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... total abstinence pledge ; but some years before his death , in 1858 , he became a teetotaler . The GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND TEMPE- RANCE SOCIETY was SCOTLAND . 35.
... total abstinence pledge ; but some years before his death , in 1858 , he became a teetotaler . The GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND TEMPE- RANCE SOCIETY was SCOTLAND . 35.
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... total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors , do voluntarily consent to relinquish entirely their use , and neither to give nor receive them upon any , save medical cases - small beer excepted , and wine on sacramental occasions ...
... total abstinence from all intoxicating liquors , do voluntarily consent to relinquish entirely their use , and neither to give nor receive them upon any , save medical cases - small beer excepted , and wine on sacramental occasions ...
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... abstinence from whisky , as beer was little drunk in North Britain before the commencement of the movement . It is ... total abstinence , had less to do in contending with the public at large than to combat the old societies , that had ...
... abstinence from whisky , as beer was little drunk in North Britain before the commencement of the movement . It is ... total abstinence , had less to do in contending with the public at large than to combat the old societies , that had ...
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... total - abstinence pledge was adopted ; and it is possible that the idea may have originated with the Preston friends : but as we have already seen , in September , 1830 , a total absti nence society was formed and regularly constituted ...
... total - abstinence pledge was adopted ; and it is possible that the idea may have originated with the Preston friends : but as we have already seen , in September , 1830 , a total absti nence society was formed and regularly constituted ...
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... total abstinence pledge while in a state of intoxication , in October , 1832. On the 15th of May the 56 PRESTON SOCIETY .
... total abstinence pledge while in a state of intoxication , in October , 1832. On the 15th of May the 56 PRESTON SOCIETY .
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addressed adopted afterwards agents American pledge ance appointed ardent spirits attended Band of Hope became beer British and Foreign cause of temperance Chapel Church circulation commenced committee death delegates delivered died drunkards drunkenness early Edinburgh England evils Exeter Hall Father Mathew Foreign Society Foreign Temperance Society friends George Cruikshank Glasgow intoxicating drinks intoxicating liquors Ireland J. S. Buckingham J. W. Green James Sherman James Teare Janson John Cassell John Dunlop Joseph Livesey labours lectures London Auxiliary Manchester meeting was held Messrs ministers months National Temperance League National Temperance Society October perance persons president Preston principle of total promote public meeting Robert Scotland Scottish Temperance League secretary short pledge signed the pledge success Sunday T. A. Smith teetotaler teetotalism temperance cause temperance movement temperance reformation Theobald Mathew Thomas took Total Abstinence Society town tracts treasurer visited William wine zealous
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Page 264 - Then shall the earth yield her increase ; And GOD, even our own GOD, shall bless us. GOD shall bless us ; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Page 185 - It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the Society, and provide the pastor with notices of meetings.
Page 54 - That man is not the discoverer of any art who first says the thing; but he who says it so long, and so loud, and so clearly, that he compels mankind to hear...
Page 202 - That the most perfect health is compatible with total abstinence from all such intoxicating beverages, whether in the form of ardent spirits, or as wine, beer, ale, porter, cider, &c., &c.
Page 29 - ... bodily infirmity ; that we will not allow the use of them in our families, nor provide them for the entertainment of our friends, or for persons in our employment ; and that, in all suitable ways, we will discountenance the use of them in the community.
Page 112 - We, the undersigned, do agree, that we will not use intoxicating liquors, nor traffic in them as a beverage ; that we will not provide them as an article of entertainment, or for persons in our employment ; and that in all suitable ways we will discountenance their use throughout the community.
Page 359 - Beneath this stone are deposited the remains of RICHARD TURNER, author of the word Teetotal, as applied to abstinence from all intoxicating liquors, who departed this life on the 27th day of October, 1846, aged 56 years.
Page 13 - An old writer says : • Hops, reformation, bays, and beer, Came into England all in one year...
Page 21 - ... in all liquors. It is this which gives to wine, ale, and spirits, their characteristic properties. In the natural state, however, it is so pungent, that it could not be received into the stomach, even in a moderate quantity, without producing death. It can, therefore, only be used in dilution; and in this state we have it from the strongest ardent spirits, to simple small beer. The first (ardent spirits) being the most concentrated of its combinations, act most rapidly upon the constitution....
Page 25 - No member shall drink rum, gin, whiskey, wine, or any distilled spirits, or compositions of the same, or any of them, except by the advice of a physician, or in case of actual disease (also excepting wine at public dinners), under penalty of twenty-five cents ; provided that this article shall not infringe on any religious ordinance.