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... ninety- nine instances in a hundred , is irretrievably undone . Whether his tongue falter , or his feet fail him or not , he will die of intemperance . By whatever name his · disease may be called , it will be one of OF INTEMPERANCE . 13.
... ninety- nine instances in a hundred , is irretrievably undone . Whether his tongue falter , or his feet fail him or not , he will die of intemperance . By whatever name his · disease may be called , it will be one of OF INTEMPERANCE . 13.
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Lyman Beecher. disease may be called , it will be one of the legion which lie in wait about the path of intemperance , and which abused heaven employs to execute wrath upon the guilty . But of all the ways to hell , which the feet of ...
Lyman Beecher. disease may be called , it will be one of the legion which lie in wait about the path of intemperance , and which abused heaven employs to execute wrath upon the guilty . But of all the ways to hell , which the feet of ...
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... called , on all the days of public convocation which occur in a year , a desire will be soon formed of drinking at other times , until the healthful appetite of nature is superseded by the artificial thirst produced by ardent spirits ...
... called , on all the days of public convocation which occur in a year , a desire will be soon formed of drinking at other times , until the healthful appetite of nature is superseded by the artificial thirst produced by ardent spirits ...
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... called in to ease these torments , but until the fires beneath are extinct , what can the physician do ? He can no more alleviate these woes than he can carry alleviation to the tormented , in the flames for which these are the sad ...
... called in to ease these torments , but until the fires beneath are extinct , what can the physician do ? He can no more alleviate these woes than he can carry alleviation to the tormented , in the flames for which these are the sad ...
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... called in to hasten to its consummation the dilatory work of self - destruc- tion . So that if no man becomes a sot upon wine , it is only because it hands him over to more fierce " and terrible executioners of heaven's delayed ven ...
... called in to hasten to its consummation the dilatory work of self - destruc- tion . So that if no man becomes a sot upon wine , it is only because it hands him over to more fierce " and terrible executioners of heaven's delayed ven ...
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Page 5 - At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Page 75 - Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil 1 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Page 89 - Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also...
Page 5 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 6 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Page 61 - Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 41 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 9 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Page 83 - But these evils are as real, as if the stone did cry out of the wall, and the beam answered it — as real, as if day and night, wailings were heard in every part of the dwelling — and blood and skeletons were seen upon every wall — as real, as if the ghostly forms of departed victims, flitted about the ship as she passed...
Page 61 - Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.