Religious and educational aspects of temperance / by various authors.

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[1874?]
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Credit: Religious and educational aspects of temperance / by various authors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONCLUSION. Christians, we earnestly entreat you not to allow any per- sonal or social considerations to deter you from a course which your conscience may approve ! Let not, we beseech you, any hypercritical objections to the constitution or ad- vocacy of the Total Abstinence Society prevent you from throwing your powerful influence into this important movement. If this is done with a sincere desire to promote the glory of God, and the good of your fellow-men, we believe you will never have cause to regret it. Those who have taken this step can testify to its having assisted to increase their religious influence among the people ; and, with- out withdrawing them from other fields of benevolent or reli- gious labour, it has helped to crown those labours with success. Finally, permit us affectionately to remind you of the deep responsibility which is involved in the course you may henceforth pursue. It is not a question of sentiment or feeling which may be concealed from those around you. Your practice must speak, though your motives may be unknown. You cannot therefore be neutral if you would. The influence of your character, and the consequent power of your example, will be given either to banish or sustain the custom of drinking; a custom which you have little or no power to control, and which, if continued, is sure to produce among the masses of the people, an appalling amount of wretchedness, crime, and woe.
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