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son."From tobacco he goes to morphine for the same rea"The nervous condition due to excessive drinkingis allayed by morphine just as the nervous conditiondue to smoking is allayed by alcohol. Morphine is thelegitimate consequence of alcohol, and alcohol is thelegitimate consequence of tobacco. Cigarettes, drink,series."opium, is the logical and regularHe said alcohol was the natural antidote for excessive use of tobacco. "For that reason the two gotogether, and the neurotic type of man too often combines the two. Tobacco thus develops thealcohol."necessityfor"It is very significant that in dealing with alcoholism no real reform can be expected if the patientdoes not give up tobacco."And now for his conclusion. "I consider thatcigarette smoking is the greatest vice devastatinghumanity today, because it is doing more than anyrace."other vice to deteriorate theReader, weigh every word of these quotationswith the utmost care note well all their implications.I will now give a quotation from Dr. J. H. Kellogg: "That tobacco is a form of 'dope' as truly asopium, cocaine or any other drug cannot be denied.The confirmed smoker is as thoroughly enslaved asthe opium smoker or the alcohol inebriate. He is a'dope'fiend, to use a common but rather repulsivephrase, an addict, and often requires the same restrictive measures to secure reclamation as does theconfirmed alcoholic or opium habitue."I have no other purpose in writing than to warnthe people of the evils involved in using tobacco inany form. I cannot understand why any Christian,especially a minister, knowing such facts as I havenarrated, will use tobacco.A MEETING OF NATO AIRFORCE CHAPLAINSIN BRUSSELSBy Robert L. ConstableVice-President Moody Bible InstituteIt was to tell us of this and of his desire to usethe Institute's films at the meeting that the chief ofthe U. S. Air Force chaplains called while I was at theMoody Institute of Science last week. When I arrivedin Chicago the next day, word came through that notonly were the films to be shown, but provision wasmade that transportation be provided for an Instituterepresentative to be at the meeting personally tomeet the chaplains and present the pictures. Dr. Cul"Go."bertson said, So I am in Brussels.Many things have been discussed in the meetings,among them, co-operation between the forces, chaplain exchange programs, chaplain publications, literature for the troops, and films.This morning we saw the U. S. Army's film showing the hydrogen bomb tests at Eniwetok, the greatest explosion ever set off by man and its terrifyingpossibilities in terms of destruction. After that"Dust or Destiny" with its presentation of the gospel, made even more impelling by the circumstancesof its showing just following the other film.266There was silence after the bomb picture had beenshown there was applause after "Dust or Destiny."And had it seemed proper I would have applaudedwith them for very joy that in these days of threatand fear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ shinesout as the one, the great, and the sufficient hope ofmen. And how gratifying it is that in presenting thetwo choices before men today, the Air Force selectedMoody films as the best means they knew by whichto make that point.This has been a wonderful experience. Men are atthis meeting from Belgium, England, France, theNetherlands, Norway, Portugal, Canada and theUnited States. Portugal has only a Catholic chaplain here, Norway only a Protestant, and each of theother countries both. These are men responsible formillions of troops. How good it sounded to hear theEnglish chief of Air Force chaplains say there's nouse teaching ethics and moralitywhen what menneed is to know God, and when they come to knowGod in Jesus Christ these other things get straightened up. Then he went on to say to me how greatlythe Institute films had helped their program, usedas they are in England, the Middle East and the FarEast.The films are available in nearly all the languagesof Europe. The chaplains eagerly took down the information about how to get the pictures for theiruse.When I see how wonderfully God has wrought,how He has led in the production of these films, intheir translation into many languages, in their distribution over the whole earth, I am so thrilled Icannot help but send you this special note tellinghow He is working and multiplying our efforts inHis name.It is the friends of MBI that have been used ofGod to do these things through prayer and help, encouragement and love, and to you friends I wouldsend this word from Brussels with our thanks. Someday we'll know the story in its fullness, but now wesee that even the hem of His garment is glorious.GLIMPSES Cont'd from page 258All Pastors May ParticipateMinisters, as a whole, will wish to participate in SocialSecurity because of the security which it will provide for themand their families. All ministers can participate if they servea church in any capacity and even if they are over sixtyfive.Because the salaries of some ministers are very low,it is possible that they may forego the privilege of participation because they "cannot afford to pay the tax"; it willbe 3 per cent of salary up to $4,200, or a maximum of $126for the year 1955. A congregation cannot enroll its minister inSocial Security, but it can encourage its minister to do so byan adjustment in salary in 1955 so as to cover this increasedcost.Never think you can do something if only you had adifferent lot and sphere assigned to you. The very thingsthat you must deprecate as fatal limitations or obstructionsare probably what you most want. What you call hindrances,obstacles, discouragements are probably God's opportunities.Horace Bushnell.COVENANTER WITNESS