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Show No Charity Mantle Large Enough. Mr. Beecher has revised his early opinions opin-ions in regard to the use of tobacco. He doesn't believe anything is gained by a wholesale denunciation of tobacco, but he urges young men not to form the habit of using it. "I am not saying," said he, "that tobacco will lead to rum, and rum to sheol. It isn't a good thing, especially especi-ally for the young. They don't need it. If you do smoke, or if you choose to smoke later in life, I have no maledictions, maledic-tions, but see to it that the practice shall take on as little that is offensive as possible. possi-ble. Man may be justified in smoking, charity hasn't got a mantle that is broad enough to cover a man who uses bad tobacco." |