ONAN ESCHEWED - Rick Grunder

thoughts, so that they will not cry, or in order that they may be quieted when put
to bed and soon fall asleep. It is terrible to think that intelligent people could do
such things, but on account of the prevalence of these practices it is necessary
that we should understand the danger to which children are exposed . . . I trust,
my dear boy, that you may be saved from this and all other forms of vice. [p.98]
The terrible and helpless condition of those
upon whom this habit has permanently
fastened itself, you may be able to judge
from the fact that, in order to prevent the
repetition of the act of masturbation, and if
possible permanently to cure the victim of
this vice, boys often have to be put in a
"strait-jacket," sometimes have their hands
fastened behind their backs, sometimes their
hands are tied to the posts of the bed, or
fastened by ropes or chains to rings in the
wall, and in various other ways extreme
measures have to be resorted to in the effort
to save the person from total mental and
physical self-destruction. And I am sorry to
say that even these extreme measures are
not always successful in restraining them or
effecting a cure. [p. 117]
96 [another copy - What a Young Boy Ought to Know.] Same title and imprint as
above; same copyright dates and pagination except that there are one fewer
pages of ads at the end, and one or two other ads have been changed; otherwise
essentially identical. This copy is more faded, has some discoloration to the title
page, and a piece of card glued to the front paste-down. Presentation inscription
dated Christmas 1919. $20
97 STALL, Sylvanus. . . . WHAT A YOUNG HUSBAND OUGHT TO KNOW. By
Sylvanus Stall, D.D. Author of "What a Young Boy Ought to Know," "What a Young
Man Ought to Know," "What a Man of 45 Ought to Know," "Methods of Church
Work," "Five-Minute Object Sermons to Children," "Talks to the King's Children,"
"Bible Selections for Daily Devotion," etc. Associate Editor of the "Lutheran Observer."
"The Glory of Young Men is Their Strength." [at head: PURITY AND TRUTH, Self and
Sex Series]. Philadelphia, London, Toronto: The Vir Publishing Company, [c.
1897 by Sylvanus Stall].
xvii, [xix]-xxii, [23]-300, [19 (ads)] pp. + frontispiece portrait of the author
preceded by "Commendations From Eminent Men and Women" with portraits
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