Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-12-14

A phv<scsan xell< his patient that ne
sno,s quit sAc use of tobacco. a. IL is
Destroying his health. The man re-
plies Il can stop that habit easy
enough Ne quits the use OF the weeo
Re goes around not knowing what &c
Do With himself lie eannot add up =
column % hg0ress he cannot steep
nights. II seems as IL the world had
turned upside down. he feels his oosi-
ness is going to ruin Where he was
Kind and obisging he is scoloing and
sretfui The composnre that charaS-
1erizsS him las given Nay 20 a fret
ful ~estscSxneSs. and he has neSome
compiese fdget. What power = y
that has rolled wave Of woe over
the earth and shaken Portenf IN the
heavenST He has quit tobacco AFTER
awhile he SAYS. Il an going to DO as
I please. The doctor does nOs under
stand nv case I am going back 70 my
. old habits And he returns. Every
thing assumes iss usual eomPosure.
His business seems 10 brighten. The
world becomes an attractive place -
4 i've in. His children. seeing the dit
ference. hail the return % their Ia
ther's genial disposition. What wave
Of color has dashed blue into the sky,
and Vreerness fnto the mountain foli-
srs. and the glow % sapphire into the
sanset7 What euchsntment has lift
Cd 4 world - beauty and soy on his
sculP He has resumed tobacco
4 The fact is. We 81 know in our own
experience that habit : = taskmaster.
A. long as We obey Il il does not chas-
sise Is. but let Us resist. and Nc find
Sc -~sr.. p.
and bound with ship cable and thrown
into the track OF bone-breas1ng jug
geruauts-
Suppose q man OF FIVE or ten or
twenty years % evildoinz resolves -
Go right. why are al the forces or dark
ness allied against himf he gees down
Oh hss knees En- the mi6Dight and cries
! God help-mst~ He bites his lip. He
rriu6s his tecth. lie ciinches his nsi
[ in a determination 20 keep 20 his pur-
Z pose he dare not look az The bottles
I in the window OF wine store II Is
one long. bitter. exhaustive, hauc-to
hand fEh1 wiih iufamed. tantslizing
merciless habit. When ne thinks he s.
entirely free. the old inclination
pounces upcn him ike a pack o.
hounds. az their muzzies tearing ava,
~ the fanls Of one poor reindeer
In Paris there Is a sculptured rep
reseutation OF Racchus. the god o
rcvelry he Is riding on a panthe
AZ full leap on. how suggestive
. 4 let every one who is speeding o'
had WAYS understand he is not I'D
ing q doci1e and vell-broken steee
but that n is riding a monster Wi
and bioodthirsty and going az
death leap
have also 20 say n q man want
T TO return from evil practices societ
repulses him The prodiEal. wishin
, 20 return. tries 20 take some profe'
sor Of religion by the hand Tn
professor q religion looks az hin
looks ct the faded apparel and n
I. marks of dissipation. and instead 4
giving him a 6rm grip Of the han
o-fers him the tip end Of the long
fingers % the left hand. which
equal 70 striking q man In the fac
on. how few Christian people unde
stand how much gospel there is ia
, GOOD. honest handshakingi SOM
times when You have felt che nee
OF encoura cement and some Chr
= tisn nan has taken you heartily
= the hand. have you not felt thriihI
2 through every fiber q your bod
- rssind and soul an encouro-erne
e that was just what you needed
The pro1ig ai. wishing 20 get in
good society. enters prayer mr'
tn-- some good nan without mu
sense greets him by saying ~Ni
= are vou here7 You are about 3
. iast person that ] expected TO see
&c PRAYER meeting. Wen. the oyi
- thlef Was saved. and there is ho
a. Cor You You do not know anythl
n About this unless you have Learn
IA shat when 3 man tries TO retu
en- from evil courses Of conduct he ~
'1 against rrrulsions innumerable-
u think. also. that men are Of
hinaered from returning by the {
that churches are anxious alb
their membership. too anxious alb
thsfr renominat hon. and they II
out when they see man about
give up sin and return so God :
ask aim how he il going 10 be b
rized-W neither b. FPrinkiing or
rnersion-and what kind % a chu
be - going 10 Join Il Is poor q
% talk about Presbyterian CATCH
and Episcopal Hturgies and Met
dist love feasts and Baptist INN
xioas when q man is about 10 e.
cut OF the darkness 81 sin snfo
ylorious IIght Of the Gospel
o. Why, Il reminds me Of .
IL. drowning ia the sea- sad a iifet
ssy pufs out for him. and the man IN