p. 167 | AN ANTI-TOBACCO TESTIMONY by D. Burdick

The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1879

AN ANTI-TOBACCO TESTIMONY.

By D. Burdick

As there is at present considerable discussion on the habit of tobacco-using, I think a little of my experience might not be amiss. For fifty years of my life I used tobacco, occasionally smoking, but chewing almost constantly. All this time I knew that it was a filthy habit, and expected to quit it soon. But when I saw boys but little taller than my staff with a pipe or cigar in their mouths, I came to the conclusion that I would quit using the filthy weed if I had to lie in bed a week as the consequence. This was a year ago last July, and I have not touched the vile stuff since, and I have no desire for it. I advise every one who still uses the weed to do likewise,—quit it entirely.

D. BURDICK.

Milton Junction, Wis.