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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



your appeal to the people to cleanse themselves of 

 the tobacco habit; aud the number you have reach- 

 ed far exceeds any estimate I may have made. 

 There is little probability that the calls upon you 

 for " smokers " will exceed your willingness to 

 supply; but should the demand at any time seem a 

 tax, you might not call in vain upon the writer for 

 a little assistance. I have the honor to be very 

 truly your friend, R. A. Burnett. 



Chicago, 111., June 11. 



Friend Burnett, may the Lord be praised 

 for your kind donation— not because we 

 need it, but because of the spirit it shows 

 and the lesson it may teach. At present I 

 hardly know what use to make of the $5.00 ; 

 but the Lord will unquestionably point out 

 a way. I suppose, of course, I may have 

 your letter for print. I want it because I 

 feel sure it will help in the war against to- 

 bacco — the war that is to be fought, not by 

 might nor by power, but by the influence of 

 the Holy Spirit. 



A WOMAN WHO HAS QUIT SMOKING. 



Please send Mrs. Nancy Sheets a smoker. She 

 has quit smoking her pipe. She has started in the 

 bee-business, and would rather do without the pipe 

 than without a smoker. It she ever commences 

 smoking again I will pay for smoker myself. 



Fredonia, Kan. John Darst. 



Many thanks, friend D.; and please tell 

 our friend Mrs. Sheets that Uncle Amos 

 bids her God-speed in breaking away from 

 the tobacco habit. 



A YOUNG BEE-KEEPER TAKES THE TOBACCO 

 PLEDGE. 



I am now 30 years old, and have been using tobac- 

 co four years; but after reading the Tobacco Col- 

 umn I have decided not to use it any more. I have 

 six colonies of bees in frame hives, and should like 

 to have a smoker; and If you will send me one I 

 will pay for it if I ever use tobacco again. 



Goodman, Miss., May 20. W. R. Tate. 



AN UNCLE AND NEPHEW UNITE IN TAKING THE 

 PLEDGE. 



My uncle and I have been using tobacco for about 

 three months. He has quit it, and about an hour 

 ago I chewed my last chew ; and if you deem it prop- 

 er, just send us a smoker. If either of us use it 

 in any way again we will pay you for the smoker. 



Stony Point, Tenn. A. D. Derrick. 



PAYS FOR THE SMOKER AFTER COMMENCING THE 

 WEED, BUT HAS QUIT AGAIN. 



I send you 70 cents to pay for the smoker that you 

 sent me several years ago for stopping the use of 

 tobacco. I have broken my promise; but I think 

 more of my word than I do of the money, so I re- 

 mit to you the amount promised. For nearly a 

 year I have done without It, and now have no de- 

 sire for it. I am very glad that, when we fail in our 

 promises, we can begin again. I enjoy reading 

 your Home talks in Gleanings, and hope you will 

 continue in your good work. E. G. Rowland. 



Manchester, N. Y., May 15. 



seat a habit hard to leave off. For encouragement 



to him, send him a smoker; and we hereby bind 



ourselves from this date not to use tobacco in any 



way, shape, or form. If he or I ever go back to the 



habit, we will send you the price in full for the 



smoker. L. B. Whittle. 



James B. Whittle. 

 Cloud's Creek, S. C, Feb. 25. 



0a^ Jl0MEg. 



FATHER AND SON TAKING THE PLEDGE TOGETHER. 



My little son and I have been smoking only since 

 we have been keeping bees, as we thought the 

 smoke would quell them. Since we have been read- 

 ing Gleanings, only a stray copy now and then, I 

 tell him we must lay aside our tobacco, as it may 



Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not 

 in the way of evil men.— Prov. 4: 14. 



I HAVE of late said so much in regard to 

 temptation, and the importance of avoiding 

 at the outset, any thing that might lead us 

 into danger and sin, that I sometimes think 

 I ought to be ashamed of myself ; and here 

 I am taking up the old siibject again. It 

 may be that it is S'ltan who whispers to me 

 now and then that a man over tifty years 

 old, and one who has been a professing 

 Christian for twenty years, ought to be 

 ashamed of himself— or, rather, ought to be 

 ashamed of acknowledging that he is still 

 tempted to do evil. Perhaps the season of 

 the year has something to do with bringing 

 to my mind the text I have quoted. Dur- 

 ing the month of July, most of us think 

 more or less about some sort of recreation. 

 Our schools are closed ; many of our places 

 of business are shut dowm during the heat- 

 ed term ; some of the Sunday-schools, I am 

 sorry to say, take a vacation ; and in the ab- 

 sence of the pastors, church services are 

 sometimes stopped for a time. All of us 

 think of taking things a little easier. It is 

 true, that those who work in the harvest- 

 held oftentimes undergo the severest labor of 

 the year ; but after harvesting is done, even 

 they usually think about picnics, excur- 

 sions, Chautauqua. Lakeside, the seashore, 

 watering places, etc. These things are all 

 right and proper in their place. But there 

 is something sad in the fact that at such 

 seasons so many are ready to forget their 

 vows to God, and vows made before their 

 fellow-men, and stray away into old sins, 

 and get back into old temptations. Many 

 who have been intemperate find it very hard 

 to get past the Fourth of July. Now, to all 

 such I would recommend the little text I 

 have quoted : " Enter not into the path of 

 the wicked." Do not even go in places 

 they frequent. If there is any place where 

 bad men are wont to congregate, go not 

 there. It is sometimes urged that we 

 should go to do them good, or go to keep 

 down the evil. This may all be very well, 

 if we go as missionaries, or go with that 

 idea in view. But, beware of letting Satan 

 deceive you. If you turn to the 4th chapter 

 of Proverbs you will find a verse just after 

 our text, which reads, " Avoid it, pass not 

 by it, turn from it, pass away." If you do 

 this, there is not very much danger. I 

 know this by experience. But there is al- 

 ways danger if you dally with sin. Another 

 verse, further on, reads: "For they sleep 

 not, except they have done mischief." 

 Many a boy. many a girl, would have been 

 perfectly safe from temptation had they not 



