Experience in Helping Tobacco Users—In Australia I met a man considered free from everything like intemperance, except for one habit. He used tobacco. He came to hear us at the tent, and one night after he went home, as he afterward told us, he wrestled against the habit of tobacco-using, and obtained the victory. Some of his relatives had told him that they would give him fifty pounds if he would throw away his tobacco. He would not do it. “But,” he said, “when you present the principles of temperance before us as you have done, I cannot resist them. You present before us the self-denial of One who gave His life for us. I do not know Him now, but I desire to know Him. I have never offered a prayer in my house. I have cast away my tobacco, but that is as far as I have gone.” {Ev 531.3}

Erfaring med at hjælpe tobak-brugere. - I Australien mødte jeg en mand der mente at være fri for al umådeholdenhed, undtagen én vane. Han brugte tobak. Han kom for at høre os i teltet, og en aften hvor han var taget hjem, fortalte han os senere, at han kæmpede mod tobakvanen, og vandt sejr. Nogle af hans slægtninge havde fortalt ham at de ville give ham halvtreds pound hvis han ville kaste sin tobak bort. Han ville ikke gøre det. "Men," sagde han, "når I bringer mådeholdenhedens principper frem for os, ligesom I har gjort, kan jeg ikke modstå dem. I frembringer den Persons selvfornægtelse, som gav Sit liv for os. Jeg kender ham ikke nu, men jeg ønsker at kende Ham. Jeg har aldrig sendt en bøn i (532) mit hus. Jeg har bortkastet min tobak, men det er så langt som jeg har gået."