Lectures on man : being a series of discourses on phrenology and physiology / delivered by L.N. Fowler.
- Lorenzo N. Fowler
- Date:
- 1880
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures on man : being a series of discourses on phrenology and physiology / delivered by L.N. Fowler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![an interesting occasion.” He added “I h-ivo fnr fv,0 100j. . cannotd aU i'7itSi0nS t0 be Preseut at any place of festivity^here™ cannot consistently maintain the principles I profess t i- countenance, in every possible l.Sy‘ He,exert®.d a powerful influence, and all the more because his theory and practice were the same. oecause Allusion has been made to another cause of intemperance viV • hereditary influences When the parents are iSpemte the generations.6 t0 b° S°’ and fche curse extends to several the m°st fruitful causes of intemperance is the wrong feeding of children As long as the idea prevails that infants require f' ®^ened brandy-and-water, or stimulants of any kind, we shall have itemperance As long as nursing mothers believe that they need poiter, ale, or beer, to enable them to nourish their children, we shall chTl^o 7rance- u Craving aPPetite for stimulants is formed in childhood, it grows with the growth of the child. As long as parents “L S-dUCt °n ^ eu' Child!'en’ hy Promising them something ood to eat if they will be good, the early appetites of children will ecome morbid, and as they advance in years they readily believe that le desire for stimulants is a natural demand, instead of an artificial want, and hence all kinds of excuses are framed to enable them to gratify an appetite for that which does them harm Ignorance is another cause of intemperance. People are not aware when they conform to established social usages, that they are obeying t e lower law of their natures, by yielding to perverted alimentiveuess ; in fact, they rarely think of the struggle between the flesh and the spirit, St Paul says in Galatians, “ that the works of the flesh are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings' murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like, of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance ; against such there is no law.” The great question is, whether the lusts of the flesh or the fruits of the spirit shall prevail ? Our Saviour says, “that it is to him that overcometh that is to be granted the privilege of sitting at his right hand. ihe community should decide whether it will have the traffic in liquor carried on or abolished. Whether the flesh shall work the mischiefs and evils enumerated by St. Paul, or w'hether the spirit shall be allowed to bring forth peace and joy. Why should not the traffic in liquor be abolished ? Why should not the higher law be obeyed ] It may involve a sacrifice, but there is a sacrifice now to society, w’henever a human being is degraded by yielding to an unhallowed appetite. Should society be called upon to imperil or sacrifice the health, virtue, and the temporal as well as the eternal happiness of its members, for the sake of filling the publican’s](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28051567_0352.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
