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have come to my attention in which through some simple advice,
men and women have become the slaves of the drink habit.
Physicians are responsible for making many drunkards. Know-
ing what drink will do for its lovers, they have taken upon themselves
the responsibility of prescribing it for their patients. Did they reason
from cause to effect, they would know that stimulants would have
the same effect on every organ of the body as they have on the whole
man. What excuse can doctors render for the influence they have
exerted in making fathers and mothers drunkards?—
The Review
and Herald, May 29, 1894
.
Warned That They May Escape the Evil Results
—With the
awful results of indulgence in intoxicating drink before us, how is it
that any man or woman who claims to believe in the word of God,
can venture to touch, taste, or handle wine or strong drink? Such a
practice is certainly out of harmony with their professed faith....
The Lord has given special directions in His word in reference
to the use of wine and strong drink. He has forbidden their use, and
enforced His prohibitions with strong warnings and threatenings.
But His warning against the use of intoxicating beverages is not the
result of the exercise of arbitrary authority. He has warned men, in
order that they may escape from the evil that results from indulgence
in wine and strong drink....
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The liquor traffic is a terrible scourge to our land, and is sustained
and legalized by those who profess to be Christians. In thus doing,
the churches make themselves responsible for all the results of this
death-dealing traffic. The liquor traffic has its root in hell itself, and
it leads to perdition. These are solemn considerations.—
The Review
and Herald, May 1, 1894
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