The Pocket Cyclopedia of TemperanceTemperance Society of the M.E. Church, 1916 - 386 pages |
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Page 73 - 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 253 - He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
Page 47 - energy is a shared responsibility among the 15 Ibid at 1-12. The Federation of Australia established in 1901 consists of six states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia) and two mainland territories (Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory).
Page 356 - God cleaves to the stones, the timber, the furniture of them ! The curse of God is in their gardens, their walks, their groves; a fire that burns to the nethermost hell! Blood, blood, is there; the foundation, the floor, the walls, the roof are stained with blood...
Page 239 - I have no hesitation in attributing a very large proportion of some of the most painful and dangerous maladies which come under my notice, as well as those which every medical man has to treat, to the ordinary and daily use of fermented drink taken in the quantity which is conventionally deemed moderate.
Page 168 - That the following amendment to the Constitution be, and hereby is proposed to the States, to become valid as a part of the Constitution when ratified by the Legislatures of the several States as provided by the Constitution: "Article — . "Section 1.
Page 117 - It is true, that, when the defendants in these cases purchased or erected their breweries, the laws of the State did not forbid the manufacture of intoxicating liquors. But the State did not thereby give any assurance, or come under an obligation, that its legislation upon that subject would remain unchanged. Indeed, as was said in Stone v. Mississippi, 101 US 814, the supervision of the public health and the public morals is a governmental power, "continuing in its nature...
Page 167 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two thirds of each House concurring therein...
Page 253 - All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
Page 98 - There is no inherent right in a citizen to thus sell intoxicating liquors by retail; it is not a privilege of a citizen of the state or of a citizen of the United States. As it is a business attended with danger to the community it may, as already said, be entirely prohibited, or be permitted under such conditions as will limit to the utmost its evils.