32 TOBACCO AND ITS HISTORY. 



who oiico (loclarod tlicy would " snioko to tlic glory of (lo<l," 

 have abandoned the drug. Church Courts are seiiously iu((uii-- 

 ing into the matter and refuse license to preach to those who 

 use the weed. 



Tobacco-using pastors, after soleiuiily engaging to declare 

 " tl«; whole counsel of God," find it iuipossil)le to preach from 

 texts like these : 



"Let us cleanse ourselves from all lilthiness of the llesh and 

 spiiit." (2 Cor., vii, 1). 



"Ye are the temple of God. * * If any man delile the 

 temple of God, him shall God destroy." (1 Cor., iii, 1(5, 17). 



"It is good neither to eat ilcsh, nor to driidc win(>, nor (ivy- 

 tltiv.fj whereby thy brother stuml)leth, or is offended, or is made 

 weak." (Rom., xiv, 21). 



"Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours Ix'come 

 a stuudiling block to them that are weak." (1 Cor., a iii, 9). 



" Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, 

 do all to the glory of God." (1 Cor., x, 31). 



Faithful physicians are coming forward, like the late Dr. 

 Botsford, one of the chief organizers of the Antl-Tohacco Asso- 

 chition, St. John, to declare to the world, that, as a profession, 

 they have failed to do their duty, in not waining against the 

 baneful nature of tobacco. The grand intjuiry which these 

 candid physicians advance is this : " Sensible of the corrupt- 

 ing influence— especially on youth — -of the pernicious tobacco- 

 habit, are we, as a body, justified in our silence ? Can we 

 excuse ourselves on the plea that many of our number have 

 contracted the habit and are enslaved to the weed 1 Ileason as 

 we will, we must admit that tobacco is a drug, and our govern- 

 ing axiom is, that no drug should be taken by jiersons in health" 



Till': women's christian tempkhance union 



throughout the world, are Ibrming the I'esolution that no gentle- 

 men shall smoke in their presence. 



Leaders of thought in the temperance ranks are beginning to 

 realize that, in order to success, " no tobacco, no rum," must be 



