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Edmondson edition by David Price. - - - - - - STOP IN TIME. - - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - A WORD IN SEASON, - - FROM A - - FAITHFUL FRIEND, - - ON A VERY - - SERIOUS SUBJECT. - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - _By the Author of_ “_Kind Words_, _to the Young Women_, _etc._,” - “_A Mother’s Care_, _&c._” - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - (This Tract has the approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury.) - - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - LANCASTER: - T. EDMONDSON, PRINTER, 38, MARKET-PLACE. - - * * * * * - - LONDON: - W. MACINTOSH, 24, PATERNOSTER ROW. - - * * * * * - - 1_d._ _each_; 9_d._ _per doz._; 2_s._ 6_d._ _per_ 50; 4_s._ 6_d._ _per_ - 100. - - * * * * * - - On application to T. EDMONDSON, this Tract will be forwarded - post-free, if ordered in quantities of not less than one dozen. - - _Post Office Orders or Penny Postage Stamps_, _will be received in - Payment_. - - M.DCCC.LXVI. - - - - -STOP IN TIME. - - -DEAR PATTY, - -WHEN I had put things straight after I got home last night, and could sit -down quietly and think over our strange conversation, my heart sank -within me. I was so hurried for fear of being late for the coach, while -we were talking, and so grieved and surprised by what you told me, that I -could not, there and then, go much beyond the sad news itself. Dear -heart! what sorrow and shame in a decent family! And so nice a girl too, -as your cousin seemed. Her father will scarce ever lift up his head -after it, to say nothing of a poor child brought into the world with a -stain on its birth, and without a right to a father’s care; both mother -and child a reproach to each other. - -But after all, it is not so much that, as what you said along of it that -has gone so sorely against my heart. Why, my dear child, where have you -heard such things? Whoever it is that has put them into your head has -some bad design upon you, you may be quite sure. If it be a man, be he -who he will, he means you harm. Man or woman, they are no decent body’s -thoughts, at any rate. Only following nature, indeed! You did not think -that was an excuse when the servant girl took your ribbon, for all it was -nature enough in her to like a bit of finery. What! and are we to liken -ourselves to the beasts that perish? I don’t know whether it is most -wicked or most foolish to make a pretence that their ways can ever be a -guide to us. It is setting the ass to drive the man, for sure, if we are -to learn from them. Has not God made man quite different from the -brutes? Has not He made him in His own image, and given him laws to -keep, and reason and conscience to guide him in keeping them? The -commonest things of every day shew us on what a different footing we -reckon ourselves. We do not punish the animal that breaks through our -fence and eats our hay-grass, for it has had no laws given to it, and has -no knowledge of right or wrong; but we deal very differently with the man -who watches his opportunity, and takes the meal out of our bin. - -And as to pretending that there can be no great harm in a sin because it -is common, no honest mind can be deceived by so plain a falsity. Heaven -knows thieving is common enough, cheating and lying are common enough, -drunkenness, swearing and housebreaking are common enough; but no one -goes so far us to pretend that these are not wrong on that account. Why, -child, there would not need to be all this hiding, and shame, and even -child-murder, if every one did not know quite well in their own hearts -that the thing was a sore evil, sin and disgrace. Never lend an ear on -the devil’s side, above all on this subject. It does not do for any -woman to dally and balance between right and wrong on such slippery -ground. If she does, she is sure to lose her footing. The only safety -is in the straight open road of right. Keep to it, and never play and -trifle with the first leadings to evil ways. No one can forecast what -misery one heedless step in these slippery bye-paths may bring after it. -What do you, or what does any decent young girl know about the hidden -dangers, and pit-falls, and the vice, and the wretchedness that make old -hearts sorrowful to think of? - -The subject is a painful one; but it is much too serious and weighty to -slur over because it is awkward to speak upon it. Such truths as these -should be solemnly laid before the young, for they need to hear them -above others; and since in this your father cannot so well talk quite -plainly to you, it is for your aunt, who loves you as a mother, to take a -mother’s place. Mark what I say—there is a deal of difference between -man and woman in this matter. Though they sin together, the woman sinks -by far the lowest. How God will judge hereafter between the two, I am -not now going to ask; but in this world the shame and loss come much -heavier upon the woman. Modesty is, above all else, a woman’s virtue, -and the loss of it is a terrible blot, which lays her open to the -contempt of all, even of the very man who robs her of it. I have heard -tell that it was said by a very knowing man, who wrote a great many wise -things long ago, “When a woman gives herself up to a man, and goes the -whole length with him, it binds her closer to him, but it cures the man.” -This was said by a French writer more than a hundred years ago, and that -only shows the more plainly that it is a truth of all times, and all -countries. And look if it is not so. Do not we see in a hundred cases, -up and down, that the man leaves the woman in her disgrace, and cares no -more about her? - -Patty, my lass, hear a plain word from your old aunt. If a woman is the -first to come forward, or is over ready to follow on the first beckoning, -a man knows pretty well that he need not put himself out of the way to -marry her in order to have her; and if he is unprincipled or thoughtless, -he will take advantage of her weakness, and sin and shame will follow, as -sure as night follows evening. My child, take a good counsel from one -that loves you. If any man, let him be who he will, follows after you, -and you care for him ever so much, aye, and trust him for meaning to make -you his wife ever so surely, keep him in his right place, and do not let -him go one step beyond what is decent. He will respect you the more, and -his love will be the deeper and the truer in the end. Mind this—if you -show yourself willing to go half way with him, he will never be the one -to stop you. It rests with you to take care of yourself, and to help him -too, to keep in the right road, so that you may both stand before God and -man on your wedding-day, honest, and free from blame and shame. - -But Patty, my dear, all this has not been much more than worldly wisdom, -but we are bound to look beyond that, and to consider the solemn command -of Almighty God to keep ourselves modest and pure in His sight as the -servants of Christ. Some would say I had begun at the wrong end in -speaking first of earthly shame and earthly credit; but I think that, -may-be, young folks listen readiest when we do not begin too seriously -with them. But, dear child, I could not with a good conscience end, -without laying before you, with my heart’s prayer for God’s help, what -His holy Word says about this grave sin of fornication and uncleanness. - -In these days we seem to think we can make it lighter by giving it an -easier name—speaking of the fornicator as “wild” or “gay,” and miscalling -a woman’s shame “misfortune.” But let us hear what God’s word says. -“Marriage is honourable in all.” “But fornication and all uncleanness, -let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints.” “What! know ye -not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?” - -The marriage law was given to man in the very beginning by God himself, -who ordained it to be a sacred state, in which two should be as one -flesh. Our blessed Saviour speaks of the wedded pair as “those whom God -hath joined together.” What shall we say then of such as despise God’s -ordinance, and set at defiance the restraint He has laid upon them, as -though that was not needful which He has commanded? They who, in despite -of His word, are as one flesh together without the holy bond of marriage, -are wilful sinners against God, insulting His will, and defying the law -which He has given and confirmed in Jesus Christ. And let none cheat -themselves into thinking that if they manage to keep the sin secret, and -to be free from the burden and shame of the birth of a child, there is -any the less real harm in it. It is the foul blot of the unclean deed -upon the soul, the stain before God, that is the evil to be dreaded most. -That stain is the same whether it is kept hidden from the world or not, -just as the lie is a sin on the soul, all the same, though it should -never be found out. - -Oh my dear child! when I think of the depths to which a woman may sink, a -depth of infamy I do not dare to put before you in all its terrible -plainness, I tremble to think of any young girl listening to the man or -woman who would lead her to look upon this sin lightly. Turn your mind -from the very thought of it. Shut your ears against it. Let it not once -be named. Pray to God in your daily prayer, to hold you back from that -temptation, to deliver you from that evil, to keep you by His Holy Spirit -from impure desires and from occasion of falling; and ask Him for the -purity of heart which will make you pure in living. - -I cannot write more. My heart is too full of trouble. May God have you -in his safe keeping. Your affectionate aunt, - - MARGARET ROTHWAITE. - - * * * * * - -“That is my aunt Margaret’s letter,” said worthy Mrs. Ellerbeck, as she -folded up a large old-fashioned letter sheet, and wrapped it in a -handkerchief, and laid it back in the drawer. “That is my good aunt’s -letter, and I have blessed her for it all these forty years back.” - -“How I wish,” answered I, “that many a one had just such another friend, -to stand between her and ruin. It is always a grief to me that young -girls who must needs work for their living are so often thrown into -dangerous situations, as in factories, or town apprenticeships, or in -country farm service; or, indeed, anywhere, if no one will hold out a -hand to keep them back from harm.” - -“There is scarce any young girl, in our line of life,” said Mrs. -Ellerbeck, “either at home or in service, but what a plain word would -come well to; for even at the best of homes there are always ways enough -to go wrong; and what between some of their elders being too careless, -and some too shame-faced, young folks don’t hear these truths as much as -they need to do. Many a one first gets the knowledge, sadly enough, at -her own cost, when it is too late.” - -“It is indeed a cruel thing,” said I, “not to warn and guard the young -against a peril like this that besets them everywhere. But if any one -might have been safely left to herself, I should have thought it would -have been you Mrs. Ellerbeck.” - -“Nay,” answered my worthy friend, “I needed the warning as ill as any one -just then; for I had got to hear some very free opinions from an -unprincipled young fellow, who had some law work at our house about a -land lease, and who was uncommon clever at putting a bad notion into fair -words. There are those who can shift a meaning to any side, and turn -even a scripture text backwards way; and they will talk you down, and -tell you this is not this, and that follows the other, till they well -nigh drive a simple body to think none before them had ever seen their -way to take a pair of tongs by the right end: and how was it likely a -young lass would see through that sort of craft, and least of all if she -was blindfolded by being a good bit noticed and flattered?” - -“But how was it,” asked I, “that your excellent father did not at once -put a stop to such talk?” - -“You may be sure,” said Mrs. Ellerbeck, “it was never carried on in his -hearing, but only at bye moments, waiting for him, and the like. And it -was this very hiding and scheming that helped me to give more heed to my -aunt’s warning; for, thought I, if all this is really so true and right, -why not speak it out openly? and why should I hang back myself from -letting my father hear it? Ah! if people would but believe there is -certain mischief in what is in the dark and underhand! It’s always -Faulty that needs to skulk.” - -“Nothing can be more certain,” said I, “and now may I ask, was this -letter of your aunt’s, the good angel, as we may say, that warded off the -evil?” - -“It was like having a candle brought into a dark room,” answered Mrs. -Ellerbeck. “But, after all, holding up the light to people is only half -the battle; for many a one will rather shut their eyes than look an -unwelcome truth in the face, and none are so blind as those that won’t -see. I say it with sorrow, Not the best any one can say or do, can turn -others from wrong to right, unless they have some care themselves for -good above bad, and something of a mind to serve their Maker: and I thank -God’s grace I had that much; and my aunt’s letter worked upon it. It -was, may-be, a bit of a struggle at first to do it; but I called my -father in, and then the young fellow drew off quickly enough. If a man -means well by a woman he can bear a father’s eye, and never flinch; but -above-board is no card for the deceiver. Aye, aye! I have reason to -bless my good aunt’s memory. And,” continued Mrs. Ellerbeck, as a tear -rose to her eye, “when I look now with a sort of grateful pride upon my -own good man, and think in all the years we waited before we married, how -true we were to our Bible laws, and blameless between ourselves before -God and man, and what trust and honour we have had for one another in -every change in life to our grey old age, and how we can each of us warn -son and daughter against loose doings with a good face, my heart stirs -with a longing that I could draw over others to hold fast to honour and -modest ways, and to keep off from what will bring them trouble and -repentance, and stand in their light all their life long.” - -“Well then, Mrs. Ellerbeck,” said I, “if that is your mind, will you let -me put this letter of your aunt’s into print, and what you have said -along with it too?” - -“Aye that I will,” answered she, “and may God’s blessing go with it!” - - * * * * * - -And now, Good Friends, men or women, all you who have at heart the good -of others, and the welfare of your country, all who can estimate the -worth of honour in man and purity in woman, join us in the attempt to -arrest this growing evil of licentiousness which, above every other form -of vice, poisons the springs of our domestic and social well-being, by -degrading woman’s character, and making her who should be man’s -heavenward help and purest earthly stay, his fellow in grossness and even -his decoy to vice. It is impossible to exaggerate an evil which so -debases our most sacred relationships, disordering family ties, lowering -the dignity of marriage, casting shame upon the holy name of mother, and, -so to say, plucking the rose from the forehead of pure love and stamping -it with the brand of lust. - -Parents—but mothers especially—we call upon you to help in the good work. -Surely you of all others have most interest in it, as it must in nature -be your dearest wish to see your sons true, and your daughters virtuous. -Yet this cannot be unless you will yourselves sow the early seeds. The -school and the church do not form the character. The pastor and teacher -will urge self-restraint in vain if the home manners and example are -slack in recommending it. Consider the lasting effect of early -impressions throughout life, and how surely you may make them work for -good in this respect, if you will check your boys betimes in coarse -speech and action, and speak to them more plainly of the sin of -unchastity, and of the baseness and crime of seduction, and train them, -as they grow older, to understand the sanctity of true love, and to value -and respect modesty in woman. - -And especially we would urge you to watch over your girls from their -childish years upwards, and in all possible ways to foster their natural -modesty. Accustom them to hear more commonly at the home fireside, from -parents’ lips, how excellent a thing is true womanly worth in daughter, -sister, and wife, and how grievous the loss of it; how contrary to true -feminine dignity are forward manners, flashy dress, and every other bait -for men’s free notice. And we would earnestly press upon you to use your -rightful authority more firmly in forbidding those sure leadings to -mischief, late hours, bad company, and wild merry makings, such as the -public-house dance, the theatre, or loose revels of whatsoever kind, in -town or country. What but evil can come of that fatal habit of -indulgence which, rather than cross a thoughtless wish, will let youth -run headlong into temptations which it has not even the sense to fear, -and has hardly the chance of overcoming. - -And you, Young Women, who have above all others the most direct power in -your own hands, give us the best of all help—that of your own pure -example. The men are what the women make them. If you will be modest, -and true to yourselves, they will shape their ways accordingly; if you, -by your true worth, will claim respect and honour from them, they will -undoubtedly yield the just tribute to you. If you will resolve to follow -the gospel law, and serve your God in the purity He enjoins, admitting no -love dealings but what have the warrant of heaven, you will help them to -do likewise. Whereas, if by your own forwardness you invite them to -loose advances, you become in fact their tempters, and the workers of -your own degradation. - -Waken up to your responsibilities—you, the daughters, wives, and mothers -of our cottage homes. You have more of your country’s honour and welfare -depending upon you than you are aware of; for home influences are wholly -in women’s hands, and each home puts forth its growth for good or evil, -each is a small seed-plot of virtue or vice, which is, we may say truly, -given in charge to the woman, “to dress it and to keep it.” It is not -only the children of a family that are moulded by the woman’s hands; she -gives the tone and character to all the household. Where the mother is -looked up to with reverence and love, and the elder sister leads onwards -in good ways, there will be an influence for good over all; nor will it -be confined to the single home; it will have its effect on a -neighbourhood. And alas! for the opposite case! Who can say how far the -evil influences of one disorderly family may reach, or of one woman of -reprobate habits, who “forgetteth the covenant of her God.” - -We are all Christians in name; but are we not sometimes more zealous for -the form of our faith than for its fruits? Many who contend warmly over -some of the more doubtful points of doctrine, are less careful than they -should be to lay to heart the plainer truths and the weightier matters of -the law. There are those who call themselves Bible christians, and talk -readily of Gospel truth. What says the Gospel? “Flee fornication.” “Be -not deceived; neither fornicators, nor adulterers shall inherit the -kingdom of God.” What are our Saviour’s words? “Adulteries, -fornications, &c., these are the things which defile a man.” These are -Gospel truths. This is the Gospel law. How can we justify ourselves if -we neglect to give it good heed in our own hearts, or if we withhold its -warning from those whose souls are given to us in charge? - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - BY THE SAME AUTHOR, AT THE SAME PRICE: - - KIND WORDS TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF ENGLAND, - WALES AND SCOTLAND. - - * * * * * - - A MOTHER’S CARE FOR HER DAUGHTER’S SAFETY. - - * * * * * - - The 3rd Edition of a SUNDAY CLASS BOOK, and Sunday - School Teacher’s Assistant. 3_d._ _each_, _or_ 2_s._ 9_d._ _per dozen_, - _post-free_. - - * * * * * - - A CHILD’S EASY ABRIDGMENT OF THE OLD - TESTAMENT HISTORY. NEW EDITION. - - * * * * * - - TO BE HAD FROM - - T. 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