The Nevada picayune., 1885-06-04

CIotilt, tccu dlu SucltcI dI4 bEc Hui- fering poor on this continent. The American church gives s1 100000 year for the evangelization of the heathen and American Christians spend 1000, ,0eO in tobacco.
 Now l stand this morning not only in the presence of my God to whom I must give an account of what I say to-day, but stand in the presence of great multi tude of young men who are form ing their habits. Between i7 and g there are tens of thousands of young men damaging themselves irretrievably by tobacco. You ei- ther use very good tobacco or cheap tobacco. Jfyou use cheap tobacco l want to tell you why it is cheap. It is mixture of bur- dock, lampblack, sawdust, colts. foot, plantaihe leaves, ,fuller's earth, lime, salt, alum, and a little tobac- co. You cannot afford, my young brother, to take such mess as that between your lips. If, on the other hand you use costly tobac- co, let me say do not think you can afford it. You take that which you expend, and will expend, fl if you keep the habit all your life, and put it aside, and it will buy you farm to make you comforta- ble in the afternoon of life. A merchant of New York gave this testimony: "In early life I smok- ed six cigars day at 6 1-2 cents each-they averaged that. I thought to myself one day, I'll just put aside all the money Pm consuming in cigars and all l would consume if kept on in the habit and I will see what it will come to by corhpeund interest," VI And he gives this tremendous sta. tistic: Last July completed thir ty.nine years since by the grace Ol God I was emancipated from the filthy habit, and the saving amount ed to the enormous sum of SG9, 102.03 by compound interest. We lived in the city, but the children, who had learned something of tEe enjoyment of country life. from their annual visits to their grand parents, longed for home among the green fields, l found a very pleasant place in the country for sale. The cigar money now came into acquisition, and I found it amounted to q sufficient sum to purchase tho place, and it is mine. Now, boys, you can take your choice, smoking without a home, or home without smoking"
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 My friends, it is all important that by personal example in every possible way we contend against all influences injurious to society. Our opportunity for exercising such influence is limited. What we do we had better do right away. The clock ticks now and we hear lit. After a while the clock will tick and we shall not hearit. Seat ed by a country fireside, saw the fire kindle, blaze and go out. l gathered up from the hearth enough for. profitable reflections. Our life is just like the fire on the hearth. We put on fresh fagots and the fire bursts through and up and out, gay of flash, gay of crack le-emblem of boyhood. Then the fire reddens into coals. The heat is fiercer, and the more it is stirred the more it reddens. With sweep of flame it cleaves its way until all the hearth glows with the intensity-emblem of full man hood. Then comes whiteness to the coals. The heat lessens. The fickering shadows have died along the wall. The fagots drop apart. The household hover over the ex- bring embers. The last breath of smoke has been lost in the chim. ney. Fire is out. Shovel up the wl ite remains. Ashes!
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