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title: 'A Discourse Delivered Before the State Temperance Society of South Carolina'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Aaron Whitney Leland'
date: 1838-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
- 'Social Issues'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 20'
- 'Ephesians 5'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/leland-1838-a-discourse-delivered-before-the-state-temperance-society-of-south-carolina
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# A Discourse Delivered Before the State Temperance Society of South Carolina

1838 address urging temperance: intemperance is a moral pestilence sustained by public opinion and must be defeated by creating an opposing public sentiment and united effort.

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