The missionary who followed them was not a whit behind in boldness and zeal, and between them, they left us little to say in our turn on the subject of total abstinence.
You will therefore see that I am utterly incompetent to pronounce on the respective effects, on the mind and body, of moderate indulgence, and of total abstinence, for I have never tried the latter.
Though I am not in strictness of speech a total abstinence man, I am ordinarily a water drinker.
Total abstinence I would not hear of; it was quite out of the question.
He was bigoted; in other words, he had not taken up total abstinence by halves.
He saw also the bright side of total abstinence when he spent a day with the rector's family.
During the past year we have labored incessantly for this end, and have expended nearly twenty thousand dollars in efforts to rescue the perishing, and to educate public sentiment in favor of total abstinence.
If not denied by prohibition in the State, as by total abstinence in the individual, it will continue to entail upon the people loss and ruin and unutterable woes.
Peace, total abstinence, and high education came in course as proper causes for him to uphold.
The last day of the yearly meeting Sybil Jones spoke out her feelings in regard to total abstinence.
In 1852, at the time of his first visit to England and Ireland, but few Friends in those countries had heartily espoused the cause of total abstinence.
It was hard to put aside the notions of hospitality which he had learned in his childhood, and adopt the principles of a total abstinence, which he had always been taught to ridicule.
For him there was but one course of safety, that of total abstinence.
But, per accidens, there is an obligation of total abstinence when a greater good requires that one sacrifice intoxicants, whether the good be of self (e.
Thus, a drunkard should take the pledge of total abstinence, or else give an example of sobriety; an apostate should renounce his errors as openly as he defended them.
I know an excellent Conservative who would, I think, suit you; he says that he does not see how a man who indulges in the theory and practice of total abstinence can be a consistent believer in the Christian religion.
True, one of the earliest lessons I teach them is total abstinence, and I try to excite in their minds a disgust towards every species of alcoholic mixture.
And there is no other way given under heaven, whereby man can be saved from the vice of intemperance, but that of total abstinence.
What a fine picture is here, my neighbors, for the men to look at who expect to reform the world by moderate drinking, without adopting the principle of total abstinence.
Acute Stage:~ Total abstinence for a period, after which fluids as given in other acute intestinal disorders.
The following regime is practiced during the "Total Abstinence Period" in the treatment of gastric ulcer: 7 A.
Why the Advocates of Total Abstinence do not make more headway.
Resolved, That it is our duty and privilege to stand firm in our example of total abstinence by abandoning the use of all intoxicants from our tables and from every department of domestic life.
Mr. Isaac has been enjoying excellent health for these last twelve years, thanks to his vow of total abstinence, to which he still courageously adheres.
He remained religiously faithful to his vow of total abstinence, and spent several hours every day in giving a sound elementary education to his son.
Without meanly taking refuge in the practice of total abstinence, he had kept strictly within the bounds of what in Shayton is considered moderation.
How can they be excused when the fact of their peculiar liability lends additional force to the argument of abstemiousness, and they know that their only safety lies in total abstinence?
It was absolutely necessary that the rule of total abstinence be rigidly enforced, if we would accomplish our day's task.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "total abstinence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
