WHEN A MINISTER MAY CHEW AND SMOKE by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 9, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 35.

WHEN A MINISTER MAY CHEW AND SMOKE.

By Editor

The Missionary and Gleaner has hit upon some good rules for a minister who is so addicted to the use of tobacco that he cannot reform:—

Never chew or smoke in the presence of children.
Never chew or smoke in the presence of ladies.
Never chew or smoke in the presence of an unconverted person.
Never chew or smoke in the presence of any one who does not also do the same thing.
Never chew or smoke in church or about a church house.

Yes, sir; we would lay down these rules and we would live by them—or die. It is our deliberate conviction that no Christian minister should allow anyone to see him indulge in a habit so filthy. If he can't quit the practice, let him hide it.

And if he must cling to the habit says the Signs of the Times, let him quit preaching.