The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

What a pitiable and heartrending fare
well to be sure. Another year gone, with
q history bIackened with hideousness and
debauchery by that hell fiend-WHISKY.
Day after day, for twelve long. weary
months, have we not heard the drunk
ards resolution, never to take another
drink" Yet before the day is a few
hours old he is saturated with the
poison, his brain is supplied and his
higher Instincts transformed into the
raving passions of a maniac.
And thus it has been from January to
December. His wretchedness is gnawing
the heart of his loving wife, and the
prayers of his loved ones asking God to
bless their dear father and home during
the forthcoming year seem to echo back
i'm mockery and scorn Does it not ex-
cite the pity of the hardest of hard
hearts?
In his normal condition he is not the
brute he seems. Time was when his dear
home. wife and children were his pride,
when he was bright and cheerful, willing
to sacrifice anything for their sake. But
alas he is now under the paw OF that
demon. whisky. His body is soaked with
the poison, he keeps on Increasing the
quantity every day. deluding himself into
believing that he can stop whenever ne
chooses.
And his prospects for 1907 what are
they? Must he still continue on the down.
ward path? If the time has not arrived,
it surely will, when business men ana
friends will shun him. He will no longer
be responsible for his actions; yes, the
time may even come when he VIII nave
to take his stand at the bar of justice
for some shameful crime, and his very
name will then bring agony and shame to
his dear ones.
Do not despair. There is still ray OF
light There is a CERTAIN cure for this
DISEASE If you will but act NOW
TODAY-before the wretched victim
reaches the end of his wanton journey
and falls over that terrible precipice-
DEATH
After years of scientific experiment and
research the James Sanatorium Is able to
place in your hands a safe and certain
cure which will uproot and destroy for
ever every vestige of the poison from
the drunkards system and kill that crav-
ing which now seems impossible to eradi-
cate. The medical profession has pro-
nounced the James Treatment the ONLY
solution and salvation for the drunkard.
Speaking recently at Memphis, Tenn, of
the treatment. the late Rev. Sam Jones
said II BELIEVE GOD is IN THE
CURE AS MUCH AS I BELIEVE THE
DEVIL is IN THE SALOON, AND l
RECOMMEND 1T TO ALL WHO NEED
.crIE TREATAENT." Don't you think a
man of such wide and varied experience
as this great evangelist is worth heed
ing? Over 5000 victims of alcohol have
been rescued from the dregs of the gut
ter by the James Treatment and sent out
into the world whole and clean.
There are clergymen, physicians. judges,
congressman. governors and other promi-
nent people from every part of the coun-
try waiting TO sit down and talk with
YOU on this matter, which is confronting
thousands upon thousands today. Through
our free booklet they will give you real
honest heart to heart conversation, tell
you of their experiences and their friends.
which will shatter the doubts of the most
skeptical.
Begin the year well. Do not depend up
or resolutions-thetc craving Is too strong
for the shattered will power.
The terrible desire for drink must be
hradicated and there is but ONE way to
rid the system of It, and that is by the
James course of treatment. Again we
ask YOU to address us In confidence. We
can help you win back all you have lost.
Address the James Sanatorium, Memphis,
Tenn, or the James Sanatorium, ST.
Louis. Mo.