The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-27

and to read about trolling sin as sweet
morsel under the tongue" and In LEVITT
Gus to read about the unclean animals that
chew the cud. have known Presbyteries
and General Assemblies and General Syn
ods where there was room set apart for
the ministers to smoke in.
Oh, 1t is sorry spectacle, a consecrated
man, holy man of God, looking around
for something which you take TO be look
ing for larger field Of usefulness. He is
not looking for that at all. He is only
looking for some place where he can dis
charge mouthful of tobacco juice! l am
glad the Methodist Church of the United
States in nearly all their Conferences have
passed resolutions against this habit, and
it is time we had an anti-tobacco reform
in the Presbyterian Church, and the Epis-
copal Church, and the Baptist Church, and
the Congregational Church.
NARCOTICS.
There are ministers of religion to-day
indulging in narcotics, dying by inches,
and they do not know what is the matter
with them. might in word give my
own experience. II took ten cigars to
make sermon. got very nervous. One
day awakened to the outrage was in
fllcting upon myself. was about to
change settlements, and generous whole
sale tobacconist in Philadelphia said II l
would only come to Philadelphia he would
all the rest Of my life provide me with
cigars free Of charge l said to myself
II in these war times, when cigars are so
costly and my salary so small, l smoke
more than ought to, what would do II
had gratuitous and illimitable supply!
And then and there, twenty-four years
ago, quit once and forever. 1t made a
new man of me, and though have since
then done as much hard word as any one
think have had the best health God
ever blessed man with. A minister OF
religion can not afford to smoke. Put into
my hand the money wasted in tobacco in
Brooklyn, and viii support three orphan
asylums as grand and beautiful as those
already established. Put into my hand
the money wasted in tobacco in the United
States of America, and will clothe, feed
and shelter all the suffering poor on this
continent. The American Church gives
81 900, 900 q year for the evangclization Of
the heathen, and American Christians
spend 5000, 900 in tobacco.
AN ANALYSIS.
Now, / stand this morning not only in
the presence Of my God, to whom / must
give an account for what say to-day, but
| stand In the presence Of great multi
tude,of young men who are forming theil
habits. Between seventeen and twenty.
three there ore tens Of thousands Of young
men damaging themselves irretrievably
by tobacco. You either use very good to.
bacco or cheap tobacco. If you use cheaI
tobacco, l want to tell you why 1t is cheap
1t is mixture Of burdock, lamp black
sawdust, colt's-foot, plantain leaves, full
ler's-earth, lime, salt, alum and q nttl,
tobacco. You can not afford, my younl
brother, TO take such mess as that be
tween your lips. II, on the other hand
you use costly tobacco, let me say do no
think you can afford it. You take tina
which you expend and will expend II yol
keep the habit all your life and put l
aside, and 1t will buy you farm TO max
; you comfortable In the afternoon Of life
A merchant Of New York gave this testi
mony: "In early life l smoked six cigars
day at six and half cents each-they av
: eraged that. Thought to myself one day
: IN just put aside all the money am con
suming in cigars, and all would consum,
: II kept on in the habit, and will Sc,
what 1t will come TO by compound inter
est'" And he gives this tremendous sta
tlstic: :" Last July completed thirty min
years sinct, by the grace OF God, wa
emancipated from the filthy habit, and tn
saving amounted to the enormous sum o
S29, ,10203 by compound interest. We live
In the city, but the children, who ha,
learned something Of the enjoyment o
country life from their annual visits b
: their grandparents, longed for hom
among the green fields l found a yer,
pleasant place in the country for sale. Tn
cigar money now came into requisition
and found 1t amounted to suiiicien
sum to purchase the place, and II Is mine
Now, boys, you take your choice, smoking
without home, or home without smok
ing"
, OTHER DANCERS.
, Listen 10 that, young man, and take an
, other thing into consideration, and that is
vast amounts Of property are destroyet
every year indirectly by this habit. Al
agent of an insurance company says
r "0ne-half our losses come from the spar
OF the pipe and the cigar" One young maj
threw away his cigar in one OF the cities
and with it he threw away S3,0OO,OOO wort