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Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Section 1—The Philosophy of Intemperance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1—The Original Perfection of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2—The Inception of Intemperance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3—Impairment Through Indulged Appetite . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 4—Importance of Christ’s Victory Over Appetite . . . 19
Section 2—Alcohol and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 1—An Incentive to Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 2—An Economic Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3—Alcohol and the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Chapter 4—A Cause of Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 5—A Public-Health Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 6—Alcohol and Men in Responsible Positions . . . . . 42
Section 3—Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 1—Effects of Tobacco Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 2—Tobacco’s Polluting, Demoralizing Influence . . . 57
Chapter 3—Defiling the Temple of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 4—An Economic Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 5—The Power of Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 4—Other Stimulants and Narcotics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 1—Abstain From Fleshy Lusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 2—Tea and Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 3—Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 5—Milder Intoxicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 1—Importance of Strictly Temperate Habits . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 2—Psychological Effects of Mild Intoxicants . . . . . . 93
Chapter 3—The Intoxicating Effects of Wine and Cider . . . . 95
Chapter 4—Wine in the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 5—Christians and the Production of Liquor-
Making Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 6—Temperance and Total Abstinence . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Section 6—Activating Principles of a Changed Life . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 1—Only as the Life Is Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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