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... formed , auxiliary to the American Society , when the citizens of Connecticut set up their banner . Though far famed as the land of steady habits ; though our Churches and Colleges and Schools shew to the traveller , that we are an ...
... formed , auxiliary to the American Society , when the citizens of Connecticut set up their banner . Though far famed as the land of steady habits ; though our Churches and Colleges and Schools shew to the traveller , that we are an ...
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... formed the staple . In 1827 , there were in the State , 1,026 licensed retailers , and about 400 taverners . Allowing 350 distillers , and supposing there were in the State , 45,000 families , every twenty - fifth family in Connecticut ...
... formed the staple . In 1827 , there were in the State , 1,026 licensed retailers , and about 400 taverners . Allowing 350 distillers , and supposing there were in the State , 45,000 families , every twenty - fifth family in Connecticut ...
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HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY . THE CONNECTICUT TEMPERANCE SOCIETY , was formed at Hartford , May 20 , 1829 , in a ... forming intemperate appetites and habits ; and , that while it is continued , the evils of intemperance can never be ...
HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY . THE CONNECTICUT TEMPERANCE SOCIETY , was formed at Hartford , May 20 , 1829 , in a ... forming intemperate appetites and habits ; and , that while it is continued , the evils of intemperance can never be ...
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... formed a County Society in each county in the State , and 172 associations in cities , towns , and parishes , which were auxiliary to the county societies , and which embraced 22,532 members , who had given their pledge of entire ...
... formed a County Society in each county in the State , and 172 associations in cities , towns , and parishes , which were auxiliary to the county societies , and which embraced 22,532 members , who had given their pledge of entire ...
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... formation of the Society has it appeared to be so free from alloy as at the present . " Lyme , Richard M'Curdy , Esq . President , Chas . Griswold , Esq . Sec- Members of the retary . 422 members ; 175 males , 247 females . Juvenile ...
... formation of the Society has it appeared to be so free from alloy as at the present . " Lyme , Richard M'Curdy , Esq . President , Chas . Griswold , Esq . Sec- Members of the retary . 422 members ; 175 males , 247 females . Juvenile ...
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abstinence alcohol American Temperance Society ANNUAL REPORT appetite ardent spirits auxiliaries beverage blessed Christian churches cider citizens Congregational Church Connecticut Temperance Union County crime distilleries Doct dram dram-seller dram-shop drunkards drunkenness duty East Hartford efforts evil Executive Committee fact families females friends of temperance grog-shops Hartford Hartford County Haven high license hope hundred Increase influence intemperance interest intoxicating drinks intoxicating liquors JOHN COTTON SMITH labor Litchfield County males MARTHA WASHINGTON meetings ment moral nation officers opinion organized pastors paupers perance persons pledge poison present President principle prohibition public houses religion Resolved retailers ruin Sabbath saloons Secretary sell shops soul strong drink taverns temperance cause temperance organizations Temperance reformation Temperance Society temperance store thing tion total abstinence town traffic Treasurer vice vote Windham County wine Yale College young youth
Popular passages
Page 15 - If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
Page 15 - 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, shall 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 16 - He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. Arise. O Lord ; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. IN the
Page 15 - color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 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 shah be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Page 11 - Avoid it; pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away." " Now," said John, " you see my orders forbid me going •with you. They are God's orders, and by his help I don't mean to break them.
Page 16 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, But that scaffold sways the future, And, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God, within the shadow, Keeping watch above his own.
Page 16 - an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil. 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. Woo to him that
Page 22 - Truths of all others the most awful and interesting are too often considered as so true that th'ey lose the power of truth, and lie bedridden in the dormitory of the soul, side by side with the most despised and exploded errors.
Page 10 - Look not thon upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a
Page 15 - 21. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.