The Springfield herald., 1904-10-28
ELERS.
The Mission Of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.

| II SO, He must have made these.
| We know what He 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 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" or good"
without taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when 1t certainly seems to the casual
observer that these sumulant mar
cotics are real blessings.
| Right there is the ambush that con-
ceals killing" enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to 'untangle" is often a fearful
struggle.
1t seems plain that there are cir
cumstances when the narcotic effect
of these poisons is for the moment
beneficial. but the fearful argument
against them Is that seldom ever does
one find a steady user of either whis-
ky, coffee or tobacco free from disease
of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
1t is a matter of daily history, testi-
fed to by literally millions OF people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling. promising. beguiling friends
on the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get Arm
hold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily toward i'll health
in some form; if permitted to continue
10 rule. they will not let up until phys
ical and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell tand "un-
der the SPELL is correcD of any one
self and his friends. why, I can leave
on any time l want to. l did quit for
a week just to show I could" 1t 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
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 few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
| palmer to view than ever and grow
ing worse. Many times the Coffee slave
| nm ha is hnf fuyn
He feels bad If he leaves OF and a
little worse if he drinks and allows
the effect to wear off.
So It 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
| little bad Gas he is quite sure to) +,
breaks, not the habit, but his own res
olution. 1t is nearly always tough
! fight, with diseaster ahead sure il the
habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou
| sands of people driven to their graves
| through disease brought on by coffee
| drinking alone. and it is quite certain
l that more human misery is caused
| by coffee and tobacco than by whisky,
7 TOR the two first are more widely used,
1 and more hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves. heart and other vital
organs. and are thus unsuspected un-
I til 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-
tion from this point of view.
/ There is law of Nature and of
| Natures God that things slowly evolve
| from lower planes to higher, a sturdy.
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder
Gus 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
| II she continued to do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
| far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature interposes a
bar every three or four years and
] brings on Dad year.
! Here we see the levelng influence
at work.
man is prosperous in his business
| for number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the 'leveling infiu-
ence" at work on him. Some of his
investments lose, he becomes luxuri-
Gus and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky,
tobacco, 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 level
ing influence set in she would domi
nate the world perhaps for all time.
/ But Dame Nature sets her army of
| Jewellers at work-luxury. overeat-
/ ing and drinking. Righteousness. waste
and extravaganza. indulgences of all
| llinds-then comes the wreck. Sure.
| Sure. Sure.
| the law of the unit is the law of
the mass. Man goes through the same
| process. Weakness On childhood),