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Slide set: Public house signs: suitable, forcible, and telling texts, etc., for gospel and temperance services (lecture: WMSSU, 70 slides, n.d.)

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The Rest (Jesus says 'Come')
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The Ship (Gospel Ship)
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The Noah's Ark (Are we in God's Ark?)
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Horn of Plenty -- The victim of drink habit is brought to beggary
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First in and Last Out -- Drink draws, drags, then drives
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The Postman's Knock -- Behold Me standing at the Door, and hear Me pleading evermore
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The Good Intent -- Can anything good come out of it
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The Star -- Drinkers see stars, but do not become stars
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The cat and mutton -- Those who habitually frequent houses of this sort get but little mutton for their pains
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The Cat and Fiddle -- The sign will not cause sorrow, but that which is sold within, will
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The Three Compasses -- The safest way to keep within compass is to avoid drink altogether
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The Rising Sun -- Visiting the 'Rising Sun' is the cause of many a terrible sunset
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The Baker and the Basket -- Bread sustains but there is death in the pot
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The Traveller's Friend (Luke x.) -- 'A Friend in need.' 'The Lord is full of compassion,' Ps. cxlv. 8. Beware of the public house, whatever its name
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The Sea Serpent -- The first temptation to sin came through the wily serpent. 'At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder'
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The Moderation -- Moderation leads to drunkenness
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The Oddfellows -- What odd fellows men are who drink, they take the shoes from their children's feet and ill-treat those they promised to cherish
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The Hope -- There is hope for the worst of men and women
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The Star in the East, Matt. ii.
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The Lamb, Exodus xii.
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The Welcome, Luke ix. 11, R.V.
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The Rest (Jesus says 'Come')
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location: The Rest, Brighton, Sussex (East), England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Fountain (for the thirsty)
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The Anchor and Hope, Heb. vi. 18-19
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The Ship (Gospel Ship)
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location: The Ship, Shadwell, London, England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior) | Building or structure (exterior) – church (exterior)
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The Safe Harbour, Joel iii. 16 -- margin
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The Noah's Ark (Are we in God's Ark?)
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location: The Noah's Ark, Brighton, Sussex (East), England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Wheatsheaf (Are we amongst the wheat or tares?)
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The Old Rose (Showing the roses which bloom there)
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The Cottage of Content -- What contentment does it produce? Rather! discontent
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The Home Cottage -- Scores of blessed homes have been ruined by strong drink
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Live and let Live -- Drink prevents men and women living as they should
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Horn of Plenty -- The victim of drink habit is brought to beggary
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location: The Horn of Plenty, West Ham, London, England
image content: | Human figure – woman | Human figure – girl | Building or structure (exterior) – house (exterior) | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior) | Urban feature – street | Building feature – lamp
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The Rent Day -- Drink gets rid of the rent
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The Number One -- Drunkards do not look after 'No. 1'
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The Tiger -- How many lives destroyed by the Tiger of strong drink?
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The Lost Child -- 'A wasted life -- let me die!' -- the cry of a suicide
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Leg of Mutton and Cauliflower -- Very few find their way to a drunkard's home
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Half Way House -- We want men and women to be 'out and out'
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Sack of Shavings -- Drink robs home of bed, families have to sleep on a sack of shavings
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Kicking Donkey -- A kick from a donkey often leaves marks behind. So does drink
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First in and Last Out -- Drink draws, drags, then drives
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location: The First In and Last Out, Hastings, Sussex (East), England
image content: | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Beehive -- Plenty of stings
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The Gate -- The wrong one
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The Rats' Castle -- Wife and little ones starve, the drinker is as blind as a rat to it all
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The Postman's Knock -- Behold Me standing at the Door, and hear Me pleading evermore
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location: The Postman's Knock, Cambridge Heath, London, England
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The Good Intent -- Can anything good come out of it
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location: The Good Intent, Brighton, Sussex (East), England
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The Anchor -- Drink does anchor
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The Star -- Drinkers see stars, but do not become stars
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location: The Star, Dorking, Surrey, England
image content: | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Who'd have thought it -- This might be said of many who started well, but have failed through (?)
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The cat and mutton -- Those who habitually frequent houses of this sort get but little mutton for their pains
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location: The Cat and Mutton, Hackney, London, England
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The Cat and Fiddle -- The sign will not cause sorrow, but that which is sold within, will
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location: The Cat and Fiddle Inn, Hinton Admiral, Hampshire, England
image content: | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Man in the Moon -- 'He who visits the moon will get the full moon in his noddle'
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The Man Loaded with Mischief -- Alcohol sweeps 120,000 men and women into untimely graves annually
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The Man Loaded with Mischief, The Sign -- A man with a drinking wife has indeed a heavy load to carry
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The George and Dragon -- 'War to the knife to the drink traffic, but peace to its victims'
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The Three Compasses -- The safest way to keep within compass is to avoid drink altogether
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The Rising Sun -- Visiting the 'Rising Sun' is the cause of many a terrible sunset
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location: The Rising Sun, Hastings, Sussex (East), England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Crooked Billet -- People who frequent 'The Crooked Billet' get crooked gaits, tongues, desires, etc.
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The Golden Cross -- Whoever has a drinking partner has a very heavy cross to carry -- reminds us of the Cross of Calvary and of Him who died for us
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The Cross Keys -- One key unlocks the drinker's pocket, the other may unlock the bottomless pit
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The Bleeding Heart -- One chief cause of sorrow and bleeding hearts is DRINK. The cure is the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the pledge
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The Baker and the Basket -- Bread sustains but there is death in the pot
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location: The Baker and Basket, London, England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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Ye Merry Boys -- Be merry but leave the drink alone
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The Merry Maidens -- Father is a drunkard and spoils the music of the merry maidens who come home from school singing
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Heart and Hand -- Beware of giving 'Heart and Hand' in marriage to a drinker
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The Case is Altered -- How many cases are altered through drink?
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Hole in the Wall -- Loss of health, loss of home, loss of character, etc., through money that goes to the 'Hole in the Wall'
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Bird in Hand -- 'A bird in the hand is better far / Than two that in the bushes are'
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Samson and the Lion -- 'Samson, the strongest man / From all drinks abstained; / Then surely strength and robust health / Are not by drinking gained'
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'Old Hoss' -- Old horses are useless, the drink sold at the 'Old Hoss' is worse
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The Good Samaritan (Luke x.) -- Drink thieves, strips, wounds, forsakes and disappoints
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The Traveller's Friend (Luke x.) -- 'A Friend in need.' 'The Lord is full of compassion,' Ps. cxlv. 8. Beware of the public house, whatever its name
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location: The Traveller's Friend, Reading, Berkshire, England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – shop (exterior) | Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Jolly Sailor -- Jack reaches port safely after weathering the storm, but many are wrecked at the first public house
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The Sea Serpent -- The first temptation to sin came through the wily serpent. 'At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder'
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location: The Sea Serpent, Brighton, Sussex (East), England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Lifeboat. In one year drink destroyed 120,000 persons, young and old, at a cost of £174,000,000. The public house should be called 'The Destroyer'
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Paddy's Goose -- Once a curse, now a blessing
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Jack of Both Sides -- Jack of both sides is often met. He is always on the side which pays best
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The Moderation -- Moderation leads to drunkenness
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location: The Moderation, Reading, Berkshire, England
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – public house / bar (exterior)
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The Exchange -- Exchange into God's service tonight, His blessings are free
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The Oddfellows -- What odd fellows men are who drink, they take the shoes from their children's feet and ill-treat those they promised to cherish
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The Junction -- Some may be at the junction, temperance or drink, Christ or the world
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The Hope -- There is hope for the worst of men and women
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The World Turned Upside Down -- 'The Lord turneth the way of the wicked upside down'
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Ye Old Mitre -- 'No drunkard shall inherit the Kingdom of God'
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The Constant Service. Constant service in the ways of evil will mean Death
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One and All -- One and all may come
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The Happy Home. How many unhappy homes have been caused through visits to this House
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Lucerna ID  3004242

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 February 2021

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