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Called to the Battle
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becoming demoralized in the halls and gardens fitted up with music
and other attractions to allure the youth! ...
The young men and young women who claim to believe the truth
for this time can please Jesus only by uniting in an effort to meet
the evils that have, with seductive influence, crept in upon society.
They should do all they can to stay the tide of intemperance now
spreading with demoralizing power over the land. Realizing that
intemperance has open, avowed supporters, those who honor God
take their position firmly against this tide of evil by which both men
and women are being swiftly carried to perdition.—
The Youth’s
Instructor, July 16, 1903
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Called to the Holy War Against Appetite and Lust
—Are our
young men prepared to lift their voices in the cause of temperance
and show its bearing upon Christianity? Will they engage in the holy
war against appetite and lust? Our artificial civilization encourages
evils which are destroying sound principles. And the Lord is at the
door. Where are the men who will go forth to the work, fully trusting
in God, ready to do and to dare? God calls, “Son, go work today in
My vineyard.”—
Manuscript 134, 1898
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To Follow God’s Instruction
—We must begin to labor on the
subject of temperance. We must take this matter up in the way that
the Lord has often presented to me should be done.—
Letter 334,
1905
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Called to Join Our Temperance Society
—Temperance soci-
eties, and clubs have been formed among those who make no pro-
fession of the truth, while our people although far ahead of every
other denomination in the land in principle and practical temperance
have been slow to organize into temperance societies, and thus have
failed to exert the influence they otherwise might.—
Letter 1, 1882
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From the light 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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Every Church Member to Work
—Let those who have their
Bibles and who believe the word of God become active temperance
workers. Who will now seek to advance the work of our Redeemer?
Let every church member work in right lines.—
Letter 18a, 1906
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We want everyone to be a temperance worker.—
Manuscript 18,
1894
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