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GLEANINGS IN UEE CULTUUE. 



July 



THE BEST NEWS. 



Back again from weary wanderings. 



To the dear old place; 

 Glad to clasp the hand of friendship. 



See a kindly face. 



What news? Why, the best of all things- 

 News the very best; 



What will cause you most rejoicing 

 As at home you rest? 



Not more wealth and not more honor; 



'Tis what you desire; 

 Wherefore look so very thoughtful? 

 Do you not inquire? 



'Tis what you have hoped and prayed for. 



Looked for many years; 

 Oh ! can it be that well-loved daughter? 



Wherefore flow these tears? 



" Connie? " " Yes ! she is converted— 

 Given her youthful heart 



To the blessed loving Savior- 

 Chosen Mary's part." 



Blessed news' what glad thanksgiving 



Rises in your breast! 

 And in heaven what great rejoicing 

 'Mid the pure and blest! 



Mrs. M. a. Bigelow. 

 Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y. 



JF0B7iCC0 QidhUW. 



CONDITIONS UNDEB WHICH WE GIVE SMOKERS TO PERSONS WHO 

 STOP USING TOBACCO. 



First, the candidate must be one of those who have driven 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 

 receivinff tlie smoker. Third, he must be a subscriber to 

 Gleaninos. Any subscriber may, however, have smokers sent 

 to neighbors or personal acquainf.ances whom he has labored 

 with on the matter of tobacco-usinpr, 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 

 t»!atimonlals 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. 



HOW SHALL. WK FIGHT THE BATTLE ? 



AM glad to see what one State has done in stop- 

 ping the sale of tobacco to our dear boys. 

 What a shame for church people to sell the 

 deadly nuisance! No wonder the church 

 gatherings are small, for the Spirit of God will 

 not dwell in such hearts. And, too, how under- 

 handed it is to try to carry on temperance meet- 

 ings, and, as soon as one speaks of tobacco, the 

 president gets up and says it's not to be talked 

 there, for so many use it, and " I am one of the 

 number." Ah, the law is for the lawless, no mat- 

 ter whom it hits. So we may say, many use rum, 

 and so we must say nothing about it. I firmly be- 

 lieve, if tobacco were cleaned out of the land, 

 drunkenness would cease to a greater degree than 

 ever before. How often people tell us it is harder 

 to leave otT tobacco than rum, and yet they are en- 

 couraging it all the while! How many are kept 

 poor in purse as well as hextlthhy itl Only 5 cents 

 a day is a snug little fortune in a common man's 

 life, besides the misery of a guilty conscience. Go 

 on, Bro. Root; no wonder you are successful in 



business, for you are doing the will of our Savior. 

 Excuse these few hasty remarks, for it's hurry 

 now with me, early and late. Bees, garden, grafting, 

 etc., take each moment. E. P. Chukchill. 



Hallowell, Maine. 



Gently, my good friend. Although all 

 you say may be true, I am afraid you are 

 wounding, by your severity, the feelings of 

 many a good brother who reads Glean- 

 iNG.s. It is a little sad if the president of 

 a temperance meeting is a user of tobacco ; 

 but 1 tiiink it is sadder still to drive him 

 away from the meeting by our harshness 

 and intolerance. Remember what Jesus 

 told Peter—" Put up thy sword." Glean- 

 ings has been successful in getting a good 

 many to give up tlie use of tobacco ; but 

 please bear in mind, dear brother, it has 

 been done by gentleness and kind words, 

 not by reproaches and harshness. "Not by 

 might nor by power, but by my Spirit, saitn 

 the Lord of hosts." 



As I have stopped the use of tobacco, 1 promise 

 to pay the price of a smoker if I begin again. 



E. G. HOWL.'VND. 



Manchester, N. Y., May 14, 1888. 



Thomas Eilar has quit the use of tobacco; and if 

 you think him entitled to a smoker, please send 

 one; and if he commences using the weed again I 

 will pai for it. Silas Tiiuailkill. 



Barber's Mills, Ind., June 6, 1888. 



Send a smoker to Charlie Norris, Nehawka, Neb., 

 as he has quit using tobacco, after the use of it for 

 years. If he ever uses it again he will pay for it. 



W. J. Hesseb. 



Plaitsmouth, Neb., June 5, 1888. 



ANOTHER brother GOES BAIL FOR A NEIGHBOR. 



If you will send your old customer, Dave Willis, a 

 smoker, I will pay you for it if he commences using 

 tobacco again. I had a talk with him yesterday, 

 and he said he would quit its use. 1. T. Talbot, 



Jonah, Tex. 



ANOTHER PLEDGE. 



As I want to stop using tobacco, and need a 

 smoker, I have made up my mind to stop; and if I 

 ever use any more tobacco, I will send you the 

 price of the smoker. E. A. Eastman. 



Clintonville, Wis. 



HAS SMOKED 30 YE.*RS. 



My husband has smoked for 30 years, and has 

 now given it up. If j-ou will be kind enough to 

 send him a smoker I will see that his first smoke 

 will cost him $1.35. Mrs. R. W. Sumnerville. 



Tomahawk, Wis., May 9, 1888. 



a free man FOR A WHOLE WEEK. 



After reading your kind offer so many times to 

 so many tobacco-smokers, I thought I would try it. 

 I have not smoked for one week, and don't intend 

 to again. If I do I will send you the cash for the 

 smoker. L. H. Bihtsch. 



Whatcom, Wash. Ter., May 3, 1888. 



A USER FOR 40 YEARS. 



I have used tobacco for forty year.s, but quit last 

 fall, and have not used it since; and 1 pledge my- 

 self not to use it again if jouwill send me a smo- 

 ker; and if ever I do use it again, I will pay you the 

 full price of the smoker. G. W. Wilcox, 



Hopkins, MOr 



