Show arms for au paper TALKS TO BOYS X TOBACCO AND MORALS bileve appetites and effectuate physical ical and mental degeneracy 11 io men necessarily pr duce does woral idral debasement in their victims this la Is the rule whether we accept as the standard of ethics either utility or the revelation of the divine will L I 1 then the tobacco habit oprina operating op rina to to the destruction 0 phy physical ical and mental powers la Is essen aseen immoral whether consid considered ereo from the standpoint midpoint nt point 0 the rationalist or juji liel or of the devout wor worshiper shiver of GOS hence the Crea greater terso da dallara clars that it Is not dot good for me is ie ebo oral expression t of a law already set not forth to io the operation P of nature AP af it with the controlling cuoc of the br brin in and dulls the alaor men inn to the pure and noble ambitions of life so it gives rein reila to the baser passions pasc ioos which draw him to practices from which even the tee betsos beads or of the th field and forest refrain as aa viola 14 n natural jaap va erace has ban heen heed rustle to the oos one tow ot of great warriors orp statesmen tate sarn and ascertain the le of any of anece whom dot as of fligh prim oil wawa their attention atteo tion hasteen bs been drawn to the t tobacco bacco tabt axil it will b fouad have their tho du dot we ire of wl wd 1105 ton lb abern astern to ift his hia of hia BIP as to ln thle courage food french tun tb abir yi of Water loot losagio an edict diet ag nat af pf axce aien use of 04 luduik lu dulK U 1 d jilt I 1 by bv his bib troops in 0 too liow with polton of 01 Os elloff the the abe army woo the cown neise W jugg aaa grevioos provi ioos ans vo t me th crimean war asibo 1 abe leal known a aearl or for no to the home 11 in which via uie commander in chaw of LIP taft a arroy army tates b has indor bilat the preice of smoker g by tam fate of 0 cigars or eberdt aber 0 bae becom 0 prevalent AMOUR amoor ohp I 1 fb we army wiloh is not only 0 o myself ft nedies of intoxication am stoned f k by the e fumes of tobacco but bat abd occasions drinking drin anti ami UP by those who acquire the bajt and nd be entrees ent rests the 4 motors come A dg regiments to prevent in 1 the me rooms of ara reX and adi to the t deparamo depart mo ote and to the i the junior rann to la I 1 beir thip admonition w was s a 1 not heeded for loup lone and th present i n oy cy complained of in the army has been traced in part at least to the moral degeneracy attending attend tug the abe tobacco habit the ica order quoted from CD c 0 o laings a statement which devotees 0 the weed rave ave i sought though vainly to controvert they have that tobacco was wae in some degree a substitute for alcohol instead of a stepping stoff atone to abe use thereof and lenued to pro tec intemperate drinking but the evidence evidell cO in human experience to is the other way the biting effect of me be drair on the mouth anti anil throat in em smoking oking creates an unnatural thirst which teen is a I 1 inducement n du cement to retort to alcoholic drinks Yet above this if the incontrovertible act itaco that habits habit are grecay to in their na tore they fl fi ok ck together as naturally as do sheep the habit gathers in others of its if own immoral kinds kind and within the tb portion who submits to tc it there to a soon BOOR an aggregation of kiefs unless unions there interferes a strong re straining influence to keep beep the tend 0 oy cy in check cheok the man who lose his hie con to tobacco Is nut not lorg long in associating with it other vices either openly or I 1 in it secret there Is IB no denylek the statement that tobacco lends tsway from good oom e mcany kompany pany the boy or man who or chews does not sack agela holy mas ings to indulge in the practice he lose loes rot invoke the sacred iralu ir flu ances of prayer or of divine worship to uphold him in his big conduct his ue A f th narcotic carries carried him away from the family circle and from the lona of virtue and honorable manhood instead of seeking pursuits and corn pan to nail U he drifts 0 10 o that society where profanity and obscenity hold high carnival in respect to morals there to is no DO disputing that the paths path of the user an I 1 nonuser non tion user of the noxious drug lead to cannati ine far apart this way may be lea learned rued aside ft fr m all other evidence by ig the simple fact that thai tobacco is often excluded from the clio society 0 we virtuous but nevet neer from corrupt the devites de vitee or of that habit which from fro mIto ita evil fia tufe to is con COD by the pure add abid the good Is if welcomed by all tanks of the op opposite aistis AH dr gibbons tersely state I 1 the young man who takes in his mouth a cigar or pipe turns bit irk forthwith on elm the sanctuary of 0 hour homs and on olk 08 teme of 04 and eta seta ilia his faes toward the saloon the barroom bar bari room the grog loop the gam bouse bou the brothel the path ot of enre it aas a to in the direction of sobriety enjoyment chastity anti and religion the th path ot of indulgence to ajene 1 lene lenef f tippling profanity atia and ti the journey is not made ny a single gle step frequently pro progress grese is by almost imperceptible stages the moral aspect of the habit affords one of the strongest gaeo a for contending against it this is the of to it eve 3 among I 1 its victims swims so many of whom wish they had bad strength to break its tt chains they know when by ab investigation or experience they ascertain the truth that of that triple alliance of eloc toba strong drink and nd profanity it to Is by no means the lea least at potent for ane deat destruction ruction of good morals morale having no inclination to virtue in itself its tendency to is to disregard virtue often it is the inciting cause that to tole toe other evila named and makes of their victim a hopeless slave it has ha boten said that habits are gregar loup 11 birds of a feather flock t ff fiber ther this beiver true of bad habits also is true of f rood habits habit soby a training which enables a person to overcome one temptation there la imbibed strength and inclination to bolst others A course ot of manly independence that will qualify I 1 a young man re dily to recognize and avoid the inal flomp i i fluentes fluen ces of tobacco air alfo airo O kives gives ability to 10 turn from others nf like character As evil begets ediff evil 1 toe use of the weed most mask follow its ita nature and aad by the associate rule that good cleaves unto goo N abstention from aoh aae necessarily reaches to ra higher and nobler plans plane and la Is conducive of general morality in the avenues avenue of iffe it is a moral duty that every young man owes to himself to Dr preserve oserve hie file nning and body in purity anti and health me abla obligation resting every boy and roan man to i no less le a every p rent every teacher and every lea lester er of humanity maulty bu in its nature the body presents no craving for tobacco oh acco the weed is revolting to the natural and aversion to it la Is stamped by the creator upon every numan human palate ane mental forces that ei benumbed and banished from the human buman system by its ita use orocla proclaim lm against the usurpation and the protestations of mental and physical strength receive ind end support from natures moral law which inveighs on every side aide against the tobacco habit that the indulgence indu iRence in this habit works ruin physically mentally anil ami morally also alao extends lim ite harmful it ii beyond time ond and reaches into eternity in ia ft PrIn principle ciPis of truth as ae dear clear as ae the be light of the noonday sun aun upon a ajay lor for as surely aurely an aa every cauff produces a kindred effect jeths jo the or of mn man perform ao an im part in deter bascon diu n hence every elvery noble aspiration in life every exalted hope hape la in time or of eternity bleeds with wita parent and nd child man and w man maa young and olo old priest and people to banish baniah the evil as aa a viper witt preys upon ulon both body ond and soul to banish baniah it ia and in a defense of all that and purr curf there to ia no indulgence in sio alo that can be called per la ia moderation vAlon there to on no lawful temperance in a bal babik A man may mav not do a little st eating teai ing or ither wilful wrongs wrong and plead justify cantius on an the ground of bet bei g C moderate therein crime and vice are to be altogether the examination we have conducted in this field hoe haa given answer to the inquiry made at the outset outlet the tobacco habit lesis to the debasement and ruin of mini mina stud body and throws its if whole influence toward the soul into the awful d rk rb mesa of eternal misery tola being the man who holds bolda the place of or guide among the people either cither in a reli alous or secular whose example coads to th tobacco habit la is a foe to both spiritual an ani I 1 temporal of those who look to him as a and exemplar of correct principle while he who points the way from the habits habit and to the of healthful development which attend from evil is a friend whose admonitions are not to be lightly disregarded when we bezan beiran ur investigation we had pictured before us the two roads road of the young man mans mana s dream vivid and reali in ile one led to a peaceful sunny land covered with a fertile harvest aej resounding with soft oft sweet bangit the other to a deep lark cove cave whence there was no issue where poison flowed instead of water and nd where serpe ts Is biased and crawled we have found which on the tobacco habit i arouse by the impress nature has bus placed upon its progress with both mind and body will the baja ard mounir men of this community choose to walk io in the be darkening road rd rather lot let us ua may aay they boy will set et their faces toward the punny land and by their courage intelligence and nd action predent preci ent that bright example by which their light shall so 0 o shine before MOD meo that these seeing their deeds deede abail emulate them for the joys they bring and glorify our fattier it tn beaven thus lury they walk in that way which adding good to good light to light honor to honor giry gl ry to glory leads leada them to be worthy of their heritage as aa sons of the great jod and aad rather father of all |