can bear, with any safety, the loss of a wife or very dear child.
Thousands who have, for the time, abandoned the habit have returned to
it to drown, in unconsciousness, their feeling of loss; hence the great
and vital importance of an entire change of heart to enable a man to go
to his faith for consolation, and to look to God for help in times of
trial and temptation.

[Illustration: BOYHOOD.

The first Step.]

[Illustration: YOUTH.

The Second Step.]

[Illustration: MANHOOD.

A Confirmed Drunkard.]

[Illustration: OLD AGE.

A Total Wreck.]




CHAPTER X.

TOBACCO AS AN INCITANT TO THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC STIMULANTS, AND AN
OBSTACLE IN THE WAY OF A PERMANENT REFORMATION.