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Show m to sag,tonight and it is in three parts. First,to oonfess op sin,Second, to .ear testimony to the wonderful grace which I ikftwa received,Third, to t a i l you what resolves I .have made. Sirst.my sins, I.east Into the church,' a lad of eighteen, dr. Perkins took no end of pains to taaoh m and I .learn-ad a good deal* I ha/e removed big tumors• I .cared vorg ouch for the p&~ t l i t t l e in those dags and carried them In ag hoart. fhon tho Sosar trouble oaae &n& the foreiggore fled and I .alone was left as 111 Oh*ang. Then the dokors tore down the houses and J.fled and hid where I .could and did not not want to no knom m a Jhristian any mora. I ..avoided all tkrittl&aa* grew g ooiu and aaad ana hard towards Sod and drifted away farther and farther- At f i r s t I loved ay cnuron friends hut afterwards got proud and vain and wanton §§Mi *attil* .friends and was ashamed to be seen talking to 4 charehateahor, fklaga hu¥o now changol so to ag vision. In those days it aoaa.8 to at Ikat &he graateet *I§ord af health" does not for a aa.ext eoa-pare with Ikt humblest sox*ant of Shrill, ?ho Hat whan I .wanted a dogroo, (ambition having ooae in with pride) I ..hrongbt one althouga they wore wary daar. I wanted to oat Una iood and dross handsomely. I .lei ay younger bralkar ailair mo into pplM %i^dn:y and sin. Thursday anon 1 oaae hero,1.who had :joon an hospital assistant, sain, dow can Idtipaai to gal fail without medicine? .So the noil dag I «a!ayad away and you aid whaa I diad loomed mi slighted and ignored oant on/! praying for &*, hho,sut the holy Spirit could havo aadt you want to do that? Finally, when ay old mother iho weal eioryday to alaat*fcrtugkt ward that folks cried uooaiso I .dicin1 t coae and givo up opium-that broke m down and yMLj>2„2^„&uLjJl*^® first night the euffariag waa titatadaaa*, iMo retching, vaaUlag, awful trouble into my laga*aiaary all e?a** up aad down ail algkii Ho do! Saiff stand itfi hut you kept on prayiag and that ariu^a ae to ay sooond hoad. My testimony! to tho oower of the l£ll-$£&$ih d'Q^im to foil better. I. was able to retain ay food. I.actually walked twenty IMfUailael twill.Mr* .sills it mane my logs ftrgtl* They did not bother m kilt* we tood to waiving and I gained tlrtsglki I. could harnly relieve Ikat at waa real. .1 a&d not boon dlaptnaar^ assistant for nothing* how many wretched atn I have watched going through ia^savon or aight days of aauseaand violent purging and agony! I.had no oowoi trouble to s,;Ot*x o i . I had noon takin 'our hundred cash worth 01 opium a day. I;tight to hart noon woak enough to | u a | l t over in a few alaulta walk. SjL^-alttfJuJJiUK^ Today it. IHla ana I ..passod a pl&sa ukara the air was full of tho.odor* Bafoit* I would nave aiopped oponod ay mouth wide and eagerly draal ii in- tnda- - |