INTEMPERANCE THE IDOLATRY OF BRITAIN. BY W. R. BAKER, AUTHOR OF THE CURSE OF BRITAIN," &c. &c. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. "And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their "Keep yourselves from Idols."-1 John v. 21. LONDON: PUBLISHED AT THE DEPOSITORY OF THE NEW 12, BULL'S-HEAD COURT, NEWGATE-STREET, AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1840, PREFACE. THE following little work has grown out of the text which stands at the head of it, from which the writer originally intended to prepare a discourse for the pulpit. In presenting it, in its present form, he has been influenced by a desire to place the subject of Intemperance, before the Christian reader, in such a point of view, as may lead him to see, that while he is commiserating the condition of the heathen ABROAD, there is a state of things AT HOME, which is calling loudly for the exercise of all those feelings, which are now prompting him to display so much benevolence and zeal on behalf of distant nations. It is far from his wish, to divert the attention of the Church from Missionary Societies to Temperance Societies; nor can he believe that Christians, who, in supporting the former, are really anxious to promote the glory of God, and the hap |