The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-27


III SO. He must have made these.
Ave know what He made food and
water for, and air ana sunshine, but
Eby Whisky. Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and each
performing its work.
hind it all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something Of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles for
their true worth.
Let us not say bad OF good" with
but taking testimony.
q There are times and conditions when
Ut certainly seems to the casual obsery-
tr that these stimulant narcotics are
teal blessings.
Right there is the ambush that con-
keals a killing enemy.
<. One can slip into the habit Of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" is often fearful
struggle
1T seems plain that there are circum-
stances when the narcotic effect OF
these poisons Is for the moment bene-
Ecial, but the fearful argument against
them is that seldom ever does one find
steady user OF either whisky, cof-
tee or tobacco free from disease Of
Some kind.
Certainly powerful clements in their
kffect on the human race.
1t is matter Of daily history testi-
bed TO- By literally millions OF people,
ahat whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling. promising, beguiling friends
On the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get frm
hold enough to show their strength,
fhey insist upon governing and drive
1khe' victim steadily towards i'll health
IA some form; if permitted to continue
tosrule, they will not let up until ply
steal and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell land under
tho spell' is correct, Of any one Of
shese drugs, frequently assures him.
rclf and his friends, why. can leave
OF any time want to. / did quit for
aeweek just to show could" 1t is a
sure mark Of the slave when one gets
TO that stage. He wiggled through q
week fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
Ills slavery all over again.
The slave Coffee slave ag well as
Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease, how
4he 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
palmer to view than ever and grow
sug worse. Many times the Coffee
slave realizes that he is between two
ores. He feels bad If he leaves off,
and little worse IL he drinks and al
lows the effect to wear off.
So it goes en- from day to day. Every
night the struggling victim promises
himself that he will break the habit
and next day when he feels little
sbad (as he Is quite sure to-, breaks,
not the habit, but his own resolution.
1T Is nearly always tough fight, with
disaster ahead sure il the habit wins.
sands of people driven to their graves
Through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and it is quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for
Ahe two first are more widely used,
and more hidden and insidious III the
effect OH nerves, heart and other vital
organs, and are thus unsupported un-
Gil. much Of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Reader, what IS your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take look at the Ques-
fion from this point Of view.
There is law of Nature and Of Ma
ture's God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, sturdy,
STEADY and dignifed advance toward
more perfect things in both the Ply
steal and Spiritual world. The pon-
Lerous tread Of evolutionary develop
ment is fixed by the Infinite and will
mot be quickened out of natural law
by any Of mans methods.
Therefore we see many Illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops Of corn for two Or three years.
IL she continued to dc SO every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes bar
every three or four years and brings
On bad year."
Here we see the leyeling influence
at work.
A man is prosperous in his business
for a number Of years and grows rich.
then Nature sets the 'leveling infin-
erce" at work on him. Some of his
Investments lose, he becomes luxnri-
ous and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky, to-
bacro, coffee. women. gambling. or
some other form. The intent and purs
pose is to level him. Keep him from
ryolying too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. IL no leyeling
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