AN ESSAY ON TOTAL ABSTINENCE

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 43.

AN ESSAY ON TOTAL ABSTINENCE.

A SCHOOLBOY of Australia put his youthful enthusiasm into an effective essay on total abstinence, as follows: “I abstain from alcoholic drinks because if I would excel as a cricketer, Grace says, ‘Abstain;’ as a walker, Weston says, ‘Abstain;’ as an oarsman, Hanlon says, ‘Abstain;’ as a swimmer, Webb says, ‘Abstain;’ as a missionary, Livingstone says, ‘Abstain;’ as a doctor, Clark says, ‘Abstain;’ as a preacher, Farrar says, ‘Abstain;’ asylums, prisons, and workhouses repeat the cry, ‘Abstain!’” —Sel.