LATTER-DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL S

Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 83: March 10, 1921In addition to thinking, willing, showing determination, is a very important thing. If once you can get the will to work to accomplish a purpose - you have gone a long way towards final conquest. Frequently, young men complain that they can not do certain things, for example, leave off the use of tobacco. One young man recently declared, I have used tobacco a num ber of years, and I cannot promise to quit it now. With the knowledge that he possesses concerning the detriment of tobacco to his mind and body, he Should not only think what is best for him, and think hard, but he Should will, and will hard to quit. Scores of examples are at hand in which men have quit the use of tobacco~ - men who have used it for years and years - because they knew it was injurious to them; they set their minds to it, and willed to do it. Many mature men who have joined the Church, when hearing the Word of Wisdom and thinking of the results of keeping it, and of the promises made to those who observe the commandments, have decided to quit the use of tobacco. Shall a young man, then, say he cannot do it?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.