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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1830 Excerpt: ... -oncentrated power, consume the vital principle, and thus undermine the physical strength, is just as demonstrable as any proposition in mathematics. The only wonder is, that enlightened and thinking people should have been so extremely slow in coming to a conclusion which ought, centuries ago, to have been universally admitted and acted on.' ADDRESS. 'Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, until wine inflame them, ' Isaiah v, 11. This is a part of a glowing, though true picture, drawn by divine inspiration, of a nation abandoned to intemperance and vice, sinking down into ruin and death, under the frown of an offended God. At the top of the canvas is penciled out the harp and the viol, the tabret and pipe, the giddy multitude revelling in the feast, mingling wine and strong drink. The middle of the picture is occupied by the chains of captivity, the miserable skeletons of poverty, the walking ghosts of famine, pestilence, and disease. At the bottom of the canvas, in bold relief, hell opens her mouth without measure; and the revellers, and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, descend into it. What a picture And can this picture apply to this nation? The subject presented is Intemperance; and I purpose to remark upon some of its causes, its symptoms and progress, its effects, and its remedy. I am aware that but a small part of the subjects of this division can be compassed in one short address; and I know, also, that some, if not most of these subjects have been brought before the public by master spirits of our age, in a manner which I cannot imitate; still I proceed, in my feeble way, to observe, 1. That among the causes of Intemperance is, parental indiscretion. No mo...
| ISBN-13 | 9781154247961 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1154247961 |
| Weight | 1.36 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.94 In |
| List Price | $30.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 422 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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