The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-12-08
Temperance and Tobacco

| AoAPSA0uSo una TOBACCO
At its recent session at Abba, the
Iowa Conkrencc-M. T.. Churoh-after
a spiritert debate, adopted the following
resolutions concerning the ,obace,
evil:
LIST. That those members Of the Cor
ference who now use tobacco be requ,s g
to abandon it.
ID. That all on trial for orders be
requested to discontinue it before beins
| admitted to full connection, and tina
oil the members of the church he earn
estly and fyaternally urged not to use
tobacco in any form.
| Sd. That no minister be admitted to
the conference who uses tobacco.
ith. That the Bishop be requested to
inquire Of every can3t;mte whether or
not he uses tobacco.
| This is good sense and Temperance;
and it strengthens our faith in contoren-
ces. 1t never seemed to us that corsis-
tcncy belonged to the jewelry Of the
preachers who have habit of denoun.
cling inte hflerunce with tobacco In thei.
mouths. Excessive tobacco chewing Is
intemperance rs much as wine slipping
and yet many ministers tcn0erly nurse
the one sin aud savagely denounce the
other. We don't believe this is right;
we rre sure of it, We never did like to
have man protesting to be q shepherd
Of souls come about to lecture us OH our
departures and wrong doings, aud tell
ing us that our heart Is like n cage OF
unclean birds, and all that sort of thing,
and stop between brcaths and admoni.
tons to squirt filthy tobacco juice over
the floor and our feet We cannot have
the loftiest Of respect for man who tells
us with mouth dirticr than bar room
spittoon that he Is afraid there is or may
be n staff On our soul. 1t IL not pleas
aut to give welcome reception to holy
sentiments coming to you rs strongly
impregnated with the foul oder of the
weed as an old pipe. Such doses ofpie.y
to be pleasantly administered need TO be
tissue -papered or jcllied over more tEan
pills OF erlome1 or powders Of quinin>.
II not, they go but lily, and stay down
but poorly.
We are not the only persons holding
this view. There are thousands SINH
!arly nauscated, and similarly sick OF
having the gospel waited to their ears on
the perfume Of tobacco. The practice is
not only unpleasant to those not slaves
to it, but 1t masters its subjects with
tyranny as complete AS wine rules end
holds its victims. There are plenty of
preachers that must "chew their cud'
in the morning to make themselves feel
just right for the delivery of good
sermon. Just think of the sermons
built on u tobacco basis; and, what Is
still worse, Of the prayers sent up to
heaven from mouths having the quid
tenaciously stored away in one cheek.
Tobacco smoke aud smell, rs welooll at
them, form poor incense with which
to perfume divine service.
This il our opinion. The enemy that
men let in at their mouths to steal away
their brains islsclrcely greater foe to
human kind than this other enemy
they let in at their mouth to stea! away
their best manners. intemperanco
relates not merely to liquids, but to
moderation and good sense in all things
and may ssssrt its sway in the inmod-
crate use Of solids as we'll as OF fluids.
Tobacco, as we'll as whisky, has its
iciirtt,l henl,ns. In this city Of Des
Moines there lies to day young man
in as sad and deplorable condition
from the use of tobacco as ever man got
into by the abuse Of alcohol. Think Of
tobacco chewing ministers praying ovel
this tobacco-shattered soul.
Tobacco IL for any man to use, ii he
wants it. go is wine. But good men,
by showing the ruin that turks in the
cup of sherry, warn away feet less strong
than their own, which otherwise might
20 down to walk upon the ashes into
which the red rose turns at last. Might
no. good men by their example also lead
the unthinking clear of the slavery that
tobacco intemperance sooner or later
imposes upon its victims: The Iowa
Conference has taken the ground that
they can and should. 1t is clear that
reform in this growing evil is needed
and it is likewise proper that the clergy
should first begin it, first spueing the
quid out Of their own mohths.-Nntc
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