The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-30
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sssnrday Msrnins, May 81. Issr. --
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W. psrcsavs that varscus religious bodies On vi
..,,,rv have been invoked 20 issus eee'es.
lions against tobacco, and to proni0's "'
:. ,..s. discourage, tho uss Of II amons .ss,r
-..vh.ra % practice inconsissens VIZ.
|,n,,.,,sn character The next STEP ga
.rn. MI be 70 pronounce tobacco cn. .s.. man
s-..r,n. sins and TO snathemstize - .~..A ~.
.,a rnh,,cans those who will no' '''A
practice ..,,.,ou. bodies aforesaid
..-... =, ,h,s matter alone. inefo Wv
"oaN nov.a days, In the cnurcn' %
nue. ~ a,sse A very excellent 'eA' ~.
.,,.~ar,s not righteous over muco'
sssnoo :. ,ho,e who think this very unnecessary
..,.r.beless, 1t was given oy lnsp"s''on'
sos''e :. .,.cessary. would scarcely have oeen
sno' .,org the Divine prohibitions The truth
io".. ,,.htsousuess IL prominent cnaracsens"c
y. ..,. ..s Men set themselves up 70 oe wiser
~. pible. and attempt to reform the propne's
- ..n.,yas The Ten Commandments ars not
...rrb for them. They invent new commands
...-h;ch God never uttered, whilst they vio'
-. -,,hou. a scruple those He has given. Thus,
p.,,., ne.cher & Co., pronounce slavery, which
God has never forbidden. sin; and JUSTIFY pe
;nrv. theft and murder, which. under the nus
awful penalties, He has prohibited. ihe''
great proclivity among mankind, wnen 'ney
tempt TO be righteous At al, to sveroo 'ne "-''
and not be righteous in the way iao ao"n ~,
than. but In q way that seemeth sooo IN 'neir o""
evea And the more unrighteous man MAS oeen
hefore his reformation, the stronger mis- tendency
n .tone for the past by some extra exertions' ana
-or&. ~ sunererosaton. Moses and 81. faui are
-, 80. .,mr.red with some of our modern re-
- wha, the Divine founder Of our religion
.r,h bs WAS often asked by SOLICITORS
r.,.or. vbat they should do to inherit eternal hfe
and He uniformly told them to obey the ten COM
,,.rdnen,s. believe In Him AID be baptized ne
Ala No. forbid innocent amusements ne ssnctioneo
the wedding feast with his presence; ne came
..,,,. and drinking and the Parkers, Beechers d
Co. of that day cried out HE hath devil
T,oroh H,mseIf 4 man of Sorrows, he sought 70
n.te others happy, and the very burthen OF woes
u. hora x.s horne to save men from misery
wbsn invited by the Pharisee on the Sabbath Gay
70 . feast He accepted the invitation ne olo no'
rebuke the festivity but only epjoined tne rn.,'>
see, when he gave An entertainment 70 ssA 'no
door and miserable, who could not return ois Aina
ness, and he should have his reward in heaven
How different from the intolerant ana over
righteous reformers of the present Gay "A "an
r,ust not hold slaves; he must renounce HI iun''
csnt amusements he must cultivate grim aus
terity of spirit and of aspect; yet he may % un-
charitable: he may hate not only bis enemies ou'
.hose brother Christians who dare to differ from
him in opiuion; be may bear false witness against
his neiehbor dozen times day; In woro'
"H. NAV compound for sins he 10 inclined to,
Bv dsmning those he has no mind TO-"
We are told, that in Boston, few ciergymen
h.va the hardihood to manifest their enjoyment
of Joke. and that there is no surer way OF bring
inc sbade of discredit upon clergyman's soldi'
~ and dignity of character, than to convict him
M, If adultery and fornication-but of Laughing
audibly."
Tb;s holv war upon Tobacco Is part and parce
,e Tho s.me system of development to which the
La of God have beensubjected by the smart theol'
ooi.ns who are improving upon the scriptures
Gin ia n violation of the revealed law Of God, ant
tbore IN no law of God against the use of Tobacco
There is however q law against over righteous
nass which the zealo,s of the day would do well te
conaidar. Inc dO6epi IuAo ID e"sPe'"''oe AAA ~
things aud 1t is rule which applies to eating, n
veil A. to drinking, and to Turkeys as we'll as To,
b,cco When the Church is called upon to take NJ
the ecclesiastical cudgels against one excess, let
take them up against ALL Let it teach the glutton
that it is As sinful in the eye of God to gorge him.
sen with roast beef and plum pudding, as 1t is tt
au,oe to e, cess int ruby I'd Is wine; or t.
smoke and chew Tobacco immoderately.
The use of Tobacco may be injurious; intemper
.tely used it is So though not more injurious thar
f.. or coffee those stimuiants which the anti tobac
co crusaders imbibe without suspicion of evil
What them Men will have stinulants of some
kind. and there is none more harmless than the
weed. At any rate, it does not call for the inter
position of the Church. Let the Church follow 1T
Divine Master, who sedulously abstained from
lsyine upon mems shoulders burthens grievous t.
be borne; who encouraged innocent scenes of plea
sure and amusement; and who added nothing
whatever to the moral law but the duty of forgiv.
ing enemies, which is about the last virtue that
our modern reformers practice.