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LIGHTFUOT & «ON^31 ADELAIDK STllKKT KAST. 187a S'6'5 l^l National Library of Canada Bibliotheque nationale du Canada i Ki tered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year One Thousand, Eight Hundred, and Seventy Eight, by Albert Sims. in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. / V } -^ INTRODUCTION. i year One EBT Sims, / ^j - ./t'^T/u * '°"*^ *™^ ^^^"^ '^^^P^y convinced of the baneful sent race of smokers and chewers to give up their weed T W? poBcly written from a scriptural stanlpoint for L folLin "^^^^^^ First becus,, the Bible is the highest authority ; Second "ftheZd of God»sag..nstauch narcotic customs, they must be s n ul tZ because tobacco devotees commonlv sav tL™ • ., . ' writ against the indulgence ofTe weed ^htr ," "t! •°^.'" '^'"''^ of an incontrovertible'nature frot: t sours^rmlr' t'.T observation from statements of the most /Xn/p^ySu in 2 land, and from statistics directly bearing on thi ^7. 1 \ been written m the kmdhest spirit, and with a sincere desire to benefit s'™; mentT"T* *° !^T *'^ '''''''' "^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^luu'ac'ter up to the age of seventy-two, was lat.;ly brought U-'fon; one of the tribunals of Paris for stealing a piece of lead worth eight ccnits. Ho admitted that he was wholly without means, and for the first time in his life kntsw not where to find a singl.i sous ; but it was not hunger that drove him to steal. Aft(;r consi(h,rabl(! questioning on the part of th.; judge as to what coukl be stronger than liunger, lie confessed it was tobacco for his jyipe. " Tobacco, monsi<>ur judge !" said he growing ^■iolent. " I have tile misery to be a hopeless smoker ! I smoke at waking ; 1 smoke while eating; 1 cannot sleep without smoking till the pipe falls from my moutli. Tobacco costs me six cents a day. When I have none I am frantic. I cannot work, nor sleep, nor eat. I go from place to place raging like a mad dog. The day I stole the lead, I ha.: ,een without tubacco twelve hours ! I searclied the day through for an acquaintance of whom I could beg a pipeful. I could not, and resorted to crime as a less evil than I was eiuluring. The need was stronger than I !" So fearfully enslaving is the habit that its victims wlien de- prived of the weed for a while, will do almost anything to get a quid, or pipeful of tobacco. A brute in human form, named William Biddlescomlie. was eouvictwl b" a nsfi'-'if^trat^ at Portsmouth, England, and sentenced to three mouths im- prisonment for skinning a living small terrier do^;, and liis TIIK SIN UF TODAOCU. only iw.sif,'iu<(l n^ason for his cruelty waH, that li«) wanttnl the Hkiii for 11 toluicco-poucli ! ! ! " Tli(i DanoH," writes this llriLSHiiln coiT»!Hpoii(l«?iit of the Iruth Times, " aro po-sNionatoly fond of Hinokiiig. The puniHlinHint of death cannot bo inflictod upon Dani.sh criminalH unh^fm thoy cojifcfMH their criiiioH ; and tho withholding of tohacco '\h said to frtniiu'iitly It-ad to an acknowlwlgcnwint of guilt ; and, indowl, on suiiu! occaHions to this confonHi(jn whon the accuHt^l aro reulli/ innocent, bocauHC tho bclovc^d wewl in then no longer denied them. We have heard (continueH the writ(T) of men dying for their oomitry, for their creed, for ' leir love, but it is strange to hear of martyrs to a deh'terious plant." Said a young man, " 1 believe my pipe dotss me harm ; I feel it in injuring me ; but were I certain that it would curtail my life by fifteen years, I could not give it up" ! ! How diHtress- ing to hear such a statement from a free-born son of Britain ! " 1 am a slave to tobacco," .says a lawyer, "and I will give a hundred dollars to be told how to get rid of it without killing me "I "I have re.solved to be free a thousand times," says another, " but I am still a Slave, a hopeless Slave" ! A deacon on his death-bed, made the following painful statement : " I thank God, that as my la.st sickness has now come, I sliall get rid of my hankerings for tobacco " ! The Rev. George Trask writtis, " 1 have known men to dream and rage about tobacco as madmen, when deprivwl of it. I have known men so en- slaved, that use it they would in parlors, in churches, in tem- perance meetings, in defiance of all remonstrance, in defiance of all decency. And one lodge of the Sons of Temperance (?) as I certainly know, pa.ssetl a resolution that they would not lay aside their tobacco even during the hour they were conven- ed for temperance purposes. I have known a temperance lecturer of great distinction positively refuse to lecture until he had Ijeen furnished with a pipe of tobacco to screw liis nerves up to the point of eloijuence. I know an excellent clergyman who assured me that he had sometimes wept like a cliild when V 4 SMOKINO AND CHKWINU. 9 tlie >■ 4 f putt.nffa.,,M.lof (oWcoia his ...outh, u,..!,.- a hcuh,. of his dcgrada urn an.l l„„.,lag.. to this hlthy hal.if. f saw a .uau who tol.l mo that tol^.-co was thn .h-an-st thin,, lu, had on earth —amn-v than wif„, child, church or state ! I can name a clergy.nun who was much <.nslave,l to his Hnuff; he son.etin.es reproved a n..|.hhor who was a drunkard. At length ths an ahject .slave / An eminent .numter, once sai.l, '• / >c.ald la, doa>n o.^e 1, /.W ^,,,unds yUuHj at any tune if I conlU give vp smokinu -V" A women in L.s.sex county, a Christian protWsor, called for her snuH-boK in her dynig agonies, on the verge of eternity! weeping friends witnes.sed her passion strong in (h.-ath ! Her last words were "nuff, nuff, give me null' I"" _ To all who are enslaved by this habit and .say thev rmnld give up their weed 'if they ,onU, let me give the fdlowing nunarks from the author of "(Confessions of an Ohi Smoker" ''Besides, brethren, pen.iit a word of friendly expostulation on this umnmdy, puerile state of ,„i,.d svhid. contents itself with wishing that you coxdd (I) abandon tin- use of tobacco - Proh jncdor/ What a confession of mental and n.oral weakness t You wLsh to give up the practice, but you cannot ; of course you know the distinction between ncduml and mwal inability ■ Imt if you have forgotten it, T must refer you to your old 10 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. friend and my old friend, John Howard Hinton, for a full and satisfactory explanation of the difference between a depraved disposition, and a want 0/ power. That veteran polemic will tell you that your disposition is wrong ; and that you have all the power necessary to enable you to do the deetl. The fact is, you do not want to give up tobacco ; you like it too well to make the sacrifice. You could do it this moment if you would, but your will is wrong, and, therefore, the sacrifice is not made. You are in bondage to a habit, a mere habit, and you have not the resolution to break the chains, and assert your freedom. This is the plain truth, and you know it. Do not then attempt to impose upon yourselves by inaccuracies of speech. Your ' / cannot,' means * / vnll not.' " Chapter III. " Redeeming the time."— Ephesians v. 16. " The loss of time in this shameful work is a serious evil. I have known some who, strange to tell, have smoked three or four hours a day by their own confessions ; and others who have spent six houi-s in the same employment. How can such persons answer for this at the bar of God." — Dr. A. Clarke. Says the Scientific American : — " A corres})ondent re- cent?-; timed the smokes taken in a day by twelve journey- men paintei-s, who were engaged on a job requiring st)eciai haste. The total number of minutes footed up over a quarter of a day's work, and the employer soon discovered that lie could not afford any such loss, and promptly forbade the prac- tice." The aggregation of time — which is said to be money — lost by the smoking community, is out of the reach of computation. A puflfer acknowledges that twenty minutes are required to smoke a pipe or cigar. Take the average of three per day. I SMOKING AND CHKWINO. a Thus at the end of twelve years, one whole year h«« been wasted-worse than wasted. Is not this also an encourage- ment of idleness 1 ^ We might calculate the time spent in taking a cl^w or light- wtfjr act^ar, andprovti that it would be sufficient, if rightly spent, to give the man a knowledge of several sciences ; Wt at present we will push our calculations no further. I Chapter IV. "Occupy till I come."-LuKO, xi-.., 13. Scripture plainly shows that we are only stewards of the things of this world; that therefore we are not to use and spend our money and proi)erty in any way or for any thing that will not be ax^ceptable unto God ; in short, that we are not at liberty to waste a single cent, or squander the smallest Item of our substance. If therefore we indulge in wasteful un- necessary cxi>enditure, we use our means contrary to God's will, and such an act becomes a s,xn~ei finamial sin. It would be accounted a wicked and wanton thing for a man to go and burn down his barns and dwelling house ; in fttct such a deed would meet with severe retribution at the hinds of tho law i3ut the tobacco consumer .spends his money— in ni^uiy cisos liard earned money_on tobacco, and then eitlier sets fire to it or chews it and throws it away! How frightfully large the sum of money annually wasted by tobacco users is, let the fol- lowing facts and figures show. The present annual production of tobacco has been estimated by an English writer at 4,000,000,000 pounds. This is smoked, chewed and snuffed. Suppose it all made into cigara, one hundi-ed to the pound it Y> ,....,„.v^ ^i/u-,wu,wu,uuu. jour iiumired billions of cigars. Allowing this tobacco unmanufactured to cost on the average ten cents a pound, and we have $400,000,000 expend- 12 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. ed evoiy year in producing a noxious deleterious weed. At least one and a half times as much more is required to manu- facture it into a marketable form, and dispose of it to the con- sumer. If this be so, then the human family expend every year one thousand millions of dollars in the gi'atitication of an acquired habit, or one dollar for every man, woman and child upon the earth! This sum would build two railroads around the earth, at a cost of twenty thousand dollars per mile, or six- teen railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific! It would build one hundred thousand churches, costing i$l 0,000 each ; or half a million of school houses, costing $2,000 each ; or one million of dwellings, costing |1,000 each! It wo\ild employ one millior of ])reachers and one million ©f teachers, giving each a salary of f. 500! It would support three and one third millions of young men at college, giving each $300 per annum for expenses ! Friendly I'eader, consider the above basis of this calculation in some measure imaginary, call it conjecture, ex- travagance, just what you please! Cut these down one half — cut them down to suit your own notions. Even then, if you ai'o a Christian, a patriot, a friend of God or man, you will not tiifle with this stupendous iniquity ; but, in some manly way, do your part to arrest its destructive power around yon. "It is comi)uted that within the United Kingdom the annual cost for tobacco and its apj^endages, exclusive of the duty — which exceeds sixty hundred thousand pounds — cannot be less than .£12,000,000 sterling [which is said to be half as nuich again as we expend for relief of the poor, four times as much as we do at present upon education, and is about ten times the amount liiised for Missionary and Bible Societies]. To this may be add- ed at least twice as much for various kinds of beverages, which the use of tobacco directly or indirectlv superinduces, thus swelling the amount to .£36,000,000 annually. These form some of the obstacles to the advancement of the British Empire in the nineteenth century." Another paper writes : "Tobacco costs more than education T SMOKING AND CHEWING. 13 "■I ^ or religion, the army or navy ; it costs England anil America a sum sufficient to support 50,000 ministei-s, with a salary of 1,000 dollars, or more than 100,000 missionaries. The students in one college i)ay more than 6,000 dollars for cigars yearly. It weaves a winding-sheet around 20,000 in our land every year." The annual expenditure for tobacco in the United States is set down at $30,000,000. ii?5,000,000 of it is charged to members of the churches ! Avhile only .f 6,000,000 is paid for ministers. The Internal Revenue Report of the United States govern- ment for the hscal year endhig June, 1876, instructs us that the amount of government taxation from the whole country for cigars, tobacco and simff, during 1876, was 139,795,339. The number of cigars on which duties were paid in the same period was almost two thousand milllions. Adding to these one hundrcnl and ten millions of pounds of tobacco, manufac- tured for smoking and chewing, and we have an amount of actual losses and wastes from this tobacco indulgf^nce of not less than two hundred and fifty millions of dollars a year. It is hardly necessary to add that this enormous burden is one chief cause of abounding pauperism and vagabondage. But surely Methodists— the peoi)le who of all others talk most about self-denial, and mortifying the lusts of the flesh — are not guilty of so much wastefulness 1 Let however the fol- lowing statistics speak concerning the matter. By a competent authority it has been conjectured that the great M. E. Church of the 'United States consumes annually about $13,000,000 worth of tobacco, while they raise, all told, about $500,000 annually for missionary purposes, or an average of forty-three cents per member. At the late New England Methodist Episcopal Conference held in Massachusetts, 1877, Bishop Harris is said to have expressed the opinion that " the Metho- dist Church spends more for chewing and smoking than it gives towards converting the world." This is a sad statement to make of a large religious body. u TH|i SIN or. TOBAOOO. A correspondent of the Cincinnati G. Advocate, who has made a careful computation from the best available sources of information estimates that "the smokers and chewers among the preachers and members of the Cincinnati Conference only make an annual expenditure for tobacco of over $180,000 !" The writer says, '• There are numerous instances where five to ten members of a charge or circuit spend more jointly for tobacco than their whole charge or circuit gives for all the benevolent collections of the church combined !" Thus in a great many, if not in the majority of cases, more money is paid for tobacco than the gospel ; it has been even found that some would rather leave their church than give up their wasteful habit. Many working men with large families to maintain, and who can ill afford to waste their wages, spend more than $100 in a few years on their tobacco. Yet ask them for a subscription for some church fund or religious newspaper, and they will gravely tell you they cannot afford it ! What tobacco consumer can justify his conduct in tliis respect 1 especially when it is remembered that money thus spent is worse than wasted, it does a positive injury to the system. Writes a correspondent in the Toronto Advertiser, " I asked a gentleman some few weeks since, how many cigars do you smoke in a day 1 Without any hesitation he answered, ten or twelve. I suppose the wholesale price of a good cigar v/ill be at least five cents. Tliat is 50 cents a day for tobacco — that is $3.50 per week, or $182 per year. Add the simple interest at 8 per cent., (which comes to $14.56) to the principal, makes just $196.56. That would buy a nice house with 7 or 8 rooms, suitable for a clerk or a mechanic, where you could sit down free of rent, or if you liked better, you could secure a life in- surance for $3,500. Think of that. And the indulgence in tobacco costs all that money, and sacrifices health along with it. Suppose that you possessed that money, and a burgular at- tempted to rob you of it, how hartl you would fight for it. But for the sake of a temporary indulgence, you part with it, and health also, and never grumble." i -\ SMOKING AXO CHflWIKG. Ifi. After fully forming the habit, a person will chew about two inches of light plug per day. For convenience we will say one foot per week, or fifty-two feet in a year, which will amount in fifty years to two thousand six hundred feet, or nearly half a mile. At present prices, this is worth two cents per inch, which gives the neat little sum of six hundretl and twenty-four dollars, which if deposited in the savings-bank instead of the tobacconist's till, would have given the chewer a fine farm, instead of eighteen or twenty bushels of useless quids. But suppose the man is a smoker, and indulges in cigars very motlerately, we will say only three per day, each four inches long, and costing two cents apiece. Each day he will consume a foot of tobacco, at an expense of six cents, or seven feet in a week, thirty per month, and three hundred and sixty- five feet per year, costing twenty-one dollars and ninety cents. In fifty years he will burn eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty feet, which would make a cigar three and a half miles long, costing one thousand and ninety-five dollars. Set upon end, it would be higher than Mont Blanc ! " Will a man rob God " of funds to waste on tobacco ? But the mere waste of money is not the only disaster result- ing from this habit ; thou.sands upon thousands of the most destructive fires, and many deaths have been caused by sparks from tobacco pipes. Mr. Braildely stated in his Report for 1860, that *' fifty-three of the fires of the English Metropolis had been traced to the carelessness of smokers in throwing away the burning ends of cigars." 16 THE SIN OP TOBACCO. Chapter V. "Thou Shalt not kill."— Exodus, xx. 13. It is admitted by the most competent authorities on medi- cine, that tobacco contains a strong, very strong poison ; much stronger than many people suppose, or liave any idea of. The " Quarterly Journal of Science" instructs us, that " Nicotine, the essential principle of tobacco, is so deadly an alkaloid, that what is contained in one cigar, if extracted and administered in a pure state, would cause a person's speedy death. Tobacco belongs to the narcotic and exciting substances which have no food value. Its stimulating adds no vital force, but al)stracts, or takes it away. It involves the rarcotic paralysis of a por- tion of the functions lohose activity is essential to health)/ life. Let it be clearly ntulei'stood that t/te temporary stimulus a'tid soothing power of tobacco are gained by destroying vital force ; and that the drug contains nothing of use to the tissues of a healthy life. Nor is the poison easily expelled from the system ; it remains sometimes years after persons have ceased to use the weed. Indeed, nicotine has been detected in the tissues of the lungs and liver after deatli." The following are some of the experiments made by Fontana : 1. " I made," says he, " a small incision in a pigeon's leg, and applied to it the oil of tobacco. In two minutes it lost the use of its foot. 2. I repeated this experiment on another pigeon, and the event was exactly the same. 3. I made a small wound in the pectoral muscles of a pigeon, and applied the oil to it. In three minutes the animal could no longer su})port itself on the left foot. 4. This experiment, repeated on another pigeon, resulted in the same way. 5. I introduced into the pectoral muscles of a pigeon a small bit of wood covered with this oil. The pigeon in a few seconds fell insensible. 6. Two other pigeons, to whose muscles I applied this oil, vomited several •! ^ I '" SMOKING AND CBBWIKO. 19 ^ "T |r times. 8. Two others with empty stomachs, treated in the same mode, made every effort to vomit." Put a victim of this habit into a hot bath ; let full and free l>ersi,iration arise ; then drop a fly into that water— and it dies at the nistant of contact. Cannibals wiJl not eat human flesh which contains the flavor of tobacco. Even the turkey-buzzards of Mexico refused the flesh of soldiers addicted to this indul- gence ! Kwmpfer ranks it with the strong vegetable poisons. A thread dipped into the oil of tobacco, and drawn through a wound made by a needle in an animal, killed it in the space of seven minutes. Rees' Cyclopedia says, a drop or two of the oil placed on the tongue of a cat, produces convulsions and death in the space of a minute. One drop suspended in an ounce and a half of mucilage, and thrown into the rectum of a do- pi-oduced violent symptoms, and a i-epetition of the experiment killetl him. A college of physicians has said that not less than twenty thousand in our own land annually die by the use of this poison. A German periodical says, that of twenty deaths of men be- tween the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, one-half originate m the waste of the constitution by smoking. The same period- ical says. Tobacco burns out the blood, the teeth, the eyes, the brains. Dr. Shaw names some eighty diseases, and says they may be attributed to tobacco. Governor Sullivan says, "My brother. General Sullivan, used snuff, and his snuff lodged him prematurely in his grave." The French poet, Santeuil, was killed by a little snuff being thrown into his wine-glaas, at the Prince of Conde's table. Bocarme, of Belgium, was m irdered in two minutes and a half, by a little nicotine, or alkali of tobacco. A very moderate quantity introduced into the system- even applying the moistened leaves over the stomach— has been known very suddenly to extinguish life. 18 TUB SIN OK TOUACOO. Dr. Twitcholl believed that siuUleii deatlis and tobacco, among men, were usually found together, and he sustained tluH opinion by an array of facts altogether conclusive. Says the Rev. George Trask, of the United States, " I can give the names of scores of men, who were found dead in their beds, or fell de.id in the sti-eets or elsewhere, who had betm the victims of this i)oison." Such is the rankness of the poison of tobacco, that even to slee}) with an inveterate smoker is very dangerous. The above (quoted authority gives a striking case in proof of this. " The young wife of a great smoker grew pale, lost her appetite, became affected with ))al[)itations of the heart ; trembling of the limbs, and a death-like sinking at the pit of the stomach ; her sleep was often interru])ted with darting pains and fiightful dreams, she became nervous with symptoms of hysteria. At lirst her physician was iniable to account fur this medley of distressing pains, but at length it occurred to hinf that they resembled the eti'ects of tobacco ; he communicated his sus})ic- ions to the husband, who immediately cast away the cigar, and had the satisfaction of seeing liis wife recover in a short time without the use of medicine." li" such are the pro]»e]'ties of tobacco, it is no wonder that it has destroyed many thousands of lives, and permanently in- jured the constitutions of an almost incrediljle number of smokere and chewers. To give an elaboi-ate description of all the manifold injuries the use of tobacco does to health, would be impossible in a work of this size, but we append the following, Avhich is the result of a long and careful investig- ation of medical statements on the subject in question : 1. Partial paralysis of the nerves distributed to the heai-t ; from this proceeds hurried and enfeebled action of that organ. This induces palpitations, and is frequently a chief cause of those organic derangements ending in fatal heart disease. That thousands of tobacco smokers have brought on a very serious state of nervousness by the use of the weed, themselves, with T SMOKING AND CHEWINO. 19 others, will frankly admit. How many of them we see scarce able to [mt the pipe in their mouths without trembling like a leaf ! That shaking of the hands shows t(io plainly what the much loved narcotic has done for them. In how many cases have sudden death resulted from the heart having been dis- eased by the j)ernicious habit. We give the following account of tobacco poisoning in New York, a.H communicated by a gentleman to a public journal. "The victim wsia exactly of my own years, and a companion from early boyhood. For tliirty years at least he had been a daily smoker of the choicest cigars, but in all his other habits temperate and regular, and of excellent constitution— one who of all men would have laughed at the suggestion that tobacco was killing him. A week ago last Sunday night he was stricken with the progressive paralysis characteristic of nicotine, and on Sunday night he died. His death was most pitiful. First sight was lost, then speech then motion of the neck, then motion of the arms, and so on throughout the body, and he lay for a week unable to move or make a sign, save a pitiful, tongueless, inarticulate sound, which some- times rose to almost frantic effort, all in vain to make known wliat he wished to say to the family and friends ; for his ccnisciousness and mental faculties were left unimpaired \mtil two hours of the last, to aggravate to the utmost the horror of his situation— a living soul in a dead body. The sense of hearing was loft unimpaired, so that he was conscious of all around him, while as incapable of com- munication with them as if dead, save by a slight sign of assent or dissent to a question. The doctors were fully agreed that tobacco was the sole cause of the stroke. " *' It is my business to point out to you all the various and insidu- ous causes of general paralysis, and smoking is one of them. / know of HO aiwjlc vice ivhichdoea no much harm as snwkiiuj. It is a snare and a delusion. It soothes the excited nervous system at the time, to render it more irritable and more feeble xdtiimtely. "—Mr. Solly, Surgeon of St. Thomas' Hospital. 2. Dizziness of the head, caused by irregular supjUy of arter- ial blood in the brain, is a common result Of the free use of tobacco. 20 THR BIN or TOBACCa 3. AmarouBia is also frequently induced by the use of tobacco. It in commonly confined to one eye. It is generally curable, but not always, by giving up the habit. J. W., a coach- builder, upwards of fifty years of age, had smoked for thirty years, generally two ounces of tobacco a week, when he be- came so blind as to be unable to work, or even walk through a crowded street. He applied to an eye disi>ensary, where the medical man who is considered a good oculist, told him tliat he laboured under amarousis, and prescribed accordingly. After following his treatment for some time, and finding him- self no better, he visited a neighboring city, and consulted another oculist, who instantly detected tobacco to be the cause of his blindness, as if the obnoxious stench of the weed had letl him at once to this conclusion. J. W. instantly threw aioay tobacco fur ever, visited a relative in the Highlands, where in a Hhort time his vision gradually returned, became clear, and enabled him to return to his business qtiite cured. A skilful English physician states that out of thirty-seven patients sufiering from loss of sight by i)araly8is of the optic nerve, twenty-three were inveterate smokers. 4. Increased vulnerabloness to disease. Dr.Willavd Parker, a great authority of New York city, says : " It is now many years since my attention was callei to the in- siduouB but positively destructive effects of tobacco on the human system. I have seen a great deal of its influence upon those who U80 it, and work in it. Cigar and snuff manufactiu-ers have come under my care in hospitals, and in private practice ; and such per- sons cannot recover soon and in a healthy manner from cases of injury or fever. They are more apt to die in epidemics, and more prone to apoplexy and paralysis. The same is true also of those who smokt or chew much." Another authority says : "As physician to a dispensary in St. Giles during sixteen years, I had extensive opportunities of observing the effects of tobuccu upon tiie health of a very large number of habitual Hnokers. The extraordinary fact is this : that ^leeches were killed inat^ntly by SMOKING AND OHBWING. 31 J the blood of the smokers, so suddenly that they dropped off dead immediately they were applied ; and that fleaa and bugs, whose bites on tho children were as thick as measles, rarely, if evei' at- tacked the smoking parent. It may be said, ' But why may not this poisonous effect upon leeelies, fleas, and bugs, be owing to gin, and not tobacco V The answer to this objection is that the Arabs and Bedouins, who drink neither wine nor strong drink, are pro- tected from the onslaught of the insects which '«warni in their tents, by poisoning their blood with tobacco, whilst the wine and spirit drinking Europeans are atliacked without mercy. " — Extract from an article by J. Pidduck, M. D., in the Lancet of the 15th of February, 1866. Says an English phyaician, " It is scarcely possible to heal a syphillitic sore, or to unite a fractured bone in a devoted smoker — his constitution seems to be in the same vitiated state as in one afflicted with scurvy." Mr. Fenn, of Suffolk, England, says " I have seen very mild attacks of typhoid fever rendered fatal from tlie excessive use of tobacco." Writes another, " During the prevalence of cholera, I have had re- peated opportunities of observing that individuals addicted to the use of tobacco, especially those who snuff it, ai*e more dis- posed to attacks of that disease, and generally in its most malignant and fatal form." Pure blood (which tobacco consuming renders impure) re- sists disease and repels contagion, we are told ; while poisoned blood falls an easy prey. The late Dr. Marahall Hall, once said : " The smoker cannot escape the poison of tobacco ; it gets into his blood, travels the whole round of his system, in terferes with the hearts action, and the general circulation, and affects every organ and fibre of the frame." Not only does the use of tobacco render its consumer more liable to disease, but its renunciation has in many cases been the cure of a disease — and dire ones too. The following letter written to the Rev. George Trask will show this. *' Dear Sir : I have in mind a young man, now about 25 years old, who was pronounced by his physician to be in a fixed consump- •8 THE BIN or TOBAOOO. tion. On calling to Bee hifii, I four*<1 his room filled with tobacco liiiD^i ,tf»«i he Hitting tip in hod snio^- 'm his pipe ; I told him that ' consuin|i*tive8,' ho regarded, had Homotimos been cured by drop- ping tobaoco, mid begged liim to try the experiment. " His young wife, by a mistaken sympathy, interfered, and said, * O ! T wish him to enjoy his pipe and every comfort as long as ho lives !' But I persisted, however, aiid pressed him more and more earnestly to do it. " A year or two passed away— he had moved out of town— and seeing a neighbor of his, I asked how my young friend was ? He told mo he was well, was at work at good wages, luul p fine little boy, and had perfectly recovered his health. En(juiring for the cure, he said tho ctire excited some interest ; being a slave to tobacco, or his i)ipe, he had given it up and ctmsumption with all its attendants had disappeared I" .'i. Physioal injury to the offspring of HinokerB. The following is a medical testiniony of no mean author- ity : " Tlie parent whose blood and secretions are satumted with tobacco, and wliose brains and nervous system are semi- narcotized by it, must transmit to his child elements of a dis- temjiered body and erratic mind ; a deranged condition of organic atoms, which elevates the animalism of the future beinc at the expense of the moral and intellectual nature." Again, " It could be shown that the effects of the sins of a heavy smoker upon ids offspring are such that any one who cared tv , straws for any one besides himself, should abhor tlie thought of inflicting an injury upon any living creature, much ^ess upon the offspring of his body begotten. And here h tlie law of hereditary transmission or pe^.ilty, (Exodus, xx. i,**,:' ; " visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the cliildreii, ij iLe third and fourtli generation of them tliat hate me." Thus innocent ones aro frequently made life-long sufferers by their drink ■'.jj, smoking, or licentious parents. And it is now come to he n; -o v.'jf^al;^ known (what is au answer to the auoloeies t. C7 of thos<^ \i - iudulg.. their grosser appetites on the gi'ound that such h.ujifcv. ;' /rou injure tlamselves) that pei-sons inheriting 8M0KINO AND OHEWINO. 23 «oosultH to offspring would ])e far more extensively manifest tlian now."— Rev. W. Quance. Excessive smoking has had no small share in tho oses her to infidelity, and exjxwtes himself to is^omy and shanie. If, however, he should have offspring, they generally either are cut off in infancy, or never reach the period of puberty. His 24 THB SIN OF TOBACCO. Wife 18 Often incapable of having a living child, or she suffere repeated miscarriages, o«ring to the impotence of her husband If he have children, they are generally stunted in growth, or deformed in 8hai>e ; are incapable of struggling through the diseases incidental to chUdi^n and die prematurely. "-Paper published by the British Anti-Tobacoojociety,^-— The following is an extract from a communication in the Laru^t, by Walter Tyrrell, M.RC.S. '' More especially would I direct attention to the depressing influence of tobacco on the sexual powers. I feel confident that one of the most common, as well aa one of the woi-st of Its effects is that of weakening, and, in extreme cases, of de«- stroymg the generative powers." Dr Cleland in his Treatise on the Properties, Chemical and Medical, of Tobacco, sta^ that " the circumstance which induced Amurath the Fourth to be so strict in punishing tobacco smokers, was the dread he entertained of the popula tion bemg diminished thereby, from the antiphrodisiac pro- perty which he supposed tobacco to possess." "How is it, then, that the Eastern nations have not, ere this, become exterminated by a practice which is almost univer- sa ? The reply is, that by early marriage before the habit is fully formed or its injurious effects decidedly developed, the evil to the offspring is prevented ; but in this country where smoking is commenced early, and marriage is contracted late m life, the evil is entailed in full force upon the offspring " '* Against this truth let it not be urged that tobacco users sometimes have comparatively healthy children. So do drunkards. But are they what they could have been, and would have been had the parent been exempt from all con- taminating vices. If there is any one act of criminality which nature stamps with especial abhoiTence and punishes with moi-e terrible and relentless severity than all others, it is that of the parent, wlio by marring his own organization, and vitiat- ing his own functions, bequeaths irremediable physical decrep- V KMOKlNd AND ('IIKWINd. 25 V ' titmle aiul ,no.a! degradation, for tl.o iul,o,ita.>.v of l,i« cluldion." 0. Hinders dif,^estion. Tl.o cons.n.ption of toLaceo IcmhIh to and does ,n nmny instances, d.^stroy tl,,. ,h\..stive oroan '■ Kverv medica n.an knows uell that ti.e saliva s.hlrh is' so coi-ionsry dramed otf hy the infanu.us quid an.l the sean.lalons, is the fir^t aiid greatest agent which natnre eniphns in n,n„..'nt result .8 an aggravation of the deiangen.ent co.n- 1. ained of, just as cathartics of r.rtr., .U; ,,fk only feed the n.alady Much for a few days they alleviate. Of course, the st-mmch and ..nvels re,p„re a little time in order to recover their proj^or sensi- bility, which tobacco has been for years destroying. I'.ut let nature have time and fair play, and she will come righra^ain u„- essthe mischief has becon.e .so serious as to assume an .'.udc fonn ; and then the sufferer will be better without tobacco Tha smoking cannot aid digestion is self-evident. Its ultimate eliect IS to destroy the healthy sensibility of the coats of the .totnach ar.d bowels. And that such a process as thi.s must be .ve,^nuW, ruinous ^o the health, who can do.dit.r-From - Confessions of an Old 26 TIIK SIN OF TOBACCO. Ill a letter to the Timp^ newspaper of London, P^nfiland, Sir B. Brodie says : "But tlie ill olTects of tobaeoo are not confined to the nervous system. Tn many instances there is a loss of healthy appetite for food, the imperfect state of ^he digestion l)eing soon rendered nianifest by the loss of flesh and the sallow countenance. It is difficult to say what other diseases may not follow tlie imperfect assimilation of food continued during a long period of time. So many causes are in operation in the human body which may tend, in a greater or loss degree, to the production of f)rganic changes in it, that it is only in some instances we can venture to pronounce as to the precise manner in which a disease that proves mortal has origniated. From cases, however, which have fallen under my observation, and from a consideration of all the circumstances, I cannot entertain a doubt that, if we c.uld obtain accurate statistics on the subject, we should (Ind that flw vahw of life in inreterafc .■oiiolyr.t is ,',„isl,lrmhly hrl,nr tlir <,,rm,i,'. Nor is this opinion in any degree contradicted by the fact that there are individuals who, in spite of the inhalation of tobacco smoke, live to be old, and with- out any material derangement of the health ; analogous exceptions to the general rule being met with in the case of those who have indulged too freely in the use of spirituous and fermented liquors." Dr. C'arlyon writes: "If tlie salivl^ tlio secretion of wliich it (tobacco) provokes, bo impregnated witli its essential oil, and so swallowed, the deleterious influence is oonimunicated dii-ectly with the stomacli ; or if, as more fi'equently liappens, it is ejected, then the l>]andest fiiiid of the human frame— that which as a, sol\-(>ut and diluent pcii'oi'ms an ofhce in digestion second- ary to the gastric juic(> itself —is los-t." After a cliewer has • Ix'come rooted and grounded in his liabit, lie will spit, on an average, twice in five minutes, and lialf a teaspoonful at a time, making twenty-four e.^^pectorations in an hoiu', or al)out two hundrestroys a most alarming amount of vital force ; anrmining their health. How many of them are pale and haggard at one-and-twenty ; their cheeks bony, their eyes sunken, their vigour gone, an.I their whole aspect cadaverous. It seems as if the dreadful savour of the charnal-house had already passed over them !" An almost incredil>le number of boys are "annually kM'd by tlie deadly poison of tobacco, while an equally large number ruin then- constitutions so effectually as to be of very little service to themselves or society. Dr. Biulget, in his treatise on tobacco states that m America "it isno uncommon circumstance to hear of inquests on the bodies of smokers, especially youths; the or- duiary verdict being, '"died from extreme tol>acco smoking.'" Dr. H. Y. Miller, of Syracuse, furnishes the f„liowi„.,- «\ French phy.sician investigated the effects of tobacco-smoking upou thirty-oight boys, between the ages of „i„e and fifteen, who were addicted to the liabit. The result was that twenty-seven presented marked symptoms of nicotine poisoning; twenty-tlirec manifested serious derangement of the intellectual faculties, .-..nd a .tron- an petite for alcoholic drinks; three had heart disease; eight dedded deterioration of blood ; twelve had frequent nose-bleeding ; ten diV tiirM sleep, and four ulceration of the mucous membrane of tlie 28 THE SIN OP TOBACCO. Tlie following are a few striking proofs of the disastrous ef- fects of tobacco upon youtli : In Roxl)ury, an Irish women, having heard that tobacco steeped in milk would act as a vermifuge, administered it to her own child, causing its death in less than an hour and a half. The Salem papers say, in so many words, that James BaiTy, twelve years old, was killed by smoking cigai-s. A litte child, in the town of L , picked up a quid and put it into its mouth, thinking it a raisin (a quid that the hired man had thrown upon the floor), and died of the poison during the day. A boy named West, residing in Swan.sey, picked up a piece of a cigar in the road, and putting it in a pipe, smoked it ; in consequence of which he was taken suddenly ill, fell into a state of insensibility, juid died in a few hours. Three young men formed a smoking club, and they all died within two years of the time they formed it. The doctor was asked what they died of. He said they were smoked to death. German physicians tell us that of the deaths in Germany of young men, from the age of eighteen to twenty-five, more than half are from tobacco ! Smoking Ijiirns up their flesh and l)lood ! An inquest was hehl on the body of a boy named Richard Edwardson, who it seems died under rather extraonlinary cir- cumstances. Deceased, sevente<'n years of age, a few months ago j)urchased half an omice of tol)acco. He chewed it, and swallowed some of tlie juice. Directly after he was seized witli tremor in his limbs : he fell into a lethargic sl('e]>, and remained quite unconscious. After the lai)se of a few /lays, he had a kind of tetanic s])asm and there was a rigidity al out the stomach which almost prevented his swallowing. He was much con- vulsed, and died after a few weeks illness. A post moi"tem ex- .iniin.atifin wa.'^ nia.de by a doctor, whicli showed that the body was somewhat emaciated. Nothing was found in the stomach except a quantity of dark matter. In reply to the coroner the SMOKING AND CHKWING. 29 'i doctor said the appeaiauco of tlie stomach and brain had led him to the concUisioii that death had resulted froju poison, and that poison was tobacco. Cases are reported in medical journals of babes being poisoned by sleeping in the same bed, or living in the same room, with fathers who used this i)oison in great quantities. The little daugliter of a tobacco merchant died in fiightful convulsions from having slej.t in achan)]>er wliere a great quan- tity of tobacco had been rasped. "On Sunday afternoon last.two children in this city indulgisd in blowing soai)-bubbles through an old tobacco-pipe. After two hours' anuisement of this kind they were seized with voin- iting ; acute inHannnation of the stomach supervened, and on Tuesday morning the boy died. The girl still contimies very low, but hopes are entertained of her ultimate recovery. The children were poisoned with the cnnential vU of tobacco received into the stomach. — Bauyor Whiy. In Switzerland, we are told "The governing council of Berne, some time ago enacted, that young men who are as yet uncon- firmed (contirmation is administexcd in Switzerland between the fifteenth and sixteenth yesir), are prohibitrd from using to- bacco." No wonder tluit they should have ijas«ed such a reso- lution. 8. It gives rise to debility and nausea. In whatever form it may be taken, a portion of the active principles of tobacco, mixed with the saliva, invarial)ly finds its way into the stom- ach, and disturl)s or inqiairs the functions of that organ. As long as men will persist in the habit, they nuist exi)ect to ex- perience, and that not seldom, that relaxation and weakening in the stomach, and that desire to vomit, which is so peculiar to sea-sickness, or whenever poison of a virulent strong kind has been taken. "And let every pious smoker who reads these pages look at the matter calmly and prayerfully in this light. Let him ask liimself whether the abominable nausea, wliich tobacco at first produces. 30 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. be not tliu most conclusivo ovideiico that the habit of sniokiiT' is at war witli Nature aiul will, (;od ? We do not need to echicato tlie infant to the nse of its mother's nulk. The school-boy who mun- ches his crust of bread and l)uttor experiences no iuconveuicnce fn.m his diet. The full-grown man nee.ls no seasoning to enable Jmn to digest good beef and mutton. Nature, when in a hL-althy atate, alwayi receives, after u kindly and contented fashion, the fo(.d which God intended for its nourishment. It never rebels against divine ordinances in the matter of food ; but the tremend- ous uproar which it raises in every part of the human system, when tobacco IS lirst used, is satisfactory evidence that God nevc^r meant lis to smoke. I'he pain wliicli the weed at first inflicts is Jehovah's warning voiee, saying, 'Taste not, touch not, handle not!' "And can a Chrisfian man, or an;/ man, in fact, refuse to liear that warning Aoice wUhmit dn^ I answer most respectfully and yet niost lirmly, No ! There, is no denying the fact, that this is nmdii the c.rp,nvnre nf avr// .wokcr, no matter at what period of Me he may begin. J!ut ought not this one fact to ,dflc the .pies- tion, whether the use of tobacco be lawful or not/"- From "Con- fessions of an Old Smoker." William Parker, M. I )., a]«o sayy : "I do not place my iudivi.huil self in opposition to tobacco, but .sci.nice, in th(! form of physio- logy and hygiene, i,s opposed to it, and science is the expr(;ssion of ( }od's will in tlie go\eniment of his work in the universe." Do you say, "It never made uie sick— I lo\ed it from the Jirst^ Tlu-n you exhibit the dreadful fact, tliat this accursed appetite may bo entailed hy the jyarent upon the child. 9. It is hurtful to the teeth. "The common belief," says Dr. John U Wa.ren, "that tobacco is beneficial to tlie teeth, is, I apprehend, entirely erroneous. On the contrary, bv pois'ouin.r and relaxing the vessels of the gums, it may inipair^the healthy condition of the vessels belonging to the nienibraiu.s of the socket, with the condition of which the state of the tooth is closely connected. " The young smoker may smile at the mention of such an in- jury as this, but let him remember that the teeth are too pre- I IH. ., y HMOKINO AM) ("HKWIXU. :51 ciouH a means of ji't'SHrving the boily in lifalili to Ijf I'litlilcsisly HatTiHf(!(l. That tli(i sinolsing of l(.l);u-co hlarkt-iiis ami ulti- iiiatcly destroys tlic tcotli of its (hsvotcc, tlioiiviands of living wit- nesses ean testify from sad expericin-e. Says a good authority — an ohl smoker hut eouxcrted from tlie error of his ways : " [ liave known thoioughly hard smokers wlio, at foi'ty years of age, have seareeiy had a sound tooth h-ft ni their h"ads. T.ut this generally hi'ings with it other ailiuenls. Imperfect masti- cation is sur<' to produce indigestion , lienceyou commonly lind that tliose who have destroyed their tei^th hy smoking are terribly dyspeptic. Fre(|uently, too, you tind them martyrs to toothache, tic(h)lour(mx, or neuralgia. Let no one who wishes to escape dy,si)epsia and its horrors throw away his teeth by t>he use of tobacco." Rev. (Jr. Trask writes : "'J'oljacco acts disastrously on the gums. Its i)oisonous touch deadens the %itality, and causes the flesh to recede from the roots, leaving them Ijare. It often acts disastrously on the enamel of the teeth, by perforating and blackening it ; and the victim, instead of presenting UHb rows of handsome grinders, presents you with*a mouth which reminds you of a s<^pulchre full offload' men's bones." The follo\vmg~i5— artestimony from a clergyman a hundred years old and more. "In early life I conmienced the practice of chewing tobacco, because I wa« told that it would preserve my t(\!th, and prevent their aching. The aching was prevent- ed; l)at it early destroyed as fine a set of teeth as was ever set in a man's head." 10. Injury to the mental powers. It is a common notion among certain classes that the use of tobacco is a great help to the inventive and imaginative faculty. Let all those who hold this opinion read the following " Confessions of an Old Smoker." " The effofits of tobacco upon the brain are iusome measure anal ogoiis to those produced by opium, only the mischief is of a milder form. It is not, however, the loss real. At first the»e is a feeling of pleasurable e.xcitement, which, for •' experience l.as inove.l tu l,e evil, and only evil. For the l.rain s icn.le,.e.l all the nn-.e feeble an.l a.uU.etu. /. It. ,...rr..l sin,, l.y the tnni,un,r., exeiten.ent pnulnee-l l.y t,.l,..,,ee.,. I "fonn.l a pipe or two veryhelpfnl for any great orturt-very stiuu.latini,' while the -nne ,aU, etreet of the wce.l .as felt; ,.,.t 1 was con:eionH tlj uuit. 1 eHort than ever. And it has l.eeon.c .lear to n.e that in ;^ ' /. J he n.an win, sn.okes will do, U, /A. ,,„,,, ],., i„t,„,,t. ex r^^^^^^^^^^^^ /" ? '"'"'"''^ "" *'''^ ^'"^ "^*''^' M'-tion, beeansu txpcuencu has .len.onstrated the truth of what I aftirn.. It is a wi .7 . • ^•'^'''"••y '« this proved l.y the sin.ple fact that, lony heiu their p.pe, and their brain will refuHo it., ofKce; their uentHl faculties will be ,. cloudy as the .sn.oke in which thJy lov^ .' h..vur.ate and tliey will soon lay down the pen in despair ! They .us W the.r pipes to .n,,.l„u. the brain ! They n.ust snioko ntil he deadly and unnatural narcotic has done If. work and U... they can do iU.lr.! This is no caricature, but a true pi^r^ bi.un IS becoming more and more enfeebled, an.l its ordinary stan- <^d of Hctivty diminished by every repetiUon of the t.::^.^y .reH tnrr" r 7^«*''"-^«-*-'^k by ob.se.-ving how oken the icd.ctions of n,edical n.en were fulfilled in cases in which they ud .arned mveterate smokers of the n.ischiefs that woul.l ensue r ott! ;""'" l'^""'"^*;-'*^^^' ^'I'l '-<' i»«nn ; that others were^ the ^^i:lr^T ^r*"""^' ^'^^ ^^^^^^^^^ that «.,». became conhuued hypochondriacs; while many sank .nuler that baneful h:r^;.v^^'r ''' t^ i-""'-'^^— i^-ts for .. 1.^;;; then daj 8 . Tobacco lias done all this in the cise of several Chris- tians, and ministers of the gospel. It luu, destroyed many a brain ajul maMy an intellect tliat has been devoted I the st'i v eIuc.dat.on of eternal truth. It was the/»^e idea that 1 .shol^d be able to get through more mental work in my lifetime, if 1 s.noked w t f5 SMOKING AND niKWfNCi, X\ O tliHtlo.l 1.10 to ,lov..te inyHulf to Hu, p.actico; ImH il u^^ a -Uhm, couv.ctK.M, slowly an.l most .inwilli„,^'!y fonncl, tl.ut l.y si.H.kin- 1 was enfool.iing my rouso.., an-l .s:,i,,,iu- tho onoi^'ios of all inv mental faculties, which oveiitually oompullcl me to al.an.lon that iiahit. Hc.n. iH uMother strikiujr t,..sti.m,iiy (o (]„. Lniirr,,! Hli-cf.s „f tobiicco upon the mental powers: '"Hm pupils of the Poly teehuif .School in Paris have .■ecvnlly lunushed some euHous statistics l.eaiiu,^ on tobacco. Divi.iin".^ th(5 young -mitlemen of that colieo,. into two ir.'oups, the smokers and the non-smokeis, it is shown tJiat the smokers Imve proved themselves iu the various .-ou.petitive examina- tions far inf.u-ior to tho others. Not only in the examiuations on entering tlie school are the smokers in a h.wer rank, la.t in various ordeals they have to pass thron-h .luring the vear, tho average rank of tlu. smok-^is had constantlv fallen, ;,nd not in- considerably ; while the m..„ who did not smoke enjoyed a cerebral atnio.sphere ofih. .lea.vst kind."— Z>,rA//M Mr,/i.ud I'rean. At other .schools and .-..llegc-s of France the nun suiok^U's have ncpdtted themselves at the examinations far better than those who used tobacco-- -th.y wc-re healthier, closer stmhmts and conse.pu.ntly b.,ttcp scholars. Smoking was therefore pro- hibited III all |ml)lic .seminaries in Fran.-e. William Parker, M. 1)., of New V.>rk, ,savs of t..bacco "It It ruinous m our .schools and colh..g.«, where ,t ./,var/; huJu and I mud." Loss of memory takes place in an extraordinarv .h.gree in the smoker, much more so than in the .Irunkard, evhiently from tol)acco acting more on the brain than alcoh.d. A health journal \\ itii tliu iiso of tohiu'cu in liny t'onii, ■And aftor six years of iilistinonco, v vitos as foiln\v«: 'It was for us tliu ciuunioutnifnt of u vuritalilo rosurrootion of Ifualth, mind iwid munntry; oui- idoas have bfoomu more luuid, oiu- pun •luickcr, and wu Iiavo soon gradually rotm-n that army of words whioh hud run away. Our momory, in a word, has lo.-ovorod all its riolios, iili its sonsihility. ' '' Dr. Kush statos that tlio father of Massilac lost hi, momoiy u' tho ago of forty-livo, tiirougii tho oxcossivo nso of snull'. Dr. Cullon citos Hovoral instancos in which toliacco induoos lo-sa of momory, fatuity, and othor symi»toms of a woakonod or pronnituroly sonilo stalPt of niiud. 11. It oroiitc.s a tliinKt or jtasU; for stron;,' drink. TJiis ollboL is inKjMcstionabJy very grt^iit, and cxooodin^dy conmiou. ]f tho t('stinK)ny of sunuj tohacoo users and niodieal nion are of iiny V weight, one of tJm nio.st radical methods of keeping; I'lo vonn<' fi-oni being led to inteniperatt,' drinking is to deny tlieni tobacco. • A British physician states that ho examined the bieath of thirty boys, between tlie age of nine and fifteen, wlio were .smokers. In 22 of these cases lie found various disorders of u Bcriou.s nature, and moi'o or loss murh'd tatraiuly, \vlii,skuy, or Homo otliur .spirit, is cuIUmI fur. Dr. Won.hvdi.l Hiiys: "I havo sni.i.oau.l cliut t.-Lacou «iis tl.o iiinst ready and coiumou stopping-ston-* to tlut use of spirituous liquors wlucli loads to intoiupuranco. ' " In tlio hal.it ..f smoking," aay.s D,, ]\r(.//.cy, "thuru is m. small dai.gur, It prodnoos a huskii.oss of tho moiith wliid. calls for somu li'pu.l ; l.oiico tho kiudrod huluts of siiiokiiig uiid chowiug." Kov. a. Trask asks tho following purtinoiit . " Tell us how i* is that dnim-shops and tobaceo-slioiis are gener- ally identical, or one and the saiuo >. is this fortuitous] ; is this acuidontal ! "Toll us how it is that a dram shoi, has u dialect of its (.wn ; How is it that poor drivolliug wretches, amidst smoko, saliva, and toddy, say, as is proverbial, ' 1 love to smoke, becaiise it makes uie love t(> drink, and I lovo to drink, because it makes mo love to smoke,' and so on in endless slang t " Tell us how it is that our men of science, o r reliable i)liysi- cians, Muzzey, Woodward, Alcot, Agnew, Twituhell, and Warren, lirodie, and a host in Europe, hold it to bo a physiological dootnno that one artilicial appetite gonoratos another, and that tobacco, by wasting saliva, parching tho throat, and inflaming the chest, creates thirst for strong drink, and paves tho way t(j downright drunken- llOSS I "Tell us how it is that a drunkard who merely dro].s his cups but holds on upon his tobacco, has cravings for li(juor woll-nigh irrepressible ; whilst, on the other hand, if he stops his tobac^'.j such cravings are v, out to die away I Talk with any poor fellow you see, who has actually passed this ordeal, and ho will verify this statement. 36 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. "Toll us how it is tlmt tho vutftiiuH of tobacco havti poriodicftl HuuHons of tloiiiusMioii and 'goiiouoss,' and tliat ninltitudoH, hy con- fcHsiou, resort to tho bottle is an antidote / "Said a distinguisliod man, onco tho ciiiuf uiagistratu of tiiin nation, 'Tohacco nnnorvos niu at tinK;.,-loavoH mc in oxtroiuo hwsi- tmlo— and nothing rai.soa nio so otlbctually as whiakoy and hrandy.' ThiH gontlunianly I'rosidont wua latoly coniniittod to tho grave." 12. Cowiinlico. Eniiaont i.hy,sicians say that i)aticMt.s ad- dicted to tol)acco-«niokiug an; in !si)irit cosvurdly, and (h'licicnt in inanly fortitude, to undergo any suryical operation, liowever trilling, proi)o,Sf-d to relieve tlieni from the .sulferiiig of other complaints. It i.s well known (hut tli.- Turks in their nreiit wars have not displayed as much courage as tln^ did in the days of the Sultan's Othman, Urchan, Aniurath th(; First, and Bajazet. ll(>nce many potentates l.oth in Europe and Asia liave forbidden their soldiers the use of tobacco. " It is stated tlmt the Sikhs, now named the Puujabees, never smoke tobacco, it being contrary to their religion. I umy ask are there any soldiers in India e.puU to th.. Sikhs? At (Jhillian wallah, at Moodkee, at Ferozshah, at Aliven, ut Moeltan, at Sobraon, no sokliy;:4)^beliaved better." In Dr. William Henderson's work on "Plain Kules for Im- l.roving Health," second edition, the following case is given: "One gentleman from having been one of the most healthy and feurle^s men, became one of the mo.st timid. He could not present a i)etition, mudi less say a word concerning it, though ho was a practising lawyer. He M'as afraid to be left alone at night '" All through the use of tobacco. 13. Convulsions and Palsy. An intoxicated soldier swallow- ed his saliva impregnated with tobacco, awoke in strong con- vulsions, and nearly became insane. Thousands of tobacco devotees have had a similar experience. ^ That very sad disease known as palsy, is oiu; of the elfects of the excessive use of tobacco. We have known three cases of palsy caused ilirectly by the use of tobacco i KMOKINO AND ClIKWINU. 37 14. Ei)il<4)sy. 1'Jii.s is uiK.ihcr .'HK-t of the ii.s»' of toLiuro. A Kou of Mr. F., tlu! iig,. of if., was t.ik.Mi houu" from oiio of thu public Hcliools oil account of liaviiiK had Hc^vcral attacks of i'j'il..|.sy. Aft«.r a few iiioutlis, it was discox vrcd during onii of liis attacks, tl.at he iiad tobacco in liis i„oiith. directions were giv..u fur reguhiting las diet, and h». was advised to on.it the uso of tobacco. Whilst lie abstain*!.! from the us<- of it, he was freo from any epih^.tic attack. The attack, however, fnv (luently returned, and on every occasion of the kind, tol>acco was found (uther in his mouth or pocket. The adnninstration of medicine was finally given up as unavailing, and after drag- ging out ten years of a life useless to his friends, and to him- nelf, he died. Anoth<-r similar case occurred at Troy, N. York, with this exception, the victim after liaving been struck witli epilepsy through th.^ use of tobacco, became an idiot, and died. 15. Delirium Tvemen.s. Dr. Abraham I). S,.oor, of X. V., a learne.1 an.l distingiusl„.d physician, gives us to uiulerstai'id that "he is prepared to show that the horribl.. disease, '(h'lirium TremenH," has been ascribed to a wrong s.nirce, alcohol instead of tobacco. "According to the books, the doctor says, prior to the u«e of to])acco, Delirium 'I'remens was unheard of and unknown." We applaud a f.!w facts. S.piire Mctlill of Covington Ky died recently of delirium tremens, from the excessive use of tobacco and cortee. Squire McOiU was a -Ustinguished lawyer, a professor of religion, active in the cause of benevolence, and Jiighly respected. - An eminent physican states that thiee cases of delirium tremens induced by tobacco smoking alone came under his care in a very brief periotl of time. The Rev. Ueorge Trask gives the following striking case. ''A muchanic in one of our manufacturing cities, who liad risen to distinction m a toniponmco lodge, was subject to delirium tmuens by the use of tubacco. The developments, one and all, ot tins dreadful disease, wore manifeat iu his case. His uight 38 THE SIX OF TUUACCO. .sluml.crs were oftcu nuicli distiii-l.ca. .Sumetiiuu.-i liistjutii-u fmuily wnuia 1m; „mn!i.(.!u..a to liis l.uclsidc, Ht (leud of night, to wit.no,ss liLs !i-oiiio!, iiiid, ;w tliuy uftoii supposed, to see liiiu die I He liad hon-iblc \vritliiiig-strai!;7o,' said tlic maniac. ' Do you l)elong to the Sons of Temperance !' ' Yes,' w.h tlie reply. ' J supi)osed you did,' said the dt)ctor ; ' you use tol.accc.. This is a tobacco lit— thia is deliri- um tremens. You may die in the ne.xt one. Drop tobacco, or tobacco will drop you.' I'he former worthy patriarcli dropped to- bacco, and has not luul delirium tremens since." 16. Niuiralgia. Strange as \t may sconi to .sonu', tlu- use of tobacco has froquciutly brought on tliis di.stress.singpain. Dr. i'l. Johnson, of England, m.'utions an inveterate case of neur- algia in the heel, caused by chewing. Dr. AVood of Philadel- plua, enumerates tobacco among the causes of thi.s disease. 17. I)ysi.ej)sia. This is another common cH'ect of the weed. Again an.d again, do wo hear of men teiribly allected with this disease, owing to their indulgence in tobacco. .Subjoined is a sad statement from the pen of ]^vev. G. Trask. " Among our pa.ssengers was a tall y.mng man of iine appearance, but somewhat delic.ie, not to say sickly. He passed into the second-class car, lighted his cigar, and began to smoko. Here I said to myseir, is an oi)portunity to do some good to a person to whom great good needs to be dune. Approaching him in a respect- tulnnmner, I said-" I believe, sir, we are strangers to each other, and as this niterview may be our oidy <.ne, will vou allow n.e as a medical man to give you a word ..f advice /" Looking at me with a httle apparent surprise, he said, "Certainly 1 will." " Well, then, my dear sir, let me say that I discover in yoiu' counleiiance, and in your whole appearance, that, ye-ng as you ai-e, your constitution is already begiuaiug to sulfer from some bad o: A: b .SM()KIX(; AND CHEWIXO. 3<» clc- i'lllmMice. Jt may bo tlio use of tol.ucco, ov it may he ».,.nfthinir clat). I'l'iiy, wliat is your Gnipliiyiueiit r' "1 am a lawyer, sir; Imt law has ii..t hurt me. i am killui- myself with t()l)acc(), ami 1 know it." " How lout^- have yon smoked tobacco r "1 have never smoke.l veiy much till of late ; but I have chewed the article ever since I was sixteen years old."' " How old are you now, sir >." "Tliir(,y -three.'' He had, conse.juuutly, chewed the weed ab-mt seventeen years. He told me that he had never been sick with fever, but had had a great deal of ill-health. "It is well," said 1, "that you have escaped severe .lisease i^ciuirin- medical attention, for yoti would prob.ably have been a greater .sutterer on jiccount of the use of t.^bacco Not only will disease be more dangerous at the begin- nuig, but mo.e diiHcult to manage." On further iiKjuiry, I found he was suffering fn.m dyspepsia. ills hver w;is ^omewJiat atfecied, as well as the whole alimentarv canal. ■ How much tobacco do you chew in a year f' I asked. 1 1 use a pound of the best paper tobacco a week." ' Fifty-two pounds a year, then !" ' Yes, (piite as much as that. " ■ Then you expend twenty-six d..llars a year for tobacco, and liave done so for seventeen years. Do I understand you eorrectlvr' "Certainly you do." " This is quite a heavy tax on your purse I ' "I know it is. I would give live hundred dollars to be freed from the vile habit,' " Why, then, do yn\\ not leave it oil' ;" " I cannot do it. I must die a miserable slave." " You ought to last liftyyears. You inherited agood constitution " "One of the best." "Are you willing to dwindle away, and perish at lifly, when you might as well live on to eighty or ninety >." When the cars stoi'pcd I obtained a promise tliat he would make one more eflort to reform, but T had little hope he would keei> it Men have done such tilings at lify and sixty years of age, and ha\e beou luado young again ; but they are rare instances." (1 10 THE SIN OP TOBACCO. 18. Apoplexy. This disease is also a common effect of tlie iell narcotic. In the Dictlvnuaire des Sciences Medicaks for 18.1, two l)rothers are said to have .smoked until they died of apoplexy— the one after smoking seventeen pipes, the other I'ighttMMi pipes In that estimable work of John Lizars, M.D., on Tobacco, there is gneii a sad case, of apoplexy, resulting from the use of tobacco. Dr. Cheyne, in .speaking of snuffing, .says, "1 am con- vinced apoplexy i« one of the evils in the train of that disgust- ing practice." Dr. Hosac attributes the alarming frequency of ai>oplexy to the use of tobacco. 19. Iu.sanity. Dreadful as this disease is, natural as it seems tor man with his noble powers of mind to shun every thing that can produce such an (effect, it is nevertheless an incontro- vertible fact that thousands of the liumanrace become perfectly insane through the use of the foul weed. Ministers, teachens, lawyers, doctors, and men of every profession have lost their reason -and in many cases never regained it— by taking tobacco {.Olson into their .systems. A certain eminent clergyman had to be shut up in an insane a.sylum for twenty years through the use of tobacco. Another minister died insane through tobacco. Miss Dix, the distinguished Philanthropist, refers to fight cases of insanity produced by the use of tobacco in one asylum m the State of iVIas.sacliusetts. Dr. Kirkbride, in his report of the PeiiiLsylvania Hospital tor the Insane for 184ct of tobacco. In his work on Tobacco, John Lizars, M. D., cites six cases of ulceration of the tongue, two of which ended fatally. He f \ I d b SMOKIXti AND CUKWl.NU. 41 also mentiou,s two ca,sc.,s of caucr of tlu- tongue, f.-om tl.e Han.e ause, and .ays, "Ho. u.auy nano.v osca,.: of luu iug cZ': tl„3 tongue n.u«t .nory sn.okc-r J.avo ].af the tongue, a skdf U A banker in PJdladelphia, died of starsation. Jle was an "jveterate .,noker. This halnt resulted in inq.regnating the gands beneath the tongue, which ternunated i^ canc:rrus u cera H.ns. Infhunn.ation supervened; the roots of the tongue d rt^' " n " *'"^^' «y..pathi.ed with then, until it :as d Acult to swallow or spittle, i, is only nourislnnent for weeks y a months, was of a liquid character ; even that, at last, coulci not be .eceived, and death fron> starvation an,l su location final- ly dosed the sceju, the ^■ictin. being otherwise in perfect health. Ihe Medu-al /ane. and Gazette for October 6th, mo ..ives an^count o 127 cases of cancers of the lip whid. bavL C cut out, nearly all of which occurred with smokers " the etrt" 77;^"*"^^^'-' J-« -t-^% mouldered away fron. the ertects of tobacco sn.oking. It is further known that a rt J H ?'" "'""'"^^ ^' ^'^ '^'"^"^ -^^ «-<^ *^- Pl- ease to another by persuading hin. to use his pipe. We have now briefly sketdxecl son.e of the n,any and dread- ful nyuries tlie conunon use of tobacco does to health ; aiul in view of these pernidous effects, is it any wonder that King Jan-es I. of England ui 1619, should have d.aracterized toi:..,.o as loathsoine to tiie eye, hurtful to the nose, harmful to thebmin" a|u»gj,rous to the lungs, an,l the stinking fun.es thereoi^ ..sem: l.le the horrible stygian of the pit that is bottomless?" 42 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. But Avlijit is the fair and %/rf(/, a« well as Scriptural, con- clusion the al)Ove investigation leads to? Clearly this : As life and all the good things that we enjoy are thc^ gifts of (lod, giv(;n to us not to tiitle with, but to use for the good of our kind, anil tlie glory of our Creator, it tlu;refore follows that if the coniuiou use of tobacco dijuinishes appetite, blood, muscle, health and strength, as stated above, it must inevitably abridge life, and if so, the haljit amounts to suicide in the constructive sense ; hence it is a violation of the sixth commandment, which says, "thou shalt not kill," and hence a aiu. Hays a high authority, "Every man who knowingly brings ui)ou liiinself disease or death, Jjy tobacco, is a suicide , and drunkards and suicides cannot enter the kingdom of heaven." V Chaptek VI. "Wliatsoevor yo would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." -Matthew, vii. 12. "Should all other arguments fail to produce a reformation in the conduct of tobacco consumers, there is one which is ad- dressed to good breeding and benevolence, wliich, for the sake of politeness and humanity, should prevail. Consider how dis- agieeable your custom is to those who do not follow it, an at- mosi)here of tobacco effluvia surrounds you wherever you go. Every article about you smell of it; your apartments, your clothes, and even your breath. Nor is there a smell in nature more disagreeable than that of stale tobacco arising in various exhalations from the human body, rendered still more offensive by i)assiug through the pores, and becoming strangly impreg- nated with the noxious matter which was before insensibly perspired." *'^"''*"'--*5*'W»*WM>tt!«M»Mi»«i!«a«l iftnrul, con- t w'c enjoy it to UHo for it tluiroforo -^s appetite, vv,, it must > to suicide f tlie sixth ud hence a igly brings icide , and lieaven." 1 even so to jforniation hich is ad- ir the sake iv how dis- r it, an at- Br you go. ants, your in nature fn various i offensive iy ini2)reg- insensibly 8JI0KIX(J AND ClIKWINU. 43 ^ Son.e of the most disagreeable things r,-l„tiNc to the practice against wfncli ] Imve been writing, are still bchhid the curtain and .lesignedly detained there: and it is f/u're alom who... I wish every persevering smoker tu seek tor a certain vc..sel named the sjnlturj dish, which, to the abuse of all -ood brec,hng, and the insult of all delicate feeling, is fre,,uentlv in- troduced into public company. May they .nd tluir iumlc- nients, while engaged in this abominable work, be ever kept uKt uj mjht."~Tdv. A. (,'larkc. ■ " The annoyance ami insidt to which railv av tnuellers ami others are fre.piently s.ibjected, shows that the aciuirement has not mended their manne.'s. The verv presence of heavy s.Hokers m a crowded and heated assemblv, with nature at work to expel the nicotine from their insulted bo.lies, makes tJie whole company suffer from the loathsome nuisance. |Sn.okers are (most of them) selfish and disagreeable, they have but httle regard for the comfort of others. Thev ha^•e only to remember their own unpleasant feelings when learnin- to s.noke, to be convinced how disgusting the weed is to those who do not use it; yet the average smoker will puff his abomin- able mnes under your very nos,., with an air of indifference as ^sublime as if he were diffusing the aroma of roses." The unseemly pipe and cigar, the sucking and puffing, the sefish insolence of the smoker in forcing the poisonous smoke, after having been in Ins dirty mouth and diseased lungs, into the clothes, food and drink, into the apartments, faces, mouths and lungs of clean persons, ladies and children especially, may be fashionable, but, to say the least, it is not in harmony with the golden rule thus to insult society. Why are these sicken- ing presentations Mewed with so little manifestation of disgust even by the refined? Mostly because we are used to them- they are popular and fashionable, " Vioe is a monster of so frightful laieii, Uiat to be hated needs but to be seen ; tint seen too oft familiar with lier faoci, n e hrst endu-'e, then pity, then embrace. ' u THE SIN OF TOBACCO. Wliy ure not tlicsu iineli'uii perHoiis i>iit asitlo from Hociuty i'ov tlic same leu.soii tliut cleiul animiil.s aiv mnovocl from tlio biile-walks in our citicS / InsUiad of tobat-co-using tending to make one more socialjle, it operates just in the other way ; ^'It i,, on the ic/,ole, an cho>4 to [luml fdlomklp-:' for, in the iir.st phice, it is a ph^asure tluit the husl.Hnd rigi« well as tlieir Inisbands ? In all resi)ectable society, ]iowe\er, smoking hy women is eonsidered an indecency. But, we conteni. Besides our every day ex- perience shows us that the pipe dioides instead of tmitiny society. In company the smoker is an abomination, who must be turned into a xep^nde room. He must seek a -etreat in in some obscure nook, where his nauseous fumes will not ottend the nostrils of the other members of the party. And when he iiom socioty eel froni tlie oi'o sociable, de, an cucihij ihitisiu'u tliat ninter louidd lit if it bo ii e so for til 13 Iforing than ju (?) of tlio ble society, Biicy, But, oking to be liom he has bit: What kVliy shoiikl or creature, r as "low," res2toct the ivliicli lidel- 1 of ii\oiiey king men, t could be comforts of it is there i wife and • comfort; i-y day ex- )f uniting who must retreat in not offend I when he BMOKINO AND CHEWING. 45 r returns from his banishment to the general circle, the stench that he bru.gs with hi.n makes many keep at a distance from him. And yet, if he were compelled to ].as« a whole afternoon and evening withovt a pipe or would b,> moody and restless, and one would be scarcely able to get a civil answer from him ! Wherever we go we are remin.led that smokin-r is the foe of good fellowship. In places of public .musemnit how often does the announcement "No smoking allowed"' meet the eye. On some railways they provide cars for the principal trains, into which the smokers may l)e turned as sheep into a pen, and such cars ai'e accordinglv labell.'d " For smokers"! Thus every where the poor snroker goes about, Cain- hke, with the brand of "a pest to society" written on liis brow."— From "Confessions of an Old Hnioker." ClIAPTEU VTT. "Thou Shalt have no other gods before mc."- Exodus xx. .*?. ^ The pipe in the greatest number of cases becomes a god. Says a certain writer in the Primitive Mef/wdl.stHonuHimo a-o- "I was convinced/../, that I worshipped an i.lol ; second, that It was the most worthless of all gods, being nothing but smok<- '" "When many of the tobac consumers get into troulde, or under any cross or afHiction, instead of looking to God for sui,- port, the pipe or the twist is applied to with quadruple earnest- ness; HO that four times, I might say, in some cases, ten times the usual (luantity is con.sumed on such occasions. What a comfort is the weed in time of sorrow I What a support in time of trouble ! In a word what a god !"— Dr. A. Clarke A friend in writing to the Eev. Mr. Trask, states the follow- ing : "For over thirty years, an old gentleman of St. Albans, Vt., has made a practice of getting out of b(>d every nicrht at 4fi THE SIN OP TOBACCO ••Icvni, twelve, two, and four o'.Ioek to eujoy a comfortahle smoke. Few worship tl.eir (Jo.l nicrht and .lay. W(, are com- n.an.led to 'pray without ceasin^r," |,„t this ol.l tol.aoco saint has misinterpreted th,. eon.nmiul, and smokes witliout ceasin- Vjhat a reproof to those who profess to worsliip the true (io.T iius poor soul, in order to tinish his course with joy, sacriHees •sloep. It ,s his n.eat iind drink to ohey tJie eouin,anipo. Another feature -he does it in succession, needs not a 'revival' to cpiicken his energies. He obeys one conunand, he 1ms no other god hut this ; Ik- has no intercessor between him and his god, as they are on good terms. In all prohahility he will nev,.r forsake his god, or his go.l Ibrsake hin.. He oilers incense to this god night an.l day." Ts not this i.lolitary] But are there not thousands upon thousands who are guilty" of the same sm I It is computed th.t about three hundred millions wo,.s]np this filthy idol. Appalling liu-t ! May a merciful bod open their (>ves. Chapter VIII. "Let your light so shiiu before uum that tlioy may ..ce your noo,l «'or^-,, and glonfy your Father which is in lK.ave«."-Jesus. That the example of tobacco smoking and chewing is a mo.st pernicious one but very few will be found to deny.' A j.rison investigation once shewed that out of seven hundred male con- victs then there, six hundred were comn.itted from crime done under the nifluence of liquor; that five hundred of that six hundred testified tobacco s.uoking was the beginning of their nitemperance. This fact alone shows what a fearful responsi- bility there is in a smoker's example; yet it is a sad truth that this Idle, useless habit, has in the majority of ca,ses b.^en conied ii^^m the example of son.o adult who was, perhaps, a profes.sor of religion. ■X.v»K'k'4Pa.-^j^^<.-i Hittti^. ,'. Jv-kVWKB-Vi. SMOKINd AND OIIKWING. 47 1 Phe acknowlo,l^re,I hunef.Uaiess of the wee.l by even .le^„tees of tohaceo tlienKselve.s, is a.l.litional proof that their oxa.n„lo c-'.nnot l.u( l,e an evil one; an.l, nmreover, they wonM feel .n inioimneHx ni learninn; their sons to smoke "Who would not he shocked to learn that all the little ch.ldren u, the land, from five to ten years old, had connnen.-e.! smokuig c.ga,.s, chewing, etc., in perfect inntation of their ohler people I S.ippose our mothers, wives, sisters an/. in the n.atter, l" may jnention that a few Sundays ago, on speaking seriously to I halt-clad lad belonging to our seliool, on the folly of this prac- fS Til 10 SIX or TOUACCO. ti'n.,st not eat nor .Irink, nor do an^aiu,, that will not be for the gIo,y of ( od. In short it nu.st be the one ruling n.otive of Ins hie to please Ins Lord. How clearly and strongly is the common u.se of the .veed conden.ned by tins rule I Is a dru. so deleteruars in its effects upon the hunran frame, so injurio,: o n.rns soul, and the coadjutor of drunkenness, conducive tl> Mh. g ory of Cod, as it is commonly taken? Who will dare Hay that the putting and blowing, the spitting and chewin. of «/ 1- .\ ^ TIIK fiix OK TOBACCO. ,f, tobacco users, towtlua- witli tlm <;„,« v * ^™.t,,, ,,,..,,:,,,„,,,.:!,:;;;: r;,t;:;;;;':^„:r:t:'; Hat t. „.e„ .lev„U,, wl,,, ,.„,. tl„. I,„,,l, w„„M m„ , , , H uveu to ,lo»Mlu, w..,l to tl,o goo., of i,i, l,„,ly ,u„l 1, "| . uumo. „.sk G,„U 1,10,,,,,;,, ,„„| „„i,.l, |,„ !,„„„.„ „.i|| „„j I H„ gio,y. I. ,, „tt„,. f„i,, ,„ ^,,„^ :^ tn ,7 '.' ".''""" '""'■"' '° "«« "• Ti"' i''»'- i» OS,,,,; faily „ book o ;„.■„„;,,,„, „,, it ,,, ,,„ ,„ ^.„,, - -"»ty to a,,,,ly H,o,e ,„.i„„i,,|,„. ,„ ^i,,, ^^^^ „. J' " r«,^1^ "; ■ !" ''"' I''"'" '" '"•■ ■"'•-"'■i«.»t,„„i, it .0 loci l,y B,., o to„cl,i„,. at „ll, „•,. „■ „, ■„, „„: ,„, J t n, ,,,„,..,,,,, (,,;„,, i„ „„t„,„„„„^ j„ ^^ _,. ,_^^^ o„,„„„„,,) „„ pl..". tl,at tl,.. S..,.i,,t„,,,„ .,, „ot:,i„sas,.i,„t:ii„. „„. ,„■ t, , 'f '" 50 TFIK HIN OK TOBACCO. ClIAl'TKU X. " Bo yo clean tlmt hear the vohsoIh of the Lord. "—Isaiah Ivii. 1 1. W'itJi wimt conHistoncy can smoking nuniHtcrscon.l(!nin otlicr |>li}'.Hi(.'iil and inoi-al unclcanncss without oonth'Uining tobacco / Ihit ajv not inniiy h'd into the |.iactic«' of Hinoking l.y tlie ex- ani|)I(* of thfii' paHtors / With th<' most pi-ofoun.! gn.-f wc liavo to answM-, Ves. "T am sorry to liave it to say tliat tins idle disgraceful hahit prevails much at present among ministers of most denominations. (Jan such jterHons preach against aelf- induigcncc, destnution of time, or waste of money ( These nu'n gnmtly injure their own usefulness ; they smoke awav thmr own ministerial importance iu the families where they visit; the very childi-eu and nuiid-st%'vants pass their jokes on the 'piping parson;' and should they succeed in bringing over the uninfected to their vile cHstom, the evil is doubhul. I have known serious misunderstandings produced in certain families where the example of the idle parson has led to such a calamity. Some are so brought under the power of this disgraceful habit, that they must have tluur pipe immediately before they enter the pulpit. What a preparation for announcing the i ighteous- nesii of Ood, and j.reacliing thegosp.] of our Lord .Jesus Christ ! Did St. Paul do anything like this I -No,' you say, 'for he had the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.' Then you take it to supply the place of this inspiration! How can such jhu'sous smile at tlmir own conduct ? ' He ye followers of us as we are of Christ Jesus,' can never proceed out of their lips."- -Dr. Adam Clarke. "Ministers are to be *an example to the believers,'— (1 Tim. iv. 12). Tliey are to present t.. their Hocks, and especially to their young people, a living and a practical illu.stration of all the Chris- tian virtues. Now, suppose a case : You are invited to dine with one of your people, who has a son, a ' fast young man,' a terrible smoker of cigiUs, and a great grief to ma parents. Hmokimj is om oftke thiiupfhat nrr ruinimi him. But lie sees yon smoke, and you confirm him in the habit ! The next time his afflicted father rea- Ivii. II. jrijii otlit'i' tohiicco I y tlic cx- f W(^ lltlVO this idle iii.stoiH of tiiiHt sclf- ? Tl.csf. )ke iiwMy icro tlioy jokes on if over tho I liiivo fuinilios calamity. :"ul habit, ley enter ighteous- s Clirist ! )v he hiid ;o siij^ply smile at of (.'lirist 1 Clarke. Tim. iv. to their lie Cliris- line with I terrible lUJ is (»i(i and you . ther rea- BMOKINQ AND CHEWING. 51 Ho will „„ver know „ll the ,„U,C .■< ■" "■'." ""'* I"oali.io» in wind, ^llf^J^^ i','"' ','""""'■" ""■'""•"■ "- ■ -• «-' "i.joct, i,,u J: :,; : ' " i::^r;;:: : ""'"' '■- every .,,oh ,,„,„„• ,.,„ „„„, („ „.„ „„ .^ , ; ; , ;^?;">- ;;■■'• it;;'!,,' ':,"•'■''' ';• ""; J"-"-'^ '■■ *'°i*' - 2 ,:'':" ■ the ..eee,.io„ ^r !;;:"„::';; ,',y :;;:,; :r; ■^'\:,': "■"'■ -' exporiuiico enables mo t.. sav Jui f "'^ "'^' "''" ister of the yospc c , u ' f' 7 '■""^''";"'''' ''"■^* "" ""»- „<...f„i,. • ' ''^ *" t-bacco without iniurinu his over, t(. abondon th(> l.abit." ' ^ '^ "Anythiny that ^.m enfeeble the strain ..f a mimVo,-'. •■ n when si)eakin- t» su.Ji cirvvwiov. r,- , \ " ' "'" ' •"^'''•PS«. cantaklofft^eed.lo. ;«;^^^ cuefnlly avoided ll Tu^TTf f i""**"''^*"-^. should be ci.ar n^oif, {L i 'rt^;: i;^::'^ del ;:;S!r^ r ''- K....mtmn.,:;t^^^^^^^ i^Kmi <<'iifessions of An Old Smoker." It lias been trnlv said that evil h-ibJfc i„ , i «.en- e,,u„,,l,. i,„„„,«.„,,,y ,„„,, ,,„,,„_ „,„; ,^^ ., ,,, ™ men. ir..|i,.„ tl,„ iMly „|,„»tl„-s hn, ,|„„ ,. , ' 52 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. ^^ An eniinent minister who was, until witJ.in a few vears a-o a smoking preacher," said that he was walking the ;treets''of Rochester, N.Y., the place of his residence, with a lighted cigar m h,s mouth, as the better class of loafers would do when an avowed infi.lel of his acquaintance met him, and instantly W .to a ht of laughter. The preacher wi.;hing to ktl what pleased h.m so, was an.swered with, "Oh! I was thinking how you would look going up to meet the Lord annd wreatht of tobacco smoke, with that cigar in your n.outh 1" The min ister abandoned the weed. How sad it is for a minister to be turned away from a death- bed on account of the stench of tobacco on bin,! yet dear iid^Ttr^"'' '"^"'' ''"'' -'"^ ^-'^ -^ ^-"^^^'i hyir"d """"'^"^^^^^^^^^^ p-t-« Chapter XI. "Quench not the Spirit. "-1 Thessalonians v. 10. The common use of tobacco does a direct injury to the snirit ual ..lf^.e of men ; it hurts their souls, and i a Lrfbl S" pouhc. \es here is the world-whle mischief of this narcotic Ihousands of young and old men hoar the Go.spel preach uv awakened resolve to become Christians, thank God tr^lZ Wt have e ery reason to iH-liove that thousan.ls of awakenc.l -^;W been lulled to sleep ,.gain by the use of ..cstu;:;' Multitudes can testify to the awful truth of these statements, and du spa e permit, we might give hundreds of fact, in proo oldsmokei. 'lobacco-smoke deadens sensibility and tills the SMOKING AND CHEWING. 53 «o„I with »oIf-^tof,.cti„,, Tl,„ «,„„k„,, „,,ilst .„,,li„,„|y f,„„. :;:r;.;r:ri °" :r""-'""- « ''^'-' «» - -«:«;: ■u , , .,„ ,„Kle„t.,,,,,«„-_/„ /,„. „ ,„>., Ho in »«„„„,, ;:!: » ;;;:;'"'°"" ""'°" -'■ "'"^■' ^^•"""-- -■-' ->■■ ->-_„: Hoio is ,i„otl,or-l,„t s«l , .f,,s.,i„n : .. i „,„, „f „,„,,, when Hdelity to ,„y i,,ol wo„l.. . ; ,.,„, „f,,„ .V J > . 1. K,o.« of .w,,,t,. to co,„o ,■ „„J ,„„,,„,, ,,„,„„ t„ ,|,.„,^ 7 stnv-,„g, of Oo,r, Spirit i„ t„l,„,„„ f„„„«. Oltou W ' wntl,o,l „„,l„,.,„igl,t.v tvutlM f,o,n Sinai ,.,„1 a^ „f^^,^ i,.,^ my M,oo,.cI,a,„„, Iik„ tl,e b«cl..,„ali„,. c„„. .oli. „, i.! twingo oi lain ami every feui-, ■* "Sometimes I took the anxio,«..eat, with other yo„th ■ and om. „„„,»ter, .„ or ■ m .ave smoked one pipe of tobacco, and, i,! ten minutes, Wen a^te^ofcmnplete han„oi„ation, feeling rich, and in '.need If Writes a, frie-nl, ''A young .nan of my acn.aintance, l.c>twoon J|ty..voan, and beckoned n.c to leivl' I 1 oved roun.l to the opposite side of his bed, and while lyin : on h.s back smokin,, his head a little raised, i asked hin^ f 1 : suffered much pain 1 He immediately replied in a firm W 54 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. your convoisution gives me more pain than aiiytliin- else i' " IJus IS an ilh.strMtion of tlie rci.eateil fact tliat the use of tobacco ahases, stnpefi •« and .juiets conscience, and endan-.rs tJie souls of its viitims. TJie Kev. Geo.-e Tiask thus cogently writes : ''Account fur the u.u,u.,fM] fact if y. .u can, Uutt a drug so nauseous, m .spito of every laste and every instinct, now has mastery over' ' '' <^"M ,..///,,,., ^vithout the hypotliesis that Satan luus a J''i>Hl m It . Rondcr unto Satan the things that be Satan's. ''Tobacco stupefies sensibility, produces self-satisfaction, and . oo.hes the subjects of Satan in their sh.s ! Its lulling poLncy nuxUn many a munster an auiiable dolt ; robs him of .eal fur lie- ''"•"^ and of courage to wield the battle-axe; seats him in his •ittaunuents, tdl death winds up the scene ! " Tobacco to thousands of yuung men has unearthly charms. It isSw/"';i ^' '"''"''' '"'""'■' "^ '^'^"^'i'^^-»b and u.akes them sat- hcd vhe lier samts or sinners. It not only renders them insensi- Ic to the U,sp.l, but it often purahfscs Hn- .-ill, and its victiu, is iikc a fort, with traitors within and enemies without, while the scn^tniel IS drunk : It often breaks down all .nauliur.., and the cuul What would that I do ,iot, but what I hate that I du."- 'A i ncc.l lobarro to .jh-e wv rcsnlntlou to ,ji,c up Tobacco. " "It is deph.rable enough that the Gosi.el nuist encounter a heart winch IS a^ ennuty with Go.l ; but, ! if it must encounter not only an enemy but a sot ; not only a sot, but a paralytic ; not only a paral> tic, l)ut a fool-the case is incompar.-^ bly worse. " Such, are the effects of tobacco, not on all, but on nudtitudes who hear the Gospel. Satan knows this ; and, if he does not, he lus not tlie sagacity cournunly ascribed to him, and is unlit for las omo e. "Smokers wliilst smokers are hard to convert, aud if they clin.^ to their idol when c >uverte i, they arc prouo to becom ■ drones in" the chui-ch or pitiable backsliders. Facts, mournful ta^ts, woul d rather substantiate this statement in America." ^ / V |> I ng olso !' " tlm use of c'lulang'.'rs 1) n.'UiseiMis, istery over itan luis u n's. ctioii, juid g l»otency ual fur Jlc- liiu ill liis !s spiiitiuil larius. It theiu sat- in insoii.si- victim is wliilo tlio ', and tlio in tears I do."— ii- a lieart not only )t only a iltitudes 'i liot, he unfit for hey cling I'one? ill i, woul d SMOKINC! AND CIIKWINO. 55 Ohaptkk xir. "Follow me."— Matt. xvi. 24. TJie example of many leligiotis bodies, and of tlit> majority ot J.oly men, ia against the Jial.it. The Free i\lethodists of the United States recjuire every candidate for clu.rch meml.ershii. to be a total akstainer from all iutoxieatii.g drinks an.f tobmro. No one IS allowed to enter their communitv who either uses tobacco or snuff. This rule is also strictly enforced in .elation to tlieir mmister,s. The Primitive Methodist Connexion, both in Enghmd and Haiiada, discountenances tlie use of the weed l>y the folio ' law, Canadian Di.seipline, page 48, Kule 24;{ : "In futur- eacher on probation shall be received into full connexion and ordained, unless it be stated on his Station's Rejiort that he has not used tobacco during the jirevious ycsar " A similar rule obtains iu the English body. The Wesleyans of England and tlie United States, as also the Canada Metlio- chsts, have laws against the indulgence of the weed. Many other influential religious sects take a stand against the popu- lar narcotic, and heartily unite with the most pious and devoted of our land in testifying that the use of tobacco is inconsistent with Christian purity. It is at least very questionable whether i'. single ijood man can be found— be he a consumer of tobacco or not— who could cheerfully and sincerely recommend tlie use of the weed. Persons who for a great many years lun e been addicted to the weed, m their dying moments give emphatic testimony against the use of the drug. Says a minister—" I called on a dying man, a member of my church. He said that tobacco had brought him to his death-bed, and he should die a happier man if he left Jiis testimony in writing against this sin." ' I wrote from his dictation, and he gave it his signature. My reflections were painful. A dying brother giving his testimony against a 56 THE SIN 0,T TOBACCO "itiiiM tiBit I renomiced tobacco for ever)" tluU c cl„,rcl,es tliere consulor tl.is l,„I,it as si„f„l, ,l..„„uKli,., l..^«u l,u„l« excel „,„.» iu ,„,ritj „f a„etri„e h.kI i,r„ctico ( Ami I»»t, b„t not W,t the „.,u„,,le of Christ in „„,,„»t M,e 'Ulut, ot toUlx-o smoko juocceiliiig tlierefroiii ) CiiAPTEK xiir. "Lot every ouc be fully por3ua.led in his own mi„.l."-Rom xiv 5 Happy,, he that con.l.nneth not himself i„ that thing wWhh" Tl,e .Majority of tobacco .IkeiiJes, we believe, frequently ),ave . or,o„» m,sg,v,„gs a. to tl,e perfect inuoeenee of their habit eyoHe,, doobt whether a custom which remits in »o „,ud. »Vmj to nan s physical ami mental power.,, the wasting of his ..•eo.o„s t,rao, a„,l s,,„amlerin,. of his n.onov, together witl tt Wo have found but very few Christian men who felt ,«,yec(/., W|.l.y m the indulgonc. of the habit. Most toU.co„T lull T,"'*-' "'" ''"''■"' •■""' I'"'-- 'J''-^ »■'* *ey «e to gu„ ,t „p. An en,inont n.inister once s«id_"I wonhl Kla..ly lay down one hund^d pound, at any time if I conld ! \ ' \, SMOKING AND CHEWING. " 57 u,. smoking" !! Tins v.e fear is tl.e experience of thonsa.uls. Another gentlen.an, of undonbted pietj, who when anked whe- ther he smoked replied, "I am .o,ry to .ay I do" .'l But i. it not clear from the above passages of Scripture, that if we pursue a certain hne of conduct (even if it be so simple a matter as the eating of a particular kind of foo.I), and at the same time cbub in our mhuls a« to the propriety of that course, that we thereby sm? For whatsoever we do that is not done with -ui assured VaiW or confidence in its innocence, "is sin " This is clearly the meaning of the passage. Then if you doubt the pro- priety of your course, henceforth it becomes a sin to persevere in It. You cannot get away from this conclusio.u It is an iu s])ired decision. "So careful are Christian men to be in their comluct that any course the lawfulness of which they even question, is to be avoided If they persist In it, with dotdds of its being becom- nigto them as the Lord's followers, they ar.. convicted Is trans- gressors. The doubting su.oker sins ii. smoking! But is it GhrtsUan to be thus enslaved to a habit the propriety of ,oMck yon doubt? Is not this a confession tiiat should send you to your knees before God, with humble acknowledgement of the Hin which yo.i commit in living thus? Ougiit you not to resolve at once tliat by God's help, you will completely abaaidon the enslaving indulgence? And ought you not to keep that resolu- tion, whatever inconvenience you may at ftrst feel ?" Possibly, however, there may be some who say that they can smoke and chew with perfect faith in its lawfulness, and with a conscience clear of all ofTence. It is dear we mus. speak to hem in another strain. Let us kindly ask you who can thus use tobacco a few .piestions : "If you have no doubt now, did ^, never h^ye serious doubts about this question ? I believe vou have had such doubt. ; .nd hoto did you settle them ? Did ;ou and the o.h, Otn and luth chaptersof the 1st of Corinthians, on your bended knees, with prayer to tiie Most High for his 58 THE SIN or TOBACCO. • hieotaon in this case of conscience? This ia the only way in wJ.ich Ohristian men shouhl meet such difficulties. Did you deal with tlie question? or did you not endeavor quietly to shelve the whole controversy in your mind, treating the matter *.« one of indifference? and have you not thus sunk down into a sort of apathetic deadness of feeling, which is very nmch like hfiving the conscience seared ? and is not this mere apathy that which you mistake for faith in the proprietv of smoking ? Let us then ask you to reconsider the whole question. We can er that, if you are not qnUe sure with regard to those queries, you sin in smokmg, for " whatsoever is ,wt of faith is sin." OiiAPTKK XIV.-Pleas Answkukd. It is not by any means an oa.sy ta.sk to convinco tobacco d.sciples of the fearful evils of their narcotic habit Jl-ven after the strongest proofs of the dea,lly effects of the weese despotic mul often irresistable i„ fluence upon the intellectual and voluntary powers vehemen Iv "rges and even al.olutely con.pels, the undorL.ding and t h « hat t ,s naturally and morally wrong to use tobacco, we shall find It extremely chfticult to reach his moral sense through the ,.p posing energy of his lust. His lust will not allow lum'to fix Ids mmd seriously and earnestly on the evidence we present, but will tir.; tmT""f T'r^ "^ contemplating thl impokau e defend the gra ification, or for evasions and subterfuges from the and m forcing our evidence upon him, his lust will not suffer his nndei^tandmg to weigh our evidence with impartiality and honesty not suffer hhn to measure it by any imperial standLd of truth, but by Its own despotic and vehement energj-, and thu«make It appear as nothing. Or if we catch bin, when hi! lust L sTut- bering through some recent debauch, and we turn his understand- ing m favour o truth, before we get his ^oUl over on our side, his reviving lust wdl with impetuous importunity and irresisUhi;.'.. pmousnesB declare for the pipe, and he goes like the sowto the 60 THE SIN OF^TOliACCO. Wc Will oudoavor to answer su.ucM.f the nior. con.iuon mul l.lau.s.I.lo plc^ advancocl by tol.acco cou.suu..rs ; and we earnest- ly i.nplorc of then, a eandi cp.ickest and n.ost fatally. There . ;;'>-lc.ful p,nver in the l.u,..a,. sto...ach to resist and neutrale dd v-Md ,'T";' "'^'"'''^- """^--- -i arse,.ie l.u > a..,l, as t].ey tlunk, without harn.. It is oft^.. an.id natu nd h.wsas .t . u.uler the Divi..e n.oral governn.ent, «Be ^ I; ..M.te. ee agains an evil work is not executed speedily, there- N< ve theloss it is as sure as fate that all these stin.,da,.ts -tnd tJie Jite.— Lev. W. Quance. hV a «,.Uei. in tl,e Toronto A.henUe,:- " Vou cannot bring a ua cotic jmson n, Mntact witi, the flnemucou., IminL-s of tl,o without ,l„n,g u,j„,.y. Tl,o tJ,injt i» literally in,,,„»il,,„ "^ Th^. 10 c u,j i,l,or of t,,o sy„tc.n,. Suiell the breath of tho sn.okor 0.- oh™„,, ,„,.! the evidence i» cle,,,- „n.l st.ong. TJ.e lo' i^. e n.„tat,on and in „„»ing tiuough the hJart con™,,:. cate.s tlic rahort auirrv ierk wliw.l. iV. o . ^"ei^ jeiK wlucii IS so common among those SMOKINO AND CIIEWINO. 61 wl.o use obacco. The wluto fur on the tongu,- tdln the .san.e « ory, aiul tlio occasionul tremor, which seems to you so strange, all go to show that your vitality is injured. You akk iiiaPiNo DKATii bhort as life is, you are making it shorter. You ex- pcmd the money for which you work, to weaken your vital force and rob you of health-the greatr .t of earthly blessings.' The Rev. (leorge Trask gives tlie following : " About fifteen years ago, we gave a lecture on the Soutli .Shore, Mass., m which we aimed to show, that, as the com- mon use of tobacco diminished appetite, diminished blood, nu.scle, health and strength, it must inevitably abridge life Hud If so, the habit an.ounted to suicide in the constnictive sense; hence it was u violation of the sixtli connnandment, which says, 'Thou shult not kill;' and henck a sin. As we closed, a clergyman rose and observed : 'I believe the nrgun.ent in this lecture conclusive; I belie^•e thousands of tobacco-users are i.oisoned to death, and are chargeable with cutting short their lives.' 'Bnt I have a difficult case to solve, and 1 wish the lecturer to solve It. I knew a man, within ten miles of tliis place, who smoked his pii,e till the day of his death, and he lived to be ONE IIUNDIIEL. ANU FOIH VEAHS OF AOE !' "We confess, we were puxzied; the question was much to the point, and the audience laughed at our expense. At last, we hit upon the Socratic style of argument, and interrogations helped us out of a dilemma where grave argument had been of little or no avail. ''8ir," we inquired, ''are you sure the old man In ed and smoked till he was a hundred and four?" "Yes " he replied. "How did he look f "He looked like an Egyptian mummy." "Had he moral sensibilities f "Oh, no; he appeared to have no sense of God or religion whatever." " Did he man ih'stany public spirit ; did he like good schools, goods roads, good order, and the like?" "Oh, no ; no more than a mud-turtle '»• oyster. "Had he a family]" -Yes, a large one and a me.ui one,-altogether too large." "Did he love his iamily?" "No 62 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. thmk not. .Dl, l,„ hato I,i, f.,„i|j„ ..No, t tl,i„k not" A I, m ,. w„r,|,_l„| |,„ ,„,.„ „,y,,^| ^,. ,,,^j,^ _o. »l,ve, .„ th,, w„,.M, 0,- in „„y w„,.,,, r ..^0, /tl,i„k not" W»H, well, Lrotlrcv, ll,o concl,„i„n of the wliole miittei- '» "We beg o„r readers to understand, that wo have many ca.e« tun and tob,tc-co to murder every victini instantaneously. We have seen many a brandy-drinker preserved in Cognac till three .score and ten ; and we have seen many an old sn.oker who Imd a name to hve, but who should, ten yntrs before ho w,i« l,ornc to las grave, have been labelled, 'Dead, but not buried/'" ■ ^'«^ ^^xT','"'"'' '^'"'" '* "'^* "^ '"*"y y^^^^' J'*^^-^ «Japs(,d s.nco bn- Walter Ealeigh n.ade smoking fashionable, and yet the practice ha.s not wrought the evil deprecated, to the amount which might have been expected?" Although centuries have elapsed since the introduction of tobacco into Europe Inven- tion so rife in the present day, has given in our time a mighty impetus to this baneful habit. Till withi-i the last few years tobacco was usually c. nsumed through a Ion, cla>, pipe, wlp-^',' was subjected to frequent pvrificoMons by fire. Tlie c^mpari- It has facilitated the use of the article in .juestion, has also augmented its deleterious effects. The Mcy pipe, favors the accumulation of oil in the act of smoking, causing the diversion to be more intensely detrimental to health, than when pursued by the long clay pipe of our grandfather's days. Another simple invention has also conduced to the popularity of the habit A tinder-box, flint and steel, and a bundle of sulpher- pating the luxury ; and being compelled to employ such in con- unction with the long pipe, would deter many a little lad from theimitatnejoy; he would shrink from the "world's dread laugh, which not e'en the stern philosopher could bear." Th. SMOKING AND CHEWING. 63 \ ^ Iv ^1'- "ftiseo" has built up a generation of sniokcrH even as tli«! tiny inH.H;t constructH th« coral island. Again, our .stern gran«lsir(« put off their smoke-doings till after the substantial English dinner, which would neutralize in a n.e,isure the acrid j)oison ; the lK>y8, to whom the habit is f5«pe<-ially detrimental, had not begun the putting sin. Hence, judgment upon the innoxious effects of tobacco-smoking must be suspended for at least a generation. A remark from Dr. Bu.lgett in conHrmation of this as-sertion may not be inappropriate here ; he observes : "During the hwt fifteen years the consumption of the weed ha« so increa.setl especially amomj the you,,,,, that we omnot yet comprehend its influence or power." Plea 3.— "It would )>e prejudicial to health, to renounce the habit." Says that eminent authority, Dr. Lizars, "A remark- able change occurs to the smoker, when ho labors under influ- enza or fever, as ho then not only loses all relish for the cigar or pipe, but even actually loathes them. The su.lden removal of all desire to smoke, affords the best reputation to the delusive^ representations which tl.(. unhappy tobacco victim urges for continuing the injurious habit, on the ground, that its abandon- ment would be prejudicial to his health, and proves if he h,ul a will to relinquish the pipe or cigar, he would tind a way. The best argument to use in dealing with the obstinate prejudices of such people, is to tell them that an accidental attack of a n(;w disease can safely and at once occasion the total withdrawal of tobacco without producing any batl consequences. It is scarcely possible to cure either syphillis or gonorrhi«a, if the patient continues to indulge in tobacco." "The chewing of tobacco " says a clever physician, "is not necessary or useful in any caie that I know of, and I have abundant evidence that its use may be discontinued without pernicious consequences." Dr. Laycock Professor of the Practice of Physic in the Univeraity of Edin- burgh, says, "I have not known any good from it (tobacco) that might not have been obtained from less objectionable jjse^sn^." A .iimilar tcotimony is given by many other medical authorities." Gi THE SIN OF TonACCO, Plka 1.-" Tim doctor oni„r..l lue to H.noko." Yoh Imt that .HO/..... luevevhoanlof it ..W., anv 0..0,- v^' p oCl to s,„oke gi^ . up the weexl when their allott.l tin.o t' tH use expireH, the cane woukl be HO.newhat different • but wha^arethefact«. In the .ajorit, of i„«tance« th'l roccve «uch mntructions continue to indulge in the weed aZ Uae prescnbed period for it. use as a n.edicine has p s . t^ And n.ler cover of the physicians order still infuses the poiso^. tcss on, however, never or.ler the use of tobacco. Dr. A Chvke wntes : I g.ant that a person who has been brou,d I do I ity o, umney, to prescribe the continued use of it. But th s does not vnidicafr if ,.,,1 f] , to be trust T • ' .''"'""'^ ^''^ P^'OBcribes thus is not to be trusted. He is either without principle or without skill." to give uito the whim of a weak or refractory patient. ^^1^^^'^ "'i f *"'"''" '' " F-eventitive of disease." I ^iKspute the ,Uleged benehts of even moderate tobacco smok- ng^^preventitiveof dampor of nudaria; and seriously .n- "mlous symptoms 1 have seen to arise in the progress of malar- he mostgi-ave mistakes in the treatn.ent of fevers, if (he med- patient. — JoJm Lizars, M.D Soiue smoke from medicinid motives, and to produce a laxa- but U^ese same persons wouhl grumble loudly at being obliU to take a pdl every morning to produce the same eff.rct. If a Toll V"!T''^ '""^^"^^^' «'"«'^"'fe' <^o"^P»l«ory, how rc...u. d habi. bcmg imposed upon their sons; what an outcry \ 8M0KI.NU AND CUKWUNU. 65 \ \L ^r tluTo wouM hv. a.i.on«.st tlu, numml ladies tW J.aving H„ch an uitoh-ruM,. mii.sann. torccl u|m., thvlv (lonicHtic ocoiiomy ' How tlu' .surgoons nvuuI.1 1.,. porsrcuu.! svith Mi.plicatioa.s for crti- hcutos, rocoinnumdiu- .'X(Mui,ti..M fn„u the n.l,., cm (he hcoiv of coiiHtitutiunH boiug too .l.-licato to admit of .smoking [mw l.ractiHcd with impunity. Strango infatuation! It may safely Ik, said tiiat tlioie an* other and bettor prevent- itives of .lisease than tohaecu), and t'v.n,f,„,, no one is comnelled to use the weed for tliat i)urj)os( . Plka 6.— "To h,ave otF the i ,e ■! tol.:i u. would produce a most painful .sen.sati.m of want. J^he .■.-. .elite has first been tormod by yourself, it is not natu, . Jn.t purely ari.licial, and that alone should condemn it from the Christian stf.nd-point; it IS perfectly needless, not neces.sary lb.- the sustenance of body or mind. "Natural .-ippetites such as are imph.nte.l in ourcou- Htitutions by the Author of our nature, do not by their gn.tiii- cation increase in their demands. What satisfieesides, we are not to follow any man but Christ; and we arc sure lie would not use the f.)ul weed. Plea 10._"I do not think, a little tobacco will injure me " But how can such a quality as moderation exist, where the east indulgence of a thing is injurious, is sinful? There can bo no more moderation in smoking and chewing than there is in^ arsenic or opium eating. Can we do a little steaHng, a little iying, a Idtle blasphemy, and yet be wise, upright, moral con- sistent Christians? Its tendency is always dovvnward, ahoaus destructive to the being who practises it. Surely in the use of narcotic poisons, and pre-eminently in the case of smokin- and chewing, "moderation" is Satan's bait with which to bcniile unwary souls, thereby to work ill to the whole man' o'that moderation: where does it usually end ? where hm it ende9 pro])arc3 Chapter XV, — The Cure. Yes. I "My (irace is sufficient for tlieo." We fully believe that there is salvation from such unnatural appetites as those of tobacco smoking and chewing. If the grace of God can save from one evil habit, it coa save from another, and that it has effectually done this, multitudes of witnesses can testify. Rev. George Warnei-, a highly gifted and useful miuister in England, writes : "In seeking to promote the work of holiness and teaching that the hody, as well as tlie spirit and soul, is to be wholly sanctified and ])reserA-ed bl.imeless — that God's i)eo])le are to l)e cleansed from all filthiness of they^'*■/(. as well as of the sjjirit — that he will cleanse his people from all their filthiness and from all their idols, and then possess the temple for Himself, many have come to see the necessity of abandoning the use of tobacco ; and in the name of the Lord Jusus (yhrist they have done it, and have lost all appetif': for the weed. Amongst others, three local preachers in one society where I have lately labored have been thus delivered. They were convinced that the practice was an evil, and displeasing to God. They were taught that they must at once and forever .ibandon it, and, casting themselves upon Christ in faith, expect that He would destroy all desire for it. This they promptly did, and now tes- tify that they have no moi-e desire for it than they have to eat fire." "One confesses that he has long felt it an hindrance to soul prosperty, and he has resolved again and again to for.sake it, but as often returned to it. Once he pi'omised the Lord that he would give it up if He would destroy the ap[)etite ; but he seems to have made the mistake of expecting Jehovah to des- troy the appetite before he renounced the use of that which created it, instead of determining not to touch the unclean 70 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. thing, and tlien expecting grace to kill the desire for it. Ho tried to satisfy the appetite with a sub.ititute, but he had created the unnatural craving for tobacco, and nothing else 'voidd satisfy it. Now he says the appetite is destroyed ; and so he wants neither tobacco nor any substitute." "One who used the pipe and the (]uid too, said he thought ]n\ could easily give up the i)ipe, but did not know how ho could do without the quid in the coal mine. He was told that all depended on whether Chrid killed t/ie appetite. He has thrown away pipe and quid, and testifies that Christ has taken away the desire for both. "The other says, that God shewed him its evil in the light of the passage which says, 'Make not provision foi' the Hcsh to fulfil the lusts thereof;' and he renounced it at once, and has had no .iiore desire for it. "I have known a few who have renounced this habit by the power of will, but they testify of desperate cravings for a long time, and a battle like one for life itself ; and perhaps twenty have fallen in the fray where one has conquere*' Now, if those who feel the bondage of this habit v/ill just s ihe force of their whole being against it, and call on Chris' tor its d(>- struction, the tyrant shall be deposed and slain, and they shall walk forth in the liberty of the sons of God. Here are three men in middle life, of unblemished moi-al character, holding office in a colliery company — men whoiic^ testimony woulil cany a case before any juiy in tlu! country — i)repared to testify that Christ is able to save from this habit. Let those facts speak as God may direct them." On another occasion he writes: "A local preacher came for- ward one night to the communion rail '\\ hat is it you are seeking?' said I. 'A ch^an heart,' he replied .1 said to the su- perintendent preacher, 'This good l)rother is seekin" ii "lean heart ; just give him instruction and a.v.\.' Tiny co; ■.. s ■ iful prayed for some time, when the local preacher 'oc'- K in his pocket his tobacco pouch, and, giving it to his superintendent, V / SMOKING AND CHEWING. 71 )!■ it. Ho t he had thing else jyfid ; iviul 10 thought w liow ho ! was tokl 'etite. He Christ lias blio light of he Hosh to x>, and lias abit by the i for a hong aps twputv ' Now, if I lie foret^ ror its do- 1 they sliall ■e are three tor, hohliug vvouUl carry testify that facts speak 3r came for- s it you arc d to the su- fiii'T a "lean 1. V. s ' iind cV fi ,in iiis eriutondeiit, // he said, 'Take this dirty thing away. I want a clean heart, and how can I have one with this dirty thing about ine?' The superintendent took the pouch, and he took cleanshig as the gift of God through the Lord Jesus Christ. He (U;chared that i\w taste for tobacco was all gone, an for youl' The idea of associating Christ's death with such a habit seemed so preposterous, not to say blasphemous, that his long clay pip*^ went under the gi'ate, and into a thousand pieces instantly. He said he n.ever had any more taste, for tobacco than though he had never used it, although previously, if he had thought of discontinuing its use, he did not know how he ^ould accomplish it. There seems a "reat deal in acting at once, and that in reference to God and his grace. God will be sure to be very kind to such, but vndllators will be lu>ld in bondage. Take the next lact as illustrative : "Some time since I went to render a brother some aid in his station, and spent the greater part of the next day at his house. 72 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. We wero together in his sviidy, l)iit now and again he wmii- lown into tlie lowor pjirt of the liouse for a smoke, the ascend- ing fumes giving evidence of Ins employment I r.ad norr.t]ior ,' and sent it through the post. When l saw him again, he said, 'Why did you send me that pamphli t on smohiiig]' *lJecau'i'> I thought you needed it more than 1 did myself.' 'Who tohl you that I smoked]' 'Who told mel Why, you stink as you go about!' ' v.". I do my very sermons stink of smoke. Now, T may say to you tJia". I know this habit to be wrong, and that I o]u'Cgave it up - j^ .uiit up for Christ's sake, and he snretitied me thrnugliout sjiiiit., and '> happy tlian when surrounded with snmke," From the " Wonders r>f Grace," a tract, by the Jlev. > h. Boole, we quote the fol- 'V. ing instances : ' t ^ w SMOKING AND CHEWING. 78 ^ ^ I H. " A. C. has been for thirty years a member of the Metlioilist Episcopal Church ; fur the greater part of this time a leader tuul trustee in a New York Church. His ])rofession was al- way.s marked by correctness of deportment and generous zeal, while his cheerful manuei'S won the esteem i fall. But he had been addicted to the constant use of tobacco for forty years, until its daily use had become, seemingly, necessary to health, if not to life. He had made many eflforts to rid himself of the doubtful practice, but always failed, because of the inward gnawing which its long continued use had created, and which forced him to Ifegin the practice again. At last, on a certain oc- casion, in the presence of the writer, he said, 'I have long been seeking a deeper work of grace ; tobacco appears to hinder me; Ijut I had not supposed it possible to be saved from the dread- ful power of this habit until now. Never before have I trusted Jesus to save me from the appetite as well as the Hse of it, but now I do,' and suiting the action to the word, he threw far away from him the tobacco he held in his hand. He still lives, and for several years has reiterated this testimony: — ^Frum that hour all desire left me, and I have ever since hated what I once BO fondlv loved.' " " is a pi-ominent member of the M. E. Church, in the City of Brooklyn, N.Y. For thirty-five years he has served the Church, giving liberally of his abundant means, and gener- ally ready for every good word and work. From the age of ten he had used tobacco, until the habit had become so deeply rooted he could not endui'e to be without a cigar in his mouth, frequently rising- in the night to have a good smoke. During the thirty years of this manner of life he often felt the bondage of the habit, and resolved against it ; but his resolutions invari- ably failed him. About three years since he became deeply interested in the subject of full salvation, and began diligently seeking for its possession. While pondering what might be the difficultiuo ill the way, he saw that this very uoubtful and slav- ish habit was a bar to his advancement ; but so earnest was he ■*sfc^ h.. 74 THE SIN OP TOBACCO. for a clean lieart, that he felt altogethei' willing to yield up the indulgence, if it were poesible. But was it so 1 He had fought against the passion long and well, yet not once had he con- quered. It was a new idea to him that JesuH saves from the appetite and lust of sin, as well as from the act . that he gives strength not only to strive ai/ainst but to destroy the power of the habit. But no sooner did he apprehend this gospel truth, and read his privilege in the wonderful promise, 'He is able to save them to the uttermost,' than he, all alone, one evening, cast himself on Jesus' word, and trusted Him to do it for him. 'Twas done — not an hour longer did the desire remain ; and his unifoi-m testimony has ever since been, 'It is strange to me that I ever loved the filthy practice.' " The following is another stiiking testimony : "One of the mo.st eminent believers in this kingdom, for example, gave us this account of an important fact in his experience : For more than twenty years he had been an abject slave to tobacco. He had often resolved to abandon the habit, and prayed foi- strength to keep his purpose ; and as often without success. When he set his heart fully upon being 'sanctified wholly,' and being baptized with the Holy Ghost, 'I said to myself,' he remarked, 'the heart- purity which I seek is certainly not compatible with en- slavement to this appetite. I accordingly, in specific terms, spread this promise before my Saviour : "From all your filthi- ness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you." With that promise distinctly in view, and with absolute faith in the trust- worthiness of Him that had promised, I asked Him to take that appetite from me. In an instant the work was done, and from that moment to this I have never experienced the remot- est stirrings of the appetite.' " Says one — "I was a great smoker : I smoked for nearly forty years. Again and again I resolved to give up tobacco ; but the habit was too strong for me. I was an active Christian, and delighted to lead sinners to the Saviour. In seasons of religious fervor I was always at the altar, talking to those who were ^^ SMOKING AND CHEWING. 76 ^^ seeking salvation. One day I heard a young lady speak of a brother. 'He came and spoke to me,' she said, 'as I knelt at the altar. His breath made me sick— it was so foul with tobac- co.' The words came to me with wondrous power. Perhaps people talk just so about me. I went to the Northport Camp- meeting. I said to my wife, 'I am going to quit smoking.' 'You can't do it: you have tried over and over again for years.' 'Well, I am going down to the grove. I mean to fall down on my knees, ami jn-ay God for grace to help me. I shan't come back till I have corujuered: I need not tell you how long I prayed. When I came back, I handed my old pipe, which had been my comjmnion for years, to my wife. 'Put that on the mantel-piece,' I said; 'I am boss now.' I not only broke off- smoking, but the love of tobacco departed—not the least hankering remaiimd. Smokers and smoking are alike indifferent to me. I can walk among them as the holy three walked amid tlie flames of the furnace. It is now four years since I bad the fight in the grove, and I conquered tluough believina praver To God be all the praise." « 1 J' • Let every victim of the weed wlio desires to be freed from the bondage of the practice, and from all appetite for the drug, go and do likewise. Let him not imagine that he can drop this habit by degrees. The idea of using less and less, until the habit tapers down to notliing, is well nigh ridiculous. Use little as you please, and you nourish an appetite which never dies, so long as fed with one morsel of ailment. We do not pluck out an eye, or out off" an arm, by a lingering process ! Further, don't try to give it up. Unless you have consider- able grit, and a will of your own, you will find trying and doing different things in killing off" this king of appetites. Be determined that you will give up the foul weed now and torevei-. Go to Go.' in prayer, cry mightily unto him for the appetite to be de.t,< • ed, as well as for grace to enable you to 76 THE SIN OF TOBACCO. carry out your rewoln^. truHt Him tu tlo this for you and it shall be done ; yt-.s, ciieciually done, and you houceforth shall enjoy liberty I'.-oni the thraldom of tobacco habits. May God, in his rich mercy, save you coraplHt(4y, iloar reader, froni this and every other evil prnrtio" Atnen, m%~..