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Tobacco Use and Scripture

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 27, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 4.

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Tobacco Use and Scripture

SOME who are under the bondage of habit as regards appetite are wont to refer to the words of our Lord in Matt. 15:17-20 to justify them in their practice, declaring that not that which "entereth in at the mouth" defileth a man, but that which proceeds "out of the mouth." But a tobacco user has no right to use this text to justify himself unless he swallows all the smoke and spittle which come from his use of the weed. He will need to do this but a little time to be beyond the reach of all argument or help.