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Chapter 2—Signing the Pledge
Every Seventh-day Adventist to Sign
—From the light of God
has given me, every member among us should sign the pledge and
be connected with the temperance association.—
The Review and
Herald, October 21, 1884
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Sign and Encourage Others to Sign
—Here is a work opened
before the young, the middle-aged, and the aged. When the temper-
ance pledge is presented to you, sign it. More than this, resolve to
put all your powers against the evil of intemperance, and encourage
others who are trying to do a work of reform in the world.—
The
Review and Herald, January 14, 1909
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Every Youth to Sign Every Pledge Presented
—Intemperance
and profanity and licentiousness are sisters. Let every God-fearing
youth gird on the armor and press to the front. Put your names on
every temperance pledge presented. Thus you lend your influence in
favor of signing the pledge, and induce others to sign it. Let no weak
excuse deter you from taking this step. Work for the good of your
own souls and for good of others.—
The Youth’s Instructor, July 16,
1903
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The Drunkard to Sign
—Temperance workers try to induce the
drunkard to sign a pledge that henceforth he will not use intoxicating
liquor. This is well.—
Manuscript 102, 1904
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The Drunkard’s Children to Sign. An Appeal
—Let not one
drop of wine or liquor pass your lips, for in its use is madness and
woe. Pledge yourself to entire abstinence, for it is your only safety....
Let not one son by his words and his example become Satan’s agent
to tempt one of the members of the family to lead to indulge and
awaken the demon appetite which spoiled the life of the father and
sent him prematurely to the grave.—
Manuscript 25, 1893
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Those in High Positions to Sign
—To those in high positions
we are to present the total abstinence pledge, asking them to give
the money they would otherwise spend for the harmful indulgences
of liquor and tobacco to the establishment of institutions where
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