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and my breath indicated that I had been smoking. 

 I had a little rather they would not know it ; be- 

 sides, it might be offensive to them. I must stay 

 at home. 



" I needed two or three hours of vigorous exer- 

 cise ; but I smoked after each meal, and an hour 

 and a half or two hours were gone. A good 

 smoke requires an hour. I had no time for exer- 

 cise, and I soon got so it was irksome ; in fine, I 

 grew lazy. 



" But I forbear. I don't know how others get 

 along with these daily experiences ; but I could 

 endure them no longer, and I am no longer a 

 smoker. I relate these experiences because I know 

 you have a disposition to trouble people's con- 

 sciences about this sin ; but a sinner knows best 

 how a sinner feels, and the above items may help 

 you. Besides, I owe you this confession as an 

 evidence of approval of your efforts and arguments 

 for my reform in this matter." 



Dr. Henson's experience, as related by himself, 

 is most encouraging as well as instructive. He 

 had long been in trouble on account of his tobacco- 

 habit, having a sense of personal defilement, and 

 realizing the possibility of coming to "such a pass 

 of palpable filthiness " as some others whom he had 

 observed. And along with this, he says, K came the 

 conviction that tobacco-using was against nature; 

 and seeing that God is the God of nature as well 

 as grace, I could not help feeling that in running 

 against nature, I was running against not it only, 



