Author: Boston Young Men's Temperance Society

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-10

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9781334584428

Excerpt from Address of the Young Men's Temperance Society to the Young Men of Boston: To Which Is Annexed the Constitution of the Society Young Men's Temperance Society has been instituted. And it is because it is believed that in both these ways that indu ence will be beneficial, that this Society claims, as it has a right to, attention and support. It is peculiarly fit that young men should unite for the pro motion of temperance, because they themselves are most ex posed, if not to the confirmed vice of intemperance, at least to that which too surely induces it. The seeds of vice, as well as of virtue, can be and are planted in youth. And there are many circumstances which expose the young man, more than any other, to dangerous excesses. Even the best feelings of his nature, and the most attractive traits of his character, are eas ily trained by abuse to be the ministers of his ruin. Expo ricuce reads us a melancholy lesson on this subject, as it points out the numerous individuals who have passed from what is mildly termed a wild boyhood to a wretched age. They began in joviality, and ended in destruction. But the story need not be told. We have only to look round among ourselves, and in view of the attractive temptations to excess with which youth is beset, and of the comparatively frail ar mor by which it is protected, we shall be convinced that of all societies for the promotion of temperance, the most im portant, so far certainly as the members are concerned, are those of young men. And then how deep is the interest which the community has that the rising generation should be pure in heart, as well as enlightened in intellect The character of the generation now acting upon the stage is fixed. Little can be done now to change what of evil is in it to good. But the young men. 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.