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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



J UNE 



know that he is freed from sin and evil habits' I 

 smoked but once after I was converted. The sec- 

 ond time I filled my pipe I was condemned, and 

 those words came into my mind, "Cleanse your- 

 selves from all fllthiness of the flesh." Pipe, tobac- 

 co, and all went into the stove; and, God being my 

 helper, I will never be found guilty of the habit 

 again. About that time my wife was reading 

 Gleanings, and she said, "Listen; A. T. Root of- 

 fers to give a smoker to any one who will quit the 

 use of tobacco." I said, "Amen! I want to sign a 

 pledge of that kind. I want the world to know that 

 God has power on earth to cleanse his children 

 from all unrighteousness, if we only put our trust 

 In him." Go on, Bro. Koot, sowing seeds of right- 

 eousness. May God bless you, is my prayer. My 

 wife says, if I ever commence the use of tobacco 

 she will send you the price of the smoker. 

 Glenwood, Iowa. Daniel Barbee. 



May God be praised, friend B., for your 

 bright, clear, unconditional surrender ; and 

 especially do I commend your willingness 

 to stand out before the world, making your 

 retreat so sure that you can not go back, 

 even if you would. And I am glad, too, to 

 hear the good wife say that, if you ever be- 

 gin the use of tobacco again, she will re- 

 port, even if you should backslide so far as 

 to incline to neglect it. 



A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL WHO IS KILLING HIM- 

 SELF WITH TOBACCO. 



We have a minister here who is a member of our 

 conference, and who is killing himself by smoking to- 

 bacco. We are taking pledges from him to quit; 

 and as we all read (my) Gleanings, your most ex- 

 cellent magazine, and among them the pledges, I 

 promise to send you the price of a smoker if he re- 

 turns to it again. Send it to my address at once, 

 and I will deliver it. M. K. Little. 



Fort Worth, Texas, March 2. 



WHAT A LAWYER THINKS OF TOBACCO. 



I have induced my boy, Wm. Lucas Dillard, to 

 quit the use of tobacco, offering, as an incentive, 

 your offer of a smoker. I tell him that, if a stran- 

 ger, who perhaps will never meet him this side of 

 the ultimate tribunal, can so deeply feel for the 

 follies of youth, there must be something vitally 

 and radically wrong in the abominable practice of 

 tobacco chewing and smoking. My boy has a man- 

 ly sense of duty; and if he puts himself voluntarily 

 under obligations to do something, I'm sure noth- 

 will divert him. H. M. Dillard. 



Meridian, Texas, May 6. 



GOING SECURITY. 



There is a young man, a neighbor of mine, who is 

 reading my Gleanings. He keeps bees, and says 

 that, if I will get him a smoker, he will dispense 

 with tobacco entirely. Send the smoker; and if he 

 ever uses the weed again I will pay for the smoker. 

 His name is Burt Jenkins. F. H. Kunklb. 



Camden, Mich., April 30. 



TAKING THE PLEDGE AFTER HE HAS STOPPED A 

 MONTH. 



Please send a smoker to A. J. Foster, Winthrop, 

 Iowa. I will pay for the smoker if he ever smokes 

 again. He has stopped smoking now for a month. 

 Of course, Mr. Foster understands that he is never 

 to use tobacco in any form, and this is right. 



Winthrop, Iowa, Mar. 24. B. P. Brintnall. 



A HUSBAND WHO HAS QUIT. 



M. C. Hays has quit the use of Tobacco. You will 

 p'.case send him a smoker. If he ever resumes the 

 use of tobacco, he pi-omises to pay for the smoker. 



Mrs. M. C. Hays. 



Temperance Hall, Tenn., Apr. 21. 



SECURITY FOR ANOTHER. 



A friend of mine has promised to stop using to- 

 bacco if you will send him a smoker. If you will 

 send one, and he ever uses tobacco again, I will 

 pay for the smoker, t never used tobacco, and I 

 thank God that I never formed that habit. 



McKean, Pa., Apr. 4. D. E. Porter. 



YOUNG MEN TAKING WARNING IN TIME. 



I take pleasure in reading your Tobacco Column. 

 It is gratifying to see so many young men take 

 warning while on life's meridian. Mr. L. W. Mc- 

 Guire has broken from the useless tobacco habit 

 for seven months, and desires a smoker. He 

 pledges that, if he ever uses any again, he wil pay 

 for the smoker. G. W. McGuiRE. 



Dark Ridge, N. C, Mar. 14. 



A BOY WHO HAS FOUND A BETTER USE FOR HIS 

 MONEY. 



I am a boy 17 years old. I have been in the habit 

 of using tobacco some, but am trying to live a 

 Christian. I have concluded to do without it, and 

 that I can put my money to better use, and feel 

 better over it. Please send me the smoker; and if 

 I should use tobacco any more, I will pay you for 

 the smoker. Bertie S. Evans. 



Mendon, Mich., May 9. 



quit after 12 YEARS. 



1 have received Gleanings 7 years, and have 

 concluded to quit the use of tobacco. I have used 

 it twelve years. If I am entitled to a smoker, 

 please send with other goods. If I use the weed 

 again I will pay for smoker. J. H. Kline. 



Wooster, O., Apr. 18. 



IS INDUCED TO TAKE THE PLEDGE THROUGH THE 

 influence of the TOBACCO COLUMN. 



Through the influence of the Tobacco Column I 

 have made up my mind to quit the use of tobacco. 

 I have used it for five yeai-s off and on. You can 

 send me a smoker, and if I should resume the use 

 of it again I will pay for the smoker. 



Wayville, N. Y., Mar. 26. O. C. Abel. 



A friend GOING SECURITY. 



Please to send me a smoker. I have a friend, 

 D. F. Stewart, who has quit the use of tobacco, and 

 agrees that, if he uses it again in any manner 

 whatever, he will pay you the sum of $1.00 for the 

 smoker, God being his helper to enable him to quit 

 using the weed. And I promise to see that he ful- 

 fills his contract. G. F. Tyler. 



Honey Grove, Tex., Apr. 25. 



TWO PLEDGES. 



In reading Gleanings I feel as if we were old 

 acquaintances, and without it we should be lost. 

 I hope that it will be weekly soon. I promised an 

 old uncle of ours that, if he would quit chewing 

 tobacco, I would get him a smoker; so he quit on 

 the first day of this year, and says he will never use 

 it again. If he breaks over I will pay for the smok- 

 er. His address is V. B. Lindsy, Nebraska, O. I 

 have taken the pledge too; and if I ever break it I 

 will pay double price lor it. J. N. Riley. 



Washington C. H., Ohio, Mar. .5, 



