So what’s the first thing Aunt Ada does to ruffle Aunt Agnes’s feathers? She hosts a temperance fundraiser in the house. The temperance movement, of course, fought for alcohol to be outlawed from ...

There is nothing new in Christians falling short of the high demands of Christianity. What may be more surprising is that some prominent Christians are now explicitly rejecting Christian precepts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people give up alcohol every January, but in the 1830s temperance created a "parallel existence" for non drinkers ...

By 1859, societies had been formed throughout the county, including 11, with a combined membership of over 1,000, in the ...