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Why Did He Begin?

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 11, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 28.

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Why Did He Begin?

"Mama," said little Harry, as he was looking out of the window, "Why does that man stagger through the streets?"
"Because he is drunk."
"But, mama, why does he not stop drinking?"
"Either because he can not, or he thinks he can not."
"Well, then," said the innocent little one, looking into his mother's eyes with all earnestness, "why did he ever begin?"
What a work is here suggested for parents and teachers—to train children in such habits of total abstinence that they will never take the first.—Selected.