The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-02
TOBACCO USERS IN DANGER OF TORMENT.


bear would like to have your opinion On this SUBJECT
Yours truly, a SUBRCRIBEls
If there is anything in the old bible relative to to-
bacco we do not know where find it, but probably the
next revision touch this subject But we will state
that if YOU do not tobacco don't it, but
do tobacco, by all means try to quit it, 1t is dirty
habit habit plead guilty of hayng or in other words
the ha bit has us The only grounds the preacher You
speak of could have for using such language with author
ity from the bible would be the excessive Of tobacco
like in everything else, is sin.
We are positive You heard the sermon we now
call to mind 1t at camp meeting year ago Wei
were not impressed with that sermon the time wei
had no faith in the preacher after he made the remarks Just
alluded to- and thought the time such rash utteranceS
eminated from diseased mind and utter disregard on
the part of the speaker for truth and thought he was
candidate for the hOnOrS captured by Ananus in
eve good olden time before the weather put in his
appearance. The sermon was preached by man who
said that he condemned everything that not Chrstke
and that he following, in every way, in the footsteps
of Christ When the service through everyone made
rush for the tent where the nnerman's desire sup
posed get satisfaction We happened to Get seat OPP
poSte this g.? and with all due respect for the truth,
we are bound state that of all the has been
our painful duty to watch, while starving, he beat
all Everyone present waited upon this modern german
dzer the exclusion of those who had paid 80 cents for
chance to do So At this stage OF the game would have
given months work could have called the little red
headed boy who caused stir dinner given by his pa
half dozen preachers visiting Virginia village
The smaller children had to wait until the preachers
through; most trying thing the of good,
healthy hungry boy They had fried chicken for dinner
the mother had made repeated trips to the kitchen for
this much priced Methodist DISH to the alarm of the wait
ing children and pacify them she made the remark that
SI1,op tbon that Sb thayp
eaed the aforementioned boy such exten: that he
followed his mother the dining door, and heard her
say Brother Jones have of this fried chicken
there is plenty in the Kitchen This too much
for the boy and he blaed out: IF there is more it's for
the children
The talking about, ate everything they put
him, and drank four large cups OF CaJan coffee,
strong enough float twenty penny nail. After this
gorging crawled off into sleep the sleep of the
80 righteous Chrstlike We turned this in mind
and finally to the conclusion that if this kind of eat
ing Christlike, and burden stomach in this man
to be Chrstke would prefer to lose our chance OF
. being saved and continue tobacco notwithstanding
' the prophesy that We would be damned.
Yes be crawed off Sleep To sleep like of those
monsterous reptiles read Of after he has swallowed
oxen await the process of Digestion only repeat the
when opportunity presented itself Wecalled hin
gormandzer but this word does not suit the near
we'll the old familiar hog 1t expresses the
whole thing in three letters and conveys to ones mind sc
clearly the enormity of the crime he had committed
good neghborhood This is another instance of mar
going around trying to pluck the mote out of his neigh
boris eye, when both of his full of beams that
he had them he could very good secondhand
- lumber yard
a. This man does more every day to inure the cause
Christianity than half dozen good conscientious, Chris
tan preachers could repair in week. We wonder VIII
friend does tell him that such disregard for
racy and such abuse of his stomach would ruin the bust
ness of Dago fruit stand much less the of tina
most holy of holy cangsthat of preaching the gospe
of the Lord Jesus Christa calling sacred to be place
in the hands of everyone who happens to conjure up tt
idea that he has been called perform the duties assignee
- to by Master We do not mean by this that on
those who thoroughly educated should preach but
do say that there should be law prohibiting ratified
80 brain from preaching such stuff the damnation
mans soul simple because he takes chew of tobacco
~, smokes pipe of peace. The man who carries things
b such extremes is not safe in putting his finger his cal
for he is iabeto lose that member of his hand by gen
II, it mixed up with the loose wheels in his head.
of Just such this so-called preacher, nea
of causing pous old gentleman to lose confidence in
,b kind and losing religion that it had taken him
years get and which he had guarded by day and ng
for &c years He snapped horses with his avore
i in the dark and got badly skinned He left the hor
art in town and walked home While his way home he
of William goat in the road and his goatship refused
ris give up the rghofway, and old jennie Graha
re- had been brave soldier in two wars he disputed Il
goats rights in the premises However, shortly after tt
to meeting uncle Johnnie was hauled home in wagon unco
scous, cursng the preacher in breath and the goat
the next few days after this we happened to go ne
his home and dropped in to see him. 1t ptful
the old of eighty years of age and hear him
how he had been mistreated by whom he had place
confidence in. He said he had been defeated by both MI