The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-05

The Creator made all things. we be-
lieve.
II so. He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
wa ter for. and air and sunshine, but why
| whiskey Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and each
performing it's work.
| There must be come great plan behind
II ALL the thoughtful man seeks 10 under
stand 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
| IL certainly seems 20 the casual observer
that these stimulant narcotics are real
blessings
Right there is the ambush that conceals
killing" enemy.
One can slip into the habit Of either
whiskey. tobacco or coffee easy enough.
but TO "untangle" II is often a fearful
struggle.
II seems plain that there are circum-
stances when the narcotic effect OF these
poisons is for the moment beneficial. but
the fearful argument against them is tina /
seldom ever does one find a steady user
OF either whiskey. cofree or tobacco free
from disease OF some kind
Certainly powerful elements in their
effect on the human race.
II is a matter OF daily history testified
TO by literally millions OF people, that
Whiskey, Tobacco and Coffee are smi-
ing. 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 insist upon
governing and driving the victim steadily
towards III health in some FORM II per-
mitted TO continue to rule. they will not
let up until physical and mental ruin
sets in.
A man under that spell and under the
SPELL is correcD. OF any one OF these
drugs. frequently assures himself and his
friends. why ! can leave off any time
want 10. I did quit for week just to
show / could. II is sure mark OF the
slave when one gets to that stage. .,s
wiggled through a week fghting every
day TO break the spell. was finally
whipped. and began his slavery all over
again.
The slave--(Coffee slave as we'll as To-
bacco 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 few minutes and then leave the dis
eased condition palmer to view than ever
and growing worse. Many times the
Coffee slave realizes that he IL between
two fires. He feels bad II he leaves off
and a little worse II he drinks and allows
the effect to wear of.
SO IL 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 a little bad Gas he
is quite sure to) breaks. not the habit
but his own resolution. II is nearly
always tough fight, with disaster ahead
sure II the habit wins.
There have been hundreds of Thousands
OF people driven TO their graves through
disease brought on by coffee drinking
alone, and II is quite certain that more
human misery In 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 the nerves
heart and other vital organs, and are
thus unsuspected until much OF the dan
gerous work In done.
Now. Reader, what Is your opinion a.
to the real use the Creator has for these
things3 Take look at the question from
this point of view.
There In law OF Nsutre and OF
Natures God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes TO higher. n sturdy.
steady and dgnifed advance toward
more perfect things In both the Physical
and Spiritual world The ponderous tread
OF evolutionary development is fiyed by
the Infinite and will not be aulckened
out OF natural law by any of mans
methods.
Therefore ~e see many illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid ad-
vance, Illinois raises phenomenal crops
~ corn for two or three wears. IL she
continued 30 do 40 avery year her farm
srs would advance M wealth far beyond
Hose ~ other sections or countries 80
Nature tnterposes . Ter every three or