Some of the infamous violent people who give religious ‘fundamentalist’ people a bad name are drinkers themselves – not teetotallers! Yet certain media reporters may have forgotten this. If a terrorist be Islamic and a non-drinker, then secular media may be tempted to sneer at teetotallers generally or Christian ‘fundamentalists.’ Many Christians frown on drinking …
JOHN N. HURTY, M.D. ‘Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed, Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant. But over its terrible edge there had slipped A duke and full many a peasant. So the people said something would have to be done, But their projects did not at all tally, Some …
Throughout his late teens, Welch was active in the Underground Railroad that transported escaped slaves from the south into Canada. In fact, he was not the only Wesleyan Methodist connected to the “Underground Railroad.” At age 17, Thomas Welch joined the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion, founded the same year (1843). From its beginning, the Wesleyan Methodist …
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Is oinos alcoholic always in the Greek meaning? Jesus turns water into wine, but which type of wine? NOT ALL oinos wine is alcoholic. (See also: broad meaning of wine (oinos) – documented.) ‘The burden of proof here rests with the advocate of alcoholic wine…’ —Frederick Richard Lees & Dawson Burns, The Temperance Bible-Commentary When …
See also: Bible says be sober again and again. See also: History of Wesleyan Church Beliefs on drinking (1843-2016). ‘…We believe that the sale and trafficking of tobacco, alcohol and other nonmedicinal drugs is a social evil which is draining and corrupting to society, and thus we believe that the best position is to practice …
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‘the thing is an evil in itself’ ‘Make your children understand that it is not safe for them or anybody else to take strong drink in what is called moderation’ —General William Booth, Salvation Army, who cares about his example to others! 1. Ought not children to be instructed in the evils attendant on the use …
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‘We may not innocently stand by and permit the infliction of injuries by others’ ‘by forces, both moral and legal, we prevent all others from the worse than murderous traffic in liquors that can intoxicate’ —Adam Crooks, 1870, Wesleyan Methodist Church. If Orange Scott can be called the founder of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection, Adam …