Take Warning

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 21, 1905

A two-dollar bill came into the hands of a relative of mine, writes a lady in Boston, which speaks volumes on the horrors of strong drink or the traffic in it. There was written in red ink on the back of it the following: “Wife, children, and over $40,000, all gone. I am responsible. All has gone down my throat. When I was twenty-one, I had a fortune. I am now thirty-five years old. I have killed my beautiful wife, who died with a broken heart, have murdered my children with neglect. When this bill is gone, I do not know how I can get my next meal. I shall die a drunken pauper. This is my last money and my history. If this bill comes into the hands of a man who drinks, let him take warning of my life's ruin.”—Christian Advocate.