All Items 1 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 1 Contributor 2 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Lord, Eleazar, 1788-1871 1 Topic 4 Knowledge 1 Liquors 1 Religion 1 Temperance and religion 1 Part Of 1 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Genre 2 Correspondence 1 Tracts (documents) 1 Ardent spirit banished from the church and the world converted: an argument addressed to professing Christians Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A tract on temperance by Edward Hitchcock submitted anonymously to Eleazar Lord as well as a Rev. Dr. Chapin and a Rev. Dr. Humphrey in which Hitchcock asserts that distilled liquors should not be used by professing Christians. Hitchcock asks Christians to consider two questions: first, whether the use and selling of distilled liquors is consistent with a Christian life, and second, whether allowing those who do use or traffic in liquors to be publicly admitted into the church is consistent with a Christian's duty. Arguing that in both cases the answer is no, Hitchcock discusses in depth distilled liquors, their effects, and the Bible, citing scripture and secular articles throughout. Ardent spirit banished from the church and the world converted: an argument addressed to professing Christians
