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be stated on his Station's Report that he has not 

 used tobacco during the previous year." A simi- 

 lar rule obtains in the English body. 



John Wesley refused to admit to the ministry 

 any man addicted to the use of the noxious weed. 

 Both English and American Wesleyans follow his 

 practice in this respect, and Bishop Janes cheers 

 us by his avowed belief that the time will come 

 when congregations will not accept a pastor who 

 uses it. The New York State Congregational 

 Association a few years since adopted, without 

 dissent, the following resolutions : — 



w 1. That the tobacco-habit is an enormous evil ; 

 and, on account of its waste of money, positive in- 

 juries to health, and pernicious example to the 

 young, Christians ought to abandon it. 



" 2. That this Association earnestly recom- 

 mend to all our churches thorough measures 

 for instructing the people as to the manifold mis- 

 chiefs flowing from the use of narcotic drugs, as 

 well as drinks ; and that special efforts be made 

 to guard children and youth from any and every 

 use of tobacco." 



At the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian 

 church in Pittsburg, Penn., a report was adopted, 

 declaring that " members using tobacco ought to 

 strive earnestly to give up the habit, as offensive to 

 good manners and cleanliness, and inconsistent 

 with self-denial." 



If one may be allowed to comment on a dec- 

 laration emanating from so respectable a body, 



