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title: 'Intemperance in the United States a Hindrance to Spiritual Life'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'James Renwick Wilson Sloane'
date: 1877-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Temperance'
- 'Sabbath'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Ephesians 5'
- 'Galatians 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/sloane-1877-intemperance-in-the-united-states-a-hindrance-to-spiritual-life
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# Intemperance in the United States a Hindrance to Spiritual Life

1877 Presbyterian Council report urging defense of the Sabbath and an aggressive, church-led temperance. Warns intemperance as a social and spiritual scourge undermining revival.

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