48 TJIi: TollACro NUI^ANCK 



0. Agiiin, Consitiicnc// rt'(jui)'(S that I sliouhl l-io an Mbstuincr 

 tVoui tilt' use of 'r()l)aceo. U' jjrccejjt is i^'oocl, exauiplo is bottci-; 

 and i must sco to it that the retort, " Pliysician, heal tliyself," 

 does not ap|'ly to nie. It sometimes liappens that temi)eranee 

 hictuiers :;ro\v wonderfully elot^uent in their denunciation of 

 the driid-iing usag(;s of society, and liohl up the drunkard to 

 ridicule, who are themselves slaves to Tobacco, and who cannot 

 ho persuaded to give it U[). To l)e consistent, if 1 ask you to 

 abstain I ought to do so myself, and unless I do, 1 discount my 

 teachings and discourage you. J have never used it myself in 

 any form v.hatever, I ntsver saw anything in it to admire, and 

 have never given it any countenance at all ; but if I had, I feel 

 it would be luy duty to give it u}), if by so doijig 1 could 

 induce others to do the same. "Never use such language 

 again," said a Christian father to his son, v.Jioin he had heard 

 using some wicked words, and kneeling dov.n with him pi'ayed 

 (lod to foi'givo and help him. That father was a sniuker, and 

 when, some hour or so after praying with his boy, and telling 

 him to follow his example, he took our his pipe, and the child, 

 anxious to regain the luirental l\u or, asked for " a little Tobacco 

 to do like papa," he saw th'.; inconsistency of his condiict, and 

 said, as he took the child in his arms, " I have done wrong in 

 this matter, 1 will ni-ver smoke again." And, suiting the 

 action to the word, he threw all into the lire, and for the sake 

 of his innocent litth; ones abandoned its use forever. 



My dear friend, is there not among your acquaintances some 

 one addicted to the use of strong drink whom you would like 

 to sa\e from ruin? You lia\e s})oken to him about it, have 

 warned him of his danger, and have assured him of the inter- 

 est you feel in his welfare'. For some reason your elFoits have 

 so far failed. He does not improve, indeed, is growing worse 

 and worse. Has it e\er occurred to you that your efforts have 

 been neutralized by the fact that you were as great a slave to 

 the i)ij)e as Le was to the bottle. Peihaps he never told you 

 so, but beyond a doubt he thought so, and had you known how 



