OUR H. AND T. ASSOCIATION.
If any of our people had a doubt of the propriety and need of this association when it was first formed, the good that it has already done is sufficient, it seems to me, to dispel all doubt. The influence of this movement has decided many to lay aside useless and hurtful articles which were occasionally indulged in and to which they were in danger of becoming slaves; and this will promote their health and also save much means that may be used for the advancement of the cause of truth and human salvation. To turn the use of means from an evil channel into a good one is certainly a desirable thing. To pledge ourselves against evil habits is right; and it is a help, because it makes an end of all questions concerning indulgence. In this movement we give our influence on the side of right and induce others to take a stand. An apostle speaks of the zeal of some that it had “provoked very many.” There are some sections of our country where the use of tobacco is more general, especially among females, than in our northern sections—the women eating it in the form of snuff. The reports from these places of the general signing of the teetotal pledge is an argument in favor of the