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A few years prior to 1838 he commenced preach ing in the temperance cause, and the same year formulated a pledge which he urg ed all his hearers to sign. It ran as follows: I promise to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, except those used medicin ally, and by order of a physician; and to discontinue the cause and practice of intemperance.

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Excerpt from Temperance and Prohibition

The modem temperance movement began in the city of Cork, Ireland, in the year 1838, by the Rev. Theobald Mathew, commonly called "Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance." The great moral reformation, principally brought about by his instrumentality, both in its immediate and subsequent results was unexampled in history. He was the first Roman Catholic clergyman who attained prominence in Ireland as a temperance reformer. Father Mathew was a man of singular purity and simplicity of character, with an utter unselfishness that made him clearly beloved by all the people.

A few years prior to 1838 he commenced preaching in the temperance cause, and the same year formulated a pledge which he urged all his hearers to sign. It ran as follows: "I promise to abstain from all intoxicating drinks, except those used medicinally, and by order of a physician; and to discontinue the cause and practice of intemperance."

During that year, 1838, the roads were thronged with people hastening to declare their total abandonment of drink, and before its close, one hundred and fifty thousand signatures from Cork and its surrounding country, were added to the pledge. The excitement was intense. Good men of all denominations joined his heroic labors.

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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.