The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1920-01-24

VulSlOn is spoken OF as illness resulting
from the first smoke The continued
use of tobacco causes the finer element
of mans nature to retreat and tobacco
is placed upon the throne. If tobacco
victims, be they clergymen or laymen,
become truly converted by the Spirit of
God, the desire for tobacco is destroyed;
the poisonous thing becomes repugnant
to them, and they would again be made
i'll should they attempt to use it. There
is an abundance of evidence of the truth
of these statements.
IF men who use tobacco would give
as much time to seeking God, and when
found, in communing with Him, as they
spend in absorbing poison from the
coarse weed and filling the atmosphere
with obnoxious and harmful smoke, the
transformation in their lives would be
revelation to themselves and benedic-
ton of their fellowmen, resulting in the
rapid extension of THE KINGDOM OF
GOD upon the earth. "-Chdrles G.. Pease,
N. D., New York City.
Il am not much of mathematician"
said the tobacco devil, "but I can add to
mans nervous troubles; can subtract
from this physical energy | can multi
ply his aches and pains; can divide his
mental powers; can take interest from
his work; and discount his chances of
success"
"The use of tobacco produces a dry
ness or huskiness of the mouth, thus
creating a thirst which in many cases
is not satisfied with anything short of
alcoholic drinks In this way the use
of tobacco often lays the foundation Of
drunkenness. "-Hemqy NJ. BroaOn.,
"a Hottentot applied some of it
tobacco leaves) from the short end
Of his wooden pipe to the mouth of
snake while darting out it's tongue The
effect was as instantaneous as that of
an electric shock With a momentary
convulsive motion, the snake half un-
twisted itself and never stirred more.
It's muscles were SO contracted that the
whole animal felt as hard and as rigid
as if dried in the sun. MIR. BaTroaO,
the A fTican Traveller.
DR.. Talmage says:
''Put into my hand the money wasted
in tobacco in Brooklyn, and I will sup
port three orphan asylums as grand and
beautiful as those already established.
Put into my hand the money wasted in
tobacco in the United States, and [ will
feed, clothe, and shelter all the suffer-
ing poor on this continent"
EFFECT OF TOBACCO ON INTELLECT
''The actual loss of intellectual power
which tobacco has hitherto occasioned
and is still causing in this Christian ma
ton is immense. How much so it is i'm
possible to calculate. Many man who
might have been respectable and useful
has sunk into obscurity and buried his
talent in the earth. This demands
consideration of deepest interest to ev-
cry philanthropist, patriot, and Chris
tian in the land, and especially to all our
youth. We live in time and under cir
curnstances which call for the exertion
of all our intellectual strength, cult
waited, improved, and sanctifed to the
highest measure of possibility. Error,
ignorance and sin must be met and van
pushed by light and love. The eyes of
angels are upon U.S. The eye of God is
upon u.s. Shall we fetter and paralyze
our intellectual capabilities for the sake
of enjoying the paltry pleasure of tast-
ing the most loathsome and destructive
weed in the whole vegetable kingdom?
Let us rather shake off this abominable
practise, as individuals and as nation
in our intellectual potency, and let us go
forth from day to day untrammeled by
the quid, the pipe, and the snuff-boX,
and before another generation shall be
laid in the grave our efforts and our ex-
ample may cause the light of human
science and of civil and religious liberty
and of Bible truth to blaze through all
our valleys and over all our hills from
Greenland to Cape Horn, with luster
which shall illuminate the world DR.
FOaOler
about fifty years ago young man
graduated from Andover College and
went into the ministry. He had elo-
quence and personal magnetism before
which nothing could stand, and conse-
quently went straight to the front. But
he was soon thrown into the insane
asylum for twenty years. The doctors
said it was tobacco that sent him there.
According to the custom then in
vogue, he was allowed small quantity
of tobacco every day. After he had