The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-10-28

The Creator made all things. we be-
lieye
IL so. He must have made these.
We know what lie made food and
water for, and air and sunshine. but
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and each
performing its work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind IL 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" or good" with
1 out taking testimony.
There are times and conditions when
/ IL certainly seems TO the casual obsary-
er that these stimuiant narcotics are
real blessings.
Right there Is the ambush .hat con-
ceals a killing" enemy.
I One can slip into the habit Of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
/ but to "untangle" is often a fearfu!
struggle.
1t seems plain that there are circum-
:
Z these poisons is for the moment bene-
fetal, but the fearful argument against
b them is that seldom ever does one find
1 a steady user OF either whisky, cof-
/ fee or tobacco free from disease OF
some kind.
/ Certainly powerful elements 10 their
effect on the human race.
1t is matter OF daily history testi-
fed to by literally millions OF people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiIng friends
on the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get hrm
hold enough 10 show their strength,
! they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily. towards i'll health
In some form; il permitted TO continue
| TO rule, they will not let up until ply
sical and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell land under
the spell' is correcD, Of any one of
these drugs. frequently assures him
self and his friends, why, can leave
/ off any time 1 want to- I did quit for
a week just to show / could" II is a
sure mark OF the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through 4
week fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
his slavery all over again.
The slave Coffee slave as wei, as
Tobacco and Whisky daily reviews his
! 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 n few minutes and
/ then leave the diseased condition
palmer to view than ever and grow
ing worse. Many times the Coffee
/ slave realizes that he is between two
/ fires He feels bad If he leaves off,
/ and a little worse if he drinks and al
/ lows the effect TO wear off
So it goes ON from DAY 60 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.
/ 1t is nearly always n tough fight, with
/ disaster ahead sure IL the habit wins
/ There have been hundreds Of thou.
sands of people driven to their graves
I 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
the two first are more widely used,
and more hidden and insidious in the
| effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs, and are thus unsuspected un-
| til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Reader, what Is your opinion
rs to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take look at the ques-
tlon 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 dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both the Ply
sical and Spiritual world. The pom
derous tread of evolutionary develop
ment is fixed by the Infinite and will
not 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.
If she continued TO do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes Il bar
every three or four years and brings
on bad year"
Here we see the levelins influence
at work.
A man is prosperous in his business
for a number OF years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the "leveling inhu-
ence" at work on him. Some Of his
investments lose. he becomes luxuri-
Gus and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky, to-
bacco. coffee. women, gambling. or
some other form. The intent and pur-
pose is to level him. Keep him from
evolving too far ahead OF the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. II no leveling
influence set in she would dominate
the world perhaps for all time. But
Dame Nature sets her army of level
ers" az work. Luxury. over eating and
drinking. licentousness. waste and ex-
travagsnce. indulgences Of all kinds,
then comes the wreck. sure. Sure.
sure
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