The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1920-01-03
By Apostle Anton Darms

hollow chests, sunken eyes, degraded minds,
and damned spirits, found in every corner
of the civilized world.
1t is said there are only three creatures
of Gods entire creation that have developed
an appetite for tobacco: = "the tobacco
worm, the most filthy of all insects; the
rock-goat of Africa, the most fetid of all
the animal creation, and man"
FILTH, STENCIL, AND DISEASE, THE DEVIL S
TOBACCO TRINITY OF EVILS
The three principal ingredients of to-
bacco are filth, stencil, and disease. These
are the Devils trinity of evils produced by
the filthy use of tobacco.
1t is the nature of hog or sow to
wallow in filth and to feel at home in a
bog of mire; but who could ever have
imagined that man, the most wonderful OF
all of Gods creations, could have fallen to
such Infamous depths as to defle himself
with tobacco, to pollute the air with its hell
ish fumes, to unload his dirty tobacco juice
on sidewalks and in spittoons, provided for
such dirty hogs in public places.
Who has given you the right to pollute
the air with your foul breath, which others
must breathe, and to squirt your unspeak-
able saliva in places that decent people must
behold? You are nothing but an unmiti-
gated nuisance; and as long as you continue
to use tobacco, you are not fit to be IN de-
cent society,"
Not only have the ungodly taken up with
this barbaric custom of using tobacco, but
multitudes of professed Christians, Sunday
school teachers, clergymen and missionar-
les have become ardent disciples Of these
Indian savages.
THE WORD OF GoD CONDEMNS THE USE
OF TOBACCO
The Word of God has nothing but words
of condemnation for every user of tobacco
no matter what position he occupies IN the
church, state, or nation.
Love not the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust OF the
fesh and the lust of the eyes, and the pride OF
life, is not of the Father, but is of the world
And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever-I John 2:15-17.
Having therefore these promises, dearly be-
loved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filth
ness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
in the fear of God.-II. Corinthians III.
Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the
lust of the fesh.-Galatians 5:16
Wherefore lay apart all hlthiness and super
fluffy of naughtiness, and receive with meek
ness the engrafted word, which is able to save
your souls.-James :21.
No one could conceive for one moment
of Jesus the Christ sanctioning the filthy use
of tobacco. When He opened and closed
His public ministry He took whip of
small cords into His hand and lashed it
over the backs of those who defiled the tenn
pie of God.
How many filthy temples are there to be
found among professed Christians today?
How many are there whose throats have
become an open sepulcher, whose mouths
have become filthy, and whose bodies are
filled with stencil and corruption, because Of
the universal habit of using tobacco?
The church has become a cage for every
unclean bird under tha Heavens, and a
habitation for every unclean thing Reve-
lation 1929
Smoking, drinking, gambling, dancing,
theater- going, and many other corrupt prac-
tices are condoned, and even encouraged
by the so-called church.
Zion declares the Christian has no right
to raise, manufacture, or sell tobacco, nor