An excerpt from an 1827 temperance sermon by Lyman Beecher.

Lyman Beecher was a famous Presbyterian minister and the father of authors and activists Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catharine Beecher, who advocated for the abolition of slavery and education for women. He co-founded the American Temperance Society and wrote popular sermons on temperance, which were printed and distributed throughout the US and Europe. This excerpt from one of Beecher’s sermons exemplifies Protestant attitudes towards drinking and urges men, churchgoers, and Americans to work for temperance.

Citation Information
Beecher, Lyman, excerpt from “Six sermons on the nature, occasions, signs, evils, and remedy of intemperance,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/4bab241ae8ebd637ec2a1ff072582d76.
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