03.00.2. INTRODUCTION.

INTRODUCTION. My thanks are due the public for having kindly appreciated my former work, entitled "Prohibition vs. License," four published sermons and two series of articles on the subject of temperance. If this work shall be as well received as my former one, I shall have no cause of complaint, for fifteen years I have been preaching, lecturing, debating and writing on this question. The work before you contains my best views of the issues of the hour. I have read Arthur’s work, Richardson’s lectures, Carpenter’s prize essay, Pitman’s Alcohol and the State, Dr. Lee’s work, etc., etc., and have, no doubt, presented many thoughts that I have received from them. I have culled from many sources the testimony that I furnish, and hereby acknowledge my indebtedness for the patient research of others by which I have been aided in preparing the present volume. THE AUTHOR.