Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 23, 5 June 1869 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

My Anti-Tobacco Creed.

Ur Ke* - . Geoege Trasx. "1 r.F.UEVE. TFEIL£FCKE HAVE I SPQKZS.*' ' ' i tn3t Tobarco is a rank Pci*on. Scierxc BLScribcs to it eli ihe attnbot« cf a poi^on; 3i>d if its votarics are not poisoned to death. it is owing 10 coanteracimg«atis«s. I īt3 eommon is not expennrt, ī:llhy, and iffjunous to the bo<Jy t bot ihat it de-aden3 the inoni sensibilii!es. reti"itrs the mīod akkoieau and creates an irnpcrvioo3 c«sement about the ?oul, wbich tcnds to repel all Gospel apfeais. The Gos« pei has a poorchance witba sinner intrenched w tbis narcotic. I bs)ieve thal boi few cf oar smofcing young men attend any chorcb with any regolarity, and few that do attend beconie conrerted to Christ; and, unie« these few renounce tt>eir idol, they usualiy jnake Bhipwreck of ho?e, and disbonor tbe Church. i be!ieve the good men in our Churches, wbo nre victims of Totecco. are manifestly stupid when they smoke. and fidgetv and irritable when they somke, and the habit i3 a prodi?!ous dMwback upon their power 10 do cood. Christians aii imbued witn the •* L;fe," who !ivo- near God, don't .«moke. They are above it. I Whevc that Tobacco tends todesfroy the usefu!ness of Cbrisiian Ministers who use it. It makes thern siaves, and does mueh to para)yze tbcir euergies 10 reiation to Christian £.ntksprises. £nve(oped in ciouds of smoke, thcir pipe, and fashionable literature take the plaee of Christ and Kevivals of Keiigion in their soui w . Men of the While'HeM. Wesley, Finney, and Beecher type don't smoke. i l«!ieve that Tobacco creates nnd inces-#-antly fecds an appetite for Aleohoi, and hang.s iike a miil-stone on the neek of Tem* rtuANCE. Movc Heaven a[>d Earth as you inay, by Kioquence and Lcgislation. stiii, 1n Tr.M!*ERANCE will nge liko prairie-lire, tiil you strikc at its iyighty Feeder, its mighty cause.s—nnd Tobacco is one. i lK.'lit've that the masses in our cities and villagcs cannot be converted so iong ns sub mori*«d in Aieohoi and Tobocco. " Strains as sweet ns angels use " have little more effect on thein than tbe winds of heaven on the bodies of dead tncn. lf they cannot reJinqui«h their iuol. how ean they be saved ? i believe that whoie nations are besotted l:y deadiy narcotics; tbat China is drunk on Opium and Tobacco; nnd that whii«t such obstncirs—more insuperable than Chinese walis—biock up the way, the conversion of llie wuiiLi» is a hopeless enterprise.