Excerpt from The Religious Objection to Tetotalism The religious objection against Temperance Societies which is the subject of the following paper, is one which has spread from mouth to mouth among profes sors of the gospel, far and wide all over England, and has caused vast multitudes of serious persons to oppose or (which amounts to the same thing) to hold back from the temperance cause. I myself have encountered the very same objection among religious professors at al most every turn. Now, that the dissipated, the thoughtless, and the worldly, and those who live only for their own personal indulgence, should oppose the efforts now making against one of the greatest strong holds of Satan, and one of the worst enemies of Christ's kingdom, is no more than what we might be prepared to expect. But that any who profess to love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, should oppose the temperance cause, and should even plead their love of the gospel as a reason for their opposition, is a melancholy proof of the deceivableness of the human heart, and of the un accountable delusions to which it is continually exposed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.