The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-11
The Fairfield Herald.
PUBLISHED
EV.ERT WEDNESDAY,.
a Moral View OF Smuking,

Please don't smoke! If YOU havo
loi forucd the habit, keep yourself
cut Of temptation. IT you @rc lust
beginning to like the smell, pe,chanc.
the taste, Of a "iragrant IIavauua," ;"
don't 50 beyond the beginning. II
TIA" habit has fairly got hold If you,
shake 1t oil. 1t is much better, in
every way, that you abstain from the
filthy, inconvrnicut, dclc,crious rrac-
tice of smoking. Better for Your
pocket; better for your hcal,h; bet
ter for your Intellect, aud better for
your morals. And that is Just the
point wo arc aftcr---thc ann,us Ct
our injunction. And tow wo know
just what will happen. Ninc.tcnths
of those who read this viii turn at
once to not less than y good dozen of
excellent people, -pious Christian rco.
plt---iolks who live virtuously, and
make tho world bet ter for their living
but who, ncvclth, less, do smoke, and
that hohitnally and pcrsistcrly. But
allowing This to DC truc--wlich VIC
do-,wiat does it prove? just what
can be proven by the prevalence Of
any other dclctcr!ous habi,--thc
power Of divine grace and we'll set,
lied human convictions to withstand
tao tendencies Of evil. a man is
rot better for being the slave tf a
foolish or evil habit. llt is, by so
much, the worse. SEow US an excel
lent man who Is ;n habitual smoker
and wo will show YOU one nho would
30 better man were he to break
tho thral'om. We have two inIi.
vidualS in our mind, both ministers Of
tho Gospel, c'in good standing,")
both invoto"atc smokers. We hnyo
met them frequently, aud under
various circnmstanccs~--at home and
abroad, il the pulpit and out Of il.
they arc strangers to each other, but
arc both "good fctlows," and have
"!ots Of fricnds.' When they travel,
,hoy carefully stow away their wives
and babies in the regular passenger
Car, while they repair to tho "mol;in..
car" to enjoy thcir f.voritc We. Il
ana the company of ali the hlacklcga
and l"atnrs on the train. At the
pubic hotels, their families have 40
cess to tho rHr'orS, whiIo they "rc
driven to the Filthy bar.rooms. Tie
society into which their halcfal habi.
throws them is almost invariably ror.
Hlcious, and the habit itself is Il rcr.
rctual s,umhling-block in all ,lcir cf
forts to lead others in the better way.
lncy arc III constant warfare will
conscience, which can not be smoked
into somnc!cncy, anh their us. fu!nc>s
is impaired even beyond their own
consciousness. We have heard these
men preach, but never without a con.
slant underlined sense of their unit.
ness. Their moral truths always fall
short OF the mark. Their cShor,a-
tations are Invariably tainted with
tho fumes Of tobacco. Whom :hey
speak Of "'ho rowors of Satin,' we
think OF tho powers of evil ranit.
" hen they cxhort sinners to Icpcnt-
Anoo, we trcl like saying, "rhy>!cian,
heal thysclf." We like ;hem both
they are our personal frlcnds-Lut wc
can not withhold from chem n kind of
Wty, such as VIC feel for some excel
lent lcilcw who is slave to lrink.
And, to say the truth, 50 far as the
mere habit is concerned, We cannot
sec the difl.rencc. So we are con-
"'ral"rd to say Of clerical friends,
"N'co fellows ! Pity thry-$moA, r.
.Puckarl'S .Nonih'Y.