c.1880's C. H. SPURGEON. Victorian Lithographed Cigarette Card on God's Gift of Tobacco! Hymns Patrik Gillespie

Patrik Gillespie

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He served on the Rhode Island General Assembly from 1764-1794

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c.1880's C. H. SPURGEON. Victorian Lithographed Cigarette Card on God's Gift of Tobacco! Hymns Patrik GillespieAn especially fine example of C. H. Spurgeon's iconic "Player's Cigarettes" card. Spurgeon found himself in regular controversy and misunderstanding over the issue of tobacco. He himself smoked cigars and regularly received them as presents. When George F. Pentecost, an America and anti tobacconist, preached at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, without thought of the cultural context he spent a fair moment waxing hot against smoking. Spurgeon went to the