Girls: Faults and Ideals / A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters

A FAMILIAR TALK, WITH QUOTATIONS FROM LETTERS.
J.R. MILLER, D.D.
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GIRLS: FAULTS AND IDEALS.
Cleanse thou me from secret faults. PSA. xix, 12. The King's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. —PSA. xiv. 13.
The religion of Christ has something to say to every man, woman, and child, in every relation, on every day, in every experience of life. It is not something for Sundays, and for prayer-meetings, and for sick-rooms, death-beds, and funerals: it is just as much for the school-room, the play-ground, the store, the kitchen, the street. Wherever you may chance to be, if you listen you will hear a voice behind you, whispering, This is the way; walk ye in it. The Bible is the Word of God, our Father's will concerning his children; and it has something to say each day, at every point of experience, to every one of us. I want to help the girls and young women, if I can, to hear a little of what Christ has to say to them.
It is good for us to see ourselves as others see us. Hence, I have asked a number of Christian young men to give me answers to certain questions, and from these I have quoted in this familiar talk. I take two of these questions, viz.;
1. What are some of the most common faults in young women of your acquaintance?
2. What are some of the essential elements of character in your ideal of true young womanhood?
We shall think then of common faults and of ideals. The first text I have chosen is a prayer for for the cleansing of faults. The second is a description of the life that pleases God.