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you nrc ro,,uirca to ,lo not only by implication, l.ut also by 

 (■xp.Tss connnanil, and fVoni tl.ese obligations no power on earth 

 can absolve yon. As already stated, were the Master now with 

 us, no one supposes JFe would favor the practiee-the mere 

 I'H'Ht.ou of sucb a tiling awakens strange emotions, and to 

 assoeiat.. that Xann, with Tobaeco is a something from which 

 we ...slmetnely recoil -and yet you and others, wlio are sup- 

 l-scd to lu. se(>king to please Him in all things, and to take 

 Jinn -MS yonr i.attern, do daily what yon believe He never 

 would h.tve don... I, therefore, cherish the hope that, lookin-^ 

 at the matter f,-om this standpoint, you will at once do wliat 

 conscii'ncc ui'ges, 



In eonelusion, let nu- urge you to give it up at once and for- 

 o^<■.•. io do this will be no easy matter, and it will re.iuire no 

 small an.ount of nerve to enable you to do so. Uattle. a.s 

 iie.ce as those of Waterloo and .Sedan will luave to be fou-^ht 

 tur hfe-long habits are not easily laid aside. When a tippl.r 

 takes the pledge- the struggle begins. The rash word often 

 nses to the lips of the man who once was a profane swearer. 

 Lvils too long indulged in have too firm a grip to be thrown off 

 without earnest eflbrt. This is no exception to the rule, as too 

 n.any can testify to their cost. Failure after failure lias fol- 

 owed the resolves of not a few, and after a tcn.porary abstinence 

 have gone back again to their old ways. George Trask's advice 

 IS, II Don't tni to give it uj), for trying is not doing, but give it 

 "p. (.ive It up understandingly. Give it .;p in tlie fear of 

 God and in tlie strength Jfe imparts. Concentrate the whole 

 man upon the resoh.., and give it uj) at once and forever and 

 lu solemn appeal to heaven say, -Live or die I will serve' this 

 master no longer.- Tlaee an impassable barrier between you 

 and tins idol, and give it up as you have the dead. Vou cm 

 comiuer you will c-on.p.er, th,. g,,uv of (;od is all-powe.ful • 

 ^^^^'";' l';'"P ^vdl be giv.n you, and placing the pi,»e beneath 

 your heel you will be able to rejoice in a perfect freedom 



