Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-06-09
tents are as follows:

Bible.
" X. The Wine Question
" XII. Literary Notices.
" XII. Miscellaneous Intelligence.
No. 2. Art. !. Way'and's Moral Science.
6 ii. The importance ofAmerican free
dom to Christianity.
" III. WheweIl g astronomy and Gen.
eral Physics.
". Condition and wants of the
West.
6 V. Study fthe German Language.
i" VI. Thoiuck' 8 Commentary on John
s. VII. Dr. Codman's Visit TO Eng
land
" VIlI. American Bible Society.
TX. Literary Notices.
{" X. Miscellaneous Intelligence.
On the "W'iue Question" we think the
writer has committed an error.
"The point to be considered we believe to be
something like the following. The advocates Of
the Temperance cause having, is supposed,
succeeded in aboshing the use OF distilled spirits
from that class of community with whom Their
efforts were most successful, have next proceeded
to attempt the total abolition of wine Here
they were met by the fact that wine is used at
the sacramental table. Now, they assert that
the use of wine on this occasion, and in the man
ner in which it is used, is pleaded by many per-
sons as excuse for intemperauce, and that their
efforts for the total suppression of this vice must
be Intellectual, unless they Can modify or abolish
the use Of this element OIL this solemn occasion
They therefore claim that modification or change
be adoIted, which shall leave them free to pursue
their, we doubt not, well meant and benevolent
efforts.
Such we believe TO be fair statement of the
wine question, as it is commonly denomnat ed
and these the opinions, which we are now
called upon to examine"
The error is one Of fact-it consists in
the arraying 'the advocates Of the Tenn
perance cause" as bod y, against the ST.
Ornamental use of wine. We believe the ad-
vocatcs for this innovation upon the inst:-
tuition Of the Lord Supper to be compar-
ativel y few, in the temperance ranks
The writer pitches battle with host that
has existence only in his own imagination
He should have known that the official
organ Of the American Temperance Soci-
ETY. held forth, months ago, an official dis
claimer against any des GINS to attempt the
removal Of wine from the communion ia
bic. We do not know Of Baptist paper,
a Baptist church, a Baptist minister, a
Baptist member, in the world, who open
ly advocates the innovation. We believe
it to have but few advocates among the
Congregationalists and Methodists Be-
fore the writer undertook what he suppos
ed to be "a fair statement of the wine
question:" he certainly ought TO have been
better acquainted with the facts; for his
cause is, in our opinion, good one, and a
good cause is always injured by any mis-,
statement, or unfair statement of opposing
facts or arguments.
The cardinal doctrine of the article
that Christians in the matter of moral and
religious duty are to trust in the Lord, ra
Their than lean to their own understanding
We most heartily concur in, and will at al
times lend the writer and the cause oul
feeble aid in its PRONUNCIATION. May We
not hope to see the doctrine carried out by
the writer, and by the Christian Review
on another subject of vital interest to the
American church, subject that will at
ford ample facts without the substitution
of a man-of-straw.
We commend the Christian Review
to the patronage ofthe friends of the en-.
terprize