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ho despise,! you for giving advice, you were not prepared to act 

 upon, you would Imve hung your lu^a.l for very shame. I have 

 known many wlio coukl lecture and say very hard things about 

 " the poor drunkard," whose breath i)roclai.ned tlieni the slaves 

 of tobacco. No smoker or chewer should insult our intelligence 

 or outrage our s(miso of propriety by lecturing on tempemnce, 

 and tlio sooner that tempoance organizations recognize the fact 

 the better for ail concerned. And if you, n.y f,-iend, liope to 

 be successful in your efforts on behalf of tlie party above re- 

 ferred to, you must b(. willing to act on principle, make the 

 necessary sacrifices, throw away your pipe, cigars, and tobacco, 

 and, with clean hands and a pure breath, make yo.u- apj^val, 

 and thus, backed up by example, your chances for success will 

 be immensely increased. 



7. Again, I abstain from the use of Tol>acco on Religious 

 aroimds. Wliile I set up no standard for others in this mat- 

 ter, while 1 unchristianize no one for j.ursuing a different course^ 

 and am prepared to make due allowance for the force of liabit 

 and the influence of surroundings and associations, I am free to 

 say, with my light on the subject, it would be sinful and wron- 

 for me to indulge at all. For the money wasted I feel God 

 would hold ms responsible. To run anv risk of injurinr. my 

 •x.dy would be pleasing myself where I could have no claim on 

 the Divine presence and ])rotection. If I lightly regard the 

 opinions, and even the prejudices, of my best friends? and do 

 things which displease and grieve them, I violate the require- 

 ments of Christian courtesy, and act contrary to the example of 

 that Haviour wlio "pleased not himself." Self-denial is enjoined 

 upon me in terms too plain to be misunderstood, and the Genu- 

 ineness of my religion is tested by my willingness to do what- 

 ever is required. And even if it were lawful for me to smoke 

 and snuff and chew, and the practice do me personallv no harm 

 m body or in brain, yet, knowing that others are injured by it; 

 that It fosters extravagance, waste, and idleness; that it tends 

 to the creation of an unnatural appetite ; and that multitudes 



