Billson, swayed by the speaker, has become an advocate of teetotalism and non-violence, and has been dispruting drinkers in local pubs.
22.
Moral suasion gradually gave way to enforced teetotalism as temperance advocates, many of them middle-class evangelical Protestants, pushed states to pass prohibition laws.
23.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, alcohol consumption is forbidden, and teetotalism has become a distinguishing feature of its members.
24.
Contemporary and colloquial usage has somewhat expanded teetotalism to include strict abstinence from most " recreational " intoxicants ( legal and illegal, see controlled substances ).
25.
Initially, the issue taken was limited to distilled liquors, but quickly evolved into teetotalism and Methodists were commonly known to abstain from all alcoholic beverages.
26.
Before this, although there were pieces published against drunkenness and excess, total abstinence from alcohol ( i . e . teetotalism ) was very rarely advocated or practiced.
27.
Among other views for which Henson was known were his disapproval of teetotalism campaigners and of socialism, and for his disbelief in social reform as an ally of religion.
28.
Sewell is remembered today for his eight graphic drawings of " alcohol diseased stomachs . " Colored lithographs of these were made and widely distributed to promote teetotalism and the temperance movement.
29.
In 1840, now living in London, he was one of eleven signatories to Henry Vincent's address on teetotalism who described themselves as " political victims ".
30.
The couple were the local co-ordinators for the teetotalism movement, holding Temperance rallies, giving Llangathen its Temperance Hall, and turning out tenants who declined to sign the Pledge.
