Temperance
Foreword
The Original Perfection of Man
The Inception of Intemperance
Impairment Through Indulged Appetite
Importance of Christ’s Victory Over Appetite
An Incentive to Crime
An Economic Problem
Alcohol and the Home
A Cause of Accidents
A Public-Health Problem
Alcohol and Men in Responsible Positions
Effects of Tobacco Use
Tobacco’s Polluting, Demoralizing Influence
Defiling the Temple of God
An Economic Waste
The Power of Example
Abstain From Fleshy Lusts
Tea and Coffee
Drugs
Importance of Strictly Temperate Habits
Psychological Effects of Mild Intoxicants
The Intoxicating Effects of Wine and Cider
Wine in the Bible
Christians and the Production of Liquor-Making Products
Temperance and Total Abstinence
Only as the Life Is Changed
Conversion the Secret of Victory
The Will the Key to Success
Enduring Victory
Help for the Tempted
Counsel on How to Work
The Temperance Worker
What True Temperance Embodies
The Body the Temple
Temperance and Spirituality
Daniel’s Example
The Food on Our Tables
Total Abstinence Our Position
Relation to Church Membership
Seventh-day Adventists Spiritual Leaders
Prenatal Influence
The Strength of Inherited Tendencies
Formation of Behavior Patterns
Parental Example and Guidance
Teaching Self-Denial and Self-Control
Youth and the Future
Education in Temperance
Signing the Pledge
Removing the Temptation
Diversion and Harmless Substitutes
The Sense of Moral Obligation
Working Together
Co-operating With the W.C.T.U.
The Present Situation
Called to the Battle
By Voice — a Part of Our Evangelistic Message
Temperance Education an Objective of Our Medical Work
The Influence of the Pen
The Power of the Vote
The Call to the Harvest
Appendices
Ellen G. White a Temperance Worker
At Christiana, Norway — 1886
A talk on Temperance — 1891
At Sydney, Australia — 1893