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w 2. There is possible harm, and no possible 

 benefit. 



ff 3. As there is no possible benefit, it is an un- 

 lawful expenditure of time and money." 



A professor in one of our colleges who had 

 smoked for many years, and had then been led to 

 abandon the habit, also gives his three reasons : — 



w 1. I didn't like to indulge in a habit that I 

 was compelled to apologize for. 



"2.1 knew that, however little I might smoke, 

 I should be quoted as a smoker. 



"3. My boys!" 



In The Congregationalvit was found the follow- 

 ing incident : n Two clergymen, than whom few 

 are better known all through the State, happened to 

 meet in our office. Both have been inveterate 

 smokers ; but both stopped short more than a year 

 ago, and have not blown a whiff since. They 

 came to the conclusion that the only way to stop 

 was to stop. And neither of them is likely to 

 repent of his repenting. Who will go and do like- 

 wise?" 



A member of the Massachusetts legislature, who 

 was a smoker, was led, by someone's inquiries as to 

 statute laws on the subject, to reflect on his habit. 

 and to see that he had come into a bondage which 

 was holding him closer and closer. Although he 

 had not been conscious of injury from the habit, he 

 instantly broke from it. 



A distinguished pastor in one of our city churches 

 was induced to abandon smoking by the innocent 



