Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-04-19
Dicey, w. Va.

utiN'uR uttu Ou' OF tna OeautlfuI
little village Of Crum llka a gooe
true soldier of the cross hs follow
ed the old en"mv to Kermit, {
town farther up the limo, that ha.
always been considered an im
pregnable stronghold. The ides
has long been prevalent through
this section that there was nc
minister that could take down the
black fiig aud drive the devil
from Kermit.
Bro. Murray buck led on his
armor, got his gnns in position
aud bravsly attacked thu oitade
last Monday. The last news your
correspondent had from the sea
OF war was that Bro. Murray had
succeeded in capturing the out
works, and one hundred of Satan's
bravest and truest soldiers, who
all took the oath of allegiance to
Bro. Murray's King, and had
their sins washed away aud were
baptized In the placid waters Of
Tug river.
There is no doubt that Bro
Murray is dong a grand work !;
but some of his mem bers are hav.
ing some trouble in trying to live
up TO the high standard of Chris
uanity that Bro. Murray eets
for them, as the following cir
cumstance will show:
Bro Murray has been preach
ing pretty strongly sgainst the use
OF tobacco. 1t is safe to say tha,
at least forty nine ont of fifty of
both sexes in this neighborhood
have contracted the habit Of using
tobacco.
Bro. Murray's preaching has
opened the eyes of quitesa mum Der
of old tobacco users; has caused
them TO see the error of their way.
as it were, and TO try To QUIT the
use of the pernicious weed |
say Try to quit, because not every
one who trles to break the bonds
of king tobacco succeeds, and the
honest efforts that some of the
converts are making to obey Bro
Murray injunction III regard to
the use OF tobacco is causing
them TO suffer considerably. For
instance one old brother bad been
slave tottobacco for many years
he attended Bro. Murray's meet
ings and his preaching opened the
brothers eyes and convinced him
of the helnous sin he was com
mitting by using the nasty weed.
He returned home and talked the
matter over with his good wife
and family. They all prayed
long and earnestly over the mat
ter and decided TO quit. Every
thing went on reasonably well the
first day, but judging from the
doleful expression of the brothers.
face hls cross was heavy and hard
to bear. He retired to rest early
the following night and il so
happened that he occupied
bed where his daughter, a young
lady, bad sleptt previous night.
After tossing uneasily on his bed
and seeing all kinds Of tobacco
every time he closed his eyes and
tried to sleep, the Lord mercifully
heard his prayers and he doz d
off in a fitful and uneasy sleep.
He dreamed that be was out In
the woods hunting squirrels and
while standing by a tree watch~
ing for a squirrel he saw one of
his acquaintance pass by. When
near where he was standing his
acquaintance stopped, took out a
long, beautiful plug Of dog.leg
tobacco, took a chew of it and i'm.
stead OF replacing it in his pocket
he looked at his companion.
winked and laid the tobacco down
on a rock aud passed on. 1. so
happened that the night before
the reformer's daughter on going
to bed had taken out a thing that
girls between sixteen and twenty
wear In their hair and call it n
rat. 1t is a great long twisted
concern, composed Of a conglom.
Grafton of substances. This one
the doctor said was composed of
horse hair, dog hair, wool, nay,
straw and feathers and would
have weighed something less than
five pounds. She had taken it
from her hair and placed 1t un.
der her pillow. No one will ever
know just exactly how the acci-
dent occurred, but the former
tobacco user's wife says that she
was awakened during the night by
a strange gurgling noise coming
from his bed, She sprang out of