Girls. And the angel of the Lord said to the mother of Sampson: “Thou shalt bear a son. Beware and drink not wine nor strong drink; for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God to the day of his death.” Judges 13:3, 4, 7.
Boys. “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab, the son of Rachab, our father, commanded us, saying, ye shall drink no wine, neither ye nor your sons forever.” Jer. 35:6.
Leader. “It is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink.” Prov. 31:4.
Girls. “Lest they drink and forget law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.” Prov. 31:5.
Boys. “Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength and not for drunkenness.” Eccl. 10:17.
Leader. “They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.” Isa. 24:9.
Girls. “For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” Prov. 23:21.
Boys. “Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” I Cor. 6:10.
Leader. “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babblings? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?” Prov. 23:29.
Girls. “They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.” Prov. 23:30.
Boys. “At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.” Prov. 23:32.
Leader. “But now I have written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard; with such a one, no, not to eat.” I Cor. 5:11.
Girls. “Restore such an one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Gal. 6:1.
Boys. “Young men likewise, exhort to be sober minded.” Titus 2:6.
Leader. “And every man that striveth for the mastery, is temperate in all things.” I Cor. 9:25.
Girls. “Therefore let us not sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober.” I Thes. 5:6.
Boys. “For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.” I Thes. 5:7.
Leader. “Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Cor. 10:31.
Leader. What has been the attitude of the American Missionary Association since its organization in 1846 on the temperance question?