p. 16 | Tobacco an “Ally of Religion.”

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 29, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 34.

Tobacco an “Ally of Religion.”

“Let us do evil that good may come.” To this the apostle says, “God forbid.” But in London, Eng., the latest thing in church circles is a “smoke-talk,” in which tobacco is made “an ally[?] of religion.” That is, men are hired by a tobacco smoke to come into a room and listen to singing of hymns and short sermons. How long before beer or whisky will be used? O, that men would lift Christ up; he would “draw”!