Mr G. W. I'oote, in a lecture on “Bible and Beer,” in condemning 1 Prohibition, says : —lt is really to wive education, begun in childhood, and self-continued in later age, that wo must trust for the gradual amelioration _of society. Human nature is .not immediately changeable by edicts, whether they proceed from despots or from legislatures. Time is a necessary element of every reformation. The policy of mere repression is therefore doomed to failure; and it is hypocritical, as well as futile, when its advocates gather nnder tfih— Sag Christianity,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1285, 15 October 1896, Page 9
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90Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Mail, Issue 1285, 15 October 1896, Page 9
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