Download or read book Intemperance an Appeal to the Youth of Zion; The Folly of Drunkenness and the Nobility of a Temperate Life Compared; Figures That Tell a Fearful Story; Examples From Real Life (Classic Reprint) written by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Saints and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Intemperance an Appeal to the Youth of Zion; The Folly of Drunkenness and the Nobility of a Temperate Life Compared; Figures That Tell a Fearful Story; Examples From Real Life With these facts before us, we are prompted to make an attempt, assisted by our heavenly Father, which shall be preventive and reformatory in its character. We are perfectly willing that the elderly and aged of every clime, creed and color shall derive all possible benefit from our feeble effort, but our chief object is to bless the young. The Lord has blessed His people in the vales of Utah and adjoining Territories and States with a numerous posterity, and they will continue to come to His faithful sons and daughters in an ever-increasing ratio, until they are as numberless to man as the sands upon the sea shore. Their work is important, and their destiny is great. Knowing this, the adversary has introduced modern civilization, with which to allure and destroy by making them drunkards, and setting traps for their drunken feet, into which they may walk and corrupt themselves in body and mind, render themselves unfit to fill their life's mission, and rob themselves of the glorious destiny which awaits them. Hence, we wish to exert an influence with the younger portion of the rising generation, to induce them to shun bad company, to contract no bad habits, and to live pure before God; and with the elder portion, who may be too rapidly forming within themselves monster appetites for tobacco and intoxicating drinks, to stop self-destruction in every respect, and preserve and exercise their God-given physical and mental powers in the great work of a world's renovation, that they may stand as saviors and not as destroyers upon Mount Zion. We would do this, and labor in faith, too, for we feel assured that the labor will be of benefit to many, and not without effect upon any; for the "bread cast upon the waters will be seen after many days," and God will bless the precious seed sown by the honest sower, and cause it to produce celestial fruit to His glory. "Then sow, for the hours are fleeting, and the seed must fall to-cay; And care not what bands shall reap it, or if you shall have passed away Before the waving corn-fields shall gladden the sunny day." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.