The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-10-27

"e Sreator made all things, we be-
lieve.
~ so, He must have made these.
we know what He made food and
water for, and mir and sunshine. but
Why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
Isey are here sure enough and each
performing its work.
There must be some great plan be.
nina 1t all; the thoughtful man seeks
70 understand something of thai plan
II thereby to judge these articles for
their true worth.
Let us not say bad" or good" with.
but taking testimony.
There are times and conditions when
u certainly seems to the casual observ-
er that these stimulant narcotics are
teal blessings.
Right there is the ambush that con-
reals a killing enemy.
One car 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 circum-
stances when the narcotic effect of
these poisons is for the bene-
Lcial, but the fearful argument against
Them is that seldom ever does one find
n steady user of either whisky, COT
fee or tobacco free from disease of
Eome kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
1t rs a matter of daily history testi-
ted to by literally millions of people.
HAT Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on the start, but always false MS hell
lsself in the end. Once they ge1 nrni
noio enough to show their strength.
they insist upon governing and drive
he victim STEADILY towards i'll health
h some form; il permitted 10 continue
10 rule, they will not let up until ply
steal and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell land under
The spell' is correct), of any one OF
these drugs, frequently assures him.
self and his friends, why. l can leave
Oh any time l want to. | did quit for
q week just to show l 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 hat seems to smile
and offer relief for a few minutes and
thon 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 IL he drinks and al
lows the effect to wear Off.
So it goes on from day 10 day. Every
night the struggling victim promises
himself that he will break the habit
aud next day when he feels a little
bad las he is quite sure to-, breaks,
not the habit. but his own resolution.
1t is nearly always a tough fight, with
disaster ahead sure il the habit wins.
There have been hundreds Of thou
sands Of people driven to their grave
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 insidieus in the
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs, and are thus unsupported un-
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 a look at the ques-
ton from this point of view.
There is a law of Nature and of Ma
lures God that things slowly evolve
steady and dignihed advance toward
more perfect things in both the Ply
steal 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 corr 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 a bad year"
Here We see the l~eveling influence
at work.
A man is prosperous in his business
for a number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the "leveling inru-
ence" at work on him. Some of his
investments lose. he becomes luxuri-
Gus and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky. to-
bacco, coffee. ome 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 NJ leveling
influence set in she would dominate
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