The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-07
A PARABLE.

Seeing that men who profess ed to be
servants OF the Most High had cor
rupted themselves and became filthy
and abOmniable, great and wise
prophet stood up and did prophesy
these words of truth ana s0berness:
Then shall the Kingdom of Satan be
llkened unto a grain OF tobacco seed,
which though exceedingly small, being
cast INTO the earth, grew exceedingly
ana became great plant, and spread
forth its leaves rank aud broad, so that
huge and vile worms with thOrns on
them, even OH their tails, came and
formed habitaJiOns thereon, and did
crawl all over aud leave their slime
and filth thereon.
And IL did come to pass in those DAYS
that The sons of men did look upon this
rank and filthy plant and were very
much enamoreu Herewith, and did
think 1t was beautiful TO behold, and a
plant very much TO be desired to make
lads big and manly.
And IL further came to pass, that men
claiming to be nice men, did put forth
their hands ana pulled the heads off
these filthy looking worms, and left
their bodies still sticking on the to-
bacco Leaf, that the leaf might be made
rich by the juice thereof, and having
cut these nlCby plants and smoked
them, even with an exceeding great
smoke, and cured and striped, and
priced and wrought the leaves thereof
INTO curious shapes and forms, and the
sons of men gave gold and silver for it,,
And uid chew thereof, and some that
chewed thereof 1t made sick at stomach,
others il made their heads TO ache; and
still Others, 1t made to spew and vomit
| a. l,,t a -
tinued "tO chew" thereof.
And 1t came To pass that those who
continued to chew became exceedingly
unmBnly, and exclaimed, awe are IN
shaved and cannot cease from chewing"
And the mouths of all VINO were en-.
shaved became exceedingly filthy and
foul; insomuch that they were seized
with violent splitting, and they did
spit even III ladies' parlurs and on their
floors and carpets, and being wholly
abandoned 10 the use of the plant, they
even invaded the sacred precincts of
the house OF the Lord, and there with
prayers on their lips and tobacco in
their mouths, they sang and prayed,
and preached, and chewed, and squirted
the filthy juice on the floor of the Lord s
house and under the pews and against
the walls, and in the pulpit, and did
uIOp tu0lI Qulus Vi LOUdCCO all over Ln6
floor OF the most high God, and would
return home and say, ave have wor-
shipped God to-day" But some OF the
saints of the Most High were not we'll
pleased with such conduct, but chew
erS cared not for any Of these things,
but continued TO chew and squirt when
they pleased.
And in the course of time it came to
pass, that this rank and filthy plant
wa ground into dust, even the stalks
and stems and filth thereof, and was
ca led snuff; and it came to pass, that
ladies, even beautiful and tair ladies,
did make unto themselves brushes and
nops and dipt Ell the same into the
tiltu called snuff, and did put these
filthy mops into their mouths and then
rub and scrub nightly, and spit and
sneeze and squirt, and call the same
| dipping.
And again it came to pass, that the
! leaves Of this filthy plant were Gun.
n,ngly wrought in'o little round rolls
called ciga, 5, and the sons of men did
! SET fire to ona end thereof and put the
other endinto their mouths and suck