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adjacent organs. He was under severe and painful 

 treatment for a long time without benefit, and finally 

 a surgical operation was performed, but with the re- 

 sult of affording only partial relief. 



An Old Oflfender. —Never were we more aston- 

 ished than at the depth of depravity revealed to us by 

 the confessions of a patient from a distant country who 

 was upward of sixty years of age, and was yet a vic- 

 tim of the vile habit to which he had become addicted 

 when a youth. The stamp of vice was on his face, and 

 was not hidden by the lines made by advancing age. 

 The sufferings which this ancient sinner endured daily 

 in consequence of his long course of sin were sometimes 

 fearful to behold; and yet he continued the habit in 

 spite of all warnings, advice, and every influence which 

 could be brought to bear upon him. So long had he 

 transgressed, he had lost his sense of shame, and his 

 appreciation of the vileness of sin, and it was impos- 

 sible to reform him by any means which could be 

 brought to bear upon him. He left us still a sufferer, 

 though somewhat relieved, and we have every reason 

 to believe, as vile a sinner as ever. Undoubtedly, be- 

 fore this time his worthless life is ended, and he has 

 gone down into a sinner's grave, hoary with vice,— 

 a terrible end. 



The Sad End of a Young Victim,— C, L., a 

 young man residing in a large Southern city, was the 

 youngest son of parents who, though in moderate cir- 

 cumstances, appreciated the value of education, and 

 were anxious to give their children every advantage 

 possible. With this end in view, the young man was 

 sent to college, where he did well for a time, being 

 naturally studious and intelligent; but after a brief 

 period he began to drop behind his classes. He seemed 



