Three Important Questions

Where, above all, should true temperance reform begin?BR-ASI9 480.1

In the home.BR-ASI9 480.2

Note.—Unless fathers and mothers practice temperance, they cannot expect their children to do so.BR-ASI9 480.3

What classes of men especially should be strictly temperate?BR-ASI9 480.4

“Be thou an example of the believers.” 1 Timothy 4:12.BR-ASI9 480.5

Note.—Of all men in the world, ministers and physicians should lead strictly temperate lives. The welfare of society demands this of them, for their influence is constantly telling for or against moral reform and the improvement of society. By precept and example they can do much toward bringing about the much-needed reform.BR-ASI9 480.6

Can the fact that the liquor traffic brings in a large revenue to the state justify men in licensing it?BR-ASI9 480.7

“Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!” Habakkuk 2:12.BR-ASI9 480.8

Note.—In all the walks and relationships of life, whether in the home, the medical profession, the pulpit, or the legislative assembly, men should stand for temperance. To license the liquor traffic is to legalize and foster it. It cannot exist or thrive without the patronage of each rising generation, a large number of whom it must necessarily ruin, body, soul, and spirit. For the state to receive money from such a source, therefore, must be highly reprehensible.BR-ASI9 480.9