Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-25
70 roeAcco's xilL EFFECTS.
Member of Salvation Army Tells VIII,
$50 -srarblf4e Gave IT. Up. ginsesaq

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4an, ag7 TOD +rT47a 2GHiO ntuR3 81
= l. first used tobacco when was II
years old, and thought Ilwas doing
, something, great because II was imi.
tating men It was only aoshortl time
till ! smoked and chewedrall the time.s
4 wanted to quit the Ihabitg but it had
me bound hand and foot body and
SOUL, mind and heart. Tobacco made.
"a liar of me, a thief of me, "a swearer.
of me and a drunl1ard of me; a man
that could fnnot be depended upon.
Some people may say, who read this
piece:13T Tt has not done SO for me- :
But IL has for dthousan Dis. q AS a Sal
yatipnist, writes1o William Penn a
smemberi of the staff of the Salvation
Army at BuffalosrI hapessdealt with
many about .theshabit, and. the majori.
sty of them. admit. what9iI say to be
true, zen d1fYy gi9an15d gn.GsD41e :
a9 Birst,g liars Most users OF tobacco
know men that never buy tobacco, al
ways bun1ming IT. They ask the man
that buys his tobacco for a chew; he.
wifi nearly always say: RI have the.
last chew IN my mouth, y when he has.
a plug in hfs pocket. SO is telling a H..
ias second, thief. when had no money
TO buy tobacco I would not hesitate to
steal It,. IN fact..T did so many .
time. So WIN almost any user of to
bacco. The. craving for ii is simply
fierce, and you will not hesitate to
steal to satisfy the craving.-,.,.s g..Fs
- Third, swearer. erWhen, would
strike my last match and wind would
blow it out / would swear and bias,
,pheme.0 Many Ri smoker who reads
this knows what that means.t 90 gs9a !
Is Fourth, drunkard. Tobacco creates
"a thirst that in the majority of cases
n takes strong drink to quench. pl-n&
rar. Fifth, "a man that. cannot be de-
pended upon. 1T racks our nerves, it
makes you quick tempered, fly off the
handle at the least thing; 1t makes
= you So that you cannot think clearly
lit lessons your selfrespect; It affects
g the heart to such an extent that doc
F., tors told me had to quit or be par
salyzed or possibly drop dead i@5o-
81 q Then. think of nay spiritual condi-
tionao A sinner facing paralysis or
sudden DEATH with habit that was
9rewerless to stop; unable to help my
self, mot knowing of Christ's power to
save, hopeless concerning my pros
4pects after death. as5 hge' T5IbH.h-
One night, after being on spree, l
heard, the army drum God bless the
drum b. Iafollowed TO the hall, heard
the soldiers and officers tell of Jesus
love and power to save from sin and
bad habits, and a few nights after
asked God, for Jesus sake, to save
me. / told him in my own way i
wanted to be a Christian and to be
free from tobacco. His blood awaited
for me-. / went home, took pipes and
tobacco and threw them into the
stove have been free since, de
hyered by the Lord God of hosts. 1t
Is going on three years now since l
have been saves. have had my ups
and downs, but believe that the eff
| fects of tobacco on my nerves and
heart have about worn off. c
Comrades, be charitable toward the
ex-snoker and chewer, as the habit
leaves him in bad shape.
now have good experience, which
is getting better every day. God bless
our great Salvation Army! Let us all
fight the tobacco evil .o. ay.l t.s ..lsH