Washingtonian pledge against spirits temperance article
In Augusta on December 30 1843 the Washingtonian urges temperance pledges to renounce spirits and wine. The piece notes good order during holidays, discusses Sabbath desecration by youth, praises the temperance movement and a planned visit by John Hawkins, and argues temperance should not replace religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Friends of Temperance
John Hawkins
Columbia
8. C
Washingtonian
Temperance and the value of virtue in reform
The article defends temperance work, urging proportionate zeal and warning against overvaluation of abstinence. It calls for cooperation, humility, and moral effort, linking temperance to overall virtue and good order. It notes success depends on guiding others through action and unity. It reports lectures by Dr. Robertson on arterialization and Poland, with dates and venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Literary Society
Augusta
Robertson
Bright Sunny North and a Moral Christmas Reflection
A reflective piece contrasts the bright north with fleeting social vanities and urges temperance and virtue. It warns of year end reckoning, urges ready acts of goodness, and scolds misdirected public noise while calling for meaningful reform and charitable action.
Temper-time pledge calls for action to promote moral reform
A call to members of the Temper-time society to examine their efforts against intemperance. The author urges prayer, sacrifice, and active support for the cause, warning that delay means missed chance and spiritual futility. An exhortation to repent before year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Mathews
Hawkins
Union of effort for temperance reform urged by Wasnineroxtan
The piece argues for daily united action in temperance, warning that indulgence harms the youth and family. It condemns the father for enabling excess and calls for consistent personal reform to advance social change and global blessing.
Christmas noise and Youth Morality Reflected in Satirical Sermon
The speaker contrasts the talents of youth with Bacon and Newton and urges daily learning while lamenting Christmas gaiety turning toward taverns. He warns that neglect of self-improvement brings shame and mortification and questions the piety of celebrating Christ’s birth amid such revelry.
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Bacon
Newton
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