Chapter XXX: Part III

The consequences in boys of the abuse of the reproductive
organs—Need of proper information—The moral effects first to
manifest themselves—How secret sin affects the character of
boys—Effects upon the body and the nerves—Effects upon the
brain and mind—The physical effects that follow.

PARTS IV and V

How boys may preserve their bodies in purity and strength—Our
duty to aid others to avoid pernicious habits, and to retain or
regain their purity and strength.

PARTS VI and VII

How purity and strength may be measurably regained—The age
of adolescence or puberty and its attendant changes—Its
significance and its dangers.

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For Boys under Sixteen Years of Age

WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY

Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D.

“‘What a Young Boy Ought to Know’ ought to be in every home
where there is a boy.”

Lady Henry Somerset

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Joseph Cook, D.D., LL.D.

“It is everywhere suggestive, inspiring and strategic in a
degree, as I think, not hitherto matched in literature of its
class.”

Charles L. Thompson, D.D.

“Why was not this book written centuries ago?”

Anthony Comstock

“It lifts the mind and thoughts upon a high and lofty plane
upon delicate subjects.”

Edward W. Bok

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has.”

Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D.

“You have handled with great delicacy and wisdom an exceedingly
difficult subject.”

John Willis Baer

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boys shall have the contents placed before them.”

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, LL.D.

“Full of physiological truths, which all children ought to
know, at a proper age; will be read by boys without awakening a
prurient thought.”

Josiah Strong, D.D.

“A foolish and culpable silence on the part of most parents
leaves their children to learn, too often from vicious
companions, sacred truth in an unhallowed way.”

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“What a Young Man Ought to Know.”

BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.

Condensed Table of Contents

STRENGTH

The value of physical strength—The weak man
handicapped—Threefold nature of man—Relation of the physical,
intellectual and moral—Impair one, you injure all—The physical
foundation—Man’s strong sexual nature—Sexuality strongly
marked in all great men—Importance of manly mastery of sexual
nature—Personal purity—Only one moral standard for men and
women.

WEAKNESS

Inherited weakness—How overcome—Acquired weakness—How
produced—The effects of secret vice—What should be done—Losses
in sleep—When to consult a physician—Danger from quacks
and charlatans—What are normal and abnormal losses—Medical
authorities quoted—Subject illustrated—Important directions.

SOCIAL VICE

Alarming ignorance concerning the diseases which accompany
vice—Why physicians do not acquaint their patients with the
nature of these diseases—The prevalence—All forms of venereal
diseases leave terrible results—Character and consequences
of gonorrhœa—Later complications—Chordee, stricture,
blindness, etc.—How healthy brides become early and permanent
invalids—Chancroid and chancre—The primary, secondary and
tertiary forms of syphilis—The beginning, progress and end—Can
it ever be cured—May the man ever marry—Effects upon wife and
children.

THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

Their purpose and prostitution—Marriage a great
blessing—Difference between creation and procreation—All life
from the seed or the egg—The reproduction of plants, fishes,
birds and animals contrasted—An interesting study.

MAN’S RELATION TO WOMAN

Importance of a right relation to women—The nature of
marriage—The friends and foes of marriage—Who should not
marry—The selection of a wife—Some general rules—Importance of
great caution—Causes of unhappiness in married life—Early and
late marriages.

HINDRANCES AND HELPS

The choice of companions, books, pictures, amusements,
recreations—Liquors and tobacco—Self-mastery—Right aim in
life—Industry, early rising—The influence of an ennobling
affection—Education—The Sabbath, the Church and the Bible.

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What Eminent People Say:

Francis E. Clark, D. D.

“Of exceeding value to every youth just entering upon manhood.
It is written reverently but very plainly, and I believe will
save a multitude of young men from evils unspeakable.”

John Clifford, D. D.

“One of the best books for dawning manhood that has fallen
into my hands. It goes to the roots of human living. It is
thoroughly manly. Dr. Stall has laid the rising generation
under an immense obligation.”

J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D.

“I bear willing testimony that I believe this book ought to be
in the hands of every young man in this country.”

Paul F. Munde, M. D., LL. D.

Professor of Gynæcology in the New York Polyclinic and at Dartmouth College, says:

“I most heartily commend not only the principle but the
execution of what it aims to teach.”

Eugene H. Porter, M. D., LL. D.

President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York; Professor Materia Medica, New York Homeopathic Medical College, etc., says:

“We should especially commend the volume for its reliability in
statement, and, as a medical man, I highly indorse the medical
teachings of the book. It is trustworthy and sound. It is a
work which should be in the hands of every young man.”

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“What a Young Husband Ought to Know.”

BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.

Condensed Table of Contents

PART I

WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIMSELF

The true foundation for happiness in married life—Physical,
intellectual and sexual differences between men and women—Each
complemental to the other, and complete only when mated—The
three theories regarding coition—The correct theory—The
physical cost of procreation—Illustrated in insects, animals
and man—What is excess—Effects of marital continence—The
husband’s duty to his wife—Physical defects and deficiencies of
husband or wife—Misery entailed by vice—Effects upon wife—Upon
children—Purity and fidelity.