Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evils, and Remedy of Intemperance |
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... traffick . And it is the custom of the temperate too , which inundates the land with the occasion of so much and such unmanageable temptation . Let the temperate cease to buy - and the demand for ardent spirits will fall in the market ...
... traffick . And it is the custom of the temperate too , which inundates the land with the occasion of so much and such unmanageable temptation . Let the temperate cease to buy - and the demand for ardent spirits will fall in the market ...
Page 66
... traffick in ardent spirits is wrong , and should be abandoned as a great national evil , is evident from the following considerations . 1. It employs a multitude of men , and a vast amount of capital , to no useful purpose . The ...
... traffick in ardent spirits is wrong , and should be abandoned as a great national evil , is evident from the following considerations . 1. It employs a multitude of men , and a vast amount of capital , to no useful purpose . The ...
Page 67
... traffick in ardent spirits , to balance the enormous evils inseparable from the trade ? What drop of good does it pour into the ocean of misery which it creates ? And is all this expense of capital , and time , and effort , to be ...
... traffick in ardent spirits , to balance the enormous evils inseparable from the trade ? What drop of good does it pour into the ocean of misery which it creates ? And is all this expense of capital , and time , and effort , to be ...
Page 76
... persons would surely drink , or as if a man should fire in the dark upon masses of human beings where it must be certain that death would be the consequence to some . Those who engage in this traffick , are exposed to 76 THE REMEDY.
... persons would surely drink , or as if a man should fire in the dark upon masses of human beings where it must be certain that death would be the consequence to some . Those who engage in this traffick , are exposed to 76 THE REMEDY.
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Lyman Beecher. Those who engage in this traffick , are exposed to temptations to intemperance which no man will need- lessly encounter who has that regard to the preserva- tion of his own life and virtue , which the law of God requires ...
Lyman Beecher. Those who engage in this traffick , are exposed to temptations to intemperance which no man will need- lessly encounter who has that regard to the preserva- tion of his own life and virtue , which the law of God requires ...
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appetite behold blood bodily body cause cheerfulness commerce in ardent conscience coveteth an evil daily danger death debility destroyer destruction disease distraint drunkards effects of intemperance effeminacy energies evil covetousness exhilaration finer feelings foreskin be uncovered giveth his neighbour golden bowl HABAKKUK habit HARVARD COLLEGE hast consulted shame hath heart heaven house by cutting house of secrets human indication of intemperance inebriation influence intellect intem invigorate kedness labour land laws let thy foreskin liberty Lord LYMAN BEECHER makest him drunken middle passage mighty mind moral muscular nation occasions of intemperance perance physician produced prudent public sentiment puttest thy bottle rance reformation REMEDY OF INTEMPERANCE ruin set his nest shame for glory shameful spewing sleep soul stimulus stomach stop suffrage sustain symptoms of intemperance temperate temptation Thou hast consulted tion tippling tone traffick in ardent tremour tuating vending victims vigour Voluntary associations waves wine Woe unto