Show old organizations organization it was vas in germany that temperance organizations may bo be said bald to have had their birth tle fir ot these was the order of st christopher formed by von dietrich stein on january 18 1617 the members of which vero pledged to abstain from toast drinking this was waa fol 01 ol lowed by the tha so called order of temperance founded by th tho landgrave ot of hesse on december 25 1600 the members ot of this order solemnly pledged themselves on the holy arti scriptures not to drink anore mo ro than seven glasses ot of liquor at one time and that not oftener than thrice a day from this it will be seen that wello the or der may havo have boon been one ot temperance it waa was certainly not one of total abstinence istine sti nence nce |