IMPORTANT TEMPERANCE TESTIMONY.
In a recent revision of their discipline the Society of Friends bears the following testimony relative to intoxicants, tobacco, and the acts of corporations:— As the granting of licenses to sell intoxicants is contrary to the best interests of society, Friends are earnestly entreated to bear a faithful testimony, by precept and example, against a system which gives to individuals the sanction of government to engage in such a business. As the use of tobacco is injurious in its effects, especially upon the young, it is earnestly advised that Friends abstain, and encourage their children and those under their care to abstain, from the use of this narcotic in any of its various forms, and also that Friends do not engage in its cultivation, manufacture, or sale. And, realizing that danger attends the use of all intoxicants, narcotics, and opiates, Friends are advised to be cautious in the use of them as a medicine, as the appetite acquired grows with the indulgence. We desire to warn our members who are managers or stockholders of incorporated companies to be careful how they assume that acts which would be improper for them as individuals are allowable in such companies.