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... customs by which it has been so long enslaved , and he will not despair of living to see the day , when , through the blessing of the Most High , upon their exertions , it shall no longer be said that Intemperance is the Curse of ...
... customs by which it has been so long enslaved , and he will not despair of living to see the day , when , through the blessing of the Most High , upon their exertions , it shall no longer be said that Intemperance is the Curse of ...
Page 99
... customs of his descendents . No men- tion is made of wine , in the Sacred Scriptures , after the case of Noah , until they inform us that Mel- chisedeck , king of Salem , brought forth bread and wine , for the refreshment of Abraham ...
... customs of his descendents . No men- tion is made of wine , in the Sacred Scriptures , after the case of Noah , until they inform us that Mel- chisedeck , king of Salem , brought forth bread and wine , for the refreshment of Abraham ...
Page 110
... customs of society shall remain unchanged . But it is not necessary that there should exist a pre- disposition to intemperance , in order that the habitual drinking of intoxicating liquors , may become , exten- sively , a cause of ...
... customs of society shall remain unchanged . But it is not necessary that there should exist a pre- disposition to intemperance , in order that the habitual drinking of intoxicating liquors , may become , exten- sively , a cause of ...
Page 111
... customs which they could not conscientiously approve , and by their ob- jecting to the use of ardent spirits in particular , in which there is not one or more individuals , whose love of strong drink , or whose misconduct arising from ...
... customs which they could not conscientiously approve , and by their ob- jecting to the use of ardent spirits in particular , in which there is not one or more individuals , whose love of strong drink , or whose misconduct arising from ...
Page 114
... Custom now to be considered , like the last alluded to , is evidently founded on the presumption , that our distilled and fermented liquors are really valuable ; and as far as their expensiveness is concerned , they are , indeed ...
... Custom now to be considered , like the last alluded to , is evidently founded on the presumption , that our distilled and fermented liquors are really valuable ; and as far as their expensiveness is concerned , they are , indeed ...
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Page 62 - But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way ; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink ; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Page 184 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 13 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 198 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 63 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Page 21 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 27 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 198 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve. him.
Page 250 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Page 38 - Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh : For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.