Proceedings Of The First New England Temperance Convention

Author : John Turner Rae
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ISBN 13 : 9781331231820
Total Pages : 390 pages
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Download or read book The World's Temperance Congress of 1900 written by John Turner Rae and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World's Temperance Congress of 1900: Journal of the Proceedings The practical purpose of the present volume is so self-evident that a prefatory note would be unnecessary if the claims of justice did not demand a grateful acknowledgement in the most emphatic terms of the invaluable services rendered by those ladies and gentlemen who kindly complied with the Editor's request for papers. We trust that the great appreciation already accorded them by the members of the Congress may be speedily followed by a wider recognition of their value, since we do not remember in our long experience of Temperance work a series of papers more worthy of the general public confidence. In commencing the important work of the New Century, temperance men and women have no reason to hesitate as to the soundness of the principles that have hitherto guided them in the conduct of their beneficent enterprise, their efficiency having been established beyond the possibility of dispute by all intelligent people who have given their minds to the candid consideration of the question. Surely the great work now remaining is to enlighten and influence by every possible means those who are still indifferent to the claims of the movement. If the correspondence that has reached us from various quarters may be implicitly relied on, the Congress has imparted new life to many who had grown weary in well doing, but from whom good work may be expected in the future; our greatest hope, however, comes from those young men who may have derived inspiration from the variety of progress attained during the marvellous century now nearly closed, and who feel the responsibility of endeavouring to win for the new century laurels of moral progress surpassing any yet gained in the history of the world. The spirited "Call to Arms" sent to the Congress by the Belgian Temperance Association of Students, is one that should on no account be overlooked; what might not be expected if the collegians of the world should earnestly unite with other young men and women in opposing the great enemy of their best and purest life? Another important point needing impressive enforcement upon many classes of the people is the acknowledged fact that the Temperance movement is inextricably bound up with almost every form of industrial, social and religious progress. The "drink curse" is not only an evil of the first magnitude in itself, but is the prolific source of many others upon which much expensive labour is constantly expended - labour which might to a large extent be prevented if all our practical philanthropists were to become active abstainers. Since Temperance reform is the friend and ally of every other elevating movement and is antagonistic to none, it has been to us a cause of surprise and wonder that with their experience of social work, so many good people have found it possible to refrain from joining our ranks. Let a special effort be made during the coming years to enlist as many as possible of those who are still apathetic in regard to this world-wide crusade against "the enemy of the race." 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.