EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. 



The principal organs of the body, and 

 8ound < Body *^ e f unc ^ ons ^ each, are now quite 



familiar to us. Let us now consider 

 briefly the necessity of guarding against anything 

 and everything which would in any way impair the 

 health of these organs, or interfere with them in the 

 performance of their work. 



If a grain of sand should find its way into the 

 eye, inflammation would at once result; sight, the 

 function of the eye, would be interrupted. If, on 

 account of some disease, the muscles of the heart 

 should cease to contract and expand with their 

 ordinary regularity, or stop their action entirely, 

 the blood would cease to circulate and life would end. 

 Thus, the well-being of the body, yea, life itself, 

 depends upon the healthy action of the various 

 organs which are our servants in our body- house. 



Does it not seem strange, then, that so 

 of the manv thousands should still persist in 



abusing their bodies, which are made 

 "in the image of {heir Creator"? Yet there are 

 such who willfully take into their systems that 

 which not only interferes with the healthy action of 

 their bodily organs, but leads to certain death. More 

 than this, they injure not only their bodies, but 

 destroy their mental faculties, dethrone reason, 

 bring misery and woe upon their families, and fail 

 to accomplish life's ends. 



