64S 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept, 



Are there no foes for me to face ? 



Must I not stem the flood ? 

 Is this vile world a friend to grace, 



To help me on to God V 



Since I must flght if I would reign, 



Incrense my courage, Lord; 

 I'll beartlie toil, endure the pain, 



Supported by Thy word. 



Now. If you have not learned tliis good old 

 tune, please do so. If you aic afraid to sing 

 around other folks, go off in tlic lots and sing 

 it by yourself until it brings the blessing to your 

 heart it has brought to mine. Then sing it to 

 your friends. Do not be bashful or backward. 

 Be a hrnve soldi(M-. A simple little hymn like 

 this, sung in your own way, and after your own 

 fashion, will have a power you have no concep- 

 tion of. if you shnj for Christ Jesus:. Use the 

 liynin to vary the usual jjlan of asking a bless- 

 ing at the table. Get nuimma to sing, and the 

 little ones, and afterward explain to them 

 what it means to be " a soldier of the cross, a 

 follower of the Lamb." Tell them that good 

 soldiers do not get mad and swear, nor quarrel, 

 nor speak bad about their neighbors. Tell the 

 boys that, if they want to be manly, they must 

 get up and woi% and not be carried about. Tell 

 them that we want men How to flijht for God 

 and the right, as we never want<'d them before. 

 Tell them that, before they can be bosses, or 

 have command anywhere, they must learn to 

 rule their own spirits. Tell them this hymn 

 was written more than 170 years ago by the 

 same good man who composed the little verse 

 commencing, 



" How doth the little busy bee 

 Improve each shining- hour! " 



Tell them it is the hymn that is making Uncle 

 Amos happy just now as he fights his battles 

 and takes up his burdens. Tell the boys that 

 Uncle Amos is praying for them. And that 

 they may fight against this sin of our national 

 profanity and irrevei'ence to God, bid them be 

 "brave soldiers in the battle for the right, and 

 tell them it was Christ Jesus who prayed, not 

 that they should be taken out of the world, but 

 that they should be kept from the evil. 



3F6B^CC0 C0MJI]\[. 



CONDITIONS UNDEE WHICH WB GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 



First, the candidate must be one of those who have given up 

 tobacco in consequence of what he has seen and read in this 

 department. Second, he promises to pay for the smoker 

 should he ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, after 

 receiving the smoker. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 Gleanings. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquaintances whom he has labored 

 with on the matter of tobacco-using, providing he give us his 

 pledge that, if the one who receives the smoker ever uses to- 

 bacco again, he (the subscriber) will pay for the smoker. The 

 one who receives the smoker in this case need not be a sub- 

 scriber to Gleanings, though we greatly prefer that he be one, 

 because we think he would be strengthened by reading the 

 testimonials from time to time in regard to this matter. The 

 full name and address of every one who makes the promise 

 must be furnished for publication. 



HAS Qt'IT, AND EXPECTS TO STAY QUIT. 



I believe I am entitled to one of your smokers, 

 as I have used tobacco ever since I was eight 

 years old. I was thirty-eight last Friday. I 

 quit last January, and still expect to hold on. 



Lewistown, Mo., July 28. H. Manspekgei!. 



A NEW SXJBSCKIBEPv QUITS THE USE OF TOBACCO. 



Mr. E. L. Yarbrough, of Buffalo, Dallas Co., 

 Mo., desires you to send him Gleanings. He 

 has abandoned the use of tobacco, and desires 

 you to send him one Clark's smoker. He says 

 he will pay for it if he ever uses the weed again. 



Bolivar, Mo., May 19. A. J. Lowek. 



A smoker FOK a FKIENI). 



I want you to send a smoker to me to give to 

 brother Cook. He has quit the use of tobacco. 

 He used it over 4.5 years. He is a good man, 

 and class-leader tof). I will pay if he begins 

 using it again. A. C. Buknam. 



Camden, N. Y.. July 22. 



A user for 20 YEARS QUITS. 



In couseqiKMice of what I have seen and read 

 in this deijartment, I determined to stop using 

 tobacco, which I have used for 20 years. I 

 gratefully promise to pay for the smoker should 

 I ever resume the use of tobacco in any form, 

 after receiving the smoker. 



Mikado, Mich.. June IB. Wm. R. Cummings. 



TWO SONS-IX-UAW WHO IIAVP: QUIT TOBACCO. 



If you still giv(» smokers to those who quit the 

 use of tobacco you can send one each to Willie 

 Godbold and Ralph Watson, both of Bowerton, 

 Copiah County. Miss. They are both my sons- 

 in-law: and if they ever use tobacco again I 

 will pay for the smoker myself. Wm. Boles. 



Bowerton. Miss., May 12. 



snuff-i)ippix(; .\.moxg the colored womex. 



I see in the Tobacco Column that a lady has 

 quit smoking. I wish that by some means the 

 ladies of this section could be induced to quit 

 the very disgusting habit of snuff-dipping, 

 which is so prevalent h^re among both \vhite 

 and black \yomen, and thereby elevate them 

 considerably in the estimation of many good 

 people. S. F. Hei'.man. 



Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 21. 



Dear friend H., I have heard a good deal 

 about the snuff-dipping habit: and I should be 

 very glad indet^l if something could be done to 

 awaken and rouse up these sisters to a sense of 

 what they are do ing. 



A SMOKER For, A FATHER WHO HAS QITIT. 



I am very glad that I am able to ask you 

 for a smoker, as it is just what we need. My 

 father has quit using tobacco, and says if he 

 ever uses it again he will pay you for the smoker, 

 and give you all our bees, which are fourteen 

 nice colonies. I don't think you will get the 

 bees. Please send it to John Woods, Ayr, 

 Adams Co., Nebraska. Cora Woods. 



Ayr, Neb., July^iS^ 



throws THE OLD PIPE AAV AY. 



I will throw my old pipe away if you will send 

 me a smoker, and I will not use the pipe again 

 as long as my name is Mary. I can use rags 

 cheaper than' tobacco. If you ever hear of my 

 using the pipe I will pay you for two smokers. 

 Mrs. Mary. A. Morrow. 



Stromsburg, Polk Co., Neb., July 21. 



We suppose, friend M., that by throwing 

 away the old pipe you mean not to use tobacco 

 in any form, and so we sent the smoker. 



A SMOKER FOR AN ORPHAN BOY. 



Three months ago I quit the use of tobacco 

 through the influence of Gleanings. I do not 

 need a smoker, as I have one; but if you wish 

 to send one I will give it to an orphan boy to 

 whom I have given a colony of bees; and if I 

 ever resume the use of tobacco I will pay for the 

 smoker. J. B. Alexander. 



Hartford City, Ind., Aug. 7. 



We take pleasure in sending the smoker for 

 the orphan boy. We hope the boy will be in- 

 formed of the circumstances, and never use 

 tobacco himself. 



