TEN SOLEMN TRUTHS.

I. That during the last twelve months, not ONE MILLION of money has been raised in Great Britain, to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor heathen; whilst not less than SEVENTY MILLIONS, have been expended during the same period in alcoholic beverages. (See Government Returns.)

II. That the Bible Society, even on its present gigantic scale of operations, cannot in the next one hundred years, supply a copy of the Bible to every poor heathen; whilst the sum spent by British Christians in intoxicating liquors in one year, would at once supply every one of the seven hundred millions of poor benighted heathen, with a two-shilling copy of the Sacred Scriptures.

III. That the Excise Returns for the year 1847, shew, that not fewer than six hundred and fifty-one millions of Gallons of intoxicating liquors were consumed; being an average of twenty-four Gallons to every man, woman, and child in the kingdom. Scottish Temperance Register, for 1849.

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IV. That this single sin, (Intemperance,) is destroying more souls than all the Ministers in Britain are instrumental in saving. leyan Methodist Magazine, page 908, 1836.

V. That Malt cannot be made under eight successive days' operation in the Kiln. That forty thousand men are employed every Sabbath during the Malting season, in turning the Malt, in the various Kilns of our country; and that, therefore, every Malt liquor drinker is necessarily involved in Sabbath desecration.

VI. That there are not fewer than FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND unhappy drunkards in Great Britain. Vide Parliamentary Evidence. VII. That there is every reason to believe, that THIRTY THOUSAND Ministers and Members of Christian Churches, annually backslide through the use of these drinks. Rev. B. Parsons.

VIII. That mere denunciations against "drunkenness" will be of little avail, so long as professing Christians continue to use those "drinks," and sanction those "customs," which produce intemperance. Drunkenness is a physical effect; intoxicating drinks are the cause. Remove the cause, and the effect will follow.

IX. That two thousand medical men have recently declared, that all intoxicating beverages are not only unnecessary, but injurious, and that their entire abandonment will increase the health, prosperity, morality, and happiness of the human race.

X. That these truths demand the serious and prayerful consideration of every professing Christian, and solemnly call upon him to abandon the use of these liquors as beverages, not only for his own sake, but for the welfare of his fellow men; and that to be neutral in this matter, cannot be guiltless in the sight of Him, who has said, “To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."

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TWO-PAGE TRACTS.

Nos. 2, Striking Facts-3, Maker and Vender-4, Our Creed-8, Go Feel what I have Felt-9, Facts are Stubborn Things-10, The Spirit Dealer11, Christian Teetotalism-15, Song of the Water Drinker-21, Pity the Poor Drunkard-23, Why am I a Teetotaler?-34, The Drunken Couple35, Confessions of a Drunkard-37, Fatal Gift-39, Use and Abuse-58, Why Sign the Pledge?-63, Praise of Water-64, Important Calculations65, The Farm Servant-77, Influence of Example-81, The Honest Spirit Dealer-85, Seven Years' Experience-90, The Contrast-91, Tobacco95, Testimonies of 8 Judges-96, Drunkard in Rags-101, Hertfordshire Farmer-103, Confessions of a Publican-105, Testimony of J. A. James -106, I do not Drink Wine-107, Self-imposed Burdens-121, The Aged Friend-122, Village of Newbridge-131, Address to Females-136, Drunk ard's Dream-138, Altered Man-141, Advice to Soldiers-142, Medical Opinions for the Aged-145, Waste of Food-150, Ten Solemn Truths.

FOUR-PAGE TRACTS.

Nos. 5, Adulterated Beer-6, Adulterated Wine-7, The Maltster-12, The Trade-13, Alcohol-14, Town of Ipswich-17, Farmer Woodman's Speech-19, Teetotal Recipes-20, Speech of J. J. Gurney-24, Dost thou Smoke, Bi?-25, William the Laudanum Drinker-26, The Ox Discourse -29, Rh the Soldier-30, Testimony of Eminent Physicians-32, Is I not Happy ?-33, David the Shoemaker-36, Master Tailor-38, Poor Sandy-40, The Schoolmaster-42, Cobbett's Advice-43, Take a Public House-44, A Sailor's Yarn-46, The Pledge-48, Fifteen Friends-51, Money Better than Beer-59, The Poor Man's House Repaired-61, The High Price of Food-75, Unexplored Island-79, My Medical Adviser82, Drink and be Happy-83, The Five Nips-87, A Word with Serious People-88, Guide to Glendalough-89, Bridget Larkins-93, My Chapel -97, The Farmer and Labourer-98, Gloucestershire Farmer-102, Sunday Schools and Strong Drink-104, Peter Levison-109, Richard the Orphan -112, Mail Coachman-113, Reformed Family-114, Licensing Day-115, Stomach of a Drunkard-116, Intemperance and Ragged Schools-117, Delirium Tremens-118, Fire Escape-119, Sabbath Morn-123, Mirror of Intemperance-126, Keep away from the Public House-128, The Hearer to his Minister-129, Alcohol generates a tendercy to Death-130, Merchant's Dream-135, Miraculous Deliverance-139, Temperance LoveFeast-140, George the Australian Emigrant-148, Manchester "Go-aHeads."

EIGHT-PAGE TRACTS.

Nos. 1, The Doctor Scrutinized-16, Stimulation not Strength-18, The Beer Barrel Examined-22, The Fool's Pence-41, Water is Best-52, Little Mary-57, Dr. Campbell's Testimony-60, The Mother's Tract-62, Ladies' Tract Societies-66, Teetotalism Declining-67, Reformed Drunkard-68, Recruit of British Legion-73, Luke Husler-76, Ancient Wines -80, The Restoration-94, The Best Men sometimes err-99, Strong Drink and Infidelity-108, Craving of a Drunkard-110, The Seven Fishermen-111, Temperance Catechism-120, Can a Christian keep a Public House?-125, Barley, Malt, and Beer Question, by Dr. Lees-127, History of Poor William-134, My Mother's Gold Ring-137, Archibald Prentice's Speech on Sanatory and Social Means to Political Ends-143, Smoking and Snuffing-144, Wesleyan Teetotalism-146, Man in the Cellar and Man without Hands-147, Evil Spirits.

TWELVE-PAGE TRACTS.

Nos. 45. Moderate Drinking Calmly Considered-47, John Jarvis-49, Sunday School Teacher-50, Sunday School Children--53, Philosophy of the Temperance Movement-55, The Young Woman's Tract-69 to 72, Temperance Anecdotes-71, Drunkard's Wife-81, Use of Intoxicating Drinks-85, Education of the Drunkard-92, Wedding Night-149, Mothers, Doctors, and Nurses.

ADDITIONAL PAGE TRACTS.

SIXTEEN-PAGE.-No. 55, The Young Man's Tract. TWENTY-PAGE.Nos. 27, Letter to the Clergy, by a Brother Clergyman-28, Common Sense-31, The Working Man-54, Love to Man-78, Victim of Excitement. THIRTY-TWO-PAGE.-No. 133, Livesey's Malt Liquor Lecture. FORTY-FOUR-PAGE.-No. 124, Alcohol, by Dr. W. Johnson, with an Appendix by Dr. E. Johnson. FORTY-EIGHT-PAGE.-No. 132, Life of J. B. Gough.

A DIALOGUE

BETWEEN

A MEDICAL MAN AND HIS FRIEND,

ON

PARALYSIS AND APOPLEXY:

BY JOHN HIGGINBOTTOM, F.R.C.S.

Friend. For some weeks past I have heard several accounts of persons having been attacked with apoplexy or paralysis; such attacks appear to me to be of more frequent occurrence than formerly.

Doctor. I do not think that the disease is more prevalent now than it has been at any period of my practice; but perhaps your attention of late has been more particularly directed to that subject.

Friend.-You may be right in that respect. I have been quite at a loss to account for the sudden death of Mr. B., unless it was caused by apoplexy.

Doctor. It was so; for on the post mortem examination of the individual you mention, I found a rupture of blood-vessels at the base of the brain, and a clot of blood pressing upon that portion of the brain called the medulla oblongata, causing an entire cessation of the action of the heart, lungs, and brain, which have been beautifully designated the "trépied de la vie,"-the tripod of life. Pressure on that part causes instant death.

Friend.-But how was it that he had no warning of the attack, as I have generally understood that the third fit always proves fatal?

Doctor. I was informed that he had had a former fit which was not generally known; and as a proof, the marks of it were very evident on the examination of the brain. It was not altogether "a summons without costs."

Friend. What do you mean by that, doctor? Doctor. It requires a little explanation. Napoleon, who dreaded apoplexy, asked Corvisart, his first physician, for some information respecting this disease. "Sire," replied Corvisart, "apoplexy is always dangerous; but it is always preceded by certain symptoms: nature seldom strikes the blow without giving warning. A first attack, which is always slight, is sommation sans frais—a summons without costs; a second, sommation avec frais—a summons with costs; but a third is prise de corps—an execution of the body." I have known patients survive a number of slight attacks; but the more severe generally prove fatal on the second or third occasion; thus verifying in some degree the popular remark, that the third fit of apoplexy always kills the patient.

Friend. My present visit to you is for information, for I fear I have myself some predisposition to this alarming complaint, as I have heard that a person with a large head, short neck, and corpulency of habit, has the most to fear from it. I am getting too stout. I cannot walk so well as I used. I feel my breathing oppressed, and am not so capable of attending to my daily calling.

Doctor.-I must give you the Abernethyan direction"To live on sixpence a-day, and earn it before you spend it;" or, Dr. Radcliffe's cure for fatness-"To keep your eyes open, and your mouth shut;" to sleep less, and to eat less.

Friend.-Now, doctor, you must not suppose I eat and drink too much: if I were to live on bread and water I should be as fat as I am.

Doctor.-I scarcely ever had conversation with corpulent persons but they made the same declaration; and what is still more remarkable, I never found an individual who had tried the plan thoroughly. Pray, have you? Friend. I must confess to you, I have not. Doctor. Are you willing to try it?

Friend. I hope my case is not so dangerous as to require so strict a regimen. Bread and water, indeed! prison allowance.

Doctor.-You have no desire to enter into the preventive service. All have heard of the old adage, "Preven

tion is better than cure," yet how few, even in our own profession, act upon that principle! Abernethy said, "We are like finger-posts-we point the way; but do not follow the course.' As a medical man, and a guardian of the public health, I have always had a desire to prevent disease, and I am daily concerned, when walking in our large town, to see young men in that state which the French call embonpoint-a word for plumpness, corpulency, or fatness-they appear as if they were packed up. These subjects may not be diseased, but are living above par; what they would call "being in good condition might be very justly considered as being enrolled on the list of candidates for apoplexy or paralysis. I mostly find, on inquiry, these persons eat freely, drink malt liquors, and take little exercise. To use the language of Prior—

"They eat, and drink, and sleep

What then?

Why sleep, and drink, and eat again."

Friend. I see your drift now; but I assure you that I use moderation both in eating and drinking.

Doctor.—I could never tell what people consider moderation; for what one individual would consider moderation, another would think gross intemperance. I recollect a person who was likely to become apoplectic, complaining of the small quantity of food directed in a work on regimen, namely, from twelve to twenty ounces of solid. food, with double the weight of liquid, being sufficient for an adult, in twenty-four hours. This is a medium proportion; but you see the difficulties with which a medical man has to contend. A physician is indeed "an unfortunate being who is every day requested to perform a miracle, namely, to reconcile health with intemperance."

Friend. But to the point, doctor. Do you consider that I am intemperate, and liable to apoplexy from being stout; for I know a number of individuals who appear healthy, and are even stouter than myself.

Doctor. Your own acknowledgement is sufficient to cause alarm-difficult breathing on using exertion, inability to walk much, and not so capable of attending to business as formerly. Go on as you have commenced, and it will not be long before you have a summons.