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September 21, 1831
The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
Excerpt from the Third Annual Report of the New Hampshire Temperance Society criticizes indifference and opposition to temperance reform from some religious individuals and church members, viewing it as contrary to Christian teachings and upholding the evil of alcohol consumption. Published in Boston Recorder.
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TEMPERANCE.
"Third Annual Report of the New Hampshire Temperance Society."
"Piety weeps," says the document before us, "over the sloth, timidity, and even opposition, of some that bear her name;" and it is remarked by persons whose acquaintance with the state of the temperance reformation gives them a right to speak confidently, that the most prominent obstacle to its advancement at the present time is, the indifference or opposition of men who call themselves religious. Our Savior went about doing good. Here are his disciples, doing immense, incalculable, and manifest evil. Strange discipleship, that throws down what the Master sets up! that scatters abroad what the Master gathers together! Is it not so? the very fact that some engaged in that business and guilty of these practices are members of Christian churches, is what, more than any thing else, upholds the abomination of desolation under which we suffer.
Boston Recorder.
"Third Annual Report of the New Hampshire Temperance Society."
"Piety weeps," says the document before us, "over the sloth, timidity, and even opposition, of some that bear her name;" and it is remarked by persons whose acquaintance with the state of the temperance reformation gives them a right to speak confidently, that the most prominent obstacle to its advancement at the present time is, the indifference or opposition of men who call themselves religious. Our Savior went about doing good. Here are his disciples, doing immense, incalculable, and manifest evil. Strange discipleship, that throws down what the Master sets up! that scatters abroad what the Master gathers together! Is it not so? the very fact that some engaged in that business and guilty of these practices are members of Christian churches, is what, more than any thing else, upholds the abomination of desolation under which we suffer.
Boston Recorder.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Providence Divine
What keywords are associated?
Temperance Reformation
Religious Opposition
Christian Churches
Alcohol Abomination
Moral Critique
Where did it happen?
New Hampshire
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New Hampshire
Story Details
The report highlights religious indifference and opposition as the main barrier to temperance advancement, contrasting it with Christ's good works and noting church members' role in perpetuating alcohol's evils.