way
they quickly pass a hot judgment ; in their
thoughts bums the fire of madness, that ex-
plodes in oflPensive language and distorts
their countenances.
If a person thinks or utters angry
thoughts, they do not pass away from him in
a straight line never to return. Instead of
passing away in a straight line they pass
away in a circle. They always come back
and hit but rarely their object, whilst they
always hit the one from whom they came.
If this simple illustration is studied a little
in the scolding woman or the angry ma^n,
living examples are found in abundance. In
all probability it is best to study this law
upon yourself and no doubt those, who get
angry upon slight provocation, will find that
their features become changed for the time,
frowns will take the place of smiles, and in-
stead of happiness there will be feelings of
discontent.
Among wild animals, savages, and un-
civilized races, anger and jealously are not
curbed. Men, who are educated and who
are living in civilized communities, yet give
way to hot-headedness and anger, are upon
the plane of barbarians. They expose them-
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selves to the pity, contempt, ridicule and
disgust of the eye-witnesses. No matter,
who they might be, whether they are bad
people or otherwise, they invariably become
disgusted with a person who flies into a rage,
using abusive language, kicking over chairs,
breaking the dishes on the table, and slam-
ming the doors. It would be well for those
people, if they would only run quickly be-
fore a mirror and see how hideous they look.
Perhaps they would even be afraid of them-
selves.
Anger and spite often go hand in hand.
The outburst of passion belongs to the in-
ferior i)lane of wild beasts and becomes less
and less in men according to their growth in
real manhood. The really wise, good and,
true men and women will not tolerate anger
at all. ^
"The wise will let their anger cool
At least before 'tis night,
Bnt in the bosom of a fool
It burns till morning light."
Good cannot be accomplished by anger
and if men and women will try and eliminate
their hot-headedness, they will be greatly
repaid for their efforts. We should not al-
low ourselves to be slaves, but we should
become the masters, and no one can truly
become his own master, until he can keep
in check his temper.
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DUTY.
"God expects every man to do his duty."
The English speaking world is quite fam-
iliar with the command which Lord Nelson
gave his men before Trafalgar, namely "Eng-
land expects every man to do his duty."
His men did their duty, and ever since then
England has been the mistress of the seas.
We hear a great deal about the duty which
a man owes to his country, his God, and
his fellow-man, but I am sorry to say we do
not hear enough about the duty which cliild-
ren owe to their parents. I am satisfied that
therein lies the great secret of true life and
I am positive that if a man will do his duty
to his parents, he will do his duty to his
neighbors, his country and his God.
Millions of men are taught to the point,
the principles of warfare. The rules con-
cerning the duty in military life are strict
and we often hear of the punishment a
soldier receives in neglecting his duty. If
there is anything a man should do in this
world, it is to do his duty to his parents. Is
it not far more important for a man to serve
his parents than to serve his country by act-
ing nis part well at the military post ?
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Ah, friends ! the conditionp, which present
themselves to our view in many, many fami-
lies light here in our midst, are pitiable. If
there is anything shocking and disgusting, it
is to see young men and women living in all
forms of selfishness and causing their parents
so much trouble. You need not go far to see
this. Perhajis it is well to examine yourself
before passing judgment on others.
There is no doubt that man; young men
and women would be more kind and grateful
to their parents, if they knew how. Tho fact
is that many were not taught and that parents
are usually to blame, but aside from all this, it
children will only try to do what is right and
just even as they have been taught, they will ac-
complish a great deal. This is being done every
tlay by some, but a very large majority haven't
got the manliness to honor their father and
their mothoi-. Men hold many different opini-
ons us to what their duties are, consequently it
is well to describe the duty which children owe
their parents.
We should never forget what our pai-ents
have done for us and we should try with all our
might to wipe off the debt by doing for them
all that we can do in paying them back. In
the first place, it is well to think of the many
pains and anxieties that we caused our mother
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during the nine months we were nourished in
her womb; it is well to meditate upon these
questions and to think of the many i-estloss and
sleepless nights we gave her and of the many
inconveniences and pains we caused her ; tlion
it is well to reflect upon the frightful pains of
childbirth and of the dangers through which
she passed.
Many have lost their mother during child-
birth and were left orphans. Should they not
think of her who gave her very life for them?
Should these orphans, when grown up, not think
of it and should they not likewise try to sacri-
fice some of their selfishness, so that they will
have a good character when they meet her
again face to face ? Many will doubtless say
that they weren't the causes of theiv being born,
and ihut thoy couldn't see that they should owe
much to their mother, who died so many years
ago, but if they will only meditate and think
and use common sense, the right conclusion
quickly presents itsell.
Upon those who had the cares of their
mother until they were gi-own up, hangs a very,
very heavy debt. It is well for any man or
women to reflect upon the many cares, which
their mother gave them when they were nour-
ished fj-om her breast; upon the many count-
less hours, when they screamed and whinetl,
yet their mother always endeavored to pacify
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thtm ; upon the great tasks she had in keeping
them clean and and always caring for them
upon the instruction in learning to speak and
to walk; upon the thousands of times she had
to run after them and protect them from dan-
gers.
Likewise, the children owe much to the
father, who had to walk the floor many, manv
nights, to his protection and care ; and to
tiie expenses involved in the obLaining ot food
clothing, education etc. etc. If children would
butthmkofthe many cares given them by
their devoted parents, they must surely leel the
great debt upon their shoulders.
We see hundreds of young men, who have
been bi^ught up in good manner, when they
attain the age of say twenty or more, get un
and shift for themselves. Possibly they may
earn some money now, but they are very care-
ul that they will not give their parents more
than their board amounts to just for the time
being. The balance they spend upon clothes
and in decorating themselves in order to at
tract the opposite sex. Many will spend their
money in drink and many un necessaries of
lile, but their parents are left behind The
young men think, then, they know more than
their parents and they simply look out for
selfish gratidcations. After a time they per
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liaps m.irrj% unless they have almost broken
their necks by abuse of their sexual organs ;
then they leave their parents an who feel within themselves that
they are noi* parasites feasting on others,
but men endowed with devotion to duty.
This duty bids all men to becom* more and
more enlightjiied in the great problems
Vv'hich affect the working men so that the
great labor and moral questions can be solv-
ed. It is very surprising, how little youu«jf
men ever think of the many, many thousands
of men, who have given up their lives upon
the battle-field Jor our liberties.
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After the battle at Gettysburg Abratiani
Lincoln gave this brief oration: "We can-
not dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we can-
not hallow this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it far above our power to add or
detract. The world will little note nor long
remember what we say here, but it can never
forget what they did here. It is for us, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to the un-
finished work, which they who fought hero
have thus far so nobly advanced.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated
to the gteat task remaining before us, that
from these honored dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of devotion; that tliose
dead shall not have died in vain; that this
nation under God sliall have a new birth of
freedom, and that the Government of the
people, by the people and for the people
shall not perish from the earth."
There was a battle-field, one of the most
important in the history of slavery. Upon
that battle-field Lincoln thought not so much
of what the dead I»ad done, because their
work was finished, but he thought of the
work to be done by those still living, and
aeked all to dedicate themselves to the un-
finished work which yet remained.
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There is a tremendous amount of work be-
fore U8, and all young men arc requested by
their country to think of Uic thousands of men,
who blotl ujwn the battle-fields for us, and then
meditate upon the scenes and from them
draw increased devotion to further the interests
of our fellow-men.
The physical fights in America have been
pretty well fought out, and in futiM-e the fights
Avill be mostly upon the mental plane. Com-
mon sense and reason with its devotion to duty
will be the accoutrements of the true patriotic
soldiers. The mental fights are a great deal
easier than the physical struggles as far as life
and death are concerned, but it takes many
years for a youth to become properly organiz-
ed, so that he is a true citizen.
There are many, many men all over, who
live like parasites, that is they draw their food,
their clothing, and their shelter from othere.
General merchants, butchers, bakers, and pro-
fessional men are constantly being "soaked" by
,;:uman "deadbeats", who are simply living like
parasites, going from one to the other and de-
liberately feasting on them. These pests cause
many a merchant to go into bankruptcy.
What constitutes a man anyway? The
best definition in my estimation is: A man is
a man who vays his debts. A man who does
not pay his debts is upon the plane of insects
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and worms that live and tlu-ive by obtaining
their nouiinhment from other insects and ani-
mals. There are many people who obtain their
lodging places similarly to lice. They obtain
their board and lodging, wheie they remain
as long as they can and then go from one
to another, never paying for anytliing or only
a little so as to gain confidence. The conscience
of some people wouldn't allow them to eat food
which wouldn't be rightly obtained, neither
could they wear clothes which weren't paid,
but those who are upon the plane of lice, never
have a conscience as it were and only consider
themselves "smart" by living at the expense of
others.
"Deadbeats" are an entirely different cla^s
of people than the worthy jwor. Poverty is no
disgrace for anyone, but our poor must suffer
many thingss all on account of "deadbeats". It
is often liard to distinguish between them, for
"dcatibeats" will play all kinds of games. Tlie
hearts of men are open and xovy willing to as-
sist the neetly poor, but on account of the many
"deadbeats" men and women become often in-
different. It is indeed a pleasure to assist the
needy, but to be so very kind to the "deadbeats"
makes them all the more parasitic.
What a blessing it would be, if everybody
strove to do his duty. Now, no one can get
along who does not do his duty. At times it
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may seem to some that thoy can get along, but
how long? It is imiK)ssible for men or women
to grow mentally and ppi ritual ly combined un-
less the}- do their duty, and it is to l)c hoped
that the readerfl of this l>o<)k can convince them-
selves of this true law, which we endeavor to
make as plain as the alphabet.
The great secret of life is that we should
feel grateful for everything that is given to us.
If we study the arts and sciences to-day and
compare them with the crude methods in vogue
a hundred years ago we can readily see the
blessings which we are dcn^^ing from all the
various labor-saving machine y, which enables
us now to obtain manufactured articles at very
reasonable prices. Likewise we should appreci-
ate our vehicles and methods of transportation.
We should feel thankful that we have steam
and electHc railroads, which can take us to
places so quickly and comfortably, also bicyles,
and swift steanieis; then we have the rapid
methods of communication in the postal, tele-
graphic, and telephonic services. Likewise, our
houses can bo build far more comfortably and
cheaply and can bo furnished far better and
cheaper than at any previous time.
In fact the man, who earns but a dollar
and a half a day now, can have a more comfort-
able homo than the barons had in their castles
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during tho Middle Ages. Men should be thank-
ful also that they have all the religions liberty
they want, and that they can Avorship God in
any way they please. Likewise, we should bo
thanltful for all the literature, which is noAv
within the reach of all. All kinds of books are
very cheap, so it costs very little to derive
knowledge and wisdom frora them.
Fifty years ago in Scotland it was nothing
for a man to walk ten or fifteen miles to obtain
a newspaper or a book ; he would then sit down
among his friends and rea I aloud, while tho
others would listen and take part in tho discu.->
eion. Now-a-days, books are within the reach
of all, but it is too bad that fictitious literature
is too much in demand. Then again we have
newspapers, well illustrated and reduced in
price, so that tho laborer can readily atfoi-d to
pi-ocure them and educate himself in the issues
of the day.
Oh friends! there are hundreds of things
in this lino that could bo mentioned, but all wo
ask of you is to think out the others for your-
selves and then try and ask yourselves the ques-
tion whether you feel grateful for the grand op-
portunity that lies before you of improving
your mentJil and spiritual welfare. If you feel
grateful, you will receive an impulse, which
will speed you on into a higher plane. AVith
all thy getting, get knowledge and wistlom, but
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by all means do your duty to your parents,
your neighbors and your countiy and tlicn you
will do your duty to God.
If men and women will not do their duty,
they will invariably get into trouble. This is
a universal law and it cannot be otherwise.
Many cannot see this law, but to those, who
seek for the truth and strive to live it, the truth
will be unfolded in all its grandeur like a bud-
ding rose, which grows amongst weeds and
thorns.
Men an(^ women should always bear in
mind that if they have been endowed with a
grand physical body and good brains, it becomes
their duty to use their physical bodies and brains
for the purposes for which they were intended.
The great trouble is that people are so envelop-
ed in selfishness that they forget themselves.
No doubt any one, when he meets a blind man,
has sympathetic thoughts for a short time. Did
you ever imagine 3'ourselves in the same con-
ditions ? Perhaps you have also thought abf>ut
the misery you would be in, it you had last an
arm or a leg. Pei'haps you have also thought
of how miserable you would be in case you were
so unforti^nate as to be insane.
If men and women will but only think
about these questions, the proper answers quick-
ly present themselves. Now what is the sense,
since you have been endowed with good sight,
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sound boyhich then appeal's as cje^r as crystal.
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We ai'o going but onco through this life ;
therefore, lot us bo honest and just to all men,
then there will bo built in ourselves charactei*8
which will never perish. The secret of character
lies in the domain of the control of tlie sexual
organs. If their use is truly understood, then
men and women will becrmie monarchs of them-
selves, and will bo U»o masters of all the forms
of selfishness which appear in so many diverse
sins and evils. The writer is truly aware that
many will laugh and scoff at the teachings of
this book, but that will not alter the truth. None
are asked to receive them by faith, but the
readers are asked to use their common sense
and reason. It may take a long time, before
they can grow out of thoir onslaven states, but
when the shackles of su])crstition and selfishness
are broken, the Divine light of unselfis^hness
will open the way for legcneration in the glories
of eternal happiness.
There is nothing in this world which gives
lis such true enjoyment as the doing of duly.
Selfish joys soon die, but the unselfish pya live
on and over again in our characters, and if there
is anything grand and i^oble in our lives, it i$
derived by actual attainment at the post of dut}'.
Time is iudocd a precious boon,
But with tlie boon a task is given;
TJio heart must learn its duty well,
To man on earth and God in heaven.
' IJlizaCook. '
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The Law of Cause and Effect.
The huvs of cnnso and eflkt mould om* very
boings o.neh and ovoiy day. Those laws denvon.
Btrcto clearl}" —
(a) How (Jod scos iis ;
(b) IIow and when wo aro rewarded and
punished;
(c) That our thoughts, words and actions
always reflect hack upon ourj^olves.
When these laws are understood, it is eas}-
to understand : "Judge not or ye shall be judg-
ed"; "Neither shall they say,Lo here! or lo there!
for behold the kingdom of God is within you."
These vital laws should be known by every-
body. It is impossible to do wrong and escape
punishment and it is impossible to do good and
not recoivo reward. When thc.s n
record of these, and then how and when Ho
gives us reward and punishment.
The Bible tells us "with all thy getting get
knowledge and understanding," and what is
more important to us than a knowledge of
those simple laws? God does not complicate
things 80 ihat His laws cannot be understood,
but He wants us to seek for these simple ti:ut1iii,
and He reveals these laws to us every day, and
each one of us may study them if wc but will
do B9.
now DOES GOD SEE US ?
In Older to understand the laws of nature
or in other words the laws of God, it is first
ncccssar}' for us to understand how lie sees
cvcrythin*,^ how lie hears everything and how
lie keeps a j-ccord of our thoughts, words and
actions.
As we look about u« wc find that there arc
wonderful systems throughout nature. Wc sec
that the earth nwkes a revolution on its axis
every twenty-four hours, and that it makes it^
coarse around tho sun in 365^ days. This thu
earth has done for ages, and Avhen wo look at
tho moon wc see that it makes a revolution
around the earth continually.
When wc take a glimpse into the starry
heavens we find the witellitcs travelling with
immense velocity, yet they do not strike against
each other. If wc think of the wonderful sys-
tems in the universe wo arc amazed at their
grandeur and become lost in the glories of In-
finity. When wc turn our attention to the earth,
we find it has been constructed upon a system,
and all forniH of animal and vegetable life ex-
emplify the woidcrs of the systems of their
Creator.
In the works of man, system is everywhere
seen. If a house is built it must have all its
angles adjimiod in oi-der to stand erect. Our
railromls arc built upon system. Our telephones
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and telegraj)hs dci)cri'l upon their system or
•condition in order to work. Our machinery is
built upon a Hystem, and its parts must be
mathematically correct before it runs properly.
We keeji our books upon system, and conse-
quently if anything at all is to be a success in
this world it must be systematic. Man recog.
nizes the importance of system in all forms of
trade and commerce. The armies and navies
are built v.^wn systems and likewise are our
schools and methods of education. Consequent-
13^^ we cannot expect otherwise than that God
keeps track of all our thoughts, woixls and ac-
tions accoi*ding to a perfect system.
It is therefore a foolish idea to entertain
any thought that God skips home of our mictions,
and that he sits somewhere on high and occa-
sionally takes a look at us to see how we are
getting along. We may rest assured that if
God sees us and He keeps a record of our
thoughts, words and actions, it must be syste-
matic und perfect.
It has been mentioned above that God is
our Father and that lie is everything; it con-
fccqucntly follows that God must be within us,
or in other words a sjjark of divinity must be
within us. Now since God is a spiritual entity,
it follows that we must be spiritual beings,.and
that is exactly what we are. We are spiritual
beings clothed in a material form. The unseen
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spiritual reveals itself through the seen material.
If we look at the great mass of people, wo
find that no two are exactly alike. Now there
must be a something which causes this vaiietyj
for when we look at a large number of infants
we can not see miK'h difference between them,
but In the ca.so of adults it is plainly visible.
The ivason for this is that all the thoughts*
woi'ds.and deeds of pei-sons are registered uix)n
their very selves together witii heredity.
In order to understand how everything is
registered, we can leadily ilhistiate it by a
photographer's film. If we take the film and
expose it for a moment to the sunlight, we see
that the sun has made an impression and dark-
ened its color. So in the same way if we take
an (wdinary piece of paper and expose that to
the sun for a moment, we can't sec any change,
but it must nevertheless exist. Our sense of
pei-ception is not acute enough to detect it. It
however it is exjjosed for say fifteen minutes or
half an hour, the impression made by the sun-
light is plainly vi.vible.
The same results follow within ourselves.
For instance a man may steal and we can't de-
tect it, but if he forms a habit of stealing we
can see the veiy marks of a thief registered
upon him. His looks, his manners, his gait,
his grip, all are changed, and these changes may
readily bo detected by persons who can rend
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character, and if he is completely given over
to this vice, the ordinary individual will know
him to be a thief. -
We readily understand that if we can per-
form a certain act once, it may be very difficult;
but the second time it becomes easier, the third
time still easier, and this continues until at last
no appaient effort may be neoessary to accom-
plish the puri/osc. The same with our speeck,
if we pronounce a certain word once, it may
be extremely difficult, but by repetition it be
comes eainy. W.e all remember that it took time
and patience to learn the alphabet, yet how
simple it is to us now. The same is true with
the process of thought. If this were not so that
all our thoughts, words and actions were regis-
tered upon us, we would have no memory. Wo
all lemembor past events and often we marvel
at a thought or a sight which suddenly comes
to us, it seems at first we have no recollection
of it, but in an instant we glance back within
the storehouse of our memor;" and all the cir-
cumstances ot the occasion present themsclyes
to our view. ,
We have all marvelled at the Phonograph.
It is a wonderful invention. It i« a machrno
made upon scientific principles and upon a per-
fect system for the registration of vibrations.
UlK)n its cylinder all sounds arc accurately re-
gistered. The different vibratory sounds mal^o
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their impressions upon it and change the form
of the wax. By mechanical contrivances or
electrical energy the vibrations may be rcpro
duced.
The Cinematograph is also a wonderful in-
vention. It shows us living pictures upon the
cai vas. In this instance all the ditferent scenes
have been registered upon photographic films,
many hundreds and thousands being taken in a
minute. By a wonderful process of electrical
appliances, these different pictures may be pro
duced over and over again showing accurately
the original f-cene.
In the Phonograph we have the registra-
tion of sound ; it dcils with nothing else. In
the Cinematograph we have only sight icgister-
ed, which is caught by the lenses. The Phono-
gi-aph and Cinematograph are truly wonderful
machines, but they are vcvy clumsy and insig-
nilicent in comparison with what we are our-
selves ; for within ourselves are not only vibra
tions registered which we hear and see, but
everything we taste, feel, hmcll, think, speak,
and everything we do. Oh! what wonderful
machines are we, a thousand times more won-
derful than the finest Phonograph or Cinemato-
graph over made ! Man is the most wonderful
and most beautiful work of Gcxl in all creation,
and in himself arc all his thoughts, woitls and
^ctbns registered. There God keeps His re-
Ud
coiiis, and no matter where we are, whether on
the highest mountain or in the lowest dungeon,
the all-seeing eye of God 'S over with us and
upon us. There is no escape How important
then to know that the reeordi^ are continually
being made, and consequently we should bo ex-
tremely careful what is writte^^ in our book of
life.
HOW AND WHEN ARE WE PUNISHED AND
REWARDED ?
There is not a particle of doubt that ever}'-
thing is seen and heai*d by God and that Ho
keeps His records upon our very selves. Noth-
ing escapes him, for his system of keeping re-
cords of all our thoughts, words and actions is
perfect; it follows then that lie must have
a perfect and just system of giving us rewai*ds
and punishments.
No matter whether any thought, word or
action is good or bad, it is registered upon us
and if it is repeated often enough it becomes so
strongly engraven upon our ))ersonalities that
it shows itself to the eye and becomes plainly
visible. The character of a man is revealed by
his speech, his actions, his gait and his general
appearance and behaviour.
This is best explained by illustration. —
Suppose a pei*8on steals an article, no matter
bow small it ma^ be, that act is I'egistei'ed upon
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his personality. Stealing may be very difficult,
for him the first time ; the second time he ac-
complishes it more easily; the third time very
easy, and now the person may take a great in-
terest and delight in stealing. The thievish
element has now a firm root and it craves for
more such acts. If the person is not conscien-
tious, he readily yields to the dictates of the
stealing habit and acts accordingly. He may
say at first, no I will not do this act, it is wrong,
and may hesitate, but in time he no longer
thinks whether it is right or wrong, but takes
the coveted object at his earliest opportunity.
This stealing element now may continue
and may obtain the ujiper hand in him, and he
will no longer have control over the act, but
will become a slave to that form of evil. If a
person has arrived at so low a state, we can
readily notice it, if we but study him. He in-
varibly lies and his looks are not truthful ;
there i.s something sly and peculiar about him ;
there is a strange sneakiness about him which
shows itselfin his speech and his actions; ho
cannot help himself, and he is constantly in a
state of unrest; his mind is upon taking some-
thing, and it is sad to think that the poor wretch
can no longer refrain from theft.
Our jails are full of poor victims of the steal-
ing habit. They are thieves and are shut off
from society, so that they cannot touch their
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neighbors' goods. They arc pitiable objects in-
deed. Now supposing the thief is not incai-cor-
ated, is ho punished ?
From the above we see that he is a slave
to those temptations ; they have grown ho
strong as to have bcconio the master. His mind
is not at peace and rest. He invariabl}* lies and
has sneaky manners, and is in all probability
lazy. Ko docs not come forward as a man not
afraid of anything, nor does ho live at peace with
himself and his neighbors. He does not jier*
ceivo any of (ho heavenly graces or truths
M'hicli arc sjiread like gnrlnnds at his feet. Ah I
there is not much satisfaction for him. The
temporary i-ejoicings over his stolon prizes soon
begin to turn and become awfully bitter. Those
stolen things become hoav5'" weights upon his
darkened soul which drag him down to destruc-
tion. Surely he is terribly punished ; there is
not a particle of doubt about it; ho may not
know it, but ignorance excuses no one ; he is
punisheil nevertheless. No man can steal a
thing and turn that into something gocxl ; it is
imix)ssible ; it is a selfish act ; he docs it to
please himself and nobodj' else. All selfish acts
are base and low, and become the very burdens
which blacken the characfer of men and drag
them into despair and destruction.
Punishment in all cases commences invari-
ably at the vor}' time the act is accomplishe
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ir,7
CYCLES.
In order to illustrate furtlicr lio\v tltc liuv
ofcauso and effect operates, it is ncct^Asary la-
know and realize that thotii^his, words an«U-
actions never pas?^ away from a porwon .in a ,"1-,
straight line, l)nt on the other hand, they .pas-»
away in (nii-ves whieh move in cyeleftanclx'omo V
back to the person from whom they origin «ttcd. '^
The course of everything in the univorso
is cyclic. All the suns, moons, ami.. stj^i'S are '
round, and they never travel in a Htraight-tinc, .1,
They move in great cvclos ; everything rthat is f~*^
upon the earth moves also in cycles; all foi«cosi .V
of nature are in cycles. If a man \vo«ltl start
to travel fiom New Vork and |»roceed to travel
cither north, south, east or west in a straight
line with the intention of getting further away
from New York, he would after a time bo ap-
proaching his starting place again. A straight
line, infinitely projected, must end in a circle.
If you could take a stone and project it into
space, and then live long enough, thi,- stone
would come back exactly to your hand. Every
motion is cyclic. The eai th eompletos a great
cycle in 365J days; the moon completes a
cycle in 27.32 days; Mercury in 87.9(j sidorial
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peW,xl day.; Venus 224.70; }|a.B 080 97-
CO ?'7f f'J "'"""" "' ""'»«"»« '=y'^'« in
In ■ n "^" "' ""' '■"'« "^ "'»•'« '»''«« PC-
«ft,5.« „„lo., ,,e.- l,o«,.. Can you conceive t/.is
v.eloe,ty an,l the great cycle of Noptu, 1? 1?
men ,viil study a little about ast..„omy they
w. I soon find out how ignorant they are'abol^
tb, cosmos and the laws pertaining ^ it. There
ea HI. with them, we will truly ti„.i tha wo
«ith ail the other grains in (he earth. If vou
enn eo„ee.ve such a ,„„,pariso„, then you cZ
perhaps conceive Infinity. .>"» can
that 'fh"7 "Z '"""''' '■'""■ '"""J'«' J-o'''-^ «ffo,
mound the sun „, a eycle, ho was eonside.-ed
.nsa..e, and consequently if the law of rZfd
and punishment which is herein given is ^ot
tiuth hu the l,me will come wheu it will be
accepted by every one. i- "iii 08
All forces in nature are eyelie. Tske lor
instance eleetridty. The cun-ent leaves ^e
ciymiino and then alter passing throu^'h W>
-jnductors pass. . back into the dynamo ^Vf
The Innetic foi^es stcrej up i„ coals of t «
eaith for centuries when bu.ne 1 give off tho e
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forces af^ain, which p.us into the aii* and earth
from which they originally came. The water
we drink comos fr )m tho earth and after it
server il!4 purpose, passes to tlio eartii diivctly
through the excretions or in lircctl}' into th»
«irand then biiclv to the earth again completing
the cycle. Man's phj-'sical holy is taken from
the ejfrth, dissolves an I disintegrates into the
earth again; 8o likewlso tlie spirit of man
whicli came from spirit, after completing its
earth cycle returns to spirit again.
If all forces in nature or in the world are
examined, we will be able to discover that they
are all cyclic. This being the can*s wiife. Woe unto the man who is guilty
of robbing a girl of her virtue or of robbing a
man of the sanctity of his homo!
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Strange, but nevertholoss true it is that th«
sin of BeUuction is looked ujion so lightly. To
illustrate this subject, lot us look at an example.
Suppose a good father or mother were approach-
ed by a youth, who would demand fi-om them
one out of two evils, to which they must sub-
mit ; ho gives them the choice. The one is, he
would deliberately kill their daughter; tho
other, ho would play the part of slick-faced
blackguard and quietly seduce their daughter.
In my estimation every good father or mother
would prefer to see the daughter kille<^l and
her pure innocent spirit sent into future life
rather than suffer her to bo seduced. Now,
what is the law of the land upon this point ?
The murderer would be imprisoned for life,
electrocuted or hanged, but the man who seduc-
ed the girl goes "scot i'roo'\ Ko law touches
him unless the girl is below a certain age and
then he receives but a comparatively light
punishment by confinement. The seducer of
innocent virtue can go abroad in his nefarious
work and betray our daughters and sent them
on the road to hell as it weie and yet he can
move in the best of societ}'. Is that Justice ?
God forbid! His laws must be fulfilled, and
the seducer cannot escape the punishment which
he will eventually receive.
In the same light there might be described
all the various foi-ms of evil, but the readers
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should mcditato upon them and if they will
think and reason with common sense the truth
will dawn upon them. In case there were no
after life, after the mortal coil wcjc shuffled
off, this law certainly would be broken, but
since there is a future life, the full law of cause
and eil'ect will be fulfilled.
The world is blind and humanity cannot as
yet see how, when and whore reward and
punishment tid^e place, but just as true as two
and two make four, it will take place, not by
chance, but by universal and ju.st laws. Orfly
a part of the gieat cycle of the law of cause and
effect has been given, .ind that part pertains to
the earth. The comi)letion of the cj-cle belongs
to the future life. It is to bo hoped that the
reader can readily understand that even on
earth it is impossible to escape punishments lor
injuries inflicted upon their neighbors by
thoughts, words and actions, that invariably
the punishments commence here. When the
world will recognize the universal law of cause
and effect, which demonstrates clearly that no
man can injure another by thoughts, woi-d* or
actions without injuring himself, then will con-
science stand forth in all its clearness, justice
will reign and this earth will bo a veritable
paradise.
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AMUSEMENTS.
"The grave,
The gay must intermingled be, to form
The perfect whole : else it would tire the ear
With its monotony. The dirge, or chant,
Too long continued makes us sad ; we sigh
For sweeter, wilder tones, to soothe and calm
Or rouse our souls to quicker, fuller life."
From the foregoing literature the reader
will doubtless think that the author is advo-
•eating to take all the amusement away from the
people, and consequently it is necessary to say
A few woi-ds upon this subject. Insteaxl of taking
amusement away from people, we desire to in-
-crease it. There isn't one quarter enough
amusement. The great trouble is also that a
great deal of the pleasures that exists ore sel-
fish and simply detrimental. Eeally in many
districts, especially in the country, there is so
little to see, and since there is nothing but work
in the day and idleness at night, the youths
^row up with very slow manners. If there
were more amusements of the proper and un-
rsclfish kind, in which one person would endeavor
to make another happy, it would put a gr«at
•deal more life into them.
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The greatest number of masturbatoi-s are-
found in the countiy dIatrictH. In towns and
cities there are not many, but there the "sports'*
are found.
Beside hai*d work, there should be amuse-
ments. Eest is ali right, as fur as it goes, but
many pei-sons can receive proper rest by being
engaged in active pleasure. Amusements put
life and energy into men, and when work is
mixed up with amusements u great deal more-
life is put into the man, and consequently he
can accomplish a groat deal more work in a
shorter space of time. It takes quick active
persons to work i*apidly. Those people can't
live by simply lounging lazily ai*ound in the
evening and indulging in gossip. They must
have enjoyment one way or the other.
The great trouble then is because men
will seek their amusements in drinking and
venery or both ; strange this seems, but verily
so many of the brightest and most active work-
ers fall in this line. It is too bad that sucb
is the case to see the fine specimens of physical
manhood revelling in the intoxications of drink
and in venery. Active men must have amuse-
ments. They cannot work rapidly and wcll^
and then after hours simply sit down and rest.
They invariably seek for pleasure, and sinco
they do not find the most suitable pleasure, they
readily fall in with sensuality.
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There are many good pleasures and aport*
in the world, which give life and energy to the
participants. Groat improvements, however,
can be made in all lines, for so many of tho
popular festivities are simply gotten up not for
making people happy, but for the purpose of
making money out of them. If people will only
try and become active, many good amusements
can soon be brought forth which will bring
cheerfulness in their path. It is not our pur-
jDOse to deieople
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who think they are holy that thoy put on "gravo-
yi -d" expressions. Instead of appearing kind,
loving, and sympathetic they become repulsive!
Many church membei-s expect that their clergy,
man must continually wear a long drawn-out
face, and if he laughs and enjoys himself the
way he ought to, they look upon him as not
being holy. Cheer up, friends, rejoice and be
happy and give your clergyman a chance to
reveal to you that the pleasures of unselfishness
are true and eternal and that they will stimul-
ate manhood and wonienhood into a realization
of the joys of Heaven. Let mirth, music, joy
and unselfish pleasure dtimulato men and
women so as to make them active in the per-
formance of their duty to their fellow men !
^■■■■■■i
ItSs
CONCLUSION.
The secret of success in life lies in three
stages : fu-st, the thought; secondly, the conti-ol
of the thought, and then the creation. Lot us
take for an example a painting. The artist first
imagines the picture, then conti-ols the forces
necessar}', and then the picture is created. A
sculptor first imagines his work, then controls
the many forces, and after some time carves out
the product of his thought. The same Li; .■ holds
good in all manufactured articles ; the same law
applies to man.
We c.n readily see that, if an artist or a
sculptor didn't have the correct idea in the first
place, he could never accomplish anything. —
Men and women to-day have not the true idea
of life. Tl'oydo not understand creation. If
they can conceive, in the first place, the grandest
treasure in creation, then they will hdve the
correct idea of life. The idea then is not
enough ; ^hey must know how to control the
forces in oi-der to beconio orth}- persons.
When they follow the divine laws, then their
own good creation continually takes place.
A man is a frr su])e»*ior article to a cold stone
or & lifeless picture. How much :Aor3 import-
ant then is it that we should educate oui^selve^
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in oi'der to understand the true laws of creation ?
A picture or a work in sculpture may be finished
in weeks or months, but man is never finished
on earth, until he throws off his earthly garb.
His creation continually takes place, and it all
depends upon his thoughts (unless he meets with
accidents etc.) and the control of the forces
which make him what he is.
If the reader studies this book carefully, ho
•can readily see that it follows this law. In the
first place, we picture the ideal man and then
we show how the forces are controlled. "VVc
must give people the correct thoughts of life
and teach them how to control the many forces
within themselves, and tV n we can surely and
truly realize that, when the ^ thoughts are
grasped, men and women will be cognizant of
the divine foi'ces with which they have been
endowed. This book is far moie valuable to a
young man than the richest gold claim in the
Klondike, and if he will but think and use his
reason, the divine forces in him will be gradual-
ly unfolded, until he will understand himself. —
He will find tiiis book a true and faithful guide
which will make him a man.
It is a sad thing indeed that the greatest
truths, which humanity should know, are not
known. If these laws were understood and
taught, then we would have a wonderful and hap-
py race. Prevention is better than cure, and he
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^ho accepts the advice given in this book will
be wise ; for he will then realize that he builds
-a character nj^n an eternal rock. This book
18 a faithful guide, and if its teachings are ac
'Cepted, it will serve its mission in makinir hu-
manity better.
This world is greatly in need of moral men
-and women ; the demand is limitless. There
are many questions which must be solved and
everybody is asked to take part in the progress
ofthe human race. Business and social ques-
tions, questions of government, of labor and
•capital are all related to the principals of eter-
nal truth and justice. Science, sociology and
religion are the ^-reatfactoi-sin the field throu-h
which the world can be made better and when
the eternal truths, which are revealed in these
pages, are accepted, then men and women will
have a foundation upon which they can build
strong characters, which will resist selfish temp-
tations, and which will on the other hand stimul-
ate them to assist their fallow men in solving the
many problems, so that knowledge and wisdom
will shine forth in all their glory, while the joys
-of Heaven .shall reign upon the earth.
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EKRATA.
P. 27, 1. 17, instead of ihet read you.
P. 45, 1. 19, " « hypochlorinic " hypodermic
" wtnen
" tvomen
" pyehology
" Ciceno
" diverse
P. 67, 1. 28,
P. 76, 1. 10,
P. 105, 1. 6,
P. 110,
P. 180, 1. 9,
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woman.
woman.
psychology..
Cicero.
diverse.
In the numbering of tlie pages, 128 is duplicated.