A Drunkard’s Warning

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 28, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 26.

A Drunkard’s Warning

A TWO-DOLLAR bill came into the hands of a relative of mine, writes a lady in Boston, "which speaks volumes on the horrors of strong drink or the traffic in it." There was written in red ink on the back of it the following: "Wife, children, and over $40,000, all gone. I am alone responsible. All has gone down my throat. When I was twenty-one I had a fortune. I am not thirty-five years old. I have killed my beautiful wife, who died with a broken heart, have murdered my children with neglect. When this bill is gone, I do not know how I can get my next meal. I shall die a drunken pauper. This is my last money and my history. If this bill comes into the hand of any man who drinks, let him take warning of my life's ruin."—Michigan Christian Advocate.