A Sermon Preached by the Rev. T. C. Wilson, Perth, U. C. On Behalf of the Perth Temperance Society, October 2, 1836 (Classic Reprint)

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from A Sermon Preached by the Rev. T. C. Wilson, Perth, U. C. On Behalf of the Perth Temperance Society, October 2, 1836 The most violent opponents of Temperance Societies will not venture to affirm, that we are, any where in Scripture, so commanded to use intoxicating liquor, as a drink, as to render it sinful to abstain, if we please, so that the simple act itself of total abstinence, is, by their own allowing, not contrary to the word of God, and thus they grant one important principle upon which these Societies are formed, viz the lawfulness of voluntarily abstaining, if we see good cause, from the use of all intoxicating liquor as a drink. And, as what is thus lawful for an individual to do, must be equally so for an hundred, or a thousand, or any other number, so, the associating together in a public man-3 nor, of those who thus intend to abstain, is chie¿y designed to give prominence to their example, and publicity to their opinion, in the hope of thus more powerfully impressing upon the minds of others, the importance of the subject, and the necessity of a united and vigorous opposition to the various customs, and practices, and other means, by which intemperance is generally caused. But we take higher ground still, and occupy as our resting place, our sure foundation, the whole Scrip. Tures of truth, and build upon a rock, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail, for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.