The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-11-24
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call roll of considerable length of
ministers of religion who died of to-
baccO. know of two brilliant clergy
men who died of cancer in the mouth,
and the doctor said the trouble was
caused by this habit. The appropriate
epltaph OF many minister of religion
would be "killed by fine-cut and cayen-
dish" There are clergymen who
smoke till their room is blue, and their
theology is b,ua, and I'll cir spiri's are
blue, and the world is blue. God in
other days winked at these Offenses in
the ministry, but now commands min
listers to repent. How can they preach
temperance to the people when they are
indulging a destructive appetite? l
have seen cuspidOres in Dulpits where
ministers deposited the cuds before
they got up to read: BLESSED are the
pure in heart" and about "TOlling sin
as a sweet mOTsel under the tongue"
and in Leyiticus of the unclean ami
mails that chew the cud. At meetings
of PreSbyteries, and Glasses, and GEN
eTal Assemblies, and General Synods
there have been rooms where ministers
retired to smoke. / have seen minis
ters of religion with their beard an
nOinted, not with the oil that ran down
upon the beard, even AarOn's beard, but
spectacle it is-a cOnsecrated, holy man
of God looking around for what you
suppose is larger field of usefulness,
but not looking around for that at ALL
only looking for place to deposit a
mOuthful of tobacco juice / am glad
that the Conferences of the Methodist
Church have passed resolutions adverse
to this habit. We want an Anti-TO-
baccO Reform in the Presbyterian
Church, and the Episcopal Church, and
the Baptist Church, and the COngrega-
tiOnal Church. There are scores of
ministers dying by inches through this
indulgence, and they don't know what
is the matter with them. 1t might not
be inappropriate to give you my expe-
! rlence. 1t took ten cigars to make one
sermon. My nervous system got very
weak, and l awOke to the outrage l was
inflicting upon myself. Just at this
time was about to change settlements,
and generous wholesale tObaccOnist
of Philadelphia offered me, if l would
come to that city, all the cigars
wanted, free of charge, for the rest of
my life. Thought to myself if, in these
war times, when cigars are high and my
salary Is small, | smoke more than
ought, where would go to if furnished
with gratuitOus and illimitable supply.
And then, twenty years ago, quit the
habit, once and forever, and | was a
new man, and though l have done as
much hard work as any man of my
years, | never heard of anv one with as
good health as God has blessed me with.
No minister of religion can afford to
smoke unless he weighs 250 pounds
avOirdupOis, and needs check to
obesity.
Get the pastors right and it will help
IN "a n M m
my hand all the money expended by
Christian people in the city of Brooklyn
for tobacco, and | will support all the
city missions and three orphan asylums
| as large as the largest in your city. Give
me the money in this country used in
this way, and | will take care or all the
| suffering poor in the United States, feed
| and clOthe and shelter them. The Chris
! tian people of America spend money in
| tobacco than they give to the gOspeliZ-
| ing of the heathen nations. The Amer
| lean church spends S1,OOO,OOO in foreign
missions, and $5,OOO,OOO for tobacco.
| Does England most powerfully affect
| China by her opium trade or by her mis-
| siOnaries? By her opium trade. This
| habit is one of the mightiest obstacles
| to the eyangelizatiOn of the world. A
| member of the American Board of Com
missiOneTs for Foreign Missions says
"Of all the evils that God has permitted
to affect this world for two hundred
years, and of all the idols that stand in
the way of the American Board, tobacco
is the greatest" | speak to many young
men who are just forming their habits
Between II and % years of ago tobacco
does irTetTieyable damage to tens OF
| thousands of young men. You either
use good tobacco or cheap tobacco. II
you use cheap tobacco | want you tC
know why it is cheap. 1t is a mixture
of plaintain, burdOck, colts foot, lime
alum, lamp-black and salt, sawdust,rhu
barb leaves, Fuller's earth and tobacco
| Do not take such mess into your lips
But is it good tobacco? Then you can
not afford it, and with what you would
waste in a lifetime i'll smoke or eXpec
tOratiOn you could buy a house or farm
and make the afternoon of your life
very comfortable. A New York banker
in early manhood was smoking six ci
gars day at 614 cents. He resolved HI
would put this amount aside, and SCI
what this amount saved every day wOul(
amount to in compound interest, and ht
| writes this tremendous statistic: LAS
July completed thirty-nine years since
by the grace of God, | was emancipateC
from the filthy habit, and the savings
amount to the enormous sum of $29
102 03 by compound interest. We liYeC
in the city, but the children, who haC
learned something of the enjoyment o
country life through their annual visit
to their grandparents, lOnged for hOmu
among the green fields. L found yer,
pleasant place in the country for sale
The cigar money now came into Tequi
sitiOn, and found it had amounted tt
a sufficient sum to purchase the place
and it was mine. l wish all American
boys could see how my children enjO,
their home as they watch the vessel
that course along the Sound. Now, boy
you take your choice; smoking withOu
a home, or home without smoking"
In other ways this evil habit is de
structive of property. A fire insuranc
agent says about half their losses com
from fires due to this cause. In one cit
a man threw a cigar away, and with
$3,OOO,OOO worth of property. The fir
that consumed Harper's SPLENDID pub
fishing house years ago, resulted from
plumbers throwing match after light
ing his pipe, into pot of camphene
and down came that building and tiv
blocks of stores, throwing 1000 hand
out of employment. As result of thi
narcotic habit millions Of dollars peris
every year. But l am speaking chief
of higher values. Better destroy
whole city than destroy one man. YOun
men, if you will excuse the idiOm, vii
saw better stOD before YOU begin.