Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-01-10
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FOR the "star of the Kanawha valA,
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nN<sNS. LD1ToRs-Grant me the prfi-
legeI of using the columns Of your excelf
lent paper. for the purpose Of offering = few
remarks on the use Of tobacco. The habl
i Is BEGINNINGS so alarmingly extensive that
it is the duty of all classes Of society toL
stt.op and examine the case candidly and
q aIi1kkttially.H | was led to make these. re-
duty in aan allusion to a plain Christian
>sinde. "Thecourse delivered not long
liga,ory upon tRsity Of God makes it OBJ.
to erect, for his worsHisstian community,
a character as toinsure htJldihgs Of such
in. 1t is true, as far as we Msnce there
ascertaining, that, in all ages Of tlisable Of
God required Of his people . sacrifcd,
this character. For purposes known ont
ly to himself, God is unwilling to dwell
with his people in ordinary OF -a4aricd,al
houses, when those people ere ct for them
selves magnificent and stately mansions.
| Il was required of the ancientJ Jews to build
a tabernacle in which God might hold
council with his people. Tn character
of the building was to be commensurate
with the condition of the people in that
age of the world. Fine linen, sheep and
goat skins were around and within it; sill
ver sockets and other costly materials en-
tered into the arrangement. And with
all, It ,cas 10 be kept nice and clean, fire.
Itroa' pollution Of every character /schateuer,
50 DIS to render 1t a .tatcnement for the resi-
denfe Of God sciM his Servants, y" As all
ready intimated, the foregoing remarks
were quoted in substance from discourse
delivered recently, and are very appropri-
ate in their place, conveying a correct idea
of the strict attention Christians should
give this particular branch of their duty,
especially that part which alludes to the
condition of the Church. s#- II !.
II II is no less the duty of Christians. I'd
pres erye physical purity and cleanliness
than to defend their moral cha racter from
"every appearance of evil Physical
con amination interrupts tina degree d
spiritual assimilation to the nature and no
illness Of God, in the realizatio IN of which
alone the Christian enjoys his religion to a
full extent. ! beg leave to make an appli.
cation of the duty under consideration, to
the present state of things. 1t requires
but a superficial observation on the hab-
its Of the present race of people to detect
condition Of things that rem er at least
one religious duty difficult of perform ance
| have reference to the abomin ablel use Of
'toba eco. Personal cleanliness and the
chewing Of; tobacco are disc ordant ele-
ments, and cannot, from the very nature
of things, co-exist with the same person,
The use of tobacco is sinful in itself, separ.
ate and apart from any religious consider.
alton. The laws of mans physical nature
are no less the workmanship Of God than
those Of his moral nature. The activities,
then, that govern and regulate the animal
nature of man, may be strictly termed the
law of God. And whatever influence j:
brought to bear upon mans organism, SO
as to interrupt the functions Of those in.
ternal regulating forces, must necessarily
be a violation Of one or more of God
laws, and therefore sinful in his sight
That the use Of tobacco interrupts and cor.
/ rapts healthy organic action is true beyond
doubt, the opinions OF good men and
doctors to the contrary Notwithstanding
Thus we see that all those who indulge
in this pernicious habit are guilty Of the
violation Of certain laws, and must ineyi
tably realize the punishment annexed t.
that violation. Its "a proposition demon
strably true, that pure, undefiled, ,spiritu
al manifestations cannot be obtained thro
an impure and defiled medium. And i
is equally true that the body is the medi
um through which the spiritof man de-
yelops itself in every instance Of menta
activity. Hence, hemust be intensely OBJ
fuse in mental angularity who cannot dis.
cover the imperitive necessity Of keeping
his body in such q condition as is neces
sary to produce pure spiritual condition
It might be argned by those who are I'M
willing 70 see the evil to which they ar,
bound in abject slavery, that the condi
ton Of the body has nothing to do will
the growth and proportionate development
Of the mind. It must be- remembered
though, that the brain Is the.. domicil Of th,
mind; Il Is the fountain from which Gov
Il all tha xkas. It, - ..A. - ~. ~ y. B.