I saw that it impaired digestion, poisoned the
blood, depressed the vital powers nnd weakened
the heart. I saw that it did no good. It fur-
nished no food. It afforded no strength. I saw
how inharmonious it was for a Christian, who
professed to follow the meek and lowly Jesus, to
indulge in such a filthy habit, f never saw a
clean person who used tobacco. The person who
uses it has three fashionable accomplishments,
viz. : they look nasty, act nasty and smell nasty.
The chewer has a sallow skin, lank, gloomy fea-
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unlike what I imagined the real Christlif e should
be. So one day, while plowing in the field, I
shook hands with the devil for the last time and
buried the stuff in a furrow in the field, and said
good-by forever, and from that day until this I
have never had one single desire for it ; the dear
Lord gave me perfect victory over the appetite.
