The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

The Creator made all things. we be. jieve.
 If so, He must have made these.
 We know what He made food and water for and air and sunshine, but why Whiskey, Tobacco and Coffee?
 They are here sure enough and each performing its work.
 There must be some great plan be- hind 1t all; the thoughtful man seeks to understand something of that plan and thereby to judge these articles fov their true worth. s+S gFG
 Let us not say bad" or "Rood" with- out taking testimony.
 There are times and. conditions when 1t certainly seems to the casual ob- server that these stimulant narcotics are real blessings.
 Right there is the ambush that cons ceals killing" enemy.
 One can slip into the habit of either whiskey, tobacco or coffee easy enough, but to ''untangle" is often fearful struggle.
 It seems plain that there are circufn- stances when the narcotic effect of these poisons is for the moment bone. 2eial, but the fearful argument against them is that seldom ever does one find |, @ steady user of either whiskey, coffee or tobacco fires from disease Of some kind.
 Certainly powerful clements in their effect on the human race.
 It is a matter of daily history testI- fled to by literally millions of people. that Whiskey, Tobacco and Coffee arc Umiling, promising. beguiling friends on the start, but always false as hell itself in the end. Once they get firm hold enough to show their strength, they insist upon governing and drive the victim steadily towards i'll health in some form; if permitted to continue to rule, they will not let up until physi- cal and mental ruin sets in. A man under that spell (and under Ghe spell" is correct), of any one of these drugs. frequently assures himself and his friends, Why can leave on any time 1 want to. did quit for e week just to show I could" It Is a sure mark of the slave when one gets to that stage. He wiggled through A week fighting every day to break the spell was finally whipped. and began his slavery all over again. The slave (coffee slave as well as To- bacco and Whiskey) daily reviews hls condition, sees perfectly plain the steady encroachments of disease. how the nerves get weaker day by day. and demand the drug that seems to smile and offer relief for few minutes and then leave the diseased condition p7alp- CT to view than ever and growing I worse. Many times the Coffee slave re- alizes that he is between two fires. He feels bad if he leaves off and a little worse if he drinks and allows the effect to wear of.
 So 1t goes on from day to day. Every night the struggling victim promises himself that he will break the habit and next day when he feels a little bad (as he Is quite sure to) breaks, not the habit. but his own resolution. It Is nearly always tough fight, with dls- aster ahead sure if the habit wins.
 There have been hundreds of thous- ands of people driven to their graves through disease brought on by coffee drinking alone. and 1t Is quite certain that more human misery is caused by coffee and tobacco than by whIslEey, for the two first are more widely used, and more hidden and insidious in the effect m nerves, heart and other vital organs, and are thus unsuspected until much of the dangerous work is done. n Now Reader, what Is your opinion as " +o the real use the Creator has for these 4hings: Take a look at the question M from this point of view.
 There is a law of Nature and of Ma 4ure'a God that things slowly evolve from lower planes to higher, a sturdy, # Hteady and digniAed advance toward more perfect things in both the Physi- raI and Spiritual world. The ponderous tread of evolutionary development is Rxed by the Infinite and win not be uuicksned out of natural law by any of hans methods.
 Therefore we see many illustrations showing how nature checks too rapid advance Illinois raises phenomenal crops Of corn for two or three yearG If she continued to do so every year her farmers would advance in wealth far beyond those of other sections or ccun- kries. So Nature interposes 6 bar every sbad year"
 Here we see the lsvsIing influence at york
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