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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 12, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 50.

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Help Yourself

It is related of a wealthy Philadelphian, who has been dead these many years, that a young man came to him one day, and asked for help to start in business.
“Do you drink?” asked the millionaire.
“Occasionally.”
“Stop it! Stop it for one year, and then come and see me.”
The young man broke off at once, and at the end of the year again presented himself.
“Do you smoke?” asked the gentleman.
“Yes, now and then.”
“Stop it! Stop it for a year, and then come and see me.”
The young man went away, and cut loose from the habit; and after worrying through another twelve months, once more faced the philanthropist.
“Do you chew?”
“Yes.
“Stop it! Stop it for a year, and then come and see me.”
But the young man never called again. When somebody asked him why he didn’t make one more effort, he replied, “Didn’t I know what he was driving at? He’d have told me that if I had stopped chewing, drinking, and smoking, I must have saved money enough to start myself.”—Detroit Free Press.