The aim of the journal is summed up in the following excerpt from the "Preface": "It is the earnest desire of the writer that all persons into whose hands this book may fall will read it thoughtfully, act on the suggestions it contains, and if not total abstainers from alcoholic liquors and tobacco, already, that they shall be persuaded to become such at once; that they will recommend the book to all their friends and acquaintances, and thus persuade them to become total abstainers also" (1:1, 1890).
Various Mottos:
"These are the
beginnings of sorrows"
"Do not drink
wine nor strong drink lest ye die"
"Drunkards are
like raging waves of the sea: foaming out their own shame"
"At last it
biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder"
"No drunkard
shall enter the kingdom of God"
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