He is a strict sabbatarian, refusing to work or travel on a Sunday, or even to give an interview if there is a chance it could be rebroadcast on the sabbath.

The United Seventh-Day Brethren is a small sabbatarian Adventist body.

The Maritimes were among the strongest supporters of prohibition ( Prince Edward Island lasting until 1949 ), and some predominantly rural communities maintain " dry " status, banning the retail sale of alcohol to this day as a vestige of the original temperance movement in the region.

The labor movement and many non-political movements ( such as the youth associations and temperance movements established at the end of the 19th century ) were initially led " from above.

The Finnish labour movement, which emerged at the end of the 19th century from folk, temperance, and religious movements, as well as fennomania, had a Finnish nationalist, working-class character, and was represented by the Social Democratic Party, established in 1899.

* 1863 – Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader ( b. 1775 )

The temperance movement was the social concern which most broadly captured the interest and enthusiasm of the Methodist Church.

The temperance movement appealed strongly to the Methodist doctrines of sanctification and Christian perfection.

The women of the Methodist Church were strongly mobilized by the temperance movement.

The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846

In Melbourne in the late 1920s, the temperance movement drove suburban councils to hold polls and the residents of some of these municipalities voted for the creation of a dry area.

The Nordic countries, with the exception of Denmark, have had a strong temperance movement since the late 1800s, closely linked to the Christian revival movement of the late 19th century, but also to several worker organisations.

This division in the ranks limited the effectiveness of the temperance movement as a whole.

She began to take part in conventions and gatherings related to the temperance movement.

At a time when temperance and female property rights were major issues, even many supporters of women's rights believed the Declaration's endorsement of women's suffrage would hinder the nascent women's rights movement, causing it to lose much needed public support.

In the 19th century, Unitarians and Universalists were active in abolitionism, the women's movement, the temperance movement, and other social reform movements.

Historically, the Methodist Church has supported the temperance movement.

** Green Clay Smith, American temperance movement leader ( d. 1895 )

* William Daniel ( politician ), American temperance movement leader ( d. 1897 )

* December 8 – Clinton B. Fisk, American temperance movement leader ( d. 1890 )

* Flying Squadron of America promotes temperance movement in the U. S.

* February 9 – Aaron S. Watkins, American temperance movement leader ( b. 1863 )

* The Lincoln-Lee Legion is established to promote the temperance movement and signing of alcohol abstinence pledges by children.

* November 29 – E. Harold Munn, American temperance movement leader and presidential candidate ( d. 1992 )

* February 25 – John St. John, American temperance movement leader ( d. 1916 )

Mackenzie's faith was to link him to the increasingly influential temperance cause, particularly strong in Ontario where he lived, a constituency of which he was to represent in the Parliament of Canada.

Leo Strauss, an American political philosopher, declared himself more inclined toward the traditional view that Machiavelli was self-consciously a " teacher of evil ," ( even if he was not himself evil ) since he counsels the princes to avoid the values of justice, mercy, temperance, wisdom, and love of their people in preference to the use of cruelty, violence, fear, and deception.

As an example, in 1910 the temperance organisations in Sweden had some 330, 000 members, which was 6 % of a population of 5. 5 million.

This hard-line group of prohibitionists was opposed by other temperance organisations who preferred moral persuasion to a legal ban.

Marshall's opponent in the general election was Republican Congressman James E. Watson, and the campaign focused on temperance and prohibition.

The Eighteenth Amendment was the result of decades of effort by temperance movements and at the time was generally considered a progressive amendment.

The greatest of “ the great men of England ,” the last and noblest of the Romans, was considered the embodiment of virtue, wisdom, patriotism, liberty, and temperance ... Pitt, “ glorious and immortal ,” the “ guardian of America ,” was the idol of the colonies ... A Son of Liberty in Bristol County, Massachussetts paid him the ultimate tribute of identification with English liberty: “ Our toast in general is ,— Magna Charta, the British Constitution ,— and Liberty forever !”

* Hale Johnson was a major leader of the temperance movement.

Interest in transforming the world was applied to mainstream political action, as temperance activists, antislavery advocates, and proponents of other variations of reform sought to implement their beliefs into national politics.

Boone, a Baptist and temperance advocate, believed that the Sabbath was profaned by having drinking establishments open on Sunday.

His father remarried, to Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace, a prominent suffragist and temperance advocate, who was stepmother to the boys.

He was the youngest MP in the House of Commons, and he sat with an informal grouping of Welsh Liberal members with a programme of disestablishing and disendowing the Church of England in Wales, temperance reform, and Welsh home rule.

He was soon speaking on Liberal issues ( particularly temperance — the " local option ", and national as opposed to denominational education ) throughout England as well as Wales.

Amelia Bloomer was one of the participants who did not endorse the Declaration ; she was focused at that time on the temperance movement.

In all matters concerning the welfare of his community or the nation, moreover, he took a deep and constant interest, and was particularly identified with the temperance and anti-slavery movements, his services to the latter constituting perhaps the most important work of his life.

This release was titled The Legendary A & M Sessions, with a red-marbled cover and ( later ) members Moon, Blakely, Vliet, Snouffer and Handley seated in a ' temperance dance band ' photo-pose.

Passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919 was the crowning achievement of the temperance movement, but it soon proved highly unpopular.

However, the wisdom of the day was that the lawmakers of many states were either beholden to or simply fearful of the temperance lobby.