1889 



GLKANINGS IN BEE CULTLKK. 



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young boys— yes, and girls, astray? You know the 

 best are always chosen as examples when one means 

 to excuse a sin or bad habit. Such and such per- 

 sons are sighted; thus such are far more responsi- 

 ble than those who do not profess better things. 

 Tt's a sad sight to see 7-year old boys, with a sicken- 

 ing cigar, walking the streets. Who can come up 

 and say it's all good? and who is going to chide 

 these for so doing? Not the ones who sell it— no, 

 for they tell us there is a big profit on tobacco, and 

 that they couldn't do business if they didn't sell it. 

 Doesn't the rum-seller say the very same thing? 

 Are we as human beings willing to succumb to such 

 ruinous courses? How easily the sale of this poison 

 has crept into all or nearly all the grocery stores, 

 and Christian traders too. Well, many come up 

 and assert, that, if they dou't sell it others will. I 

 may say if I didn't rob some one, some other per- 

 son would. Oh! I ask again, isn't it late enough al- 

 ready for even a few to fight this evil, and be a 

 crank or a fool for Chi-ist's sake? 



Hallowell, Me. E. P. Churchill. 



What you say is excellent, but I think all 

 of us will have to be a little briefer, as we 

 say in the prayer meetings, to make more 

 room for the new converts. Just listen to 

 them now, and see if you do not agree with 

 me that their testimony is more inspiring 

 than whole sermons from our most learned 

 divines. 



I need a new smoker, and I have decided to quit 

 the use of tobacco entirely. If you will send me a 

 smoker, if I ever use tobacco again I will pay you 

 for the smoker. Chas. Craning. 



Courter, Ind. 



Please And two more claims for the bee smoker. 

 Mrs. Fannie Bitticks says she has been using tobac- 

 co for 20 years. I gave her a few copies of your 

 journal, and she read the same; and when she 

 came to the Tobacco Column she said she would 

 quit too for a smoker, and she quit. If you will 

 send her the smoker I will see that she keeps her 

 pledge; and if she does use it again I will send you 

 75 cts. for the smoker. Also please send a smoker 

 to Mrs. Bill Ealey, Hickory Creek, Ark. She, seeing 

 your offer, has quit the use of tobacco for a smoker. 

 I will see that she keeps her promise. 



Ozan, Ark. J. W. Taylor. 



May the Lord bless you, friend T., for 

 your labors, especially as you have made 

 such a start among the women-folks. If 

 " the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand 

 that moves the world," just think what the 

 result of your labors may be, in view of fu- 

 ture generations. We notice still another 

 convert of yours in Anthony Clark, a little 

 further on. 



PAYS FOR THE SMOKER, BUT HAS QUIT THE USE 

 OF TOBACCO AGAIN. 



Please find inclosed 38 cts. for Terry's A B C of 

 Potato Culture, and 70 cts. for the smoker I got on 

 the tobacco pledge. 1 broke it, but I have quit 

 again, and I hope I shall succeed this time, but I 

 shall pay for the broken pledge. 



Lynnhaven, Va. G. W. Reader. 



Well, well, friend R., so you paid up for 

 the broken pledge, and started out on a new 

 one. May the Lord bless and sustain you, 

 not only in giving up tobacco, but in being 

 honest, and true to your word. If anybody 



should ask me which is the worse of the 

 two evils, to tell lies or chew tobacco, I 

 should say that telling lies is, by all odds. 



WHAT A TOBACCO-DEALER THINKS OK THE USE OF 

 THE WEED. 



Though I am still in the cigar business, and have 

 been for many years, I think you are right in dis- 

 couraging the use of tobacco in any form, with all 

 your might. If tobacco and whisky could be en- 

 tirely eradicated, the world would be benefited al- 

 most incalculably. S. F. Herman. 



Tuscaloosa, Ala , Jan. 16, 1889. 



Why, may the good Father help you, 

 friend II., to go a little further and prac- 

 tice what you preach. I do not really see 

 how you can hand over cigars, with a clear 

 conscience, after giving such testimony as 

 you have above. I am sure you can not do 

 it very long. My impression is, that the 

 cigar business will be given up before these 

 words reach your eyes. Please drop us a 

 postal card and tell me if I have not guessed 

 light. 



I read Gleanings at Bro. Taylor's; and with the 

 influence of your offer, and that of Bro. Taylor's, I 

 quit chewing tobacco. Now send Bro. J. W. Taylor 

 the smoker, and if I ever use it again I will pay you 

 for two smokers, and Bro. Taylor will go my securi- 

 ty. Anthony Clark. 



Ozan, Ark., Feb. 14, 1889. 



Three cheers for Bro. Taylor, friend C. ! I 

 believe in that kind of signing for your 

 neighbors, every time, for it is a signing for 

 Christ's sake. 



ONE WHO HAS USED TOBACCO 27 YEARS. 



A brother-in-law of mine, A. W. Banebrake, of 

 this place, has quit the use of tobacco after being a 

 slave to its use for 27 years. He has not used it 

 since the 5th day of November last. He is a begin- 

 ner with bees ; has 5 or 6 colonies. He says if you 

 think he is entitled to a smoker, send him one; and 

 if he ever uses the weed again he will pay you for 

 it. I will also go surety for him. F. M. Shell. 



Yeddo, Ind. 



And may God bless you both, friend S., 

 for your practical way of working together. 

 We gladly send the smoker. 



I received your letter, stating that you would 

 have to put my name in Gleanings in order to 

 send my brother a smoker. I am perfectly willing 

 you should do so; and if he ever uses tobacco again 

 I will pay you for the smoker. Chas. A. Pray. 



East Lebanon, Maine. 



Why, friend P., it seems to me as if God 

 were opening up a new work for us in this 

 issue— going security for a brother. 



HAS COMMENCED TOBACCO AGAIN, BUT PAYS FOR 

 THE SMOKER. 



Inclosed please find 75 cts. for a smoker, which I 

 got from you nearly three years ago for my son to 

 quit the use of tobacco. He has since commenced 

 to use it again. Henry L. Weiss. 



Berkeley Springs, W. Va. 



That is a good testimony too, friend W. 

 Set the example before the younger ones, of 

 promptly paying up according to promise, 

 for such testimonies are valuable, as well 

 as the words from those who first take 

 the pledge. 



