life commingles, intertwines, and insinuates her own spirit, at the same
time educating, instructing, and determining its development according
to the influence she imparts to it. So the offspring partakes largely of
the nature of both its parents. The determination as to whether he
begets a male or female depends entirely upon the inmost vital state of
the male at the time of giving, although he is unconscious of the fact,
so that he can have no choice and no regulation, as some writers most
absurdly claim, in the matter of the forth-coming sex. He determines or
produces it unconsciously and involuntarily, the mother simply receiving,
clothing, and issuing from her body what the father has given her.

It must not be forgotten when exploring these deep subjects that man is
a spiritual being, clothed with a material body, that his spirit is his
inmost, and that what proceeds from him in the generative act has life
from his inmost; consequently the life-giving principle of his semen is
from his inmost, which constitutes its life-giving power. This inmost
from the male, the begetting power, is clothed by his seminal fluid for
an All-wise purpose; it is not the gross material, the clothing, that
begets, but the living power which this material contains, which
fructifies, or becomes conjoined, or commingled with the vital force of
the ovule of the mother,[K] so that she can clothe it; and when so
conjoined the germ, or seed, is planted in congenial soil. Conception
has thus really taken place by virtue of this act, and the animal mother
proceeds with her reproduction precisely upon the same general
principles that mother earth reproduces corn from a single kernel.

  [K] See Guernsey's Obstetrics, 3d edition, on Reproduction.

It is universally acknowledged that the Lord creates, that we owe all to
Him, that He gives us our children, etc., etc. This is true, and it is
also true that He makes use of the parents, through whom he operates to
this end. By the constant influx of his Divine Love and Wisdom He gives
us life, and by virtue of this constant influx into the father who
begets, the mother's conception becomes doubly sacred. She conceives
from her husband, and at the same instant the Lord by virtue of His
Divine Power breathes into that conception the breath of life, whereby
it becomes a living soul. By the light of this truth we see that it is
not the parents who give life to their offspring. They only supply the
pure material substances which are organized into the human form by the
living and life-giving forces which constantly flow in from the Lord who
is life itself and from whom all life constantly emanates.

INDEX.

  "Abuse," self, definition of,                                       60

  Adolescence of the female,                                          68
       "      characteristics of, in females,                         68
       "      time of, in females,                                    27
       "      of the male,                                            42
       "      pride of in the male,                                   51
       "      of male, changes observable,                        42, 43
       "      time of, in the male,                                   27

  Amorous, females not naturally,                                78, 103

  Applications, in worm affections,                                   33

  Ascarides,                                                          33

  Bannisters, injurious to slide down,                                29

  Chastity, what is true,                                             36
      "     difficulty of maintaining,                            53, 64
      "     needful in both sexes,                                    63
      "     difficulty of regaining,                                  56
      "     should be maintained,                                     55

  Child-bearing, the question of,                                    104
        "        prevention of,                                      104

  Childhood,                                                          27

  Children, let them romp, play, &c.,                                 39
      "     sleep of,                                                 40
      "     weight of at birth,                                       21

  Coffee, use of by children,                                         36

  Conception,                                                         15

  Continence not hurtful,                                         54, 55
      "      physiologically considered,                          57, 64

  Diapers for children, choice of,                                    25

  Diet of the mother, during gestation,                               98

  Embryo, earliest stage of,                                          15

  Evil, first step of,                                            45, 61

  Fathers, injurious actions of,                                      25

  Females, self-abuse in,                                         76, 82
     "     dangers and temptations of,                            77, 81
     "     from fourteen to eighteen years,                           69
     "     naturally not amorous,                                78, 103

  Feminine charms, to preserve,                                       75

  Foetal development, recapitulation of,                          21, 22

  Genital organs, care of in infancy,                                 24
     "       "    uses of,                                        52, 59

  Health Lift beneficial,                                             99

  Hope for the fallen,                                               110

  Husband, advice to,                                                 87
     "     not to find fault,                                        108
     "     represents "The Truth,"                                   101

  Incontinent, trials of the,                                         56

  Infant, the,                                                        24

  Insane asylums, who are there,                                      50

  Introductory chapter,                                               13

  Licentiousness, perception of by the female,                        63

  Life, all, comes from the LORD,                                    120

  LORD, the, alone creates,                                          119

  Marriage; act, the,                                             79, 80
      "     the husband,                                              84
      "     the wife,                                                 90
      "     conduct of a man before and after,                    87, 88
      "     the duties of,                                            94
      "     true meaning of the word,                                 91
      "     vow, the,                                                 92

  Married life, how to begin,                                         85
        "       true love in,                                        106

  Marry, men should,                                                  84
    "    why do girls,                                            90, 91

  Masturbation, symptoms of,                                      34, 60
        "       taught in schools, at home, &c.,                      34

  Mechanical means, in worm affections,                               33

  Menstruation; and care during,                                  70, 73
        "       not an inconvenience,                                 71

  Mind, strength of, needful in reformation,                         110

  Nurses, vicious practices of,                                       25

  Opiates should be avoided,                                          24

  Origin of the Sex,                                                 117

  Penis, secretions forming on,                                   30, 31

  Pin worms,                                                          33

  Pollutions, nightly, causes of,                                     65
       "      produced by drugs,                                      66

  Poor houses, who the inmates are,                                   50

  Preface,                                                             9

  Pregnancy, beginning of,                                            15
      "      fifth week of,                                           16
      "      seventh week of,                                         16
      "      two months of,                                           17
      "      ten weeks of,                                            17
      "      third month of,                                          18
      "      fourth month of,                                         19
      "      fifth month of,                                          19
      "      sixth month of,                                          19
      "      seventh month of,                                        20
      "      eighth month of,                                         20
      "      ninth month of,                                          21

  Prepuce, long,                                                      31

  Prevention of child bearing,                                       104

  Preventives to conception,                                          96

  Priapism, in boys,                                                  30

  Prisons, who the inmates are,                                       50

  Pure thoughts, necessity for,                                  59, 115

  Purgatives in worm affections,                                      33

  Queen Victoria, in child bearing,                                  105
    "       "     a Royal mother,                                    105

  Self-Abuse, to overcome,                                           113

  Seminal fluid,                                                      65

  Sex, man powerless to regulate,                                    118
   "   origin of the,                                                117

  Sexual act, the, in marriage,                              92, 94, 102
    "    act, the frequency of, in marriage,                         104
    "    disorders come from within,                                  32
    "    impressions on children, causes producing,                   29
    "    impressions should never affect a child,                     27
    "    instinct too strong,                                        112
    "    intercourse, illicit, dangers of,                        46, 47
    "    intercourse, illicit, should not be recommended by a
             physician,                                           55, 57
    "    matters, use of good information on,                         34
    "    organs, earliest discernment of,                             18
    "    organs, needless laving, handling, &c.,                      31
    "    precocity in children,                                       28
    "    precocity in children, case illustrating,                    28
    "    temptations, to conquer,                         56, 59, 62, 63
    "    thoughts, influence of,                                  46, 53

  Soothing syrups, avoidance of,                                      24

  Spermatorrhoea, causes of,                                          65
         "        caused by drugs,                                    66

  Syphilis,                                                       47, 48
      "     mental effects of,                                        49

  Syphilitic poisoning,                                              114

  Syringes,                                                       73, 75

  Syrups, soothing, avoidance of,                                     34

  Tea, use of, by children,                                           36

  Tobacco, use of, by children,                                       36

  Unfortunate, to the,                                               110

  Urinate, inability to, in the morning,                              32

  Vaginal injections,                                                 73

  Vermifuges, in worm affections,                                     33

  Washings, uselessness of,                                       38, 39

  Weight of children at birth,                                        21

  "Wet dreams," causes of,                                            65

  Wife, choice of,                                                    85
    "   represents "The Good,"                                       101
    "   should allow the sexual act,                          92, 94, 95
    "   to be considerate,                                           107

  Will power, man should be governed by the,                          43

  Wine, use of by children,                                           36

  Worms,                                                              33
    "    are of constitutional origin,                                33

  [ Transcriber's Note:

    The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The first
    line is the original line, the second the corrected one.

  practically qualified, both by inherent qualities and education for the
  practically qualified, both by inherent qualities and education, for the

    Origin of the Sex              117
    Origin of the Sex,             117

  heighth of sexual orgasm is reached, ejaculation of semen occurs and
  height of sexual orgasm is reached, ejaculation of semen occurs and

  as inflamations, excoriations, itchings and swellings of the genital
  as inflammations, excoriations, itchings and swellings of the genital

  low. _The same thinking, feeling and desiring preceeds the adoption of
  low. _The same thinking, feeling and desiring precedes the adoption of

  view to take, because, pomp, style and show _are not the true objects of
  view to take, because pomp, style and show _are not the true objects of

  Some well-meaning and otherwise apparrently good husbands, but not true,
  Some well-meaning and otherwise apparently good husbands, but not true,

  Young ladies why do you marry? Through infancy, childhood and
  Young ladies, why do you marry? Through infancy, childhood and

  everyone from exposing him--or herself, to the risk. But, having fallen,
  everyone from exposing him- or herself to the risk. But, having fallen,

    Children, sleep of,                                                 40
        "     sleep of,                                                 40

    Husband, advice to                                                  87
    Husband, advice to,                                                 87

        "      seventh week of                                          16
        "      seventh week of,                                         16

    Sex, origin of the,                                                117
     "   origin of the,                                                117

      "    temptations, to conquer                          56, 59, 62, 63
      "    temptations, to conquer,                         56, 59, 62, 63
  ]