CURED OF TOBACCO APPETITE.

“A little more than a year has elapsed since I left off the use of tobacco.  This further time has more fully developed the thoroughness of the case spoken of and the completeness of the victory over an evil habit.  I am filled with wonder, for I expected a terrible fight with an appetite, strengthened by an indulgence of about thirty-five years, but the enemy has not shown his head. Not only has the desire for smoking been effectually squelched, but a perfect hatred of smoking has been developed on account of the offensiveness of the odor of tobacco.  I frequently cross the street, or change my seat in a car to escape the puff of smoke, or the fetid breath of a smoker.  ’Thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory.’”

BAD HABITS WHOLLY OVERCOME.

“A physician of extended practice was converted and reclaimed while I had charge of the place in which he lived.  He had acquired the habit of using large quantities of whiskey and brandy, and withal more or less given to licentiousness.  Since that time he has been steadily advancing in morals and moral power, till he now preaches the gospel as a local preacher, side by side with the best of the district.”

WAS IT INSTANTANEOUS?

“Yes, as respects tobacco; he became convicted of its sinfulness by a voice saying, ‘That is not the way to glorify God:  stop, and stop now.’  And from that moment he says he has never used it, neither does he in any way like the smell, or even the sight of tobacco.”

THE LORD DELIVERS FROM BODILY SINS.

“I had used tobacco from my childhood, and the love and use thereof grew upon me.  I became convicted of its sinfulness, went to God and said, ’Destroy the appetite, and give me power over it.  Save me that I may glorify thee as a God of power for our present sins, and I will glorify thee ever more.’  I wrote out the contract and signed it, and from that blessed afternoon have no recollection of ever desiring it even.”

ANOTHER DELIVERANCE.

“Tobacco was a great trouble to me; and I had tried a number of times to leave it off, but could not do so.  One night as I was retiring to rest, I thought I would kneel by my bed and ask Him, who never refuses to answer prayer, to take from me the desire for tobacco, and from that moment it has been impossible for me to use it.

NOT YOUR OWN STRENGTH CAN BREAK THE HABIT.

“I smoked tobacco excessively for fifteen years, commencing when I was about twenty years old.  I often strove to break off from the use of it; indeed I determined time and again to desist from it, sometimes abstaining for a few months or weeks, once for twelve months, but the desire never left me, and whenever I tasted it I was sure to take to it again.  I sometimes vowed whilst upon my knees in prayer, to abstain from it and never touch it again, but I always attempted to do this in my own strength; hence I failed, being overcome by the almost irresistible influences it had upon my appetite, so long accustomed to the use.