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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



And. 



meeting talk it over as they go home. Very 

 soon everybody knows that " Jim," or 

 whatever else his name may be, got up in 

 meeting last night, and said he wanted to be 

 a Christian. "\Vho is there whose heart is 

 not moved by such an event V And when a 

 great strong man stands up before his 

 friends, and, in a broken voice, and with 

 tears in his eyes, announces his determina- 

 tion of following the Savior, who is there 

 that can stand by and not rejoice ? Why, 

 the J3ible says there is even " joy in heaven 

 over one sinner that repenteth." Now, 

 friends, do you wonder that I always find 

 comfort in these words, "Blessed are they 

 which do hunger and thirst after righteous- 

 ness "y Do I iiunger and thirst after right- 

 eousness V God knows I do. I rejoice and 

 feel happy when any human being, no 

 matter what his name, age, or station, takes 

 up the cross of Christ ; and I leel sadness 

 and sorrow when any one goes in the oppo- 

 site way. Do we not all love righteousness V 

 and can we not all join this bright July 

 morning in hungering and thirsting after 

 righteousness V And still more, dear friends, 

 that it may not be all talk and no deeds, can 

 we not rise up together as a band of follow- 

 ers of Jesus the Son of God, who are luiited- 

 ly hungering and thirsting ? And may we 

 not be afraid to stand up before the world 

 and proclaim where we stand. May God in 

 his great mercy and loving kindness look 

 down upon us all, and help us ! 



|o6affo §€lut^n. 



MSI am indebted to Gleanings for the benefit 

 Jcy^ derived from breaking off the bad habit of 

 smoking tobacco, after using it for the past 

 20 years, 1 feel it my duty to let yuu know of it; not 

 only for your encouragement, but also for those who 

 are trying to overcome a bad habit that has almost 

 overcome them. Now, I don't want you to send me 

 a smoker, for I consider I am well cured of smoking, 

 as I have not smoked this year; and besides, I am 

 well provided with smokers. 



Nokomis, Hi. F. E. Price. 



The smoker you sent me has come. I am obliged. 

 If 1 ever resort to the " weed" again, I'll sorrowfully 

 send you price of the smoker. G. H. Lamb. 



Wilmington, N. C. 



I think I will lay claim to one of your smokers. I 

 have used no tobacco in any form for one year, and 

 it has been a hard struggle to break up the habit, 

 and the want of it at times; but I have been true to 

 my word, no tobacco for me. Oliver B. Parish. 



West Wortbington, Mass., July 5, 1883. 



I have been cultivating the habit of smoking for 4 

 or 5 years. I have come to the wise conclusion that 

 it doesn't add to my beauty, wealth, or fame, and 

 have this day laid aside the filthy weed for ever. 

 I don't need a smoker, friend Root, for we have 

 lots of them. William H. Bright. 



Mazeppa, Minn. 



And may God bless and strengthen you in 

 your wise resolve, my good friend, and may 

 the influence of your example go far and 

 wide. 



another convert. 

 In perusing your journal I find one column devot- 

 ed to the interest of tobacco-users. I have been a 

 slave to the weed long enough, and have laid it on 

 the shelf, and told it I would be master the rest of 

 the time. Now send your smoker; and if ever I re- 

 sume my tobacco I will send you 4 times your price. 

 I will send my forfeit, doctor or no doctor. 



J. A. Green. 



Volusia, Vol. Co., Fla., July 10, 1883. 



ANOTHER TESTIMONY. 



I have been a dear lover of cigars — I quit about 

 three months ago; thought I would take a smoker, 

 as a seal of the covenant. If I go back I will pay 

 you double price for it. I thought and was taught 

 that, to smoke a pipe or cigar when handling bees 

 was the right thing. Please allow me to say (as one 

 who has tried it), that there never was a more mis- 

 taken idea about the business. I am glad you are 

 doing so noble a work in this cause. Hope all bee- 

 men (we'll not mention women) will fall into ranks 

 with us. J. H. MULLIN. 



Oakland, Colorado Co., Texas, July 7, 1883. 



I see by Gleanings you are giving a smoker to 

 every one who stops using tobacco. I stopped 

 smoking Sept. 27, 1882, and if you have not with- 

 drawn your offer, please send me a smoker. 

 1. Smithville, Jeff. Co., N. Y. M. S. LORD. 



Very good, friend L. ; but I do not see 

 anywhere in your letter where y6u promise 

 not to use tobacco any more. Here in our 

 factory I have, I think, a very good idea of 

 how hard it is to get a fair and square pro- 

 mise from our boys. If I do not do so, some 

 time when I find them using it they will say 

 they did not promise not to use it. Not a 

 great while ago a young man told me he did 

 not promise; but when questioned closely 

 he said I only asked him if he used tobacco, 

 and he said he didn't. " Well," said I, 

 "and is not that a promise?" " Why no," 

 said he, "not exactly, for I commenced using 

 it after we had that talk." And this all oc- 

 curred while he was working for me. Now, 

 friend L., we want to hear you say before all 

 these friends, that if you use tobacco any 

 more you will pay me tor the smoker. 



JUST FOR SPITE. 



I ordered goods of you June 5th, which I received 

 all right in due time; but Gleanings, which I ex- 

 pected to receive right away, if not sooner, has not 

 made its appearance yet. Now, I am real mad 

 about it. I have been reading and re-reading Glean- 

 ings of the three years past, and want something 

 new and fresh. Now, by way of spite I will just say, 

 and that truthfully, too, which 1 can prove to your 

 satisfaction, that about two months ago 1 quit the 

 weed, both smoking and chewing. Now, according 

 to your own bargain I am entitled to a smoker, and 

 it ought to be a good large one too; for I have used 

 the weed some 18 years, beginning when about 13 

 years old. Now to the point: I have a Clark smo- 

 ker, but it is somewhat " out of breath," and a 

 squeaker too; so just send it right along — a good 

 large one that will hold half a day's rations to work 

 with bees in spring and fall. Tell me what the 

 smoker is worth when you send it, and do not forget 

 Gleanings. Amos Lochbaum. 



Chambersburg, Pa., July 10, 1883. 



