Temperance by J. O. Corliss

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 15, 1885

Temperance.

By J. O. Corliss

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EUROPEAN inventors claim to have found a process by which to produce alcohol from potato parings, bread crusts, and the vegetable refuse of households and hotels. These they intend to convert into fiery liquid, by putting with them in a vessel, water and sulphuric acid; the whole is heated to 77° Centigrade for an hour, and then boiled until all the starch contained in the mass is converted into sugar. When cold, the fermentation that takes place will produce a "must" which will be distilled by any of the ordinary methods.

Man has sought out many inventions, but this is the climax. Just think of it. A man made in the image of God cultivates his appetite for that which can only degrade him below the beast, so that even the scavengers must be robbed of their portion of filthy offal, to satisfy the demands of his unnatural cravings. "How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!" J. O. CORLISS.

PEOPLE usually drink wine or beer, not because they think it will do them good, but because they like it. Temperance reformers, in the innocence of their hearts, sometimes forget this, and think that if they can show that the effects of wine and beer drinking are always bad, physically and morally, drinkers will give up their favorite beverages. That is a mistake. Few are more candid in recognizing the evil effects of strong drink than habitual drinkers.

—S. S. Times.

TEMPERANCE—A proper use of good things.