Produced by Bryan Ness, Deirdre M., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.) TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible; please see detailed list of printing issues at the end of the text. The original page numbering of each tract has been maintained; for ease of reference, the preparer of the e-text has assigned each tract a letter, and appended the identifying letters to the original page numbers. * * * * * SELECT TEMPERANCE TRACTS. [Illustration: Scene in a bar-room] PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW YORK. * * * * * CONTENTS. Pages EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS. By Dr. Rush 8 [A] TRAFFIC IN ARDENT SPIRITS. By Rev. Dr. Edwards 32 [B] REWARDS OF DRUNKENNESS 4 [C] THE WELL-CONDUCTED FARM 12 [D] KITTREDGE'S ADDRESS ON EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS 24 [E] DICKINSON'S APPEAL TO YOUTH 8 [F] ALARM TO DISTILLERS AND THEIR ALLIES 8 [G] PUTNAM AND THE WOLF 24 [H] HITCHCOCK ON THE MANUFACTURE OF ARDENT SPIRITS 28 [I] M'ILVAINE'S ADDRESS TO YOUNG MEN 24 [J] WHO SLEW ALL THESE? 4 [K] SEWALL ON INTEMPERANCE 24 [L] BIBLE ARGUMENT FOR TEMPERANCE 12 [M] FOUR REASONS AGAINST THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS 12 [N] DEBATES OF CONSCIENCE ON ARDENT SPIRITS 16 [O] BARNES ON TRAFFIC IN ARDENT SPIRITS 24 [P] THE FOOLS' PENCE 8 [Q] THE POOR MAN'S HOUSE REPAIRED 12 [R] JAMIE; OR A WORD FROM IRELAND FOR TEMPERANCE 16 [S] THE WONDERFUL ESCAPE 4 [T] THE EVENTFUL TWELVE HOURS 16 [U] THE LOST MECHANIC RESTORED 4 [V] REFORMATION OF DRUNKARDS 4 [W] TOM STARBOARD AND JACK HALYARD 24 [X] THE OX SERMON 8 [Y] * * * * * THE EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS UPON THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND. BY BENJAMIN RUSH, M. D. By ardent spirits, I mean those liquors only which are obtained by distillation from fermented substances of any kind. To their effects upon the bodies and minds of men, the following inquiry shall be exclusively confined.