Editing Abstinence pledge (section)

==Gallery and examples==
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File:Murphy temperance pledge card.jpg|Abstinence pledge card distributed by [[Francis Murphy (evangelist)|Francis Murphy]], an early leader in the [[temperance movement]] (1877)
File:IOGT Membership Card.jpg|[[IOGT]] abstinence pledge card encouraging [[teetotalism]] with respect to alcohol and other drugs (2017)
File:Abstinence pledge.jpg|Abstinence pledge card encouraging [[chastity]] until marriage (2021)
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[[Independent Order of Rechabites]] (IOR) 1900 abstinence pledge:<ref name="MV"/>
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I promise to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as beverages and to discountenance their use by others.<ref name="MV">{{cite web |title=Certificate - Independent Order of Rechabites, 1910 |url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/717084 |publisher=[[Museums Victoria]] |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
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[[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] (WCTU) current abstinence pledge:<ref name="WCTU"/>
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I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all distilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine beer and hard cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same.<ref name="WCTU">{{cite web |title=Join Us |url=https://www.wctu.org/join |publisher=[[Woman's Christian Temperance Union]] |access-date=23 March 2021 |language=English}}</ref>
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[[Pioneer Total Abstinence Association]] abstinence pledge and prayer (recited twice daily by members): 
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For your greater glory and consolation, O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for your sake to give good example, to practice self-denial, to make reparation to you for the sins of intemperance and for the conversion of excessive drinkers, I will abstain for life from all intoxicating drinks. Amen.<ref name="Hamilton2016">{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Andrew Hamilton |title=Understanding Jesus: 50 Reasons Why Jesus Matters |date=2016 |publisher=[[Paulist Press]] |isbn=978-0-8091-4962-9 |language=en}}</ref>
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[[True Love Waits (organization)|True Love Waits]] 1993 abstinence pledge read as follows:<ref name="RT1">{{cite web|url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/virgpled2.htm|title=Virginity/sexual abstinence pledges|last=Robinson|first=B.A.|date=2005-03-20|publisher=Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance|access-date=2005-03-29}}</ref>
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"Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, those I date, and my future mate to be sexually pure until the day I enter marriage."
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[[True Love Waits (organization)|True Love Waits]] more recent abstinence pledge reads:<ref name="LW1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeway.com/tlw/students/card.asp|title=True Love Waits Commitment Card|year=2007|publisher=LifeWay Christian Resources|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508132827/http://www.lifeway.com/tlw/students/card.asp|archive-date=2009-05-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="LW2">{{cite web|url=http://www.lifeway.com/tlw/|title=The TLW Pledge|year=2007|publisher=LifeWay Christian Resources|pages=PDF|access-date=2009-05-19}}</ref>
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"Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, my friends, my future mate, and my future children to a lifetime of purity including sexual abstinence from this day until the day I enter a Biblical marriage relationship."
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[[True Love Waits (organization)|True Love Waits]] recent abstinence pledge (2009):
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"I am making a commitment to myself, my family, and my Creator, that I will abstain from sexual activity of any kind before marriage. I will keep my body and my thoughts pure as I trust in God's perfect plan for my life."<br>
(quote on card) "''It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his/her own body in a way that is holy and honorable." [[First Epistle to the Thessalonians|1 Thess]] 4:3-4''
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