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POSITION SUSTAINED BY A. M. A.
Leader. What has been the attitude of the American Missionary Association since its organization in 1846 on the temperance question?
Girls. It has always taken a decided stand against the use and the sale of intoxicating drink.
Boys. Its missionaries have been instructed to advocate the cause of temperance, and to organize societies to promote total abstinence from the use of alcoholic drink.
Leader. Does the Association assist missionaries, or students, who refuse to abstain from the use of ardent spirits?
Girls. It is the rule of the Society in its work among the Indians, the Chinese in America, and the Negroes at the South, to employ only those who have good habits and settled convictions on all moral subjects, including that of temperance.
Boys. In its collegiate and normal schools, where there are large numbers of boarding students, all are required to observe habits of total abstinence.