The Temperance Reformation: Its History, from the Organization of the First Temperance Society to the Adoption of the Liquor Law of Maine, 1851; and the Consequent Influence of the Promulgation of that Law on the Political Interest of the State of New York, 1852 |
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... drink rum , gin , whisky , wine , or any distilled spirits , or compositions of the same , or any of them , except by advice of a physician , or in case of actual disease ; also , excepting wine at public dinners , under penalty of ...
... drink rum , gin , whisky , wine , or any distilled spirits , or compositions of the same , or any of them , except by advice of a physician , or in case of actual disease ; also , excepting wine at public dinners , under penalty of ...
Page 32
... drinks to any in their employ , except as a medicine . " Recorded , by order of the Society . " GURDON G. SILL , President . " This was considered as a glorious triumph of principle , which constituted the whole band of societies in the ...
... drinks to any in their employ , except as a medicine . " Recorded , by order of the Society . " GURDON G. SILL , President . " This was considered as a glorious triumph of principle , which constituted the whole band of societies in the ...
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... drink or wear ; but seek first the king- dom of God and his righteousness , and all needful things shall be added . " Now , apply this principle of divine instruction to the cause of temperance . And , that the contrast may appear to ...
... drink or wear ; but seek first the king- dom of God and his righteousness , and all needful things shall be added . " Now , apply this principle of divine instruction to the cause of temperance . And , that the contrast may appear to ...
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... drink to drunkenness , at the expense of my earnings , and stagger homeward at a late hour of the night to my freezing , starv- ing family , and beat my wife , because she had no bread for me , and drive my children to the neighbors to ...
... drink to drunkenness , at the expense of my earnings , and stagger homeward at a late hour of the night to my freezing , starv- ing family , and beat my wife , because she had no bread for me , and drive my children to the neighbors to ...
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... drink no in- toxicating liquors , at home or abroad , in any company or business , under any circumstances whatever , except as a medicine . Total abstinence is our pledge ; to keep it is our enjoyment . The labors , privations ...
... drink no in- toxicating liquors , at home or abroad , in any company or business , under any circumstances whatever , except as a medicine . Total abstinence is our pledge ; to keep it is our enjoyment . The labors , privations ...
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