t them when they have no right intentions, you
allow them to wrong you. For this purpose consider well what you
are--a human being intended for an eternity of bliss. God has made you
a woman; and, believe me, as there is no fairer, so there is no nobler
creature than woman. She is formed to be her husband's helpmate and
the mother of his children, and the all-important work of training
these for heaven depends mainly upon her. Great, then, is her
responsibility; but God has given her the requisite love and power to
do her duty with satisfaction and delight. He has placed you in this
beautiful world that by doing your duty as a daughter, sister, wife,
mother, and friend, you may become fitted to enter His heavenly
kingdom.

During your courtship let me entreat you to be very careful and
circumspect. There is no period of life that can compare with this
delightful season. It is, or should be, full of sunshine and sparkling
with the poetry of life; but alas! to many it is the opposite. A want
of judgment--a momentary indiscretion--has not only blotted out this
beautiful springtime of life, but has marred, darkened, and blighted
the whole of the after lifetime.

No maiden can, under any circumstances, place her character in the
hands of any man before marriage. No matter how sincere the love, how
ardent the protestations, how earnest or plausible the pleadings, you
must not, you cannot, surrender your honor. You must preserve your
prudence and virtue; it is only by possession of these that you can
keep

THE LOVE AND RESPECT OF YOUR LOVER.

Be firm, be circumspect; a rash word or a false step may extinguish
forever all your bright hopes and prospective joys. Even should your
lover redeem his promises and take you to be his wife, this
indiscretion, or crime, will surely hang over you like a curse,
creating discord, trouble, and sorrow, the greatest portion of which
will fall to your share.

You must know that young men, however amiable, worthy or honorable
they may be, may, in a moment of intense excitement, commit a sin that
in their calmer moments they would not be guilty of for worlds.

But under all circumstances you will be looked upon to resist any
advances, and maintain your purity and virtue. No matter how high the
tide of passion may run in unguarded moments, and set in against
heaven and against society, the terrible and painful ebb will surely
follow and leave you stranded forever on the