| Lebbeus Armstrong - Alcoholism - 1853 - 812 pages
...'Armstrong, I have come to see you on important business." Then lifting up both hands, he continued, " We shall all become a community of drunkards in this...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance I" This alarming address of Dr. Clark (like the grain of mustard-seed alluded to of old), contained... | |
| Daniel Dorchester - Alcoholism - 1884 - 742 pages
...at the house, bcwith the earnest important business." Then, lifting up both hands, he exclaimed, " "We shall all become a community of drunkards in this...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance ! " After such an introduction he proceeded to develop the plan which he had been revolving in his... | |
| Richard Eddy - Alcoholism - 1887 - 492 pages
...pastor, Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong, of the Congregational Church, to whom he. communicated his conviction : " We shall all become a community of drunkards in this...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance." Developing his plan of a Temperance Organization, his efforts was seconded by his pastor and others,... | |
| Walter W. Spooner - Drinking of alcoholic beverages - 1891 - 684 pages
...called to see his friend in Moreau, Rev. Libbeus Armstrong, and startled him with the declaration : " We shall all become a community of drunkards in this...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance." Mr. Clark proposed the formation of a temperance society, and with the co-operation of Rev. Mr. Armstrong... | |
| John Granville Woolley, William Eugene Johnson - Canada - 1903 - 586 pages
...own. Discussing the matter with his pastor, the Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong, he declared that " We >hall become a community of drunkards in this town, unless...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance." As a result of this conference, the Temperance Society of Moreau and Northumberland was organised on... | |
| Eric Burns - History - 2004 - 356 pages
...Armstrong. Clark knocks at the preacher's door, bursts inside, and utters these words: "Mr. Armstrong, I have come to see you on important business. We shall...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance!" The quote, complete with italics and exclamation point, is from Reverend Armstrong's book, The Temperance... | |
| Temperance - 1865 - 104 pages
...Lebbeus Armstrong, "I have come to see you on important business. There is danger that we all shall become a community of drunkards in this town, unless...something is done to arrest the progress of intemperance." Something was done by that minister and that Christian physician. A society was formed, a pledge or... | |
| |