Overcoming Tobacco and Keeping God’s Commandments
By James White
Bro. White: There are a few of us here in Leslie who are trying to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. We have meetings on the Sabbath for prayer and conference, but we have not been favored with any preaching, yet we think that if some one of the messengers could come this way much good might be done, and a church might be organized. It has been rather difficult for some of us to do without tea and tobacco; but we are overcoming them. I had been in the habit of smoking tobacco for at least twenty-two years, until last June. Then my duty was made known to me plainly, and on the 5th day of June I smoked the last pipe of tobacco, and it was not so difficult to leave off as I expected it would be. On the 13th of last July, at Charlotte, I went down into the water to follow the example of my Lord and Master. Since that time I have been trying to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus; and I hope, by the grace of God, to overcome all evil and obtain an inheritance in the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Yours in hope of eternal life.