The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-05
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facts in presenting subject to the
public.
LEvELERs
The Mission of Whistey. Tobacco and
Coffee -
The Creator made all things, we be-
heve.
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 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" with
out taking testimony.
There are times and conditions when
II certainly seems to the casual OBJ
server. that these stimulant narcotics
are real blessings
Right there is the ambush that con-
ceals killing enemy.
One can slip into the habit of either
Wh1skey, 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 moment bene-
fetal but the fearful argument against
them is that seldom ever does one find
steady user of either whiskey, coffee
or tobacco free from disease of some
Kind.
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race
1t is matter of daily history testi-
fed to by literally millions Of people,
that Whiskey, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, 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 in
sist upon governing and drive the vic
tim steadily towards i'll health In some
form; if permitted to continue to rule,
they will not let up until physical and
mental ruin sets in.
man under that spell (and under
the SPELL is correct) of any one of
these drugs, frequently assures himself
and his friends, why I can leave off
any time I want to. I did quit for a
week just to show 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 we'll as
Tobacco and Whiskey) 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 a few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
palmer to view than ever and growing
worse. Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he is between two fires.
He feels bad If he leaves off and a lit
tie 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 toy breaks, not the
habit, but his own resolution. 1t is
nearly always tough fight, with dis
aster ahead sure If 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
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whiskey,-
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 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 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
from lower planes to higher. sturdy,
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponderous
tread of evolutionary development 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 a bar
every three or four years and brings
on bad year."
Here we see the leveling influence at
work.
A man is prosperous in his business
for a number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the "leveling infiu-
ence' at work on him. Some of his in
vestments lose. he becomes luxurious
and lazy. Perhaps it is whiskey, 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. If no leveling
influence set in she would dominate
the world perhaps for all time. But
Dame Nature sets her army of "lev-
elers" at work. Luxury, over eating
and drinking, RIGHTEOUSNESS, waste and
extravaganza, indulgences of all kinds,
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 Tin childhood),
gradual growth of strength, energy
thrift, probity. prosperity, wealth, COM
fort, ease, relaxation, self-indulgence,
luxury, idleness, waste, debauchery,
disease, and the wreck follows The
Jewelers. are in the bushes along the
pathway of every successful man and
woman and they bag the majority.
Only now and then can a man stand
out against these Jewellers and hold
his fortune, fame and health to the
end.
So the Creator has use for Whiskey,
Tobacco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
signs of being successful, and keep
them back in the race, so that the
great field" (the masses) may not be
left too far behind.
And yet we must admit that same