A late Chinese Edict, which prohibits the importation of opium into any part of that Empire, goes on to specify, "and all other drugs or articles whatsoever, that shall have been found to possess the same or similar effects; as Ale, Beef,Pudding, Methodist Sermons, Modern Epic Poems, &c."
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA) Tuesday, April 05, 1803; Issue [173]; col B
They must have been preaching differently back then.
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