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Just as he could not understand how men could help being good, neither could he understand how they could continue to drink, when they found that it only ended in ruin. Yet he heard enough to convince him that strong drink was an enemy, and therefore, at the early age of eight, he became a temperance reformer. JUST AS HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MEN COULD HELP BEING GOOD NEITHER COULD HE UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD CONTINUE TO DRINK WHEN THEY FOUND THAT IT ONLY ENDED IN RUIN YET HE HEARD ENOUGH TO CONVINCE HIM THAT STRONG DRINK WAS AN ENEMY AND THEREFORE AT THE EARLY AGE OF EIGHT HE BECAME A TEMPERANCE REFORMER
 and especially on God's day, was her invariable rule, until her children knew more about the contents and the teaching of the sacred volume, than many town children who enjoyed greater privileges and more numerous opportunities. How and why the Bible was written, were questions which Mrs. Garfield answered as well as she was able. Why men were wicked, and what hindered them from being good, puzzled James. To him it was a great mystery that any one could continue to do wrong when God was always willing to help them to do right. At this time a great wave of temperance passed over that part of the country, and James at once questioned his mother about the movement. Living so far away from the centres of population, the lad had no opportunity of seeing for himself the terrible evils of drunkenness. As far as it was necessary, his mother told him of the mischief done by strong drink, and how much better it was to have nothing to do with it. Here again the self-reliant boy had a difficulty. S BOOK EVERY DAY AND ESPECIALLY ON GOD'S DAY WAS HER INVARIABLE RULE UNTIL HER CHILDREN KNEW MORE ABOUT THE CONTENTS AND THE TEACHING OF THE SACRED VOLUME THAN MANY TOWN CHILDREN WHO ENJOYED GREATER PRIVILEGES AND MORE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES HOW AND WHY THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN WERE QUESTIONS WHICH MISSUS GARFIELD ANSWERED AS WELL AS SHE WAS ABLE WHY MEN WERE WICKED AND WHAT HINDERED THEM FROM BEING GOOD PUZZLED JAMES TO HIM IT WAS A GREAT MYSTERY THAT ANY ONE COULD CONTINUE TO DO WRONG WHEN GOD WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP THEM TO DO RIGHT AT THIS TIME A GREAT WAVE OF TEMPERANCE PASSED OVER THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY AND JAMES AT ONCE QUESTIONED HIS MOTHER ABOUT THE MOVEMENT LIVING SO FAR AWAY FROM THE CENTRES OF POPULATION THE LAD HAD NO OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING FOR HIMSELF THE TERRIBLE EVILS OF DRUNKENNESS AS FAR AS IT WAS NECESSARY HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM OF THE MISCHIEF DONE BY STRONG DRINK AND HOW MUCH BETTER IT WAS TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT HERE AGAIN THE SELF RELIANT BOY HAD A DIFFICULTY
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