---
title: 'Reasons for Not Joining the Temperance Society'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Clement Read'
date: 1836-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 14'
- 'Matthew 15'
- '1 Timothy 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/read-1836-reasons-for-not-joining-the-temperance-society
---

# Reasons for Not Joining the Temperance Society

1836 clergyman's pamphlet refusing Temperance Society membership: argues Christian duty and Scripture suffice, moderate use of spirits lawful, and the Society's methods unwise.

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