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title: 'The Church and Temperance: A Sermon'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John William Mears'
date: 1872-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Ecclesiastes 1'
- 'Revelation 21'
- 'Romans 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mears-1872-the-church-and-temperance-a-sermon
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# The Church and Temperance: A Sermon

Urgent sermon calling the church to lead the temperance reform, grounding total abstinence in Scripture and Christian charity, urging self-denial to protect the weak.

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