THE following pungent lines are dedicated by some unknown writer "To the Rev. Domino Spittle." Says Paul if eating meat should cause my brother to offend,
No meat should ever pass my lips, till mortal life shall end. Oh what a blessing it would be if gospel preachers, all
Who chew the quid and smoke the weed, would think and act like Paul! You preach to us that man's chief end is God to glorify,
And that each Christian this to do should always firmly try. But who can glorify the Lord by breaking nature's laws,
By poison sucked into his throat, or ground between his jaws, All brandy, whisky, gin, and rum, with vengeance you pursue,
Tobacco is intemperance, and you still smoke or chew. Forsake the weed! let reason reign! above this slavery rise!
And try to be a Christian whom your neighbor's can't despise. For help of missions, and of poor, your appetite deny,
And what you lose in time thereby, you'll gain eternally. But if you have not grace enough to let the weed alone,
Do n't preach against your neighbor's sins, till you forsake your own.