Ardent spirit banished from the church and the world converted: an argument addressed to professing Christians

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Ardent spirit banished from the church and the world converted
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Creator Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Recipient Lord, Eleazar, 1788-1871
Title Ardent spirit banished from the church and the world converted: an argument addressed to professing Christians
Dates 1830-1864
Abstract 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.
Notes The item is undated, but in the essay Hitchcock cites a 1829 publication and it has been inferred that this was therefore written after 1829. The end date provided is the year of Hitchcock's death.
Physical Description 1 item (16 pages)
Languages English
Genre Tracts (documents)
Genre Correspondence
Subject Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Religion
Subject Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 – Knowledge – Liquors
Subject Temperance and religion
Part of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
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Repository Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location Box 22 Folder 9
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