Show METHODIST SI GIVES CIS VIEWS ON USE OF TOBACCO Question of Expediency but Better for Ministers Not to SmoKe ST. ST LOUIS Sept 15 Bishop B H. H E. E floss Hoss of the tho Methodist Episcopal church South has hns sent sont a 0 letter to the Rev Eov 0 O. H. H Hawkins presiding older cIder of the St. St Louis nis district of the church explaining ex cx- his views on the use of ot to to- ba bacco o. o The letter was brou brought ht forth by bJ published excerpts from an address by tho the bishop at the Missouri conference conference confer confer- ence once of tho church last week in which he ho was quoted as DB saying paying that no minister min zulu ister who was a gentleman a would use tobacco The letter rays frays in part parti I did not brin bring up the subject of tobacco myself but it came before the conference in a a. memorial to the approaching ap ap- ap preaching general conference askin asking it to make the nonuse of tobacco a condition condition condi condi- tion of entrance into our O ministry II Personally I am not in favor of such legislation e and I took occasion to to tolay say lay To make the use of tobacco a asin asin asin sin is to grade down tho the general conI conception con con- I of sin ein until people lose si sight bt of its enormity Sin is it the thin thing that damns it is lying drunkenness profanity pro pro- I faulty fanity dishonesty uncleanness Smoking in lug ing a ci cigar r is a question of expediency I such as tho the eating of meat was in the early churches and such as eating mince minco pin pies or boiled cabbages ell or drinking I strong tronc coffee i is today On this ground round it is bettor for ministers not to smoke I Ie I I added Ministers are aro very vory frequently frequently fre fre- entertained ined in houses where to tobacco tobacco to to- bacco bacco is offensive and under such circumstances cir cir cir- no gentleman will use UBO it t I I dont don't for forgot ot that I myself used it in lof moderation for many years roars and I quit it only when my physicians counseled coun coun- me to do so 50 |