ssion of the liquor traffic in the
State, that is not contributing its measure of service to the great
cause every true temperance advocate has at heart; and what we largely
need is, toleration for those who do not see with us, nor act with us in
our special methods. Let us never forget the Divine admonition--"Forbid
him not: for he that is not against us is for us."

Patience, toleration and self-repression are of vital importance in any
good cause. If we cannot see with another, let us be careful that, by
opposition, we do not cripple him in his work. If we can assist him by
friendly counsel to clearer seeing, or, by a careful study of his
methods, gain a large efficiency for our own, far more good will be done
than by hard antagonism, which rarely helps, and too surely blinds and
hinders.

Our book treats of the curse and cure of drunkenness. How much better
not to come under the terrible curse! How much better to run no risks
where the malady is so disastrous, and the cure so difficult!

To young men who are drifting easily into the dangerous drinking habits
of society, we earnestly commend the chapters in which will be found the
medical testimony against alcohol, and also the one on "The Growth and
Power of Appetite." They will see that it is impossible for a man to use
alcoholic drinks regularly without laying the foundation for both
physical and mental diseases, and, at the same time, lessening his power
to make the best of himself in his life-work; while beyond this lies the
awful risk of acquiring an appetite which may enslave, degrade and ruin
him, body and soul, as it is degrading and ruining its tens of thousands
yearly.

It is sincerely hoped that many may be led by the facts here presented,
to grapple with the monster and to thus promote his final overthrow.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
The Monster, Strong Drink

CHAPTER II.
It Curses the Body

CHAPTER III.
It Curses the Body--Continued

CHAPTER IV.
It Curses the Soul

CHAPTER V.
Not a Food, and very Limited in its Range as a Medicine

CHAPTER VI.
The Growth and Power of Appetite

CHAPTER VII.
Means of Cure

CHAPTER VIII.
Inebriate Asylums

CHAPTER IX.
Reformatory Homes

CHAPTER X.
Tobacco as an Incitant to the Use of Alcoholic Stimulants, and an
Obstacle in the way of a Permanent Reformation

CHAPTER XI.
The Woman's Crusade

CHAPTER XII.
The Woman's National Christian Tem