An Address on Intemperance: Delivered in Walpole, N.H., February 26, 1833 |
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... speaking against this species of intemperance , much severity of invective has been indulged . I abhor drunk- enness , as much as any man can abhor it ; but it is not al- ways that I abhor the drunkard . His drunkenness is his ...
... speaking against this species of intemperance , much severity of invective has been indulged . I abhor drunk- enness , as much as any man can abhor it ; but it is not al- ways that I abhor the drunkard . His drunkenness is his ...
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... , and to - morrow for the same reasons which af- fect them to - day . I cannot speak harshly to these . It is not every man that can command his feelings and make himself superior " " to circumstances . It is not every man that 5.
... , and to - morrow for the same reasons which af- fect them to - day . I cannot speak harshly to these . It is not every man that can command his feelings and make himself superior " " to circumstances . It is not every man that 5.
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... speak by his messengers , disease and death , and it is all useless . " Ephraim is joined to his idols , let him alone . " The most any one may hope , is to change fash- ion to the side of health and good morals . It was cus- Fashion ...
... speak by his messengers , disease and death , and it is all useless . " Ephraim is joined to his idols , let him alone . " The most any one may hope , is to change fash- ion to the side of health and good morals . It was cus- Fashion ...
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... speak not to passion . My appeal is to sober sense . Ardent spirit is composed of alcohol and water , com- bined in about equal quantities . Alcohol is composed of hydrogen , carbon and oxygen , in proportions of about 14 , 52 , 34 ...
... speak not to passion . My appeal is to sober sense . Ardent spirit is composed of alcohol and water , com- bined in about equal quantities . Alcohol is composed of hydrogen , carbon and oxygen , in proportions of about 14 , 52 , 34 ...
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... speak without reserve of the object I am anxious to ac- complish , because it is not my object . I stand in awe before it , and ask " who is sufficient for it ? " That I wish to effect some changes in the mode of dispensing Christian ...
... speak without reserve of the object I am anxious to ac- complish , because it is not my object . I stand in awe before it , and ask " who is sufficient for it ? " That I wish to effect some changes in the mode of dispensing Christian ...
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Page 36 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 17 - To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: "But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
Page 36 - THAT which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life ; (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us...
Page 7 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 15 - Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old; The litanies of nations came, Like the volcano's tongue of flame, Up from the burning core below, — The canticles of love and woe...
Page 17 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 36 - ... (for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us ;) that which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us ; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Page 17 - Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall 7 say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 17 - ... Because I am not the hand, I am not the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Page 13 - When I WAS a child, I thought as a child, — I spake as a child, — I understood as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.